¹Enyi Wagalatia, mmekuwa wajinga kweli! Ni nani aliyewaloga? Habari juu ya kusulubiwa kwake Yesu Kristo ilielezwa waziwazi mbele ya macho yenu.

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

²Napenda kujua tu kitu kimoja kutoka kwenu: Je, mlipokea Roho wa Mungu kwa sababu ya kutimiza matakwa ya Sheria ama kwa sababu ya kuisikia na kuiamini Habari Njema?

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

³Je, mu wajinga kiasi hicho? Ninyi mlianza yote kwa msaada wa Roho je, mnataka sasa kumaliza kwa nguvu zenu wenyewe?

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

⁴Je, mambo yale yote yaliyowapata ninyi yamekuwa bure tu? Haiwezekani!

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

⁵Je, Mungu huwajalia Roho na kutenda miujiza kati yenu ati kwa sababu mnatimiza yanayotakiwa na sheria, ama kwa sababu mnasikia Habari Njema na kuiamini?

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?

⁶Chukueni kwa mfano habari za Abrahamu: yeye alimwamini Mungu, naye Mungu akamkubali kuwa mwadilifu.

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

⁷Sasa basi jueni kwamba watu wenye kumwamini ndio walio watoto halisi wa Abrahamu.

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

⁸Maandiko Matakatifu yalionyesha kabla kwamba Mungu atawakubali watu wa mataifa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya imani. Hivyo Maandiko Matakatifu yalitangulia kumtangazia Abrahamu Habari Njema: "Katika wewe mataifa yote yatabarikiwa."

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.

⁹Basi, wale walio na imani wanabarikiwa pamoja na Abrahamu aliyeamini.

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

¹⁰Lakini wote wanaotegemea tu kutimiza yanayotakiwa na Sheria, wako chini ya laana. Maana, Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: "Yeyote asiyeshika na kutimiza yote yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu cha Sheria, yuko chini ya laana."

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.

¹¹Ni dhahiri kwamba Sheria haiwezi kumfanya mtu akubaliwe kuwa mwadilifu; maana Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: "Mwadilifu kwa imani ataishi."

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

¹²Lakini Sheria haitegemei imani, ila Maandiko yasema: "Mwenye kutimiza yanayotakiwa na Sheria ataishi."

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

¹³Kristo alitukomboa kutoka katika laana ya Sheria kwa kujitwalia laana hiyo kwa ajili yetu; maana Maandiko yanasema: "Yeyote aliyetundikwa msalabani amelaaniwa."

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:

¹⁴Jambo hili lilifanyika kusudi ile baraka aliyopewa Abrahamu iwashukie watu wa mataifa mengine kwa njia ya Kristo, na ili kwa imani, tumpokee yule Roho ambaye Mungu alituahidia.

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

¹⁵Ndugu, nitawapeni mfano kutoka maisha yetu ya kila siku. Fikirini juu ya mkataba kati ya watu wawili. Mkataba ukisha fanyika na kutiwa sahihi hapana mtu anayeuweka kando au kuuongezea kitu.

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.

¹⁶Basi, Abrahamu alipewa ahadi, yeye pamoja na mzawa wake. Maandiko hayasemi: "Na wazawa wake," yaani wengi, bali yasema, "Na mzawa wake," yaani mmoja, naye ndiye Kristo.

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.

¹⁷Ninachotaka kusema ni hiki: Mungu alifanya agano lake akalithibitisha; Sheria ambayo ilitokea miaka mia nne na thelathini baadaye, haiwezi kulitangua hilo agano wala kuibatilisha hiyo ahadi.

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.

¹⁸Maana, kama urithi ya Mungu inategemea Sheria, basi, haiwezi kutegemea tena ahadi ya Mungu. Kumbe, lakini Mungu alimkirimia Abrahamu kwa sababu aliahidi.

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

¹⁹Ya nini basi, Sheria? Iliongezwa hapo ili kuonyesha uhalifu ni kitu gani, mpaka atakapokuja yule mzawa wa Abrahamu aliyepewa ile ahadi. Sheria ililetwa na malaika kwa mkono wa mpatanishi.

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.

²⁰Ama hakika, mpatanishi hahitajiwi ikiwa jambo lenyewe lamhusu mtu mmoja; na Mungu ni mmoja.

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

²¹Je, Sheria inapingana na ahadi za Mungu? Hata kidogo! Maana, kama kungalitolewa sheria ambayo ingeweza kuwapa watu uzima, basi, tungeweza kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya Sheria.

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.

²²Lakini sivyo; Maandiko Matakatifu yamekwisha sema kwamba ulimwengu wote upo chini ya utawala wa dhambi; na hivyo, kwa kumwamini Yesu Kristo, wenye kuamini watimiziwe ile ahadi.

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

²³Kabla ya kujaliwa imani, Sheria ilitufanya wafungwa mpaka imani hiyo iliyokuwa inakuja ifunuliwe.

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

²⁴Basi, hiyo Sheria ilikuwa kama mlezi wetu mpaka alipokuja Kristo, ili kwa njia ya imani, tukubaliwe kuwa waadilifu.

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

²⁵Tangu kufika kwa hiyo imani, Sheria si mlezi wetu tena.

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

²⁶Kwa njia ya imani, ninyi nyote mmekuwa watoto wa Mungu katika kuungana na Kristo.

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

²⁷Ninyi nyote mliobatizwa mkaungana na Kristo ni kama vile mmemvaa Kristo.

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

²⁸Hivyo, hakuna tena tofauti kati ya Myahudi na Mgiriki, mtumwa na mtu huru, mwanamume na mwanamke. Nyote ni kitu kimoja katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu.

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.

²⁹Ikiwa ninyi ni wa Kristo, basi ni wazawa wa Abrahamu, na mtapokea yale aliyoahidi Mungu.

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