Galatians 3
1 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}.
Ẹ̀yin aláìnírònú ará Galatia! Ta ní ha tàn yín jẹ, kí ẹ̀yin má ṣe gba òtítọ́ gbọ́? Ní ojú ẹni tí a fi Jesu Kristi hàn gbangba láàrín yín ni ẹni tí a kàn mọ́ àgbélébùú.
2 [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?
Kìkì èyí ni mo fẹ́ béèrè lọ́wọ́ yín, nípa iṣẹ́ òfin ni ẹ̀yin gba Ẹ̀mí bí, tàbí nípa ìgbọ́ràn pẹ̀lú ìgbàgbọ́?
3 (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]
Báyìí ni ẹ̀yin ṣe jẹ òmùgọ̀ tó bí? Ẹ̀yin tí ó ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìgbé ayé ìgbàgbọ́ yín nípa ti Ẹ̀mí, ṣé a ti wá sọ yín di pípé nípa ti ara ni?
4 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.
Ẹ̀yin ha ti jìyà ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nǹkan wọ̀nyí lásán? Bí ó bá ṣe pé nítòótọ́ lásán ni.
5 [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]!
Ṣé Ọlọ́run fún yín ní Ẹ̀mí rẹ̀, tí ó sì ṣe iṣẹ́ ìyanu láàrín yín nítorí tí ẹ̀yin pa òfin mọ, tàbí nítorí ẹ ní ìgbàgbọ́ sí ohun tí ẹ gbọ́?
6 [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}.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí Abrahamu “Ó gba Ọlọ́run gbọ́, a sì kà á sí òdodo fún un.”
7 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].
Ẹ jẹ́ kí ó yé é yín nígbà náà pé, àwọn ti ó gbàgbọ́, àwọn náà ní í ṣe ọmọ Abrahamu.
8 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.”
Bí ìwé mímọ́ sì tí wí tẹ́lẹ̀ pé, Ọlọ́run yóò dá aláìkọlà láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́, ó tí wàásù ìyìnrere ṣáájú fún Abrahamu, ó ń wí pé, “Nínú rẹ̀ ni a ó bùkún fún gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè.”
9 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].
Bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ ni àwọn tí i ṣe tí ìgbàgbọ́ jẹ́ ẹni alábùkún fún pẹ̀lú Abrahamu olódodo.
10 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].
Nítorí pé iye àwọn tí ń bẹ ni ipa iṣẹ́ òfin ń bẹ lábẹ́ ègún: nítorí tí a tí kọ ọ́ pé, “Ìfibú ni olúkúlùkù ẹni tí kò dúró nínú ohun gbogbo tí a kọ sínú ìwé òfin láti máa ṣe wọ́n”.
11 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].”
Nítorí ó dánilójú pé, a kò dá ẹnikẹ́ni láre níwájú Ọlọ́run nípa iṣẹ́ òfin: nítorí pé, “Olódodo yóò yè nípa ìgbàgbọ́.”
12 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.
Òfin kì í sì í ṣe ti ìgbàgbọ́: ṣùgbọ́n, “Ẹni tí ó ba ṣe, yóò yè nípa wọn.”
13 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.”
Kristi ti rà wá padà kúrò lọ́wọ́ ègún òfin, ẹni tí a fi ṣe ègún fún wa: nítorí tí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Ìfibú ni olúkúlùkù ẹni tí a fi kọ́ sórí igi.”
14 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.
Ó gbà wá là ki ìbùkún Abrahamu ba à lè wá sórí àwọn aláìkọlà nípa Kristi Jesu; kí àwa ba à lè gba ìlérí Ẹ̀mí nípa ìgbàgbọ́.
15 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.
Ará, èmi ń sọ̀rọ̀ bí ènìyàn, gẹ́gẹ́ bi májẹ̀mú ènìyàn ti a ti fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀, kò sí ẹni tí ó lè sọ ọ́ di asán, tàbí tí ó lè fi kún un mọ́.
16 [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.”
Ǹjẹ́ fún Abrahamu àti fún irú-ọmọ rẹ̀ ni a ti ṣe àwọn ìlérí náà. Ìwé Mímọ́ kò ṣọ wí pé, “fún àwọn irú-ọmọ rẹ̀,” bí ẹni pé ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀; ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹni pé ọ̀kan ṣoṣo, “àti fún irú-ọmọ rẹ̀,” èyí tí í ṣe Kristi.
17 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].
Èyí tí mò ń wí ni pé: májẹ̀mú tí Ọlọ́run ti fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ níṣàájú, òfin ti ó dé lẹ́yìn ọgbọ̀nlénírinwó ọdún kò lè sọ ọ́ di asán, kí ó sì mú ìlérí náà di aláìlágbára.
18 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].
Nítorí bí ogún náà bá dúró lórí ṣíṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí í òfin kì í ṣe ti ìlérí mọ́, ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run ti fi í fún Abrahamu nípa ìlérí.
19 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].
Ǹjẹ́ kí ha ni òfin? A fi kún un nítorí ìrékọjá títí irú-ọmọ tí a ti ṣe ìlérí fún yóò fi dé; a sì tipasẹ̀ àwọn angẹli ṣe ìlànà rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ alárinà kan wá.
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
Ǹjẹ́ onílàjà kì í ṣe alárinà ti ẹnìkan, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀kan ni Ọlọ́run.
21 [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.
Nítorí náà òfin ha lòdì sí àwọn ìlérí Ọlọ́run bí? Kí a má rí i; nítorí ìbá ṣe pé a ti fi òfin kan fún ni tí ó lágbára láti sọ ni di ààyè nítòótọ́ òdodo ìbá ti tipasẹ̀ òfin wà.
22 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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ìwé mímọ́ ti fi yé wa pé gbogbo ènìyàn ni ń bẹ lábẹ́ ìdè ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, kí a lè fi ìlérí nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Jesu Kristi fún àwọn tí ó gbàgbọ́.
23 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].
Ṣùgbọ́n kí ìgbàgbọ́ tó dé, a ti pa wá mọ́ lábẹ́ òfin, a sì sé wa mọ́ de ìgbàgbọ́ tí a ń bọ̀ wá fihàn.
24 [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].
Nítorí náà òfin ti jẹ́ olùtọ́jú láti mú ènìyàn wá sọ́dọ̀ Kristi, kí a lè dá wa láre nípa ìgbàgbọ́.
25 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].
Ṣùgbọ́n lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ìgbàgbọ́ ti dé, àwa kò sí lábẹ́ olùtọ́jú mọ́.
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
Nítorí pé ọmọ Ọlọ́run ni gbogbo yín, nípa ìgbàgbọ́ nínú Kristi Jesu.
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
Nítorí pé iye ẹ̀yin tí a ti bamitiisi sínú Kristi ti gbé Kristi wọ̀.
28 [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.
Kò le sí Júù tàbí Giriki, ẹrú tàbí òmìnira, ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin nítorí pé ọ̀kan ni nínú Kristi Jesu.
29 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].
Bí ẹ̀yin bá sì jẹ́ ti Kristi, ǹjẹ́ ẹ̀yin ní irú-ọmọ Abrahamu, àti àrólé gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlérí.
