Galatians 4
1 But I say: —for as long a time as, the heir, is an infant, he differeth, nothing, from a servant, though, lord of all,
| أَقُولُ أَيْضاً مَادَامَ الْوَرِيثُ قَاصِراً، فَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ أَيُّ فَرْقٍ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ صَاحِبُ الإِرْثِ كُلِّهِ، | ١ |
2 But is, under guardians, and stewards, until the [day] fore-appointed of the father:
| بَلْ يَبْقَى خَاضِعاً لِلأَوْصِيَاءِ وَالْوُكَلاَءِ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ الْفَتْرَةُ الَّتِي حَدَّدَهَا أَبُوهُ. | ٢ |
3 So also, we, when we were infants, under the elementary principles of the world, were held in servitude;
| وَهذِهِ حَالُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً: فَإِذْ كُنَّا قَاصِرِينَ، كُنَّا عَبِيداً لِمَبَادِىءِ الْعَالَمِ. | ٣ |
4 But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, who came to be of a woman, who came to be under law, —
| وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا جَاءَ تَمَامُ الزَّمَانِ، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ ابْنَهُ، وَقَدْ وُلِدَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَكَانَ خَاضِعاً لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، | ٤ |
5 That, them who were under law, he might redeem, that, the sonship, we might duly receive; —
| لِيُحَرِّرَ بِالْفِدَاءِ أُولئِكَ الْخَاضِعِينَ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، فَنَنَالَ جَمِيعاً مَقَامَ أَبْنَاءِ اللهِ. | ٥ |
6 And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, exclaiming, Abba! Oh Father!
| وَبِمَا أَنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءٌ لَهُ، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ إِلَى قُلُوبِنَا رُوحَ ابْنِهِ، مُنَادِياً: «أَبَا، يَاأَبَانَا». | ٦ |
7 So that, no longer, art thou a servant, but a son; and, if a son, an heir also, through God.
| إِذَنْ، أَنْتَ لَسْتَ عَبْداً بَعْدَ الآنَ، بَلْ أَنْتَ ابْنٌ. وَمَادُمْتَ ابْناً، فَقَدْ جَعَلَكَ اللهُ وَرِيثاً أَيْضاً. | ٧ |
8 But, at that time—not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, by nature, are not Gods;
| وَلَكِنْ، لَمَّا كُنْتُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ لاَ تَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، كُنْتُمْ فِي حَالِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ. | ٨ |
9 Whereas, now, having acknowledged God, —or rather, having been acknowledged by God, how turn ye back again unto the weak and beggarly elementary principles, unto which, over again, ye are wishing, to come into servitude?
| أَمَّا الآنَ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللهَ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى عَرَفَكُمُ اللهُ، فَكَيْفَ تَرْتَدُّونَ أَيْضاً إِلَى تِلْكَ الْمَبَادِئِ الْعَاجِزَةِ الْفَقِيرَةِ الَّتِي تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لَهَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟ | ٩ |
10 Days, ye do narrowly observer, and months, and seasons, and years: —
| تَحْتَفِلُونَ بِأَيَّامٍ وَأَشْهُرٍ وَمَوَاسِمَ وَسِنِينَ! | ١٠ |
11 I am afraid of you—lest by any means, in vain, I should have toiled for you!
| أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ، خَشْيَةَ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ تَعِبْتُ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ بِلاَ جَدْوَى. | ١١ |
12 Become ye as, I, because, I also, [was] as, ye, —brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged me.
| أُنَاشِدُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِثْلِي، لأَنِّي أَنَا أَيْضاً مِثْلُكُمْ. أَنْتُمْ لَمْ تَظْلِمُونِي بِشَيْءٍ، | ١٢ |
13 Howbeit ye know that, by reason of a weakness of the flesh, I myself announced the glad-message unto you, formerly;
| بَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّنِي فِي عِلَّةٍ بِالْجَسَدِ بَشَّرْتُكُمْ أَوَّلَ الأَمْرِ؛ | ١٣ |
14 And, your trial, in my flesh, ye despised not, neither spat ye [in disgust], but, as a messenger of God, ye welcomed me—as Christ Jesus.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّ الْعِلَّةَ الَّتِي فِي جَسَدِي كَانَتْ تَجْرِبَةً لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَحْتَقِرُونِي وَلَمْ تَنْفُرُوا مِنِّي بِسَبَبِهَا، بَلْ قَبِلْتُمُونِي كَأَنِّي مَلاَكٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، أَوْ كَأَنِّي الْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ. | ١٤ |
15 Where, then, is the happiness ye accounted yours? For I bear you witness—that, if possible, your eyes, ye would have dug out, and given unto me.
