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1 khrISTo'smabhyaM yat svAtantryaM dattavAn yUyaM tatra sthirAstiSThata dAsatvayugena puna rna nibadhyadhvaM|
It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.
2 pazyatAhaM paulo yuSmAn vadAmi yadi chinnatvaco bhavatha tarhi khrISTena kimapi nopakAriSyadhve|
Understand that I, Paul, myself tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, Christ will avail you nothing.
3 aparaM yaH kazcit chinnatvag bhavati sa kRtsnavyavasthAyAH pAlanam IzvarAya dhArayatIti pramANaM dadAmi|
I again declare to everyone who receives circumcision, that he binds himself to obey the whole Law.
4 yuSmAkaM yAvanto lokA vyavasthayA sapuNyIbhavituM ceSTante te sarvve khrISTAd bhraSTA anugrahAt patitAzca|
You have severed yourselves from Christ – you who are seeking to be pronounced righteous through Law; you have fallen away from love.
5 yato vayam AtmanA vizvAsAt puNyalAbhAzAsiddhaM pratIkSAmahe|
For we, by the help of the Spirit, are eagerly waiting for the fulfilment of our hope – that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.
6 khrISTe yIzau tvakchedAtvakchedayoH kimapi guNaM nAsti kintu premnA saphalo vizvAsa eva guNayuktaH|
If we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.
7 pUrvvaM yUyaM sundaram adhAvata kintvidAnIM kena bAdhAM prApya satyatAM na gRhlItha?
You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 yuSmAkaM sA mati ryuSmadAhvAnakAriNa IzvarAnna jAtA|
The persuasion brought to bear on you does not come from him who calls you.
9 vikAraH kRtsnazaktUnAM svalpakiNvena jasayate|
A little yeast leavens all the dough.
10 yuSmAkaM mati rvikAraM na gamiSyatItyahaM yuSmAnadhi prabhunAzaMse; kintu yo yuSmAn vicAralayati sa yaH kazcid bhavet samucitaM daNDaM prApsyati|
I, through my union with the Lord, am persuaded that you will learn to think with me. But the man who is disturbing your minds will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.
11 parantu he bhrAtaraH, yadyaham idAnIm api tvakchedaM pracArayeyaM tarhi kuta upadravaM bhuJjiya? tatkRte kruzaM nirbbAdham abhaviSyat|
If I, friends, am still proclaiming circumcision, why am I still persecuted? It seems that the cross has ceased to be an obstacle!
12 ye janA yuSmAkaM cAJcalyaM janayanti teSAM chedanameva mayAbhilaSyate|
I could even wish that the people who are unsettling you would go further still and mutilate themselves.
13 he bhrAtaraH, yUyaM svAtantryArtham AhUtA Adhve kintu tatsvAtantryadvAreNa zArIrikabhAvo yuSmAn na pravizatu| yUyaM premnA parasparaM paricaryyAM kurudhvaM|
Remember, friends, to you the call came to give you freedom. Only, do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence but serve one another in a loving spirit.
14 yasmAt tvaM samIpavAsini svavat prema kuryyA ityekAjJA kRtsnAyA vyavasthAyAH sArasaMgrahaH|
Indeed, the whole Law has been summed up in this one precept – “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself.”
15 kintu yUyaM yadi parasparaM daMdazyadhve 'zAzyadhve ca tarhi yuSmAkam eko'nyena yanna grasyate tatra yuSmAbhiH sAvadhAnai rbhavitavyaM|
But, if you are continually wounding and preying on one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.
16 ahaM bravImi yUyam AtmikAcAraM kuruta zArIrikAbhilASaM mA pUrayata|
This is what I have to say – Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.
17 yataH zArIrikAbhilASa Atmano viparItaH, AtmikAbhilASazca zarIrasya viparItaH, anayorubhayoH parasparaM virodho vidyate tena yuSmAbhi ryad abhilaSyate tanna karttavyaM|
For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature – they are two contrary principles – so that you cannot do what you wish.
18 yUyaM yadyAtmanA vinIyadhve tarhi vyavasthAyA adhInA na bhavatha|
But, if you follow the guidance of the Spirit, you are not subject to Law.
19 aparaM paradAragamanaM vezyAgamanam azucitA kAmukatA pratimApUjanam
The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these – sexual immorality, impurity, indecency,
20 indrajAlaM zatrutvaM vivAdo'ntarjvalanaM krodhaH kalaho'naikyaM
idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
21 pArthakyam IrSyA vadho mattatvaM lampaTatvamityAdIni spaSTatvena zArIrikabhAvasya karmmANi santi| pUrvvaM yadvat mayA kathitaM tadvat punarapi kathyate ye janA etAdRzAni karmmANyAcaranti tairIzvarasya rAjye'dhikAraH kadAca na lapsyate|
feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the kingdom of God.
22 kiJca premAnandaH zAntizcirasahiSNutA hitaiSitA bhadratvaM vizvAsyatA titikSA
But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.
23 parimitabhojitvamityAdInyAtmanaH phalAni santi teSAM viruddhA kApi vyavasthA nahi|
Against such things there is no law!
24 ye tu khrISTasya lokAste ripubhirabhilASaizca sahitaM zArIrikabhAvaM kruze nihatavantaH|
And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.
25 yadi vayam AtmanA jIvAmastarhyAtmikAcAro'smAbhiH karttavyaH,
Since our life is due to the Spirit, let us rule our conduct also by the Spirit.
26 darpaH parasparaM nirbhartsanaM dveSazcAsmAbhi rna karttavyAni|
Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another.
