Wagalatia 3
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Berean Standard Bible
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 has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as 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?
2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
3Je, mu wajinga kiasi hicho? Ninyi mlianza yote kwa msaada wa Roho je, mnataka sasa kumaliza kwa nguvu zenu wenyewe?
3Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
4Je, mambo yale yote yaliyowapata ninyi yamekuwa bure tu? Haiwezekani!
4Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?
5Je, Mungu huwajalia Roho na kutenda miujiza kati yenu ati kwa sababu mnatimiza yanayotakiwa na sheria, ama kwa sababu mnasikia Habari Njema na kuiamini?
5Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
6Chukueni kwa mfano habari za Abrahamu: yeye alimwamini Mungu, naye Mungu akamkubali kuwa mwadilifu.
6So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
7Sasa basi jueni kwamba watu wenye kumwamini ndio walio watoto halisi wa Abrahamu.
7Understand, then, that those who have faith 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.”
8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
9Basi, wale walio na imani wanabarikiwa pamoja na Abrahamu aliyeamini.
9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
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.”
10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
11Ni dhahiri kwamba Sheria haiwezi kumfanya mtu akubaliwe kuwa mwadilifu; maana Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: “Mwadilifu kwa imani ataishi.”
11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
12Lakini Sheria haitegemei imani, ila Maandiko yasema: “Mwenye kutimiza yanayotakiwa na Sheria ataishi.”
12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by 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 by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung 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.
14He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
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.
15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
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.
16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who 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.
17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
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 depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a 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.
19Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
20Ama hakika, mpatanishi hahitajiwi ikiwa jambo lenyewe lamhusu mtu mmoja; na Mungu ni mmoja.
20A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; 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, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from 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 Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
23Kabla ya kujaliwa imani, Sheria ilitufanya wafungwa mpaka imani hiyo iliyokuwa inakuja ifunuliwe.
23Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
24Basi, hiyo Sheria ilikuwa kama mlezi wetu mpaka alipokuja Kristo, ili kwa njia ya imani, tukubaliwe kuwa waadilifu.
24So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25Tangu kufika kwa hiyo imani, Sheria si mlezi wetu tena.
25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
26Kwa njia ya imani, ninyi nyote mmekuwa watoto wa Mungu katika kuungana na Kristo.
26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27Ninyi nyote mliobatizwa mkaungana na Kristo ni kama vile mmemvaa Kristo.
27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with 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 is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29Ikiwa ninyi ni wa Kristo, basi ni wazawa wa Abrahamu, na mtapokea yale aliyoahidi Mungu.
29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
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