| فَأَيْنَ فَرَحُكُمْ؟ فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ لَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ سَتَقْلَعُونَ عُيُونَكُمْ وَتُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِي، لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مُمْكِناً! | ١٥ |
16 So then, your enemy, have I become, by dealing truthfully with you?
| فَهَلْ صِرْتُ الآنَ عَدُوّاً لَكُمْ لأَنِّي كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ؟ | ١٦ |
17 They shew a zeal for you, not honourably, but wish, to shut you out, in order that ye may be zealous for, them.
| إِنَّ أُولئِكَ (الْمُعَلِّمِينَ) يُظْهِرُونَ مِنْ نَحْوِكُمْ حَمَاسَةً، وَلَكِنَّهَا غَيْرُ صَادِقَةٍ، بَلْ هُمْ يَرْغَبُونَ فِي عَزْلِكُمْ عَنَّا، | ١٧ |
18 Howbeit it is, honourable, to show zeal in what is honourable at all times, and not only when I am present with you; —
| لِكَيْ تَتَحَمَّسُوا لَهُمْ. جَميِلٌ إِظْهَارُ الْحَمَاسَةِ فِي مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ، كُلَّ حِينٍ، وَلَيْسَ فَقَطْ حِينَ أَكُونُ حَاضِراً عِنْدَكُمْ. | ١٨ |
19 My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you; —
| يَاأَطْفَالِي الَّذِينَ أَتَمَخَّضُ بِكُمْ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى إِلَى أَنْ تَتَشَكَّلَ فِيكُمْ صُورَةُ الْمَسِيحِ. | ١٩ |
20 I could wish, however, to be present with you, even now, and to change my voice, —because I am perplexed regarding you.
| وَكَمْ أَوَدُّ لَوْ أَكُونُ الآنَ حَاضِراً عِنْدَكُمْ، فَأُخَاطِبَكُمْ بِغَيْرِ هذِهِ اللهْجَةِ، لأَنِّي مُتَحَيِّرٌ فِي أَمْرِكُمْ. | ٢٠ |
21 Tell me! ye who, under law, are wishing to be: The law, do ye not hear?
| قُولُوا لِي، يَامَنْ تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، أَلَسْتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ مَا جَاءَ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ؟ | ٢١ |
22 For it is written, that, Abraham, had two sons—one by the bondmaid, and one by the free woman;
| فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ لَهُ ابْنَانِ: أَحَدُهُمَا مِنَ الْجَارِيَةِ، وَالآخَرُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحُرَّةِ. | ٢٢ |
23 But, he that was of the bondmaid, after the flesh, had been born, whereas, he that was of the free woman, through means of a promise.
| أَمَّا ابْنُ الْجَارِيَةِ، فَقَدْ وُلِدَ حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ. وَأَمَّا ابْنُ الْحُرَّةِ، فَإِتْمَاماً لِلْوَعْدِ. | ٢٣ |
24 Which things, indeed, may bear another meaning; for, the same, are two covenants, —one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, into bondage, bringing forth, the which is Hagar, —
| وَهذِهِ الْحَقِيقَةُ لَهَا مَعْنىً رَمْزِيٌّ. فَهَاتَانِ الْمَرْأَتَانِ تَرْمُزَانِ إِلَى عَهْدَيْنِ: الأَوَّلُ مَصْدَرُهُ جَبَلُ سِينَاءَ، يَجْعَلُ الْمَوْلُودِينَ تَحْتَهُ فِي حَالِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَرَمْزُهُ هَاجَرُ. | ٢٤ |
25 And, the Hagar, is Mount Sinai, in Arabia, —she answereth, however, unto the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children;
| وَلَفْظَةُ هَاجَرَ تُطْلَقُ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، فِي بِلاَدِ الْعَرَبِ، وَتُمَثِّلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْحَالِيَّةَ، فَإِنَّهَا مَعَ بَنِيهَا فِي الْعُبُودِيَّةِ. | ٢٥ |
26 But, the Jerusalem above, is free, —the which is our mother;
| أَمَّا الثَّانِي، فَرَمْزُهُ الْحُرَّةُ الَّتِي تُمَثِّلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ السَّمَاوِيَّةَ الَّتِي هِيَ أُمُّنَا. | ٢٦ |
27 For it is written—Be gladdened, O barren one! that wast not giving birth, break forth and shout, thou that wast not in birth-pains, —because, more, are the children of the deserted one, than of her that had the husband.
| فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «افْرَحِي أَيَّتُهَا الْعَاقِرُ الَّتِي لاَ تَلِدُ، اهْتِفِي بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِكِ أَيَّتُهَا الَّتِي لاَ تَتَمَخَّضُ، لأَنَّ أَوْلاَدَ الْمَهْجُورَةِ أَكْثَرُ عَدَداً مِنْ أَوْلاَدِ الَّتِي لَهَا زَوْجٌ!» | ٢٧ |
28 And, we, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of a promise.
| وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، فَأَوْلاَدُ الْوَعْدِ، عَلَى مِثَالِ إِسْحَاقَ. | ٢٨ |
29 But, just as, then, he that after the manner of the flesh had been born, did persecute him who [had been born] after the manner of the Spirit, thus, also now.
| وَلَكِنْ، كَمَا كَانَ فِي الْمَاضِي الْمَوْلُودُ بِحَسَبِ الْجَسَدِ يَضْطَهِدُ الْمَوْلُودَ بِحَسَبِ الرُّوحِ، فَكَذَلِكَ أَيْضاً يَحْدُثُ الآنَ. | ٢٩ |
30 But, what saith the scripture? Cast out the serving woman and her son; for in nowise shall the son of the serving woman inherit with the son of the free.
| إِنَّمَا مَاذَا يَقُولُ الْكِتَابُ؟ «اطْرُدِ الْجَارِيَةَ وَابْنَهَا، لأَنَّ ابْنَ الْجَارِيَةِ لاَ يَرِثُ مَعَ ابْنِ الْحُرَّةِ!» | ٣٠ |
31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a serving woman, but of the free: —
| إِذَنْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، نَحْنُ لَسْنَا أَوْلاَدَ الْجَارِيَةِ، بَلْ أَوْلاَدُ الْحُرَّةِ. | ٣١ |
