< غَلاطِيَّة 3 >
أَيُّهَا ٱلْغَلَاطِيُّونَ ٱلْأَغْبِيَاءُ، مَنْ رَقَاكُمْ حَتَّى لَا تُذْعِنُوا لِلْحَقِّ؟ أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَمَامَ عُيُونِكُمْ قَدْ رُسِمَ يَسُوعُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ بَيْنَكُمْ مَصْلُوبًا! | ١ 1 |
You [fellow believers who live in] Galatia are very foolish! (Someone must have put an evil spell on you!/Did someone put an evil spell on you?) [RHQ] I clearly explained to you [SYN] [what] Jesus Christ [accomplished when] he was crucified {he died on the cross}.
أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَعَلَّمَ مِنْكُمْ هَذَا فَقَطْ: أَبِأَعْمَالِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ أَخَذْتُمُ ٱلرُّوحَ أَمْ بِخَبَرِ ٱلْإِيمَانِ؟ | ٢ 2 |
[So], I want you to tell me one thing: [Do you think that] it was because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses that you received the [Holy] Spirit? [Do you not know that] [RHQ] it was because [when you] heard [the good message concerning Christ, you] trusted in him?
أَهَكَذَا أَنْتُمْ أَغْبِيَاءُ! أَبَعْدَمَا ٱبْتَدَأْتُمْ بِٱلرُّوحِ تُكَمَّلُونَ ٱلْآنَ بِٱلْجَسَدِ؟ | ٣ 3 |
(You are acting so foolishly/Why are you being so foolish?) [RHQ]! You first [became Christians] as a result of God’s Spirit [enabling you]. So, (you should not now think that it is by what you yourselves do that you will continue [to grow spiritually]/do you now think it is by your own human efforts that you will continue [to grow spiritually?]!) [RHQ]
أَهَذَا ٱلْمِقْدَارَ ٱحْتَمَلْتُمْ عَبَثًا؟ إِنْ كَانَ عَبَثًا! | ٤ 4 |
Keep in mind that [if what God has done for you was because of your obeying the laws that God gave to Moses and] not because of trusting in Christ, when others caused you to suffer, you suffered many things needlessly! [RHQ] [I certainly hope that you did not suffer like that] needlessly.
فَٱلَّذِي يَمْنَحُكُمُ ٱلرُّوحَ، وَيَعْمَلُ قُوَّاتٍ فِيكُمْ، أَبِأَعْمَالِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ أَمْ بِخَبَرِ ٱلْإِيمَانِ؟ | ٥ 5 |
[When God now] generously gives to you his Spirit and performs miracles among you, [do you think that it is] [RHQ] because you obey the laws [that God gave to Moses? Surely you know that] it is because when you heard [the good message about Christ], you trusted in him [RHQ]!
كَمَا «آمَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِٱللهِ فَحُسِبَ لَهُ بِرًّا». | ٦ 6 |
[What you have experienced is] as [Moses wrote in the Scriptures about] Abraham. [He wrote that Abraham] trusted God, and as a result, he was considered as being righteous {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
ٱعْلَمُوا إِذًا أَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ أُولَئِكَ هُمْ بَنُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ. | ٧ 7 |
You must realize, therefore, that it is those who trust [in what Christ has done who] are [like] Abraham’s descendants [MET] [because they trust in God as Abraham did].
وَٱلْكِتَابُ إِذْ سَبَقَ فَرَأَى أَنَّ ٱللهَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ يُبَرِّرُ ٱلْأُمَمَ، سَبَقَ فَبَشَّرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْ «فِيكَ تَتَبَارَكُ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأُمَمِ». | ٨ 8 |
Furthermore, God planned beforehand that it was [when] non-Jews trusted [him] that he would erase the record of their sins. [Moses wrote in] the Scriptures [PRS] this good message that God told Abraham: “Because of [what] you [did], I will bless [people in] [MTY] all nations.”
إِذًا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ يَتَبَارَكُونَ مَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِ. | ٩ 9 |
So, [we can conclude that] it is those who trust [in what Christ has done] whom [God] blesses. That includes [all non-Jews and Jews who trust him], along with Abraham, the one who trusted him [long ago].
لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ هُمْ تَحْتَ لَعْنَةٍ، لِأَنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ: «مَلْعُونٌ كُلُّ مَنْ لَا يَثْبُتُ فِي جَمِيعِ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي كِتَابِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ لِيَعْمَلَ بِهِ». | ١٠ 10 |
That is, God will eternally punish all those who [mistakenly] think [that God will erase the record of their sins] as a result of their [obeying] the laws [that God gave to Moses]. What is written in the Scriptures is that [God] will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws [that Moses wrote].
