VaGaratiya 3

¹Imi vaGaratia vokusafunga, ndianiko wakakurunzirai, kuti murege kuteerera chokwadi iyemi, makaratidzwa Jesu Kristu pachena pamberi pameso enyu akaroverwa pamuchinjikwa pakati penyu?O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

²Ichechi bedzi ndinoda kunzwa kwamuri: Makapiwa Mweya namabasa omurairo here, kana nokunzwa kwokutenda?This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

³Muri vokusafunga vakadaro seiko? Makatanga muMweya, ko zvino mopedzisa munyama here?Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

⁴Makatambudzika zvikuru mukadai pasina here? Kana zvaiva pasina hazvo!Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

⁵Naizvozvo uyo unokupai Mweya, nokuita mabasa esimba pakati penyu, unozviita izvo namabasa omurairo here, kana nokunzwa kwokutenda?He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

⁶Abhurahamu sezvaakatenda kunaMwari kukanzi kwaari ndiko kururama.Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

⁷Naizvozvo zivai kuti vokutenda ndivo vana vaAbhurahamu.Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

⁸Norugwaro zvarwakaziva zviri mberi kuti Mwari ucharuramisa vahedheni nokutenda, rwakaparidza Evhangeri kare kunaAbhurahamu, ruchiti: Mauri marudzi ose acharopafadzwa.And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

⁹Naizvozvo vokutenda vanoropafadzwa pamwe chete naAbhurahamu, wakatenda.So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

¹⁰Nokuti vose vari vamabasa omurairo, vari pakutukwa; nokuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Vakatukwa vose vasingarambiri pazvinhu zvose zvakanyorwa mubuku yomurairo, kuti vazviite.For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

¹¹Zvino, zvinovonekwa kuti hakunomunhu unoruramiswa nomurairo pamberi paMwari, nokuti: Wakarurama uchararama nokutenda.But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

¹²Zvino murairo haubvi pakutenda; asi uyo wakaita zvinhu izvozvi uchararama nazvo.And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

¹³Kristu wakatidzikinura pakutuka kwomurairo, iye akaitwa chakatukwa nokuda kwedu, nokuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Vakatukwa vose vanoturikwa pamuti!Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

¹⁴Kuti kuropafadzwa kwaAbhurahamu kusvike kuvahedheni munaJesu Kristu; kuti tipiwe nokutenda chipikirwa choMweya.That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

¹⁵Hama dzangu, ndinoreva nokureva kwavanhu, ndichiti: Kunyange iri sungano yavanhu hayo, kana yasimbiswa, hakunomunhu unoikonesa kana kuwedzera kwairi.Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

¹⁶Zvino, izvo zvipikirwa zvakarebwa kunaAbhurahamu nokumwana wake. Haarevi, achiti: Kuvana vako, savanenge vari vazhinji; asi saanenge ari mumwe, unoti; Kumwana wako; uyu ndiye Kristu.Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

¹⁷Zvino ndinoreva chinhu ichi, ndichiti; Sungano yakasimbiswa kare naMwari, munaKristu, haitorerwi simba rayo nomurairo wakazotevera makore mazana mana namakumi matatu apfuvura, kuti chipikirwa chikoneswe.And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

¹⁸Nokuti kana nhaka ichibva kumurairo, haichabvi kuchipikirwa;; asi Mwari wakaipa Abhurahamu nokupikira.For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

¹⁹Naizvozvo murairo chinyiko? Wakazowedzerwa nokuda kwezvivi, kusvikira mwana wakapikirwa izvozvo achizovuya; iwo wakarairwa navatumwa noruvoko rwomurevereri.Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

²⁰Zvino murevereri haazi womumwe chete, asi Mwari ndomumwe.Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

²¹Ko murairo unorwisana nezvipikirwa zvaMwari here? Haisva! Nokuti dai vakanga vapiwa murairo waigona kuraramisa, zvirokwazvo Kururamiswa kungadai kwakabva kumurairo.Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

²²Asi Rugwaro rwakapfigira zvose pasi pezvivi, kuti chipikirwa chinobva pakutenda munaJesu Krisitu chipiwe vanotenda.But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

²³Asi kutenda kusati kwasvika, taichengetwa pasi pomurairo, takapfigirwa nokuda kwokutenda kwaizoratidzwa.But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

²⁴Saizvozvo murairo wakanga uri muperekedzi wedu, kutiisa kunaKristu kuti tiruramiswe nokutenda.Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

²⁵Zvino kutenda zvakwakasvika, hatichiri pasi pomuperekedzi.But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

²⁶Nokuti imi mose muri vana vaMwari nokutenda munaKristu Jesu;For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁷nokuti vose pakati penyu, vakabhabhatidzwa munaKristu, makafuka Kristu.For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

²⁸Hakuchina muJudha kana muGiriki, hakuchina wakasungwa kana wakasununguka, hakuchina munhurume kana munhukadzi; nokuti imi mose muri vamwe munaKristu Jesu.There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

²⁹Zvino kana muri vaKristu, muri vana vaAbhurahamu, vadyi venhaka sezvamakapikirwa.And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.