¹Haiwa vaGaratia matununu, ndiani wakakuroyai, kuti murege kuteerera chokwadi, imwi makaratidzwa Jesu Kristu pachena pamberi pemeso enyu, akarovererwa pamuchinjikwa pakati penyu?

¹O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

²Ichechi chete ndinoda kudzidza kwamuri: Makagamuchira Mweya nemabasa emurairo here, kana nekunzwa kwerutendo?

²This only would I learn from you. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

³Ko muri matununu akadai? Mambotanga muMweya, zvino mopedzeredzwa nenyama here?

³Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?

⁴Makatambudzika zvikuru zvakadai pasina here? Kana zvakadaro ndinoreva pasina!

⁴Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

⁵Naizvozvo uyo unokupai Mweya nekuita mabasa esimba pakati penyu, unozviita nemabasa emurairo here, kana nekunzwa kwerutendo?

⁵He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

⁶Abhurahamu sezvaakatenda Mwari zvikaverengwa kwaari kuti kururama.

⁶Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

⁷Naizvozvo munoziva kuti avo vari verutendo ndivo vana vaAbhurahamu.

⁷Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

⁸Nerugwaro zvarwakaona zviri mberi kuti Mwari unoti vahedheni vakarurama kubudikidza nerutendo, rwakagara rwaparidza evhangeri kuna Abhurahamu, ruchiti: Mauri marudzi ose acharopafadzwa.

⁸And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying,] In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

⁹Naizvozvo ivo vari verutendo vanoropafadzwa pamwe naAbhurahamu wakatendeka.

⁹So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

¹⁰Nekuti vose vari vemabasa emurairo vari pasi perushambwa; nekuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Vakapiwa rushambwa vose vasingarambiri pazvinhu zvose zvakanyorwa mubuku yemurairo kuti vazviite.

¹⁰For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

¹¹Zvino, zviri pachena kuti hakuna munhu unonzi wakarurama nemurairo pamberi paMwari, nekuti kunonzi: Wakarurama uchararama nerutendo.

¹¹Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

¹²Zvino murairo haubvi parutendo; asi uyo unozviita uchararama mazviri.

¹²and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

¹³Kristu wakatidzikunura parushambwa rwemurairo, aitwa rushambwa nekuda kwedu, nekuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Vane rushambwa vose vanoturikwa pamuti;

¹³Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

¹⁴Kuti ropafadzo yaAbhurahamu isvike kuvahedheni kubudikidza naJesu Kristu; kuti tigamuchire chivimbiso cheMweya kubudikidza nerutendo.

¹⁴that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

¹⁵Hama, ndinotaura nemutowo wevanhu; kunyange iri sungano yevanhu, kana yasimbiswa hakuna munhu unoikonesa kana kuwedzera kwairi.

¹⁵Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

¹⁶Zvino zvivimbiso zvakaitwa kuna Abhurahamu nekumbeu yake. Haarevi, achiti: Nekumbeu dzako sevanenge vazhinji; asi saanenge ari mumwe, unoti; Nokumwana wako; unova Kristu.

¹⁶Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

¹⁷Zvino ndinoreva ichi: Sungano yakagara yasimbiswa naMwari muna Kristu, murairo wakazouya makore mazana mana nemakumi matatu apfuura haungaishaisi maturo, kuti chivimbiso chishaiswe maturo.

¹⁷Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

¹⁸Nekuti kana nhaka ichibva kumurairo, haichabvi kuchivimbiso; asi Mwari wakapa kuna Abhurahamu nechivimbiso.

¹⁸For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

¹⁹Ko murairo chii? Wakawedzerwa nekuda kwekudarika, kusvikira mbeu yasvika yakaitirwa chivimbiso; wakagadzwa nevatumwa muruoko rwemurevereri.

¹⁹What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

²⁰Asi murevereri haazi weumwe, asi Mwari ndeumwe.

²⁰Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one; but God is one.

²¹Ko murairo unopesana nezvivimbiso zvaMwari here? Ngazvisadaro! Nekuti dai pakanga pane murairo wakapiwa unogona kuraramisa, zvirokwazvo kururama kungadai kuchiuya nemurairo.

²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

²²Asi rugwaro rwakapfigira zvose pasi pechivi, kuti chivimbiso chinobva parutendo rwaJesu Kristu chipiwe kune vanotenda.

²²But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

²³Asi rutendo rwusati rwasvika, taichengetwa pasi pemurairo, takapfigirwa murutendo rwaizozarurwa shure.

²³But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

²⁴Saizvozvo murairo wakange uri murairidzi wedu, kutiisa kuna Kristu kuti tinzi takarurama nerutendo.

²⁴So that the law is become our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

²⁵Zvino rutendo rwakati rwasvika, hatisisiri pasi pemurairidzi.

²⁵But now faith that is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

²⁶Nekuti mose muri vana vaMwari nerutendo rwaKristu Jesu.

²⁶For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

²⁷Nekuti mose makabhabhatidzwa muna Kristu makafuka Kristu;

²⁷For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

²⁸Hakuna muJudha kana muGiriki, hakuna wakasungwa kana wakasununguka, hakuna munhurume kana munhukadzi; nekuti imwi mose muri vamwe muna Kristu Jesu.

²⁸There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.

²⁹Zvino kana muri vaKristu, saka muri vana vaAbhurahamu, vadyi venhaka maererano nechivimbiso.

²⁹And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.