Galatians 3

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}.

Ey akılsız Galatyalılar! Sizi kim büyüledi? İsa Mesih çarmıha gerilmiş olarak gözlerinizin önünde tasvir edilmedi mi?

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?

Sizden yalnız şunu öğrenmek istiyorum: Kutsal Ruh'u, Yasa'nın gereklerini yaparak mı, yoksa duyduklarınıza iman ederek mi aldınız?

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]

Bu kadar akılsız mısınız? Ruh'la başladıktan sonra şimdi insan çabasıyla mı bitirmeye çalışıyorsunuz?

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.

Boş yere mi bu kadar acı çektiniz? Gerçekten boşuna mıydı?

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]!

Size Kutsal Ruh'u veren ve aranızda mucizeler yaratan Tanrı, bunu Yasa'nın gereklerini yaptığınız için mi, yoksa duyduklarınıza iman ettiğiniz için mi yapıyor?

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}.

Örneğin, “İbrahim Tanrı'ya iman etti, böylece aklanmış sayıldı.”

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].

Öyleyse şunu bilin ki, İbrahim'in gerçek oğulları iman edenlerdir.

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.”

Kutsal Yazı, Tanrı'nın öteki ulusları imanlarına göre aklayacağını önceden görerek İbrahim'e, “Bütün uluslar senin aracılığınla kutsanacak” müjdesini önceden verdi.

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].

Böylece iman edenler, iman etmiş olan İbrahim'le birlikte kutsanırlar.

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].

Yasa'nın gereklerini yapmış olmaya güvenenlerin hepsi lanet altındadır. Çünkü şöyle yazılmıştır: “Yasa Kitabı'nda yazılı olan her şeyi sürekli yerine getirmeyen herkes lanetlidir.”

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].”

Tanrı katında hiç kimsenin Yasa'yla aklanmadığı açıktır. Çünkü “İmanla aklanan yaşayacaktır.”

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.

Yasa imana dayalı değildir. Tersine, “Yasa'nın gereklerini yapan, onlar sayesinde yaşayacaktır.”

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.”

İbrahim'e sağlanan kutsama Mesih İsa aracılığıyla uluslara sağlansın ve bizler vaat edilen Ruh'u imanla alalım diye, Mesih bizim için lanetlenerek bizi Yasa'nın lanetinden kurtardı. Çünkü, “Ağaç üzerine asılan herkes lanetlidir” diye yazılmıştır.

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.

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.

Kardeşler, insan yaşamından bir örnek vereyim. İnsanlar arasında yapılmış bile olsa, onaylanmış bir antlaşmayı kimse geçersiz saymaz, ona bir şey eklemez.

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.”

Vaatler İbrahim'e ve soyundan olana verildi. Tanrı birçok kişiden söz ediyormuş gibi, “Ve soyundan olanlara” demiyor; “Soyundan olana” demekle tek bir kişiden, yani Mesih'ten söz ediyor.

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].

Şunu demek istiyorum: Dört yüz otuz yıl sonra gelen Yasa, Tanrı'nın önceden onayladığı antlaşmayı geçersiz kılmaz, vaadi ortadan kaldırmaz.

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].

Çünkü miras Yasa'ya bağlıysa, artık vaade bağlı değildir. Ama Tanrı mirası İbrahim'e vaatle bağışlamıştır.

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].

Öyleyse Yasa'nın amacı neydi? Yasa suçları ortaya çıkarmak için antlaşmaya eklendi. Vaadi alan ve İbrahim'in soyundan olan Kişi gelene dek yürürlükte kalacaktı. Melekler yoluyla, bir aracı eliyle düzenlendi.

20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].

Aracı tek bir tarafa ait değildir; Tanrı ise birdir.

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.

Öyleyse Kutsal Yasa Tanrı'nın vaatlerine aykırı mıdır? Kesinlikle hayır! Çünkü yaşam sağlayabilen bir yasa verilseydi, elbette insanlar yasayla aklanırdı.

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.

Oysa İsa Mesih'e olan imana dayanan vaat iman edenlere verilsin diye, Kutsal Yazı bütün dünyayı günahın tutsağı ilan ediyor.

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].

Bu iman gelmeden önce Yasa altında hapsedilmiştik, gelecek iman açıklanıncaya dek Yasa'nın tutuklusuyduk.

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].

Yani imanla aklanalım diye Mesih'in gelişine dek Yasa eğitmenimiz oldu.

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].

Ama iman gelmiş olduğundan, artık Yasa'nın denetiminde değiliz.

26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.

Çünkü Mesih İsa'ya iman ettiğiniz için hepiniz Tanrı'nın oğullarısınız.

27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.

Vaftizde Mesih'le birleşenlerinizin hepsi Mesih'i giyindi.

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.

Artık ne Yahudi ne Grek, ne köle ne özgür, ne erkek ne dişi ayrımı var. Hepiniz Mesih İsa'da birsiniz.

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].

Eğer Mesih'e aitseniz, İbrahim'in soyundansınız, vaade göre de mirasçısınız.