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

¹In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free — stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

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

²lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

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

³and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law;

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

⁴ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

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

⁵for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

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

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

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

⁷Ye were running well; who did hinder you — not to obey the truth?

⁸Aliyesababisha hali hiyo si Mungu ambaye amewaiteni.

⁸the obedience [is] not of him who is calling you!

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

⁹a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

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.

¹⁰I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

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.

¹¹And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

¹²Laiti hao wanaowavurugeni wangejikatakata wenyewe!

¹²O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling you!

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

¹³For ye — to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

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

¹⁴for all the law in one word is fulfilled — in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;`

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

¹⁵and if one another ye do bite and devour, see — that ye may not by one another be consumed.

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

¹⁶And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

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.

¹⁷for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will — these ye may not do;

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

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

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

¹⁹And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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

²⁰idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

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.

²¹envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

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

²²And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

²³meekness, temperance: against such there is no law;

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

²⁴and those who are Christ`s, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

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

²⁵if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

²⁶Basi, tusijivune, tusichokozane wala kuoneana wivu.

²⁶let us not become vain-glorious — one another provoking, one another envying!