وَلَكِنْ أَنْ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَتَبَرَّرُ بِٱلنَّامُوسِ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ فَظَاهِرٌ، لِأَنَّ «ٱلْبَارَّ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ يَحْيَا». | ١١ 11 |
But God has declared that if he erases the record of anyone’s sins, it will not be as a result of their obeying the laws God gave Moses. [This is evident because the Scriptures say], “Every person whose record of sins God erases because that person trusts God will live [spiritually].”
وَلَكِنَّ ٱلنَّامُوسَ لَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ، بَلِ «ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلَّذِي يَفْعَلُهَا سَيَحْيَا بِهَا». | ١٢ 12 |
But [when God gave] his laws [to the Jews, he did] not [say that a person must] trust [him]. Instead, [God said that] it is those who obey [all God’s laws, continuously and completely], who will live.
اَلْمَسِيحُ ٱفْتَدَانَا مِنْ لَعْنَةِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ، إِذْ صَارَ لَعْنَةً لِأَجْلِنَا، لِأَنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ: «مَلْعُونٌ كُلُّ مَنْ عُلِّقَ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ». | ١٣ 13 |
Even though we humans have not continuously and completely obeyed God’s laws, Christ rescued us from [God] punishing us eternally. Christ rescued us by his being [the one God condemned] instead of God condemning us. What is written {[someone/Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] shows that this is true. It is written {[He] wrote}, “[God] has cursed anyone [whom people have executed for his crimes and whose body they] have hung on a tree.”
لِتَصِيرَ بَرَكَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِلْأُمَمِ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، لِنَنَالَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ مَوْعِدَ ٱلرُّوحِ. | ١٤ 14 |
Jesus Christ rescued us in order that as a result of what he [has done, God might bless the non-Jews, in a way similar to the way] God blessed Abraham. He also desired that as a result of our trusting [Christ], we [all] might receive the Spirit [whom God] promised to [give to] us.
أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، بِحَسَبِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ أَقُولُ: لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يُبْطِلُ عَهْدًا قَدْ تَمَكَّنَ وَلَوْ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ، أَوْ يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
My fellow believers, I will now [illustrate] by referring to human [relationships. After an agreement is confirmed by two people] {[two people have signed] an agreement}, no one can reject it or add to it.
وَأَمَّا ٱلْمَوَاعِيدُ فَقِيلَتْ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَفِي نَسْلِهِ. لَا يَقُولُ: «وَفِي ٱلْأَنْسَالِ» كَأَنَّهُ عَنْ كَثِيرِينَ، بَلْ كَأَنَّهُ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ: «وَفِي نَسْلِكَ» ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ. | ١٦ 16 |
[God] declared to Abraham and his descendant that he was promising [to give blessings to Abraham]. [The words that God spoke were not “and your] descendants.” [He was not] referring to many persons. Instead, he was referring to one person, who is Christ, [because the words that God spoke were], “and your descendant.”
وَإِنَّمَا أَقُولُ هَذَا: إِنَّ ٱلنَّامُوسَ ٱلَّذِي صَارَ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِمِئَةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً، لَا يَنْسَخُ عَهْدًا قَدْ سَبَقَ فَتَمَكَّنَ مِنَ ٱللهِ نَحْوَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ حَتَّى يُبَطِّلَ ٱلْمَوْعِدَ. | ١٧ 17 |
This is what I am saying: [Since God] gave the laws [to the Jews] 430 years after [he declared to Abraham what he was promising to do for Abraham], those laws do not cancel that agreement [with] Abraham that God himself had previously agreed about [PRS].
لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَتِ ٱلْوِرَاثَةُ مِنَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ، فَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَيْضًا مِنْ مَوْعِدٍ. وَلَكِنَّ ٱللهَ وَهَبَهَا لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ بِمَوْعِدٍ. | ١٨ 18 |
Remember that if it is because [we obey God’s] laws [that he gives to us] what [he has] promised [to give to us], then it is not [just] because he [has] promised [that he would give those things to us]. God freely gave to Abraham [what he had promised to give to him, just] because [God had] promised [that he would give it to him. Similarly, it is not because we obey God’s laws that God gives to us what he has promised to give to us].
