ԳԱՂԱՏԱՑԻՍ 4
1 Բայց այնքան ատեն որ ժառանգորդը մանուկ է, կ՚ըսեմ թէ ոչինչով կը տարբերի ստրուկէ մը, թէպէտ բոլորին տէրն է.
Now, I [will further] discuss [children and heirs]: [An heir is a person who will later] control all that his father has. But as long as that heir is a child, others [control] him, with the result that he is just like a slave [MET].
2 հապա խնամակալներու եւ հոգատարներու հեղինակութեան տակ է՝ մինչեւ հօրը ճշդած պայմանաժամը:
Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
3 Նոյնպէս ալ մենք, երբ մանուկ էինք, աշխարհի սկզբունքներուն տակ ստրուկ էինք:
Likewise, when we [(inc)] (OR, we [(exc) Jews]) were [like] young children [MET], we were controlled by the spiritual powers of this world. They controlled us like [masters control their slaves] [MET].
4 Բայց երբ ժամանակը լրումին հասաւ, Աստուած ղրկեց իր Որդին՝ որ կնոջմէ ծնաւ եւ Օրէնքին տակ մտաւ,
But exactly at the time [MTY] [that God had previously determined], he sent [Jesus], who is (his Son/the man who is also God), into the world. Jesus was born to a [human] mother. He had to obey the laws [that God gave to Moses].
5 որպէսզի փրկանքով գնէ Օրէնքին տակ եղողները. որպէսզի մենք որդեգրութի՛ւնը ստանանք:
God sent Jesus in order that he might redeem us who had to obey [God’s] laws. God wanted us all to receive from [God] the status of being his children [MET].
6 Եւ քանի որ դուք որդիներ էք, Աստուած ձեր սիրտերուն մէջ ղրկեց իր Որդիին Հոգին, որ կ՚աղաղակէ. «Աբբա՛, Հա՛յր»:
Furthermore, we know that we are God’s children because God sent the Spirit, who is intimately related to Jesus, to live in our (inner beings/hearts). [The Spirit enables us to] pray fervently, “Daddy, Father!” [This shows that we are God’s children].
7 Հետեւաբար ա՛լ ստրուկ չես, հապա՝ որդի. ու եթէ որդի, ուրեմն՝ Աստուծոյ ժառանգորդը Քրիստոսի միջոցով:
So, [because of what God has done], no longer is [each of] you [like] a slave. Instead, [each of you is] a child [of God]. Furthermore, since [each of you is God’s] child, God has also made you his heir, [one who will receive all that he has promised].
8 Ուրեմն այն ատեն երբ չէիք ճանչնար Աստուած, կը ծառայէիք անոնց՝ որ բնութեամբ աստուածներ չէին:
When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
9 Սակայն հիմա որ ճանչցաք Աստուած, կամ մա՛նաւանդ՝ ճանչցուեցաք Աստուծմէ, ի՞նչպէս կը վերադառնաք այն տկար եւ աղքատ սկզբունքներուն, որոնց դարձեալ կ՚ուզէք ստրուկ ըլլալ:
But now you have come to know God. Perhaps [it would be better to say that] now God knows you. [So now you are acting foolishly]! (You are again believing [that by obeying] rules and rites [you will benefit spiritually]! [RHQ] [Those rules are] ineffective and inadequate! You are wanting to [obey them] again [MET] like slaves obey their masters. [RHQ]
10 Կը պահէք օրերը, ամիսները, ժամանակներն ու տարիները.
You [non-Jews] are carefully practicing [Jewish rules and rituals about what you should do] (on [Sabbaths/on Jewish days of rest]) and [on the first day of each] month and on [special] seasons and years.
11 կը վախնամ ձեզի համար, որ գուցէ զուր տեղը աշխատած ըլլամ ձեր վրայ:
I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
12 Եղբայրնե՛ր, կ՚աղերսե՛մ ձեզի, ինծի՛ պէս եղէք, որովհետեւ ես ալ ձեզի պէս եղայ. դուք բնա՛ւ վնասած չէք ինծի:
My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. [Stop thinking that you have to obey (Jewish rules and rituals/ceremonial laws]). [When I was with you], I [did not obey all the Jewish rules and rituals], just like you [did not obey them]. [At that time] you treated me entirely as you should have [LIT].
