Ugalantiyawa 3
1 Anung anan Galantiyawa alalang, ghari na su minu tikanci? Anung na iwa bana Yisa Kristi ku niyizi mine kitene kucha, ikotinghe tikusa niyizi mine?
You foolish Galatians! Whose sophistry has bewitched you--you to whom Jesus Christ has been vividly portrayed as on the Cross?
2 Ilelere cas in di nin su iyininin kitimine. Ina seru uruhe nan nya dortu dukaria sa bara uyinnu nin nilemmon na ina lanzari?
Answer me this one question, "Is it on the ground of your obedience to the Law that you received the Spirit, or is it because, when you heard, you believed?"
3 Idi alala kan naniya? Ina cizin nan nya nruhu inani ma malzunu nan nya kidowa?
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to reach perfection through what is external?
4 Ina sono uniu nin nimon gbardang nani hemma, andi nanere hemmaria?
Have you endured such sufferings to no purpose--if indeed it has been to no purpose?
5 Andi nanere ame ule na adin nizu minu uruhue, amini din su katuwa nakara nan nya mine, unuzun ndortun ndukaria sa unuzun in lanzu lirun yinnu sa uyenuari?
He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you--does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and believed:
6 Nafo na Ibrahim “wa yinnin nin Kutellẹ, inani wa batizaghe mun nafo fiu Kutellẹ.”
even as Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his account as righteousness?
7 Nene nuwana, yinnon ale na iyinna nonon Ibrahimari.
Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham.
8 Ulirue di ina malu uyinnu Kutellẹ ma su anan salin dortume ushara nnuzu yinnu sa uyenu minere. Ina belli ulirun tuchun nnuzun Ibrahimme uworsu nenge, “Kitifere vat anan salin yiru Kutellẹ ima ti nani nmari.”
And the Scripture, foreseeing that in consequence of faith God would declare the nations to be free from guilt, sent beforehand the Good News to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."
9 Nanere ale na ina yinnin sa uyenu idi nin mari nin Ibrahim, ana yinnin sa uyenu.
So we see that it is those who possess faith that are blessed with believing Abraham.
10 Ngbardang na lenge na idin su katuwa nshara nin kidowo imase ula'ana. Bara ina yertin “Unan la'anari unit ule na adi su vat nimon ile na ina nyertin nan nya niyerte nduka ba.”
All who are depending upon their own obedience to the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not remain faithful to all the precepts of the Law, and practise them."
11 Nene udi kanan na Kutellẹ ma ti umong se usurtu bara uduka ba, “Bara unit ulau mati ulai unuzun yinnu sa uyeneri.”
It is evident, too, that no one can find acceptance with God simply by obeying the Law, because "the righteous shall live by faith,"
12 Na uduka di unuzun yinnu sa uyenuari ba, una di, “Ule na adin dortu uduke mati ulai nan nya duke.”
and the Law has nothing to do with faith. It teaches that "he who does these things shall live by doing them."
13 Kristi na seru nari nan nya kitin lla'ana nduka na ame wa so ula'ana bara arik, na ina nyertin, “Vat in nit ule na ibanaghe kucha unan la'anari.”
Christ has purchased our freedom from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us--because "Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree."
14 finu nlire wadi alumai ban se nmari unuzun nan nya Kristi Yisa, bara tinan se userun likawali nruhu unuzun yinnu sa uyenu.
Our freedom has been thus purchased in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing belonging to Abraham may come upon the nations, so that through faith we may receive the promised Spirit.
15 Linuana, idin liru nafo anit. Andi ma unitari na tti nsue, asa iwutu kimal nin na unan sakue dukuba a na unan kpinu ma duku ba.
Brethren, even a covenant made by a man--to borrow an illustration from daily life--when once formally sanctioned is not liable to be set aside or added to.
16 Nene usunu nnuwe iwa belli Ibrahim ku nin kuwunu me. Na iwa woro “awunuari ba” nafo adi gbardang, kunin kurumari cas, “nani udu kuwunu fe,” kristiari une di.
(Now the promises were given to Abraham and to his seed. God did not say "and to seeds," as if speaking of many, but "and to your seed," since He spoke of only one--and this is Christ.)
17 Nene in din bellu usunu nnuwe na Kutellẹ na malu wutu kimale na ana musuzu unin nin duka ule na uwa dak kimal nakus akalt anas nin nakut atat ba.
I mean that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later--so as to annul the promise.
18 Andi ugadue wa dak unuzu kitin ndukari, uso na unuzu kitin nsunun nuwari ba. Bara Kutellẹ na ni unin tọp kitin Ibrahim unuzun nsunun nnu.
For if the inheritance comes through obedience to Law, it no longer comes because of a promise. But, as a matter of fact, God has granted it to Abraham in fulfilment of a promise.
19 Bari iyaghari inani? Inan kpiku bara ukaluzun liru, se kuwunu kon go na ina sun kunin unuwe nda kiti nale na ina sun nani unuwe, iwa cizin katuwa nin duke kiti na nan kadura Kutellẹ kiti nacaran nnan piru kitik.
Why then was the Law given? It was imposed later on for the sake of defining sin, until the seed should come to whom God had made the promise; and its details were laid down by a mediator with the help of angels.
20 Nene na unan piru kitike unit urumari ba, Vat nani Kutellẹ kurumari.
But there cannot be a mediator where only one individual is concerned.
21 Nane uduka din serzu tikot nin sunu tinu Kutellẹ? Na nanere ba! Andi iwa ni uduka ule na uwasa una ulai, kidegen fiu Kutellẹ wa dak unuzun dukari une.
God, however, is only one. Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? No, indeed; for if a Law had been given which could have conferred Life, righteousness would certainly have come by the Law.
22 Vat nani uliru ulau in yatca imon vat nan nya kulapi. Nani usunun nnu Kutellẹ nworu a tucu nari nnuzu in yinnu sa uyenu nan nya Yisa Kristi iwa ni alẹ na iwa yinnin.
But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.
23 A uyinnu sa uyenu nin Kristi dutusa udak, iwa yachu i nyeshe nari nin duka udu kubin nutunu in yinnu sa uyenue.
Before this faith came, we Jews were perpetual prisoners under the Law, living under restraints and limitations in preparation for the faith which was soon to be revealed.
24 Uduke uni waso unan rissu nari udo mun kitin Kristi, tinan se usurtu unuzun yinnu sa uyenu.
So that the Law has acted the part of a tutor-slave to lead us to Christ, in order that through faith we may be declared to be free from guilt.
25 Nene na uyinnu sa uyenu na dak, nati du nworu irissu nari ba.
But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.
26 Bara anung vat nono Kutellari unuzu in yinnu sa uyenu nan nya Kristi Yisa.
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;
27 Vat ligan nalẹ na ina shintu minu nmyen nan nya Kristi, ina shon atimine nan nya Kristi.
for all of you who have been baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 Na ku Yahudawa duku ba ana ku Helenawa ba, na kucin dukuba, a na usaun ba, na kilime sa kishono ba, vat mine arumer nan nya Kristi Yisa.
In Him the distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free man, male and female, disappear; you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 Andi anung anit in Kristiari, iso kuwunun Ibrahimari une, anan lin gadu unuzun sunnun nü
And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise.
