¹በነጻነት ልንኖር ክርስቶስ ነጻነት አወጣን፤ እንግዲህ ጸንታችሁ ቁሙ እንደ ገናም በባርነት ቀንበር አትያዙ።

¹Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.

²እነሆ፥ እኔ ጳውሎስ እላችኋለሁ። ብትገረዙ ክርስቶስ ምንም አይጠቅማችሁም።

²Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

³ሕግንም ሁሉ እንዲፈጽም ግድ አለበት ብዬ ለሚገረዙት ሁሉ ለእያንዳንዶች ደግሜ እመሰክራለሁ።

³And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.

⁴በሕግ ልትጸድቁ የምትፈልጉ ከክርስቶስ ተለይታችሁ ከጸጋው ወድቃችኋል።

⁴Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.

⁵እኛ በመንፈስ ከእምነት የጽድቅን ተስፋ እንጠባበቃለንና።

⁵For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.

⁶በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ሆኖ፥ በፍቅር የሚሠራ እምነት እንጂ መገረዝ ቢሆን ወይም አለመገረዝ አይጠቅምምና።

⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

⁷በመልካም ትሮጡ ነበር፤ ለእውነት እንዳትታዘዙ ማን ከለከላችሁ?

⁷Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?

⁸ይህ ማባበል ከሚጠራችሁ አልወጣም። ጥቂት እርሾ ሊጡን ሁሉ ያቦካል።

⁸The persuasibleness [is] not of him that calls you.

⁹የተለየ ነገር ከቶ እንዳታስቡ እኔ በጌታ ስለ እናንተ ታምኜአለሁ፤ የሚያናውጣችሁ ማንም ቢኖር ግን ፍርዱን ሊሸከም ነው።

⁹A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

¹¹ነገር ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ገና እስከ አሁን መገረዝን ብሰብክ እስከ አሁን ድረስ ለምን ያሳድዱኛል? እንኪያስ የመስቀል ዕንቅፋት ተወግዶአል።

¹⁰*I* have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.

¹²የሚያውኩአችሁ ይቆረጡ።

¹¹But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.

¹³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እናንተ ለአርነት ተጠርታችኋልና፤ ብቻ አርነታችሁ ለሥጋ ምክንያትን አይስጥ፥ ነገር ግን በፍቅር እርስ በርሳችሁ እንደ ባሪያዎች ሁኑ።

¹²I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.

¹⁴ሕግ ሁሉ በአንድ ቃል ይፈጸማልና፥ እርሱም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ራስህ ውደድ የሚል ነው።

¹³For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

¹⁵ነገር ግን እርስ በርሳችሁ ብትነካከሱ ብትበላሉ እርስ በርሳችሁ እንዳትጠፋፉ ተጠንቀቁ።

¹⁴For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

¹⁶ነገር ግን እላለሁ፥ በመንፈስ ተመላለሱ፥ የሥጋንም ምኞት ከቶ አትፈጽሙ።

¹⁵but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.

¹⁷ሥጋ በመንፈስ ላይ መንፈስም በሥጋ ላይ ይመኛልና፥ እነዚህም እርስ በርሳቸው ይቀዋወማሉ፤ ስለዚህም የምትወዱትን ልታደርጉ አትችሉም።

¹⁶But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

¹⁸በመንፈስ ብትመሩ ግን ከሕግ በታች አይደላችሁም።

¹⁷For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;

¹⁹የሥጋ ሥራም የተገለጠ ነው እርሱም ዝሙት፥ ርኵሰት፥

¹⁸but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

²⁰መዳራት፥ ጣዖትን ማምለክ፥ ምዋርት፥ ጥል፥ ክርክር፥ ቅንዓት፥ ቁጣ፥ አድመኛነት፥

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

²¹መለያየት፥ መናፍቅነት፥ ምቀኝነት፥ መግደል፥ ስካር፥ ዘፋኝነት፥ ይህንም የሚመስል ነው። አስቀድሜም እንዳልሁ፥ እንደዚህ ያሉትን የሚያደርጉ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት አይወርሱም።

²⁰idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

²²የመንፈስ ፍሬ ግን ፍቅር፥ ደስታ፥ ሰላም፥ ትዕግሥት፥ ቸርነት፥ በጎነት፥ እምነት፥ የውሃት፥ ራስን መግዛት ነው።

²¹envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

²³እንደዚህ ያሉትን የሚከለክል ሕግ የለም።

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

²⁴የክርስቶስ ኢየሱስም የሆኑቱ ሥጋን ከክፉ መሻቱና ከምኞቱ ጋር ሰቀሉ።

²³meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

²⁵በመንፈስ ብንኖር በመንፈስ ደግሞ እንመላለስ።

²⁴But they that [are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.

²⁶እርስ በርሳችን እየተነሣሣንና እየተቀናናን በከንቱ አንመካ።

²⁵If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.

²⁶Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.