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.
Bangaskiya ko kiyaye doka
1Ya ku Galatiyawa marasa azanci! Wa ya ruɗe ku? A idanunku aka bayyana Yesu Kiristi gicciyeyye a sarari. 2Zan so in san abu guda tak daga gare ku. Kun karɓi Ruhu ta wurin kiyaye Doka ne, ko kuwa ta wurin gaskata abin da kuka ji? 3Ashe, rashin azancinku har ya kai ga haka? Bayan kun fara da Ruhu, a yanzu kuma da halin mutuntaka za ku ƙarasa? 4Ashe, wahaloli dabam-dabam da kuka sha sun zama a banza ke nan? Haka zai yiwu kuwa? 5Allah ya ba ku Ruhunsa yana kuma aikata ayyukan banmamaki a cikinku saboda kuna kiyaye Doka ne, ko kuwa domin kuna gaskatawa abin da kuka ji ne? 6Ku dubi Ibrahim mana, “Ya gaskata Allah, aka kuwa lissafta wannan adalci ne a gare shi.”3.6 Far 15.6
7Ku sani fa, waɗannan waɗanda suka gaskata, ’ya’yan Ibrahim ne. 8Nassi ya hanga cewa Allah zai kuɓutar da Al’ummai ta wurin bangaskiya, ya kuwa sanar wa Ibrahim wannan bisharar tun kafin lokaci yă yi cewa, “Dukan al’ummai za su sami albarka ta wurinka.”3.8 Far 12.3; Far 18.18; Far 22.18 9Saboda haka waɗanda suke da bangaskiya sun sami albarka tare da Ibrahim, mutumin bangaskiya.
10Dukan waɗanda suka dogara ga kiyaye Doka la’anannu ne, gama a rubuce yake cewa, “La’ananne ne duk wanda bai ci gaba da yi dukan abubuwan da aka rubuta a Littafin Doka ba.”3.10 M Sh 27.26 11A fili yake ba wanda zai kuɓuta a gaban Allah ta wurin Doka, domin “Mai adalci zai rayu ta wurin bangaskiya.”3.11 Hab 2.4 12Doka ba tă dangana ga bangaskiya ba; a maimakon haka, “Mutumin da ya aikata waɗannan abubuwa zai rayu ta wurinsu.”3.12 Fir 18.5 13Kiristi ya fanshe mu daga la’anar Doka ta wurin zama la’ana saboda mu, gama a rubuce yake cewa, “La’ananne ne duk wanda aka rataye a kan itace.”3.13 M Sh 21.23 14Ya fanshe mu domin albarkar da aka yi wa Ibrahim yă zo ga Al’ummai, ta wurin Kiristi Yesu, domin ta wurin bangaskiya mu karɓi alkawarin Ruhu.
Doka da kuma alkawari
15’Yan’uwa, bari in yi muku misali da rayuwarmu ta yau da kullum. Kamar dai yadda ba mai kawarwa ko yă ƙara wani abu cikin alkawarin da mutane suka kafa, haka yake a wannan batu. 16Alkawaran nan fa ga Ibrahim ne aka faɗa da kuma wani zuriyarsa. Nassi bai ce, “da zuriyoyi ba” wanda ya nuna kamar mutane da yawa, amma “ga zuriyarka,”3.16 Far 12.7; Far 13.15; Far 24.7 wanda yake nufin mutum ɗaya, wanda shi ne Kiristi. 17Abin da nake nufi shi ne, Dokar da aka shigar ita bayan shekaru 430, ba tă kawar da alkawarin da Allah ya yi tun dā ba. 18Gama da a ce gādon yă dangana a kan doka ne, ai, da ba zai dangana a kan alkawari ba; amma Allah cikin alherinsa ya ba wa Ibrahim gādon ta wurin alkawari.
19To, don me aka kawo Doka? An yi ƙari da Doka ne don fitowa da laifi fili har kafin na zuriyan nan ya zo, wanda aka yi wa alkawarin, an ba da doka ta wurin mala’iku ne, aka kuma danƙa ta a hannun matsakanci. 20Kuma akan bukaci wani a tsakani ne idan da mutum biyu ake zance, Allah kuwa ɗaya ne.
21To, Dokar ce tana gāba da alkawaran Allah ke nan? Sam, ko kaɗan! Gama da a ce an ba da Dokar da tana iya ba da rai, tabbatacce, da sai a sami adalci ta wurin Doka. 22Amma Nassi ya kulle kome a ƙarƙashin ikon zunubi, domin abin da aka yi alkawarin nan, da ake bayar ta wurin bangaskiya a cikin Yesu Kiristi, a ba da shi ga waɗanda suka gaskata.
’Ya’yan Allah
23Kafin bangaskiyan nan tă zo, mun kasance a daure a kurkuku a ƙarƙashin Doka, a kulle sai da bangaskiyar da za tă zo ta bayyana. 24Ta haka aka sa Dokar ta zama jagorarmu zuwa ga Kiristi don mu sami kuɓuta ta wurin bangaskiya. 25Yanzu da bangaskiya ta zo, ba sauran zamanmu a ƙarƙashin Doka.
26Dukanku ’ya’yan Allah ne ta wurin bangaskiya cikin Kiristi Yesu. 27Gama dukanku da aka yi muku baftisma cikin Kiristi, kuna sanye da Kiristi ke nan. 28Babu bambanci tsakanin mutumin Yahuda da mutumin Al’ummai, bawa da ’yantacce, namiji da ta mace, gama dukanku ɗaya ne cikin Kiristi Yesu. 29In kuwa ku na Kiristi ne, to, ku zuriyar Ibrahim ne, magāda kuma bisa ga alkawarin nan.