13 Դուք գիտէք թէ ի՛նչպէս՝ մարմինիս տկարութեամբ՝ աւետարանեցի ձեզի առաջին անգամ.
You know that the first time I preached to you, [I went to your area to regain my health, because I was physically weak].
14 բայց մարմինիս վրայ կրած փորձութիւնս չանարգեցիք, ո՛չ ալ պժգացիք. հապա Աստուծոյ հրեշտակի մը պէս ընդունեցիք զիս, Քրիստոս Յիսուսի պէս:
[Although] you might have [despised me because] I was physically weak, you did not despise me or act contemptuously/disrespectfully toward me. Instead, you welcomed me like [you would welcome] an angel from God. [You welcomed me] like [you would welcome] Christ Jesus!
15 Ուստի ո՞ւր է՝՝ ձեր այդ ատենուան երանութիւնը. քանի որ ես կը վկայեմ ձեզի թէ եթէ կարելի ըլլար՝ ձեր աչքե՛րը պիտի խլէիք եւ զանոնք ինծի տայիք:
(I am disappointed that you have forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]./Have you forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]?) [RHQ] I can testify that you [would have done anything to help me]. You would have gouged out your eyes [and] given them to me, [if that would have helped me]!
16 Միթէ ձեր թշնամի՞ն եղայ՝ ձեզի ճշմարտութիւնը խօսելով:
So I am very disappointed that you [now] act as though [RHQ] I have become hostile to you [because I have kept] speaking the true [message about Christ] to you.
17 Անոնք նախանձախնդիր են ձեզի հանդէպ, բայց ո՛չ բարի նպատակով. նոյնիսկ կ՚ուզեն մեզ վտարել, որպէսզի նախանձախնդիր ըլլաք իրե՛նց հանդէպ:
Those [who are insisting on obeying Jewish rules] are eagerly [showing interest in] you, but [what they are doing is] not good. They even want you not to associate with [me and other true] believers, because they want you to eagerly show [interest in] them, [not in us].
18 Սակայն լաւ է նախանձախնդիր ըլլալ բարիին հանդէպ՝ ամէ՛ն ատեն, եւ ո՛չ թէ միայն երբ ձեր մէջ ներկայ եմ:
But [just like] it always feels good to have others show that they appreciate you, [I would like you] always [to appreciate me], and not only when I am with you.
19 Որդեակնե՛րս, ձեզի համար դարձեալ երկունքի ցաւ կը քաշեմ, մինչեւ որ Քրիստոս ձեր մէջ կերպաւորուի:
You [who are like] my children, [once] again I am very worried/concerned about you [MET], [and I will continue to] be worried/concerned until Christ’s [nature becomes developed] in you [completely and wholeheartedly] [MET] [as a child] becomes developed [in his mother’s womb].
20 Կ՚ուզէի հիմա ձեր մէջ ներկայ ըլլալ ու շեշտս փոխել, որովհետեւ ձեր մասին վարանումի մէջ եմ:
But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk [more gently with you], because I do not know [what to do about] you [while we are apart].
21 Ըսէ՛ք ինծի, դուք որ կ՚ուզէք Օրէնքին տակ ըլլալ, Օրէնքը չէ՞ք լսեր.
Some of you desire [to obey all the laws] that God gave Moses. [I say that] you [should] consider [RHQ] [the implications of what Moses wrote in] the Scriptures.
22 որովհետեւ գրուած է թէ Աբրահամ երկու որդի ունէր, մէկը՝ աղախինէն, միւսը՝ ազատ կնոջմէն:
[He] wrote that Abraham became the father of two sons. His female slave, [Hagar], bore one son, and his [wife Sarah], who was not a slave, bore the other.
23 Բայց ա՛ն որ աղախինէն էր՝ մարմինին համեմատ ծնած էր, իսկ ա՛ն որ ազատ կնոջմէն էր՝ խոստումով:
Also, [the sons differed. Ishmael], the [son born by] the female slave, was conceived naturally. But [Isaac], the [son born by] his wife who was not a slave, was conceived [miraculously] as a result of what [God] had promised [Abraham].
24 Ասոնց մեկնութիւնը այլաբանօրէն կ՚ըլլայ, քանի որ ասոնք երկու Ուխտերն են. մէկը՝ Սինա լեռնէն, որ Հագա՛րն է, ստրկութեա՛ն համար կը ծնանի.
