Faith or Works of the Law
1You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? 3Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit. 4Have you experienced3:4 Or suffered so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? 6So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”3:6 Gen. 15:6
7Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18 9So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
10For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”3:10 Deut. 27:26 11Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”3:11 Hab. 2:4 12The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”3:12 Lev. 18:5 13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”3:13 Deut. 21:23 14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
The Law and the Promise
15Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7 meaning one person, who is Christ. 17What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
19Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. 20A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. 22But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Children of God
23Before the coming of this faith,3:22,23 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus… 23 Before faith came we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. 24So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. 25Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
26So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Gyidi Anaa Mmara So Di
1Mo Galatifo adwenharefo! Hena na ɔdan mo adwene saa? Mo ara mo anim na wɔkyerɛɛ mu pefee sɛ wɔbɔɔ Yesu Kristo asennua mu. 2Mummua me saa asɛm yi: Moyɛɛ nea Mmara no hwehwɛ sɛ monyɛ ansa na Onyankopɔn Honhom no reba mo so ana? Anaasɛ mutiee Asɛmpa no gye dii ansa? 3Saa na mo adwene mu yɛ hare nen? Mode Onyankopɔn Honhom fii ase; afei mopɛ sɛ mode mo ara mo tumi wie? 4Mo osuahu yi nyinaa so amma mfaso biara? Minnye nni saa. 5Onyankopɔn nam mmara no so na ɔde ne Honhom no maa mo ana? Anaasɛ ɔnam mmara no so na ɔyɛɛ anwonwade wɔ mo mu ana? Ɛnyɛ asɛm no gye a mugye dii nti? 6Kyerɛwsɛm no kaa Abraham ho asɛm se, “Ogyee Onyankopɔn dii na esiane ne gyidi nti, Onyankopɔn gyee no sɛ onipa trenee.”
7Enti ɛsɛ sɛ mote ase sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ gyidi no na wɔyɛ Abraham asefo turodoo. 8Kyerɛwsɛm no dii kan huu sɛ Onyankopɔn nam gyidi so bebu amanamanmufo no bem. Eyi nti Kyerɛwsɛm no dii kan kaa Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ Abraham se, “Ɛnam wo so na Onyankopɔn behyira nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa.” 9Abraham gye dii ma wohyiraa no, na wɔn a wogye di nyinaa nso, wɔahyira wɔn sɛnea wohyiraa no no.
10Wɔadome obiara a ɔde ne ho bɛto ne nnwuma a efi mmara no mu so. Efisɛ wɔakyerɛw sɛ, “Wɔadome obiara a wankɔ so anni nea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mmara Nhoma mu no nyinaa so.” 11Afei akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ obiara rentumi mfa mmara no sodi nsɔ Onyankopɔn ani. Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Ɛnam gyidi so na ɔtreneeni benya nkwa.” 12Mmara no nnyinaso nyɛ gyidi; efisɛ wɔakyerɛw se nea odi mmara no so benya nkwa. 13Ɛno nti na Kristo agye yɛn afi nnome a Mmara no de brɛɛ yɛn no mu. Wayɛ nnome ama yɛn sɛnea Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Obiara a wɔbɛsɛn no wɔ dua so no hyɛ Onyankopɔn nnome ase.” 14Kristo gyee yɛn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a nhyira a wohyiraa Abraham no nam Kristo so bɛba amanamanmufo so, na yɛnam gyidi so anya Honhom a wɔhyɛɛ yɛn ho bɔ no.
Mmara Ne Bɔhyɛ No
15Anuanom, mede yɛn asetena mu asɛm bi bɛyɛ nhwɛso: Sɛ nnipa baanu bi pene asɛm bi so na wɔyɛ ho apam a, obiara rentumi mmu apam no so na wɔrentumi mfa biribi nka ho. 16Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ Abraham ne nʼaseni bɔ. Kyerɛwsɛm no nka se, “Wo ne wʼasefo” a ɛkyerɛ nnipa bebree. Ɛka se, “Wo ne wʼaseni” a ɛkyerɛ sɛ onipa baako a ɔno ne Kristo no. 17Mekyerɛ sɛ: Onyankopɔn yɛɛ apam na ɔhyɛɛ bɔ se obedi so. Mmara no a ɛbaa akyiri no ntumi nsesa anaa ɛrentumi ntwa bɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ mfirihyia ahannan ne aduasa ansa na ɔde Mmara no mae, no mu. 18Na sɛ nhyira a Onyankopɔn de maa no gyina Mmara so a, ɛno de na ɛnyɛ bɔhyɛ bio. Nanso Onyankopɔn fi nʼadom mu, nam bɔhyɛ so de agyapade no maa Abraham.
19Ɛno de, na Mmara no so mfaso ne dɛn? Wɔde maa akyiri no de kyerɛɛ sɛ yɛyɛ nnebɔneyɛfo kosi sɛ Aseni no a wɔhyɛɛ ne ho bɔ no bɛba. Abɔfo no na wɔde Mmara no maa Mose, na ɔno nso yɛɛ Onyankopɔn ne nnipa no ntamgyinafo. 20Yenim sɛ ntamgyinafo ho hia ma nnipa baanu anaa nea ɛboro saa, nanso Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ ɔbaako no amfa ntamgyinafo wɔ bere a ɔhyɛɛ Abraham bɔ no.
Mmara No Botae
21Eyi kyerɛ sɛ Mmara no tia Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ no ana? Dabi da! Sɛ mmara bi wɔ hɔ a etumi ma nnipa nkwa a, ɛno de anka onipa nam saa mmara no so betumi ateɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. 22Nanso Kyerɛwsɛm no aka se wiase nyinaa hyɛ bɔne tumi ase. Ɛno nti akyɛde a wɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ no, wɔnam Yesu Kristo so nko ara de bɛma wɔn a wogye di no.
23Ansa na gyidi no reba no, Mmara no too yɛn mpokyerɛ kosii sɛ wɔbɛdaa gyidi no adi. 24Enti Mmara no na ɛhyɛɛ yɛn so kosii sɛ Kristo bae, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔnam gyidi so bebu yɛn bem. 25Afei a bere adu sɛ yegye Kristo di no, Mmara no nni yɛn so tumi bio.
26Ɛnam gyidi so nti na mo nyinaa yɛ Onyankopɔn mma a mo ne Kristo Yesu aka abɔ mu no. 27Wɔbɔɔ mo asu hyɛɛ Kristo mu nti moafa Kristo mu nnepa no ato mo ho so. 28Yenni Yudani anaa Helani, yenni akoa anaa ɔdehye, yenni ɔbarima anaa ɔbea, na mo nyinaa yɛ nnipa koro wɔ Kristo Yesu mu. 29Enti sɛ moyɛ Kristo de a, na moyɛ Abraham asefo, na bɔhyɛ no nti moyɛ adedifo nso.
