Galatians 3

1 Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?

हे मूर्ख गलातीहरू! कसको दुष्‍ट आँखाले तिमीहरूलाई नोक्सानी गर्‍यो? के तिमीहरूका आँखाको अगाडि येशू ख्रीष्‍ट क्रुसमा टाँगिनुभएको कुरा दर्शाइएको थिएन र?

2 I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

म तिमीहरूबाट यो कुरा मात्र बुझ्‍न चाहन्छु । के तिमीहरूले पवित्र आत्मालाई व्यवस्था अनुसारका कामहरू गरेर पाएका हौ कि तिमीहरूले सुनेका कुरामा विश्‍वास गरेर पाएका हौ?

3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?

के तिमीहरू यति धेरै मूर्ख भएका छौ? के अब केवल शरीरमा अन्त हुन तिमीहरूले आत्मामा सुरु गरेका थियौ?

4 Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?

यदि त्यो साँच्‍चै निरर्थक थियो भने के तिमीहरूले व्यर्थमा यति धेरै कुराहरूको अनुभव गर्‍यौ त?

5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

त्यसो भए, जसले तिमीहरूलाई पवित्र आत्मा दिनुहुन्छ र तिमीहरूका बिचमा शक्‍तिशाली कार्यहरूद्वारा काम गर्नुहुन्छ, के उहाँले यो व्यवस्था अनुसारका कामहरूका कारण गर्नुभएको हो कि विश्‍वास गरेर सुनेका कारणले?

6 Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”

अब्राहामले “परमेश्‍वरलाई विश्‍वास गरे अनि यो उनको निम्ति धार्मिकता गनियो ।”

7 Know therefore that those who are of faith are children of Abraham.

त्यसो भए, यसै गरी यो बुझ, कि विश्‍वास गर्नेहरू नै अब्राहामका सन्तान हुन् ।

8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”

धर्मशास्‍त्रले पहिले नै यो देखेको थियो, कि परमेश्‍वरले गैरयहूदीहरूलाई विश्‍वासद्वारा धर्मी ठहराउनुहुन्छ । अब्राहामलाई अगाडि नै सुसमाचार दिइएको थियो, “तँबाट नै पृथ्वीमा हुने सबै जातिहरू आशिषित हुनेछन् ।”

9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

त्यसैकारण, जोसँग विश्‍वास छ, तिनीहरू अब्राहामसँगै आशिषित हुन्छन्, तिनै अब्राहाम जससँग पनि विश्‍वास थियो ।

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

व्यवस्था अनुसारका कामहरूमा भर पर्नेहरू श्रापित हुन्छन् । किनकि यसरी लेखिएको छ “व्यवस्थामा लेखिएका सबै कुराहरू पालन नगर्ने सबै श्रापित हुन्छन् ।”

11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”

अब यो स्पष्‍ट छ, कि परमेश्‍वरले कसैलाई पनि व्यवस्थाद्वारा धर्मी ठहराउनुहुन्‍न, किनकि “धर्मी मानिस विश्‍वासद्वारा नै जिउनेछ ।”

12 The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”

व्यवस्था विश्‍वासबाट आएको होइन, तर त्यसको सट्टामा, “जसले व्यवस्थामा भएका कुराहरू गर्दछ त्यो व्यवस्थाअनुसार नै जिउनेछ ।”

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

हाम्रो निम्ति ख्रीष्‍ट श्रापित हुनुभएर उहाँले हामीलाई व्यवस्थाको श्रापबाट मुक्त गराउनुभयो । किनकि यसरी लेखिएको छ, “काठमा झुण्डिने हरेक श्रापित हुन्छ ।”

14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

यसको उद्देश्य यही थियो, कि अब्राहाममा भएको आशिष् ख्रीष्‍ट येशूद्वारा गैरयहूदीहरूमाझ आउन सकोस्, ताकि हामीले विश्‍वासद्वारा पवित्र आत्माको प्रतिज्ञा प्राप्‍त गर्न सकौँ ।

15 Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.

