Galatians 3
1 Foolish Galatians! Who has been fascinating you — you before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was depicted upon the cross?
¡Oh gálatas insensatos! ¡Ante sus ojos fue exhibido Jesucristo crucificado! ¿Quién los hechizó?
2 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?
Solo esto quiero averiguar de ustedes: ¿Recibieron el Espíritu por [las ]obras de [la ]Ley, o por [la ]predicación de [la ]fe?
3 Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external?
¿Son tan insensatos que después de comenzar [por el ]Espíritu, ahora son perfeccionados por [el] cuerpo?
4 Did you go through so much to no purpose? — if indeed it really was to no purpose!
¿Tantas cosas padecieron en vano? Si en verdad fue en vano.
5 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?
El que les suministra el Espíritu y efectúa milagros entre ustedes, ¿[lo hace] por [las ]obras de [la ]Ley o por [la ]fe de [la ]predicación?
6 It is just as it was with Abraham — ‘He had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’
Abraham creyó a Dios, y le fue tomado en cuenta como justicia.
7 You see, then, that those whose lives are based on faith are the Sons of Abraham.
Entonces sepan que éstos son [los ]hijos de Abraham: los de [la ]fe.
8 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 thee all the Gentiles shall be blessed.’
La Escritura, al prever que Dios declara justos a [los ]gentiles por [la ]fe, proclamó con anticipación [las ]Buenas Noticias a Abraham: Todos los pueblos serán benditos en ti.
9 And, therefore, those whose lives are based on faith share the blessings bestowed upon the faith of Abraham.
Así que los de [la ]fe son benditos con el creyente Abraham.
10 All who rely upon obedience to Law are under a curse, for Scripture says — ‘Cursed is every one who does not abide by all that is written in the Book of the Law, and do it.’
Los que confían en [las ]obras de [la ]Ley están bajo maldición, pues está escrito: Maldito todo el que no permanece en todas las cosas que fueron escritas en el rollo de la Ley para hacerlas.
11 Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through Law, for we read — ‘Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.’
Es evidente que por [la ]Ley nadie es declarado justo delante de Dios, porque: El justo vivirá por [la ]fe.
12 But the Law is not based on faith; no, its words are — ‘Those who practice these precepts will find Life through them.’
Pero [la] Ley no es por [la ]fe, sino: El que hizo estas cosas vivirá por ellas.
13 Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says — ‘Cursed is any one who is hanged on a tree.’
Cristo nos redimió de la maldición de la Ley al convertirse en maldición por nosotros, porque está escrito: Maldito todo el que es colgado en un madero,
14 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.
a fin de que la bendición de Abraham llegara a los gentiles por medio de Jesucristo, para que por medio de la fe recibiéramos la promesa del Espíritu.
15 To take an illustration, Brothers, from daily life — No one sets aside even an agreement between two men, when once it has been confirmed, nor does he add conditions to it.
Hermanos, hablo como humano: Nadie anula o añade a un pacto que fue ratificado.
16 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 thy offspring,’ showing that one person was meant — and that was Christ.
Pero las promesas fueron hechas a Abraham y a su descendencia. No dice: Y a sus descendencias, como de muchas, sino como de una: Y a su descendencia, la cual es Cristo.
17 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.
Esto digo: La Ley que vino 430 años después no invalida un Pacto previamente ratificado por Dios, para anular la promesa.
18 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.
Porque si la herencia es por [la ]Ley, ya no es por [la ]promesa. Pero Dios se comprometió por medio de [la] promesa a Abraham.
19 What, then, you ask, was the use of the Law? It was a later addition, to make men conscious of their wrong-doings, and intended to last only till the coming of that ‘offspring’ to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.
Entonces, ¿para qué [sirve] la Ley? Fue añadida por causa de las transgresiones hasta que viniera la Descendencia a la cual fue hecha la promesa. [La Ley] fue ordenada por medio de [los ]ángeles en mano de un mediador.
20 Now mediation implies more than one person, but God is one only.
El mediador no es de una sola [parte], pero Dios es Uno.
21 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.
¿Entonces la Ley está contra las promesas? ¡Claro que no! Porque si una Ley que puede dar vida fue dada, entonces la justicia sería verdaderamente por la Ley.
22 But the words of Scripture represent the whole world as being in bondage to sin, so that the promised blessing, dependent, as it is, upon faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who have faith in him.
Pero la Escritura encerró todas las cosas bajo [el ]pecado, para que la promesa de [la ]fe en Jesucristo fuera dada a los que creen.
23 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.
Antes de venir la fe estábamos confinados, destinados bajo [la] Ley para la fe que estaba a punto de ser revelada.
24 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.
Así que la Ley fue nuestro tutor hasta Cristo para que fuéramos declarados justos por [la ]fe.
25 But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide.
Y como vino la fe, ya no estamos bajo tutor,
26 For you are all Sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.
porque todos [ustedes] son hijos de Dios por la fe en Cristo Jesús.
27 For all of you who were baptized into union with Christ clothed yourselves with Christ.
Pues todos los que fueron bautizados en Cristo, se vistieron de Cristo.
28 All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.
No hay judío ni griego, no hay esclavo ni libre, no hay varón ni hembra. Porque todos ustedes son uno solo en Cristo Jesús.
29 And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham’s offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.
Si ustedes son de Cristo, entonces son descendencia de Abraham, herederos según [la ]promesa.
