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

¹Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

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

²Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

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

³Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, 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.

⁴You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

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

⁵For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

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 amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

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

⁷You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

⁸Aliyesababisha hali hiyo si Mungu ambaye amewaiteni.

⁸This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

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

⁹A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

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 toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

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.

¹¹But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

¹²Laiti hao wanaowavurugeni wangejikatakata wenyewe!

¹²I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

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

¹³For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

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

¹⁴For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18

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

¹⁵But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

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

¹⁶But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

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 lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

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

¹⁸But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

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

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

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

²⁰idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

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, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

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

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, or, faithfulness

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

²³gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

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

²⁴Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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

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

²⁶Basi, tusijivune, tusichokozane wala kuoneana wivu.

²⁶Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.