¹For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

¹Kristo alitupa uhuru akataka tubaki huru. Basi, simameni imara wala msikubali tena kuwa chini ya nira ya utumwa.

²Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

²Sikilizeni! Ni mimi Paulo ninayesema nanyi! Kama mkikubali kutahiriwa, Kristo hatawafaidia chochote.

³Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

³Nasema tena wazi: kila anayekubali kutahiriwa itambidi kuishika Sheria yote.

⁴Ye are severed from Christ, ye would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

⁴Kama mnatazamia kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya Sheria, basi, mmejitenga mbali na Kristo; mko nje ya neema ya Mungu.

⁵For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

⁵Kwa upande wetu, lakini, sisi tunatumaini kwamba kwa nguvu ya Roho tunakubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya imani.

⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

⁶Maana ikiwa tumeungana na Kristo Yesu, kutahiriwa au kutotahiriwa hakuna maana; cha maana ni imani ifanyayo kazi kwa mapendo.

⁷Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?

⁷Mwenendo wenu ulikuwa mzuri! Nani, basi aliyewazuia kuuzingatia ukweli?

⁸This persuasion [came] not of him that calleth you.

⁸Aliyesababisha hali hiyo si Mungu ambaye amewaiteni.

⁹A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

⁹"chachu kidogo tu huchachusha donge lote la unga!"

¹⁰I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

¹⁰Kutokana na kuungana kwetu na Bwana, nina tumaini kubwa kwamba ninyi hamtakuwa na msimamo tofauti nami. Tena yeyote huyo anayewavurugeni--awe nani au nani--hakika ataadhibiwa.

¹¹But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.

¹¹Na kwa upande wangu, ndugu zangu, kama bado ninahubiri kwamba kutahiriwa ni lazima, kwa nini basi, bado ninadhulumiwa? Kama ingalikuwa hivyo, mahubiri yangu juu ya msalaba wa Kristo yasingalileta aibu yoyote.

¹²I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

¹²Laiti hao wanaowavurugeni wangejikatakata wenyewe!

¹³For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

¹³Ninyi, ndugu, mliitwa muwe watu huru. Lakini uhuru huo usiwe kisingizio cha kutawaliwa na tamaa za kidunia; ila mnapaswa kutumikiana kwa upendo.

¹⁴For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

¹⁴Maana Sheria yote hutimizwa katika kushika amri hii moja: "Mpende jirani yako kama unavyojipenda mwenyewe."

¹⁵But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

¹⁵Lakini ikiwa mtaumana na kutafunana kama wanyama, jihadharini msije mkaangamizana wenyewe kwa wenyewe!

¹⁶But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

¹⁶Basi, nasema hivi: mwenendo wenu na uongozwe na Roho, nanyi hamtafuata tena tamaa za kidunia.

¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

¹⁷Maana, tamaa za kidunia hupingana na matakwa ya Roho; na matakwa ya Roho hupingana na tamaa za kidunia. Mambo hayo mawili hayaafikiani; kwa sababu hiyo hamwezi kufanya yale mnayotaka ninyi wenyewe.

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

¹⁸Kama mkiongozwa na Roho, basi, hamko tena chini ya Sheria.

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

¹⁹Basi, matendo ya kidunia yanajulikana: uzinzi, uasherati, ufisadi;

²⁰idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

²⁰kuabudu sanamu, uchawi, uadui, ugomvi, wivu, hasira, choyo, mabishano, mafarakano;

²¹envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

²¹husuda, ulevi, ulafi na mambo mengine kama hayo. Nawaambieni tena kama nilivyokwisha sema: watu wanaotenda mambo hayo hawatakuwa na nafasi yao katika ufalme wa Mungu.

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

²²Lakini matokeo ya kuongozwa na Roho ni mapendo, furaha, amani, uvumilivu, wema, fadhili, uaminifu,

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

²³upole na kuwa na kiasi. Hakuna Sheria inayoweza kupinga mambo hayo.

²⁴And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

²⁴Wale walio wa Kristo wameisulubisha hali yao ya kidunia pamoja na mawazo yake mabaya na tamaa zake.

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

²⁵Tukiishi kwa msaada wa Roho, na tuufuate mwongozo wake.

²⁶Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

²⁶Basi, tusijivune, tusichokozane wala kuoneana wivu.