فَلِمَاذَا ٱلنَّامُوسُ؟ قَدْ زِيدَ بِسَبَبِ ٱلتَّعَدِّيَاتِ، إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ ٱلنَّسْلُ ٱلَّذِي قَدْ وُعِدَ لَهُ، مُرَتَّبًا بِمَلَائِكَةٍ فِي يَدِ وَسِيطٍ. | ١٩ 19 |
So, [if someone should ask], “Why [did God later give] his laws [to Moses?” I would reply that] it was in order that [people might realize] how sinful they were. [Those laws were valid] until [Jesus came. He was] the descendant that God [was referring to when he made] the promises to Abraham. [The laws] were given {[God] gave [his laws]} [to Moses] by God’s causing angels to [speak to him. Moses was the] mediator, [the one who told the laws to the people].
وَأَمَّا ٱلْوَسِيطُ فَلَا يَكُونُ لِوَاحِدٍ. وَلَكِنَّ ٱللهَ وَاحِدٌ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
فَهَلِ ٱلنَّامُوسُ ضِدُّ مَوَاعِيدِ ٱللهِ؟ حَاشَا! لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ أُعْطِيَ نَامُوسٌ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ، لَكَانَ بِٱلْحَقِيقَةِ ٱلْبِرُّ بِٱلنَّامُوسِ. | ٢١ 21 |
[If someone should ask, “When God gave his] laws [to Moses] long [after he told Abraham] what he was promising [to give to him, was he] changing his mind?” [I would reply that God] certainly did not [change his mind when he did that]! If God had given a law that could enable people to live [eternally], then it actually would be because of people [obeying that] law that God would erase the record of their sins.
لَكِنَّ ٱلْكِتَابَ أَغْلَقَ عَلَى ٱلْكُلِّ تَحْتَ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ، لِيُعْطَى ٱلْمَوْعِدُ مِنْ إِيمَانِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ لِلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
But instead, [what we read in] the Scriptures [PRS] is that God [caused all people to be unable to escape being punished for] their [sins] [MET], just like [people] in prison [are unable to escape] [PRS, MET]. [God did that in order that he might give what he promised to those who trust Jesus Christ, just] because they trust him.
وَلَكِنْ قَبْلَمَا جَاءَ ٱلْإِيمَانُ كُنَّا مَحْرُوسِينَ تَحْتَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ، مُغْلَقًا عَلَيْنَا إِلَى ٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱلْعَتِيدِ أَنْ يُعْلَنَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Before [God revealed the good message about] trusting [in Christ], the laws [PRS] that God gave to Moses were [confining/imprisoning us Jews] [MET], [as] a prisoner [in jail is] confined. [We] were unable to escape [obeying those] [MET] [laws]. This happened in order that [we might believe] the good message [concerning Christ, the message that God would] reveal [later].
إِذًا قَدْ كَانَ ٱلنَّامُوسُ مُؤَدِّبَنَا إِلَى ٱلْمَسِيحِ، لِكَيْ نَتَبَرَّرَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
[Like a father supervises his immature son by appointing a] servant to take care of him [MET], [God] was supervising us [by] his laws [MET, PRS] until Christ came. [He did this] in order that he might erase the record of our sins [only] because we trust [Christ].
وَلَكِنْ بَعْدَ مَا جَاءَ ٱلْإِيمَانُ، لَسْنَا بَعْدُ تَحْتَ مُؤَدِّبٍ. | ٢٥ 25 |
But [now that God] has revealed the message [about trusting in Christ], the laws [that God gave to Moses] are no longer supervising us [Jews] [PRS, MET].
لِأَنَّكُمْ جَمِيعًا أَبْنَاءُ ٱللهِ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
لِأَنَّ كُلَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَمَدْتُمْ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ قَدْ لَبِسْتُمُ ٱلْمَسِيحَ: | ٢٧ 27 |
That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
لَيْسَ يَهُودِيٌّ وَلَا يُونَانِيٌّ. لَيْسَ عَبْدٌ وَلَا حُرٌّ. لَيْسَ ذَكَرٌ وَأُنْثَى، لِأَنَّكُمْ جَمِيعًا وَاحِدٌ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
[If you are believers, it does] not [matter to God if you are] Jews or non-Jews; slaves or ones [who are] not slaves; males or females, because all of you are [as] one [sort of person because of your relationship] with Christ Jesus.
فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلْمَسِيحِ، فَأَنْتُمْ إِذًا نَسْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَحَسَبَ ٱلْمَوْعِدِ وَرَثَةٌ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Furthermore, since you belong to Christ, you are [like] Abraham’s descendants [because you trust God as Abraham did], and you will possess/receive all that God has promised [MET].