भाइहरू हो, म मानवीय शब्दहरूमा बोल्दछु । एक पटक पक्‍का भइसकेको मानिसले बनाएको इच्छा-पत्र त न कसैले रद्द गर्छ न त त्यसमा केही थपिन्छ ।

16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring”, which is Christ.

अब यी प्रतिज्ञाहरू अब्राहाम र उनको सन्तानलाई दिइएको थियो । यसले धेरै मानिसहरूलाई जनाउने गरी “सन्तानहरूलाई” भन्दैन, तर यसको सट्टामा “तिम्रो सन्तानलाई” भनेर यसले एक जनालाई मात्र जनाउँछ, जो ख्रीष्‍ट हुनुहुन्छ ।

17 Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

अब म यो भन्दछु । परमेश्‍वरले पहिले नै स्थापना गर्नुभएको करारलाई ४३० वर्षपछि आएको व्यवस्थाले रद्द गर्दैन ।

18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.

किनकि उत्तराधिकार व्‍यवस्थाद्वारा आएको हो भने, यो अहिले प्रतिज्ञाद्वारा आउने थिएन । तर परमेश्‍वरले प्रतिज्ञाद्वारा अब्राहामलाई यो सित्तैँमा दिनुभयो ।

19 Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

त्यसो भए व्यवस्था किन दिइयो त? ती प्रतिज्ञा गरिएकाहरूकहाँ अब्राहामका सन्तान नआउन्जेलसम्म अपराधको कारणले व्यवस्था थपियो । यो व्यवस्था एउटा मध्यस्तकर्ताको हातद्वारा स्वर्गदूतहरूमार्फत लागु गरिएको थियो ।

20 Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.

अहिले मध्यस्तकर्ताले एकभन्दा बढी व्यक्‍तिलाई बुझाउँछ, तापनि परमेश्‍वर एउटै हुनुहुन्छ ।

21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.

त्यसो भए, के व्यवस्था परमेश्‍वरका प्रतिज्ञाहरूको विरुद्धमा छ त? कदापि होइन! किनकि यदि जीवन दिन सक्‍ने व्यवस्था दिइएको भए, निश्‍चय नै त्यही व्यवस्थाद्वारा धार्मिकता आउने थियो ।

22 But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

तर त्यसको सट्टामा, पापको अधीनमा रहेका सबै कुरालाई धर्मशास्‍त्रले कैदमा राख्यो । परमेश्‍वरले यो गर्नुभयो ताकि येशू ख्रीष्‍टमा विश्‍वासद्वारा हामीलाई बचाउने उहाँको प्रतिज्ञालाई विश्‍वास गर्नेहरूलाई दिन सकियोस् ।

23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

तर ख्रीष्‍टमा विश्‍वास आउनुभन्दा अगाडि विश्‍वासको प्रकाश नआउन्जेलसम्म हामी व्यवस्थाद्वारा कैदमा थियौँ र सीमित थियौँ ।

24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

त्यसकारण, हामी विश्‍वासद्वारा धर्मी ठहरिनको निम्ति ख्रीष्‍ट नआउन्जेलसम्मको लागि व्यवस्था हाम्रो संरक्षक बन्यो ।

25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

अब विश्‍वास आइसकेकोले हामी कुनै संरक्षकको अधीनमा छैनौँ ।

26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

किनकि ख्रीष्‍ट येशूमा विश्‍वासद्वारा तिमीहरू सबै परमेश्‍वरका पुत्रहरू हौ ।

27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

तिमीहरूमध्ये सबै जतिको ख्रीष्‍ट येशूमा बप्‍तिस्मा भयो, तिमीहरू आफैँले ख्रीष्‍टलाई पहिरिएका छौ ।

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

अब न त यहूदी छ, न ग्रिक, न कमारा छ न फुक्‍का, न पुरुष छ न स्‍त्री, किनभने ख्रीष्‍ट येशूमा तिमीहरू सबै एक हौ ।

29 If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

यदि तिमीहरू ख्रीष्‍टका हौ भनेता तिमीहरू अब्राहामका सन्तानहरू हौ र प्रतिज्ञाबमोजिम उत्तराधिकारीहरू हौ ।