[I am telling you this] as an illustration. These [two women] symbolize two agreements. [God made] the first [agreement, which involved obeying the laws that God gave to Moses] at Sinai Mountain. [Because that agreement forces those who accept it to keep obeying all its rules] [MET], [it is like a slave mother who] gives birth to slaves. [So] Hagar, [the female slave, symbolizes] that [agreement].
25 որովհետեւ Հագար՝ Սինա լեռն է, Արաբիայի մէջ, ու կը համապատասխանէ այժմու Երուսաղէմին, եւ ստրկութեան մէջ է իր զաւակներուն հետ:
Also, the [word] ‘Hagar’ is [associated with] Sinai Mountain, [which is] in Arabia [land. Hagar, the female slave, also] represents Jerusalem as it is today. Jerusalem is [like] [MET] a slave [mother, and those who live there] [PRS] [are like] her slave children [MET] [because they all must obey the laws that God gave to Moses].
26 Բայց վերին Երուսաղէմը, որ մեր բոլորին մայրն է, ազատ է:
But there will be a [new] Jerusalem in heaven [MTY], and we [who will go there] are free [from having to obey Jewish laws]. We [who belong to that city consider it to be] our mother [MET] [city because we are God’s true children].
27 Արդարեւ գրուած է. «Ուրախացի՛ր, չծնանող ամո՛ւլ. պոռթկա՛ ցնծութեամբ եւ գոչէ՛, երկունքի ցաւ չքաշո՛ղ. որովհետեւ լքեալին զաւակները շա՛տ աւելի են՝ քան ամուսին ունեցողին զաւակները»:
[Our new city will have more people than those who live in Jerusalem now. It will be just like] Isaiah foretold about [the people whom he expected would come back to Jerusalem from exile. He expected that they would be more numerous than those who] were taken into exile. He wrote: [You who live in Jerusalem, you will] rejoice! Now you have no children, like a barren [woman] who does not give birth to [children! But some day you will] shout [joyfully], (without restraint/as loudly as you can), [even though now you are few in number, like a woman who] cannot give birth [to children, and you] feel deserted. [You will be very happy] because [you will have many children who will come to you. Those children will be] more than [the children] any woman with a husband [could have borne].
28 Ուրեմն մենք, եղբայրնե՛ր, Իսահակի պէս խոստումի զաւակներ ենք:
Now, [my] fellow believers, you have become children [of God as a result of believing God’s] promise to us, as Isaac [was born as a result of Abraham believing what God promised to him] [MET].
29 Բայց ինչպէս այն ատեն մարմինին համեմատ ծնածը կը հալածէր ան՝ որ Հոգիին համեմատ ծնած էր, նոյնպէս ալ հիմա:
[Also, long ago Abraham’s son] Ishmael, the one who was conceived naturally, caused trouble for [Abraham’s son] Isaac, who [was conceived] supernaturally [MET]. Similarly, now [those who think that we must obey the laws that God gave Moses in order that God will save us are causing trouble for those who are trusting Abraham’s descendant, Christ].
30 Սակայն ի՞նչ կ՚ըսէ Գիրքը. «Վտարէ՛ այդ աղախինը եւ անոր որդին, քանի որ աղախինին որդին ժառանգորդ պիտի չըլլայ ազատ կնոջ որդիին հետ»:
But these are [RHQ] the words in the Scriptures [PRS]: “The son of the [woman] who was not a slave will inherit [what his father has]. The female slave’s son will certainly not inherit those things. So send away from [this place] the female slave and her son [MET]!” [That means that you should certainly expel from your groups those who insist that we obey all the laws God gave Moses] [MET].
31 Ուրեմն, եղբայրնե՛ր, մենք աղախինին զաւակները չենք, հապա՝ ազատ կնոջ:
[My] fellow believers, [Hagar symbolizes the laws that God gave to Moses. But we are not those who must obey all the laws that God gave to Moses] [MET]. [So] we are not [the] female slave [Hagar’s spiritual] descendants [MET]. But [Sarah’s descendants are those who were born as a result of believing what God promised to Abraham. So we are] the [spiritual] descendants of [Sarah, the woman] who was not a slave [MET].
