Galatasve 3
1 O Galatas të marrë! Kush ju ka yshtur që të mos i bindeni së vërtetës, ju, që para syve tuaj Jezu Krishti është përshkruar i kryqëzuar midis jush?
You [fellow believers who live in] Galatia are very foolish! (Someone must have put an evil spell on you!/Did someone put an evil spell on you?) [RHQ] I clearly explained to you [SYN] [what] Jesus Christ [accomplished when] he was crucified {he died on the cross}.
2 Vetëm këtë dua të di nga ju: a e morët Frymën me anë të veprave të ligjit apo nëpërmjet dëgjimit të besimit?
[So], I want you to tell me one thing: [Do you think that] it was because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses that you received the [Holy] Spirit? [Do you not know that] [RHQ] it was because [when you] heard [the good message concerning Christ, you] trusted in him?
3 A jeni kaq të marrë sa që, mbasi nisët në Frymë, të përfundoni në mish?
(You are acting so foolishly/Why are you being so foolish?) [RHQ]! You first [became Christians] as a result of God’s Spirit [enabling you]. So, (you should not now think that it is by what you yourselves do that you will continue [to grow spiritually]/do you now think it is by your own human efforts that you will continue [to grow spiritually?]!) [RHQ]
4 A thua hoqët kaq shumë gjëra më kot, nëse kanë qenë vërtetë më kot?
Keep in mind that [if what God has done for you was because of your obeying the laws that God gave to Moses and] not because of trusting in Christ, when others caused you to suffer, you suffered many things needlessly! [RHQ] [I certainly hope that you did not suffer like that] needlessly.
5 Ai që ju jep juve Frymën, dhe kryen midis jush vepra të fuqishme, i bën me anë të veprave të ligjit apo me anë të predikimit të besimit?
[When God now] generously gives to you his Spirit and performs miracles among you, [do you think that it is] [RHQ] because you obey the laws [that God gave to Moses? Surely you know that] it is because when you heard [the good message about Christ], you trusted in him [RHQ]!
6 Kështu Abrahami “e besoi Perëndinë, dhe kjo iu numërua për drejtësi”;
[What you have experienced is] as [Moses wrote in the Scriptures about] Abraham. [He wrote that Abraham] trusted God, and as a result, he was considered as being righteous {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
7 Ta dini, pra, se ata që janë nga besimi janë bij të Abrahamit.
You must realize, therefore, that it is those who trust [in what Christ has done who] are [like] Abraham’s descendants [MET] [because they trust in God as Abraham did].
8 Dhe Shkrimi, duke parashikuar se Perëndia do t’i shfajësonte kombet me anë të besimit, ia dha më përpara Abrahamit lajmin e mirë: “Të gjitha kombet do të bekohen në ty”.
Furthermore, God planned beforehand that it was [when] non-Jews trusted [him] that he would erase the record of their sins. [Moses wrote in] the Scriptures [PRS] this good message that God told Abraham: “Because of [what] you [did], I will bless [people in] [MTY] all nations.”
9 Prandaj ata që themelohen mbi besimin bekohen bashkë me të besueshmin Abraham.
So, [we can conclude that] it is those who trust [in what Christ has done] whom [God] blesses. That includes [all non-Jews and Jews who trust him], along with Abraham, the one who trusted him [long ago].
10 Dhe të gjithë ata që themelohen mbi veprat e ligjit janë nën mallkim, sepse është shkruar: “I mallkuar është kushdo që nuk qëndron në të gjitha ato që shkruhen në librin e ligjit për t’i praktikuar”.
That is, God will eternally punish all those who [mistakenly] think [that God will erase the record of their sins] as a result of their [obeying] the laws [that God gave to Moses]. What is written in the Scriptures is that [God] will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws [that Moses wrote].
11 Sepse me anë të ligjit askush nuk shfajësohet përpara Perëndisë, sepse: “I drejti do të rrojë me anë të besimit”.
But God has declared that if he erases the record of anyone’s sins, it will not be as a result of their obeying the laws God gave Moses. [This is evident because the Scriptures say], “Every person whose record of sins God erases because that person trusts God will live [spiritually].”
12 Dhe ligji nuk është nga besimi, por “njeriu që do t’i bëjë ato, do të rrojë me anë të tyre”.
But [when God gave] his laws [to the Jews, he did] not [say that a person must] trust [him]. Instead, [God said that] it is those who obey [all God’s laws, continuously and completely], who will live.
13 Krishti na shpengoi nga mallkimi i ligjit, sepse u bë mallkim për ne (duke qenë se është shkruar: “I mallkuar është kushdo që varet në dru”),
Even though we humans have not continuously and completely obeyed God’s laws, Christ rescued us from [God] punishing us eternally. Christ rescued us by his being [the one God condemned] instead of God condemning us. What is written {[someone/Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] shows that this is true. It is written {[He] wrote}, “[God] has cursed anyone [whom people have executed for his crimes and whose body they] have hung on a tree.”
14 që bekimi i Abrahamit t’u vijë johebrenjve me anë të Jezu Krishtit, që ne të marrim premtimin e Frymës me anë të besimit.
Jesus Christ rescued us in order that as a result of what he [has done, God might bless the non-Jews, in a way similar to the way] God blessed Abraham. He also desired that as a result of our trusting [Christ], we [all] might receive the Spirit [whom God] promised to [give to] us.
15 O vëllezër, po ju flas në mënyrën e njerëzve: në qoftë se një besëlidhje është aprovuar, edhe pse është besëlidhje njeriu, askush nuk e zhvleftëson as nuk i shton gjë.
