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

¹O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified [among you]?

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

²This only I wish to learn of you, Have ye received the Spirit on the principle of works of law, or of [the] report of faith?

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

³Are ye so senseless? having begun in Spirit, are ye going to be made perfect in flesh?

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

⁴Have ye suffered so many things in vain, if indeed also in vain?

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

⁵He therefore who ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, [is it] on the principle of works of law, or of [the] report of faith?

⁶Abhurahamu sezvaakatenda Mwari zvikaverengwa kwaari kuti kururama.

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

⁷Naizvozvo munoziva kuti avo vari verutendo ndivo vana vaAbhurahamu.

⁷Know then that they that are on the principle of faith, these are Abraham's sons;

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 nations on the principle of faith, announced beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham: In thee all the nations shall be blessed.

⁹Naizvozvo ivo vari verutendo vanoropafadzwa pamwe naAbhurahamu wakatendeka.

⁹So that they who are on the principle of faith are blessed with believing 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 on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which [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.

¹¹but that by law no one is justified with God [is] evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;

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

¹²but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.

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

¹³Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed [is] every one hanged upon a tree,)

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

¹⁴that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations 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 according to man,) even man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds other dispositions to.

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

¹⁶But to Abraham were the promises addressed, and to his seed: he does not say, 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 I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

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

¹⁸For if the inheritance [be] on the principle of law, [it is] no longer on the principle of promise; but God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.

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

¹⁹Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in [the] hand of a mediator.

²⁰Asi murevereri haazi weumwe, asi Mwari ndeumwe.

²⁰But a mediator is not 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.

²¹[Is] then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;

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

²²but the scripture has shut up all things under sin, that the promise, on the principle of faith of Jesus Christ, should be given to those that believe.

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

²³But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up to faith [which was] about to be revealed.

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

²⁴So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.

²⁵Zvino rutendo rwakati rwasvika, hatisisiri pasi pemurairidzi.

²⁵But, faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor;

²⁶Nekuti mose muri vana vaMwari nerutendo rwaKristu Jesu.

²⁶for ye are all God's sons by faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁷Nekuti mose makabhabhatidzwa muna Kristu makafuka Kristu;

²⁷For ye, as many as have been baptised unto Christ, have put on Christ.

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

²⁸There is no Jew nor Greek; there is no bondman nor freeman; there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus:

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

²⁹but if *ye* [are] of Christ, then ye are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.