Gálatas 3

1 Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified? 2 I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain? 5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? 6 Even so, Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."✝3:6 Genesis 15:6 7 Know therefore that those who are of faith are children of Abraham. 8 The 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."✝3:8 Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

10 For 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."✝3:10 Deuteronomy 27:26 11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."✝3:11 Habakkuk 2:4 12 The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live by them."✝3:12 Leviticus 18:5

13 Christ 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,"✝3:13 Deuteronomy 21:23 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

15 Brothers, 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. 16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring.*3:16 or, seed He doesn’t say, "To descendants*3:16 or, seeds", as of many, but as of one, "To your offspring",✝3:16 Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7 which is Christ. 17 Now 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. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.

19 Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.

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

23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There 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. 29 If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

Te Ture, te Whakapono rānei

1 E ngā Karatia whakaarokore, nā wai koutou i whaiwhaiā, i whakakitea nuitia nā a Īhu Karaiti ki ō koutou kanohi, he mea rīpeka? 2 Heoi, tāku e mea ana kia whakaakona mai e koutou: Nō ngā mahi rānei o te ture i riro mai ai te Wairua i a koutou, nā te mea rānei ka rongo ki te whakapono? 3 Ha, kia pēnā koutou te whakaarokore? I runga i te Wairua tā koutou tīmatanga, ā, me whakaoti rānei e koutou i runga i te kikokiko? 4 He huakore noa iho rānei ō koutou matenga maha? Ki te mea rā he mea huakore. 5 Nā, ko te kaiwhakawhiwhi i a koutou ki te Wairua, e mahi nei hoki i ngā merekara i roto i a koutou, nō ngā mahi rānei o te ture tāna, nō te rongo rānei ki te whakapono?

6 Ka rite hoki ki a Āperahama "I whakapono ki te Atua, ā, whakairia ana ki a ia hei tika." 7 Nā, kia mātau koutou, ko te hunga o te whakapono, he tamariki ēnei nā Āperahama. 8 Ā, i te kitenga o te karaipiture i mua, he whakapono tā te Atua hei whakatika mō ngā tauiwi, ka kauwhautia wawetia te rongopai ki a Āperahama, "Māu ka manaakitia ai ngā iwi katoa." 9 Inā, ko te hunga o te whakapono, e manaakitia ngātahitia ana me Āperahama i whakapono rā.

10 Ko te hunga katoa hoki o ngā mahi o te ture, kei raro rātou i te kanga: kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, "Ka kangā ngā tāngata katoa kāhore e mau ki ngā mea katoa kua oti te tuhituhi ki te Pukapuka o te Ture, hei mahi mā rātou." 11 He hanga mārama anō tēnei, e kore e tika i te ture tētahi tangata ki te aroaro o te Atua: "Mā te whakapono hoki e ora ai te tangata tika." 12 He teka hoki nō te whakapono te ture; engari, "Ki te mahia aua mea e te tangata, mā aua mea ia e ora ai."

13 Kua hokona tātou e te Karaiti i roto i te kanga a te ture, i a ia nei i meinga hei kanga mō tātou – kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, "He mea kanga ngā tāngata katoa e whakairia ki runga ki te rākau." 14 Kia tae ai ki ngā tauiwi te manaaki o Āperahama i roto i a Karaiti Īhu; kia riro mai ai i a tātou te kupu hōmai o te Wairua, he mea mā roto i te whakapono.

Te Ture me te Kupu Whakaari

15 E ōku tēina, he kupu tangata tāku nei. Ahakoa he kawenata nā te tangata, ki te mea ka oti te whakaū, kāhore he tangata hei turaki, hei tāpiri rānei. 16 Nā, i kōrerotia ngā kupu whakaari ki a Āperahama, ki tana whānau anō hoki. Kīhai ia i mea, "Ki ngā whānau," me te mea he tokomaha; engari me te mea he kotahi, "Ki tāu whānau," ko te Karaiti hoki ia. 17 Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei; ko te kawenata i whakaūkia e te Atua i mua rā, e kore e āhei te ture, nō muri iho nei o ngā tau e whā rau e toru tekau i tae mai ai, ki te turaki, hei whakakāhore i te kupu whakaari. 18 Mehemea hoki nā te ture i riro mai ai te kāinga, heoi, ehara i te mea nā te kupu whakaari; otirā i nā runga mai i te kupu whakaari tā te Atua hōmaitanga ki a Āperahama.

19 Hei aha rā te ture? I tāpiritia mai mō ngā pokanga kētanga, kia tae mai rā anō te whānau mōna nei te kupu whakaari; he mahinga nā ngā anahera, i roto i te ringa o te takawaenga. 20 Nā, he teka mō te kotahi te takawaenga; kotahi ia te Atua.

Te Pūtake o te Ture

21 He turaki rānei tā te ture i ā te Atua kupu whakaari? Kāhore rāpea! Me i hōmai hoki he ture, he mea kaha ki te whakaora, inā, kua puta ake te tika i te ture. 22 Heoi, kua kōpania ngā mea katoa e te karaipiture ki raro o te hara, kia hōmai ai ki te hunga e whakapono ana te mea i whakaaria mai i runga i te whakapono ki a Īhu Karaiti.

23 I mua ia o te taenga mai o te whakapono, e puritia ana tātou i raro i te ture, he mea kōpani, kia taea rā anō te whakapono e whakapuakina nei i muri. 24 Heoi, kua meinga nei te ture hei kaiwhakaako mō tātou, hei ārahi ki a te Karaiti, kia tika ai tātou i te whakapono. 25 Otirā, ka tae mai nei te whakapono, mutu ake tō tātou meatanga mai e te kaiwhakaako.

26 He tamariki katoa hoki koutou nā te Atua, he mea nā te whakapono ki a Karaiti Īhu. 27 Ko te hunga katoa hoki o koutou kua iriiria ki roto ki a te Karaiti, kua kākahuria e koutou a te Karaiti. 28 Kāhore he Hūrai, kāhore he Kariki, kāhore he pononga, kāhore he rangatira, kāhore he tāne, wahine rānei; he tangata kotahi tonu hoki koutou katoa i roto i a Karaiti Īhu. 29 Ā, ki te mea nā te Karaiti koutou, he whānau nā Āperahama, mō koutou hoki te kāinga i runga i te kupu whakaari.