1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
1 Yéen waa Galasi, yéena ñàkk xel! Ku leen fàbbi, gannaaw bi ma leen yégalee ci lu leer ni ñu daaje Yeesu Kirist ca bant ba?
2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
2 Lenn rekk laa bëgg, ngeen wax ma ko: ndax sàmm yoon wee tax, ngeen jot Xelum Yàlla? Déedéet! Dangeen a dégg xebaar bu baax bi te gëm ko.
3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
3 Mbaa du nii ngeen ñàkke xel, ba tàmbalee ci Xelum Yàlla, ba noppi yaakaar a mate ci seen jëfi bopp?
4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
4 Mbaa du fitna, yi ngeen daj yépp, dafa nar a neen? Mënuma koo gëm!
5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
5 Bu leen Yàlla di may Xelam, di leen won jalooreem, ndax li ngeen sàmm yoon a tax, mu def ko, mbaa li ngeen dégg xebaar bu baax te gëm ko?
6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
6 Xool-leen ci Ibraayma; Mbind mi wax na ne:«Ibraayma gëm na Yàlla,te Yàlla jàppe ngëmam ni njub.»
7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
7 Xamleen boog ne, boroom ngëm yi rekk ñooy doomi Ibraayma.
8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
8 Mbind mi tëral na lu jiitu ne, Yàlla dina àtte jub ñi dul Yawut ci kaw ngëm. Kon looloo tax mu yégal Ibraayma lu jiitu xebaar bu baax bi ne ko: «Xeeti àddina yépp dinañu barkeel ci yaw.»
9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
9 Kon ñi gëm, Yàlla dina leen barkeel, sukkandikoo ko ci seen ngëm, ni mu defal Ibraayma, boroom ngëm.
10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
10 Ñiy wékku ñépp ci jëfi yoon wi, ñu alku lañu, ndaxte bind nañu ne: «Képp ku dul topp lépp lu ndigali yoon wi santaane, Yal na alku.»
11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
11 Bir na sax ne, sàmm yoon du tax kenn jub fa kanam Yàlla, ndaxte Mbind mi tëral na ne: «Ku jub ci kaw ngëm dinga dund.»
12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
12 Waaye yoon wi laajul ngëm. Mbind mi nee na: «Ku manoon a matal li yoon wi wax, kon dinga dund ba fàww.»
13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
13 Waaye Kirist jot na nu ci alkande, ji yoon wi indi; mu gàddul nu ko, ba far alku moom ci boppam, ndaxte Mbind mi nee na: «Képp ku ñu rey, wékk ko ci bant, alku nga.»
14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
14 Noonu barke bi Yàlla dig Ibraayma baawaan na, ba daj ñi dul Yawut te gëm Kirist Yeesu, te nu jot ci kaw ngëm Xel mu Sell, mi Yàlla dige.
15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
15 Bokk yi, maa ngi misaal wax ji ci jëfi doom Aadama. Xam ngeen ne, kóllëre gu ñu fas ba noppi, waruñu koo fecci, walla ñu ciy rax dara.
16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
16 Léegi nag Yàlla am na lu mu dig Ibraayma ak askanam. Mbind mi waxul: «Ak i sëtam,» mu mel ni ñu bare, waaye kenn la wax: «Ak sa askan,» maanaam Kirist.
17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
17 Li ma ci bëgg a wax mooy lii: ndegam Yàlla fas na kóllëreem, yoonu Musaa, wi feeñ ñeenti téeméeri at ak fanweer gannaaw ga, du ko man a fecci, ba tebbi digeb Yàlla.
18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
18 Ndaxte xéewal, yi Yàllay dige, bu ñu doon jóge ci yoon wi, kon ajootuñu ci dige bi, fekk ci kaw dige la ko Yàlla maye Ibraayma.
19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
19 Waaw kon yoonu Musaa, luy jariñam? Dañu koo wàcceel nit ñi, ngir seen jàdd yoon ne fàŋŋ. Looloo doon wàllu yoon wi, ba kera Sët biy ñëw, moom mi ñu digoon dige bi. Yoon wi nag, Yàlla tëral na ko jaare ci ay malaaka, te am na ku ko jottali.
20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
20 Waaye aajowul jottalikat, su fi kenn rekk teewee, te Yàlla kenn la.
21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
21 Ndax kon yoonu Musaa wi dafa juuyoo ak li Yàlla dige? Mukk! Su amoon yoon wu nit man a sàmm, ba mu jural ko dund gu sax, kon sàmm yoon dina tax nit jub fa kanam Yàlla.
22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
22 Waaye yoon wi tëj na ñépp ci dooley bàkkaar, ngir ñi gëm Yeesu Kirist jot li Yàlla dige woon ci seen kaw ngëm.
23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
23 Bi ngëm Yeesu Kirist feeñagul nag, yoon wi da noo tëjoon ràpp, ba kera ngëm di feeñ.
24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
24 Ci noonu la nu yoon wi doon noote, ba Kirist di ñëw, ngir Yàlla àtte nu jub ci kaw ngëm.
25But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
25 Waaye léegi, bi jamonoy ngëm ji ñëwee, nekkatunu ci kilifteefu yoon wi.
26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
26 Yéen ñépp doomi Yàlla ngeen ndax li ngeen bokk ci Kirist Yeesu ci kaw ngëm.
27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
27 Yéen ñépp, ñi ñu sóob ci ndox ngir wone seen bokk ci Kirist, soloo ngeen Kirist.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
28 Kon nag amul xaajale ci diggante Yawut ak ki dul Yawut, ci diggante jaam ak gor, ci diggante góor ak jigéen. Yéen ñépp benn ngeen ci seen bokk ci Kirist.
29And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
29 Bu ngeen bokkee ci Kirist, kon bokk ngeen ci askanu Ibraayma, te jot ngeen xéewal, yi ko Yàlla dig.