¹Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as crucified?

¹የማታስተውሉ የገላትያ ሰዎች ሆይ፥ በዓይናችሁ ፊት ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እንደ ተሰቀለ ሆኖ ተሥሎ ነበር፤ ለእውነት እንዳትታዘዙ አዚም ያደረገባችሁ ማን ነው?

²I just want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

²ይህን ብቻ ከእናንተ እንድማር እወዳለሁ፤ በሕግ ሥራ ወይም ከእምነት ጋር በሆነ መስማት መንፈስን ተቀበላችሁን?

³Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?

³እንዲህን የማታስተውሉ ናችሁ? በመንፈስ ጀምራችሁ አሁን በሥጋ ትፈጽማላችሁን?

⁴Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?

⁴በውኑ ከንቱ እንደ ሆነስ እንደዚህ ያለ መከራ በከንቱ ተቀበላችሁን?

⁵He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

⁵እንግዲህ መንፈስን የሚሰጣችሁ በእናንተም ዘንድ ተአምራት የሚያደርግ፥ በሕግ ሥራ ነውን ወይስ ከእምነት ጋር በሆነ መስማት ነው?

⁶Even as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”

⁶እንዲሁ አብርሃም በእግዚአብሔር አመነና ጽድቅ ሆኖ ተቆጠረለት።

⁷Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.

⁷እንኪያስ ከእምነት የሆኑት እነዚህ የአብርሃም ልጆች እንደ ሆኑ እወቁ።

⁸The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.” Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

⁸መጽሐፍም እግዚአብሔር አሕዛብን በእምነት እንዲያጸድቅ አስቀድሞ አይቶ። በአንተ አሕዛብ ሁሉ ይባረካሉ ብሎ ወንጌልን ለአብርሃም አስቀድሞ ሰበከ።

⁹So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

⁹እንደዚህ ከእምነት የሆኑት ካመነው ከአብርሃም ጋር ይባረካሉ።

¹⁰For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.” Deuteronomy 27:26

¹⁰ከሕግ ሥራ የሆኑት ሁሉ በእርግማን በታች ናቸውና፤ በሕግ መጽሐፍ በተጻፉት ሁሉ ጸንቶ የማይኖር የማያደርግም ሁሉ የተረገመ ነው ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና።

¹¹Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.” Habakkuk 2:4

¹¹ጻድቅ በእምነት ይኖራል ተብሎአልና ማንም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በሕግ እንዳይጸድቅ ግልጥ ነው።

¹²The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.” Leviticus 18:5

¹²ሕግም ከእምነት አይደለም ነገር ግን። የሚያደርገው ይኖርበታል ተብሎአል።

¹³Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,” Deuteronomy 21:23

¹³በእንጨት የሚሰቀል ሁሉ የተረገመ ነው ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና ክርስቶስ ስለ እኛ እርግማን ሆኖ ከሕግ እርግማን ዋጀን፤

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

¹⁴የመንፈስን ተስፋ በእምነት እንድንቀበል፥ የአብርሃም በረከት ወደ አሕዛብ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ይደርስላቸው ዘንድ።

¹⁵Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.

¹⁵ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እንደ ሰው ልማድ እላለሁ። የሰው ስንኳ ቢሆን እርግጠኛውን ኪዳን ማንም አይንቅም ወይም አይጨምርበትም።

¹⁶Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn’t say, “To seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “To your seed,” Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7 which is Christ.

¹⁶ለአብርሃምና ለዘሩም የተስፋው ቃል ተነገረ። ስለ ብዙዎች እንደሚነገር። ለዘሮቹም አይልም፤ ስለ አንድ እንደሚነገር ግን። ለዘርህም ይላል፥ እርሱም ክርስቶስ።

¹⁷Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

¹⁷ይህንም እላለሁ፤ ከአራት መቶ ሠላሳ ዓመት በኋላ የተሰጠው ሕግ አስቀድሞ በእግዚአብሔር የተረጋገጠውን ኪዳን የተስፋውን ቃል እስኪሽር ድረስ አያፈርስም።

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

¹⁸ርስቱ በሕግ ቢሆንስ እንግዲያስ በተስፋ ቃል አይሆንም፤ በተስፋ ቃል ግን እግዚአብሔር ለአብርሃም ሰጥቶአል።

¹⁹What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

¹⁹እንግዲህ ሕግ ምንድር ነው? ተስፋው የተሰጠው ዘር እስኪመጣ ድረስ በመካከለኛ እጅ በመላእክት በኩል ስለ ሕግ መተላለፍ ተጨመረ።

²⁰Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.

²⁰መካከለኛውም ለአንድ ብቻ አይደለም እግዚአብሔር ግን አንድ ነው።

²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.

²¹እንግዲህ ሕግ የእግዚአብሔርን የተስፋ ቃል የሚቃወም ነውን? አይደለም። ሕያው ሊያደርግ የሚቻለው ሕግ ተሰጥቶ ቢሆንስ በእውነት ጽድቅ ከሕግ በሆነ ነበር፤

²²But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

²²ነገር ግን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከማመን የሆነው የተስፋ ቃል ለሚያምኑ ይሰጥ ዘንድ መጽሐፍ ከኃጢአት በታች ሁሉን ዘግቶታል።

²³But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

²³እምነትም ሳይመጣ ሊገለጥ ላለው እምነት ተዘግተን ከሕግ በታች እንጠበቅ ነበር።

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

²⁴እንደዚህ በእምነት እንጸድቅ ዘንድ ሕግ ወደ ክርስቶስ የሚያመጣ ሞግዚታችን ሆኖአል፤

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

²⁵እምነት ግን መጥቶአልና ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ከሞግዚት በታች አይደለንም።

²⁶For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁶በእምነት በኩል ሁላችሁ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ናችሁና፤

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

²⁷ከክርስቶስ ጋር አንድ ትሆኑ ዘንድ የተጠመቃችሁ ሁሉ ክርስቶስን ለብሳችኋልና።

²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

²⁸አይሁዳዊ ወይም የግሪክ ሰው የለም፥ ባሪያ ወይም ጨዋ ሰው የለም፥ ወንድም ሴትም የለም፤ ሁላችሁ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ አንድ ሰው ናችሁና።

²⁹If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to promise.

²⁹እናንተም የክርስቶስ ከሆናችሁ እንኪያስ የአብርሃም ዘር እንደ ተስፋውም ቃል ወራሾች ናችሁ።