¹Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held 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 to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

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

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

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

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.

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

⁵For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await 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 has any force, 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 ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?

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

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

⁸Aliyesababisha hali hiyo si Mungu ambaye amewaiteni.

⁹A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

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

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.

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 yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has 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 would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.

¹²Laiti hao wanaowavurugeni wangejikatakata wenyewe!

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.

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, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour 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, see that ye are not consumed one of another.

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

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

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

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;

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 law.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁶Basi, tusijivune, tusichokozane wala kuoneana wivu.