Galati 5

1 Kristo ñani ti ti yonbdi nni, ke tin yali tibá i cain. Lan wan ii, ŋanbi ki ya kubi mani ke li paa, ki ji lebdi ki kuani yibá ti yonbdi nni.

It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.

2 Yin ŋanbi ki cengi min Pɔli n maadi yaala ne: I ya cedi ke bi kɔndi yi, Kristo n tieni yaala ji kan ya lbá yipo.

Understand that I, Paul, myself tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, Christ will avail you nothing.

3 N bua ŋanbi ki maadi yi bonyenla ki ledi: Yua cedi ke bi kɔndi o kuli, li tie mabli i li daano po, ke wan ya cɔlni yiko buali yaala kuli.

I again declare to everyone who receives circumcision, that he binds himself to obey the whole Law.

4 Yaaba n kpaani ke ban cɔlni yiko ki tua bi nimɔnba U Tienu nunga yeni, paadi leni Kristo, ki ñani U Tienu ŋalbalgo nni.

You have severed yourselves from Christ – you who are seeking to be pronounced righteous through Law; you have fallen away from love.

5 Tinba wan dugi ke mi Foŋanma n ba cedi ti dudugdi po tin tua nimɔnba U Tienu nunga nni.

For we, by the help of the Spirit, are eagerly waiting for the fulfilment of our hope – that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.

6 Kelima Jesu Kristo nni, a kɔndi ii, ŋaa kɔndi ii, laa pugdi lbá. Ama ŋan ya pia ti dudugdi ki waani tini nni a buama.

If we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.

7 Yin bo tiini ke li ŋani: ŋma bo jia yi sanu, ki pani yi ke yin da cɔlni i mɔmɔni?

You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the truth?

8 Yaala n pani yeni ki ñani yua n yini i kan kaa.

The persuasion brought to bear on you does not come from him who calls you.

9 A dabina waama ne n yen fidi ki doni kpanu yoma.

A little yeast leavens all the dough.

10 N pali paa yi po, ti Yonbdaano nni, ke yi maalma kan kpiadi. Ama yua n ba ŋmadi yi yama, ya tie bá yua, U Tienu ba dadi o tubli.

I, through my union with the Lord, am persuaded that you will learn to think with me. But the man who is disturbing your minds will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.

11 Ke mini ii, n kpiiba, li ya tie ke n gɔ muandi ke bi niba n kɔndi, be ya po i ke bi gɔ wang nni fala? Kristo kuuma li dapɔnpɔnli po ji kan ya ku yaalidgu!

If I, friends, am still proclaiming circumcision, why am I still persecuted? It seems that the cross has ceased to be an obstacle!

12 Yaaba n cuoni leni li ŋmadli yi siiga, taani ki bua ban jia bi jatiadi kuli ki luni.

I could even wish that the people who are unsettling you would go further still and mutilate themselves.

13 N kpiiba, U Tienu yini yi ke yin yali yi bá i, li ki tie lan ya po yin ji ya ye ti gbannandi nni ka. Ama, ya tuuni man ki todi yi llieba lan waani ke i bua ba.

Remember, friends, to you the call came to give you freedom. Only, do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence but serve one another in a loving spirit.

14 Kelima, yiko kuli taani ki ye ñɔmaayenma nni: Ya bua a lielo nani fini yeni.

Indeed, the whole Law has been summed up in this one precept – “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself.”

15 Ama, i ya jundi yi lieba, ki janbdi yi lieba, yin ya bani ke li caa ke yin biani yi lieba.

But, if you are continually wounding and preying on one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.

16 Lan wan ii, cedi man mi Foŋanma ń ya ŋmagdi yi yenyienu, yeni yi ji kan fidi ki ya tuuni yi gbannandi n niani yaala ke laa ŋani.

This is what I have to say – Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.

17 Kelima, o nufosaalo gbannandi n niani yaala ki tuo mi Foŋanma po. Mi Foŋanma mɔ n niani yaala ki tuo o nufosaalo gbannandi po. Lan bonliedla kɔni leni biyaba, ke yin da tuuni yi buama.

For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature – they are two contrary principles – so that you cannot do what you wish.

18 Mi Foŋanma ya ŋmagdi yi, yiko ji pia u nugu yipo.

But, if you follow the guidance of the Spirit, you are not subject to Law.

19 O nulo gbannandi nianbiidi n kuandi o, mi conconma nni, jɔgndtuona nni, ti cagndi,

The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these – sexual immorality, impurity, indecency,

20 a pada nni, li ñɔgdili, ti yibalindi, a kɔnkɔna, ki nanga, li pabienli, ku ñɔniagu, mi paadma, li ponponbiadli,

idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

21 li dañubiadli, ku jewuugu, leni laa bonbuoli kuli. n maadi yi nani min bo kpia ki maadi yi yeni, yua tuuni lani kan kua U Tienu Diema nni.

feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the kingdom of God.

22 Ama, mi Foŋanma bonluankaala n tie, mi buama, li pamanli, mi yanduanma, li pañiili, mi todma, mi ŋanma tienma, mi tegnma, mi pasɔngma, mi yandingma;

But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

23 U Tienu ñɔmaama ki yie laa bona.

Against such things there is no law!

24 Yaaba n tie Jesu Kristo yaaba wan taa bi gbannandi buama leni ti nianbiidi ki kpaa li dapɔnpɔnli po i.

And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

25 Mi Foŋanma ya ye leni ti, tin cedi man ya ŋmagdi ti yenyienu.

Since our life is due to the Spirit, let us rule our conduct also by the Spirit.

26 Tin da dongi tibá fama, tin ŋaa man ku makpaangu leni ki nanga ti lieba po.

Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another.