Galatským 3

1 Ó nemoudří Galatští, kdo vás tak zmámil, abyste nebyli povolni pravdě, kterýmž před očima Ježíš Kristus prvé byl vypsán, a mezi vámi ukřižován?

Foolish Galatians! Who has been enchanting you – you before whose eyes Jesus Christ was depicted on the cross?

2 Toto bych jen rád chtěl zvěděti od vás, z skutků-li zákona Ducha jste přijali, čili z slyšení víry?

Here is the one thing that I want to find out from you – Did you receive the Spirit as the result of obedience to Law, or of your having listened with faith?

3 Tak nemoudří jste? Počavše Duchem, nyní tělem konáte?

Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external?

4 Tak mnoho trpěli jste nadarmo? A ještě nadarmo-li.

Did you go through so much to no purpose? – if indeed it really was to no purpose!

5 Ten tedy, kterýž vám dává Ducha, a činí divy mezi vámi, z skutků-li zákona, čili z slyšení víry?

He who supplies you abundantly with his Spirit and endows you with such powers – does he do this as the result of obedience to Law? Or as the result of your having listened with faith?

6 Jako Abraham uvěřil Bohu, a počteno jemu to k spravedlnosti.

It is just as it was with Abraham – he had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.

7 A tak vidíte, že ti, kteříž jsou z víry, ti jsou synové Abrahamovi.

You see, then, that those whose lives are based on faith are the sons of Abraham.

8 Předzvěděvši pak písmo, že z víry ospravedlňuje pohany Bůh, předpovědělo Abrahamovi: Že v tobě budou požehnáni všickni národové.

And scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the good news to Abraham in the words – “Through you all the Gentiles will be blessed.”

9 A tak ti, kteříž jsou z víry, docházejí požehnání s věrným Abrahamem.

And, therefore, those whose lives are based on faith share the blessings bestowed on the faith of Abraham.

10 Kteříž pak koli z skutků zákona jsou, pod zlořečenstvím jsou. Nebo psáno jest: Zlořečený každý, kdož nezůstává ve všem, což jest psáno v knize zákona, aby to plnil.

All who rely on obedience to Law are under a curse, for scripture says – “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all that is written in the book of the Law, and do it.”

11 A že z zákona nebývá žádný ospravedlněn před Bohem, zjevné jest, nebo spravedlivý z víry živ bude.

Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through Law, for we read – “Through faith the righteous will find life.”

12 Zákon pak není z víry, ale: Ten člověk, kterýž by plnil je, živ bude skrze ně.

But the Law is not based on faith; no, its words are – “Those who practice these precepts will find life through them.”

13 Ale vykoupilť nás Kristus z zlořečenství zákona, učiněn byv pro nás zlořečenstvím, (nebo psáno jest: Zlořečený každý, kdož visí na dřevě, )

Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for scripture says – “Cursed is anyone who is hanged on a tree.”

14 Aby na pohany to požehnání Abrahamovo přišlo v Kristu Ježíši, a abychom zaslíbení Ducha přijali skrze víru.

And this he did that the blessing given to Abraham might be extended to the Gentiles through their union with Jesus Christ; that so, through our faith, we also might receive the promised gift of the Spirit.

15 Bratří, po lidsku pravím: Však utvrzené člověka smlouvy žádný neruší, aniž k ní co přidává.

To take an illustration, friends, from daily life – No one sets aside even an agreement between two people, when once it has been confirmed, nor do they add conditions to it.

16 Abrahamovi pak učiněna jsou zaslíbení, i semeni jeho. Nedí: A semenům, jako o mnohých, ale jako o jednom: A semenu tvému, jenž jest Kristus.

Now it was to Abraham that the promises were made, “and to his offspring.” It was not said “to his offsprings,” as if many persons were meant, but the words were “to your offspring,” showing that one person was meant – and that was Christ.

17 Totoť pak pravím: Že smlouvy prvé od Boha stvrzené, vztahující se k Kristu, zákon, kterýž po čtyřech stech a po třidcíti letech začal se, nevyprazdňuje, aby slib Boží v nic obrátil.

My point is this – An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.

18 Nebo jestližeť z zákona dědictví, již ne z zaslíbení. Ale Abrahamovi skrze zaslíbení Bůh daroval.

If our heritage is the result of Law, then it has ceased to be the result of a promise. Yet God conferred it on Abraham by a promise.

19 Což pak zákon? Pro přestupování ustanoven jest, dokudž by nepřišlo to símě, jemuž se stalo zaslíbení, způsobený skrze anděly v ruce prostředníka.

What, then, you ask, was the use of the Law? It was a later addition, to make people conscious of their wrongdoings, and intended to last only until the coming of that offspring to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.

20 Ale prostředník není jednoho, Bůh pak jeden jest.

Now mediation implies more than one person, but God is one only.

21 Tedy zákon jest proti slibům Božím? Odstup to. Nebo kdyby byl zákon dán, kterýž by mohl obživiti, jistě z zákona byla by spravedlnost.

Does that set the Law in opposition to God’s promises? Heaven forbid! For, if a Law had been given capable of bestowing life, then righteousness would have actually owed its existence to Law.

22 Ale zavřelo písmo všecky pod hřích, aby zaslíbení z víry Jezukristovy dáno bylo věřícím.

But the words of scripture represent the whole world as being in bondage to sin, so that the promised blessing, dependent, as it is, on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who have faith in him.

23 Prvé pak, než přišla víra, pod zákonem byli jsme ostříháni, zavříni jsouce k té víře, kteráž potom měla zjevena býti.

Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the faith that was destined to be revealed.

24 A tak zákon pěstounem naším byl k Kristu, abychom z víry ospravedlněni byli.

Thus the Law has proved a guide to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.

25 Ale když přišla víra, již nejsme pod pěstounem.

But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide.

26 Všickni zajisté synové Boží jste v Kristu Ježíši skrze víru.

For you are all sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.

27 Nebo kteřížkoli v Krista pokřtěni jste, Krista jste oblékli.

For all of you who were baptized into union with Christ clothed yourselves with Christ.

28 Neníť ani Žid, ani Řek, ani slouha, ani svobodný, ani muž, ani žena. Nebo všickni vy jedno jste v Kristu Ježíši.

All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

29 A když Kristovi jste, tedy símě Abrahamovo jste, a podlé zaslíbení dědicové.

And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham’s offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.