My fellow believers, I will now [illustrate] by referring to human [relationships. After an agreement is confirmed by two people] {[two people have signed] an agreement}, no one can reject it or add to it.
16 Dhe premtimet iu bënë Abrahamit dhe pasardhjes së tij. Shkrimi nuk thotë: “Edhe pasardhësve” si të ishin shumë, por të një të vetme: “Dhe pasardhjes sate”, pra Krishti.
[God] declared to Abraham and his descendant that he was promising [to give blessings to Abraham]. [The words that God spoke were not “and your] descendants.” [He was not] referring to many persons. Instead, he was referring to one person, who is Christ, [because the words that God spoke were], “and your descendant.”
17 Dhe unë them këtë: ligji, që erdhi katërqind e tridhjetë vjet më pas, nuk e zhvleftëson besëlidhjen e aprovuar më parë nga ana e Perëndisë në Krishtin, në mënyrë që të prishë premtimin.
This is what I am saying: [Since God] gave the laws [to the Jews] 430 years after [he declared to Abraham what he was promising to do for Abraham], those laws do not cancel that agreement [with] Abraham that God himself had previously agreed about [PRS].
18 Sepse, në qoftë se trashëgimi është nga ligji, nuk është më nga premtimi. Por Perëndia ia fali atë Abrahamit me anë të premtimit.
Remember that if it is because [we obey God’s] laws [that he gives to us] what [he has] promised [to give to us], then it is not [just] because he [has] promised [that he would give those things to us]. God freely gave to Abraham [what he had promised to give to him, just] because [God had] promised [that he would give it to him. Similarly, it is not because we obey God’s laws that God gives to us what he has promised to give to us].
19 Atëherë, pse u dha ligji? Ai u shtua për shkak të shkeljeve, deri sa të vinte pasardhja së cilës i qe bërë premtimi; dhe ky ligj u shpall nëpërmjet engjëjve, me anë të një ndërmjetësi.
So, [if someone should ask], “Why [did God later give] his laws [to Moses?” I would reply that] it was in order that [people might realize] how sinful they were. [Those laws were valid] until [Jesus came. He was] the descendant that God [was referring to when he made] the promises to Abraham. [The laws] were given {[God] gave [his laws]} [to Moses] by God’s causing angels to [speak to him. Moses was the] mediator, [the one who told the laws to the people].
20 Dhe ndërmjetësi nuk është ndërmjetës i një ane të vetme, kurse Perëndia është një.
Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
21 A thua atëherë ligji është kundër premtimeve të Perëndisë? Kurrsesi jo! Sepse po të ishte dhënë një ligj që mund të jepte jetë, drejtësia do të ishte me të vërtetë prej ligjit.
[If someone should ask, “When God gave his] laws [to Moses] long [after he told Abraham] what he was promising [to give to him, was he] changing his mind?” [I would reply that God] certainly did not [change his mind when he did that]! If God had given a law that could enable people to live [eternally], then it actually would be because of people [obeying that] law that God would erase the record of their sins.
22 Por Shkrimi i mbylli të gjitha gjërat nën mëkatin, që t’u jepej besimtarëve premtimi nëpërmjet besimit të Jezu Krishtit.
But instead, [what we read in] the Scriptures [PRS] is that God [caused all people to be unable to escape being punished for] their [sins] [MET], just like [people] in prison [are unable to escape] [PRS, MET]. [God did that in order that he might give what he promised to those who trust Jesus Christ, just] because they trust him.
23 Dhe, para se të vinte besimi, ne ruheshim nën ligjin, si të mbyllur, duke pritur besimin që duhej të zbulohej.
Before [God revealed the good message about] trusting [in Christ], the laws [PRS] that God gave to Moses were [confining/imprisoning us Jews] [MET], [as] a prisoner [in jail is] confined. [We] were unable to escape [obeying those] [MET] [laws]. This happened in order that [we might believe] the good message [concerning Christ, the message that God would] reveal [later].
24 Kështu ligji qe mësuesi ynë për te Krishti, që ne të shfajësohemi me anë të besimit.
[Like a father supervises his immature son by appointing a] servant to take care of him [MET], [God] was supervising us [by] his laws [MET, PRS] until Christ came. [He did this] in order that he might erase the record of our sins [only] because we trust [Christ].
25 Por, mbasi besimi erdhi, ne nuk jemi më nën ndonjë mësues,
But [now that God] has revealed the message [about trusting in Christ], the laws [that God gave to Moses] are no longer supervising us [Jews] [PRS, MET].
26 sepse të gjithë ju jeni bij të Perëndisë me anë të besimit te Jezu Krishti.
Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
27 Sepse të gjithë ju që jeni pagëzuar në Krishtin, Krishtin keni veshur.
That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
28 Nuk ka as Jude, as Grek, nuk ka as skllav as të lirë, nuk ka as mashkull as femër, sepse të gjithë jeni një në Jezu Krishtin.
[If you are believers, it does] not [matter to God if you are] Jews or non-Jews; slaves or ones [who are] not slaves; males or females, because all of you are [as] one [sort of person because of your relationship] with Christ Jesus.
29 Dhe, në qoftë se jeni të Krishtit, jeni pra pasardhja e Abrahamit dhe trashëgimtarë sipas premtimit.
Furthermore, since you belong to Christ, you are [like] Abraham’s descendants [because you trust God as Abraham did], and you will possess/receive all that God has promised [MET].
