Galatians 5

5 ¹Christ don free us make we fit dey free. So stand gidigba—no gree make dem put slave yoke for your neck again.

²Make una hear: Me, Paul, dey tell una—if you go do circumcision, Christ no go profit you anything. ³I dey testify again: every man wey accept circumcision must keep di whole law finish. ⁴Una wey dey find justification through law don comot from Christ; una don fall commot for grace. ⁵Because through the Holy Spirit, by faith, we dey wait with strong belle for di hope of correct-and-holy way. ⁶Because for inside Christ Jesus, circumcision no mean anything, uncircumcision sef no mean anything—na only faith wey dey work through love dey count.

⁷Una bin dey run well well. Na who cut una for road make una no fit obey di truth again? ⁸Dis kind persuasion no come from our Papa, wey dey call una. ⁹Small yeast dey make di whole dough rise. ¹⁰For inside di Lord, I get confidence say una no go think any oda way; and whoever dey trouble una go carry di judgement for im head.

¹¹But my brodas, if I still dey preach circumcision, why dem still dey persecute me? If na so, den di offense wey di cross carry don comot. ¹²I wish say dis people wey dey scatter una mind go just cut demsef finish! ^a a v12 Paul turn di knife sharp sharp: if na cutting be di point, make di circumcision teachers go all di way.

¹³My brodas, na to freedom dem call una—just no make dat freedom turn to door wey di flesh go take enta; instead, make una serve una one anoda through love.

¹⁴Because di whole law dey fulfill for one command: “You go love your neighbour like yoursef.”

¹⁵But if una dey bite and dey chop una one anoda, make una watch am well o, so dat una no go destroy una one anoda.

¹⁶But I dey talk am: waka by di Spirit, and una no go carry out di craving wey di flesh dey want. ¹⁷Di sinful nature dey want wetin dey fight di Spirit, and di Spirit dey want wetin dey fight di sinful nature; dem two dey clash, so dat una no fit do wetin una wan do. ¹⁸But if na di Spirit dey lead una, una no dey under di law. ¹⁹Di works of di sinful nature dey clear well well: sexual immorality, dirty living, waka wey no get shame. ²⁰Idol worship, juju, enmity, quarrel, jealousy, sharp-sharp anger, selfish ambition, division, group-group, ²¹envy, drunkenness, wayo party, and things wey be like dis. I dey warn una now, just as I warn una before: people wey dey do dis kind things no go inherit di kingdom of our Papa.

²²But di fruit of di Spirit na love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentle heart, and control of yoursef. No law dey against dis kind things. ²⁴And people wey belong to Christ Jesus don nail di sinful nature for cross, together with im passion and im desire dem. ²⁵If na di Spirit dey give us life, make we sef waka in step with di Spirit. ²⁶Make we no dey feel big for head, dey provoke one anoda, dey envy one anoda.