Galatians 3
1 Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Yeshua the Messiah was openly portrayed amongst you as crucified?
Ὦ ἀνόητοι Γαλάται! Τίς ὑμᾶς ἐβάσκανεν, οἷς κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς ˚Ἰησοῦς ˚Χριστὸς προεγράφη ἐσταυρωμένος;
2 I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
Τοῦτο μόνον θέλω μαθεῖν ἀφʼ ὑμῶν: ἐξ ἔργων νόμου τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα ἐλάβετε, ἢ ἐξ ἀκοῆς πίστεως;
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
Οὕτως ἀνόητοί ἐστε; Ἐναρξάμενοι ˚Πνεύματι, νῦν σαρκὶ ἐπιτελεῖσθε;
4 Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
Τοσαῦτα ἐπάθετε εἰκῇ– εἴ γε καὶ εἰκῇ;
5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles amongst you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
Ὁ οὖν ἐπιχορηγῶν ὑμῖν τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα καὶ ἐνεργῶν δυνάμεις ἐν ὑμῖν, ἐξ ἔργων νόμου ἢ ἐξ ἀκοῆς πίστεως;
6 Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”
Καθὼς Ἀβραὰμ “ἐπίστευσεν τῷ ˚Θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην”.
7 Know therefore that those who are of faith are children of Abraham.
Γινώσκετε ἄρα ὅτι οἱ ἐκ πίστεως, οὗτοι υἱοί εἰσιν Ἀβραάμ.
8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
Προϊδοῦσα δὲ ἡ Γραφὴ ὅτι ἐκ πίστεως δικαιοῖ τὰ ἔθνη ὁ ˚Θεὸς, προευηγγελίσατο τῷ Ἀβραὰμ, ὅτι “Ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν σοὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη.”
9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
Ὥστε οἱ ἐκ πίστεως εὐλογοῦνται σὺν τῷ πιστῷ Ἀβραάμ.
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the scroll of the Torah, to do them.”
Ὅσοι γὰρ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου εἰσὶν ὑπὸ κατάραν εἰσίν, γέγραπται γὰρ, ὅτι “Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὃς οὐκ ἐμμένει πᾶσιν τοῖς γεγραμμένοις ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τοῦ νόμου, τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτά.”
11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”
Ὅτι δὲ ἐν νόμῳ, οὐδεὶς δικαιοῦται παρὰ τῷ ˚Θεῷ δῆλον, ὅτι, “Ὁ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται.”
12 The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”
Ὁ δὲ νόμος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ πίστεως, ἀλλʼ, “Ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὰ, ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς.”
13 Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
˚Χριστὸς ἡμᾶς ἐξηγόρασεν ἐκ τῆς κατάρας τοῦ νόμου, γενόμενος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν κατάρα, ὅτι γέγραπται, “Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ κρεμάμενος ἐπὶ ξύλου”,
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Messiah Yeshua, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
ἵνα εἰς τὰ ἔθνη ἡ εὐλογία τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ γένηται ἐν ˚Χριστῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ ˚Πνεύματος λάβωμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως.
15 Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.
Ἀδελφοί, κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω. Ὅμως ἀνθρώπου κεκυρωμένην διαθήκην, οὐδεὶς ἀθετεῖ ἢ ἐπιδιατάσσεται.
16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring”, which is Messiah.
Τῷ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ ἐρρέθησαν αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ. Οὐ λέγει, “Καὶ τοῖς σπέρμασιν”, ὡς ἐπὶ πολλῶν, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐφʼ ἑνός, “Καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου”, ὅς ἐστιν ˚Χριστός.
17 Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Messiah, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
Τοῦτο δὲ λέγω: διαθήκην προκεκυρωμένην ὑπὸ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ὁ μετὰ τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονὼς νόμος οὐκ ἀκυροῖ, εἰς τὸ καταργῆσαι τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν.
18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
Εἰ γὰρ ἐκ νόμου ἡ κληρονομία, οὐκέτι ἐξ ἐπαγγελίας· τῷ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ διʼ ἐπαγγελίας κεχάρισται ὁ ˚Θεός.
19 Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
Τί οὖν ὁ νόμος; Τῶν παραβάσεων χάριν προσετέθη, ἄχρις οὗ ἔλθῃ τὸ σπέρμα ᾧ ἐπήγγελται, διαταγεὶς διʼ ἀγγέλων ἐν χειρὶ μεσίτου.
20 Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.
Ὁ δὲ μεσίτης ἑνὸς οὐκ ἔστιν, ὁ δὲ ˚Θεὸς εἷς ἐστιν.
21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.
Ὁ οὖν νόμος κατὰ τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ; Μὴ γένοιτο! Εἰ γὰρ ἐδόθη νόμος ὁ δυνάμενος ζῳοποιῆσαι, ὄντως ἐκ νόμου ἂν ἦν ἡ δικαιοσύνη.
22 But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Yeshua the Messiah might be given to those who believe.
Ἀλλὰ συνέκλεισεν ἡ Γραφὴ τὰ πάντα ὑπὸ ἁμαρτίαν, ἵνα ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἐκ πίστεως ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ δοθῇ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν.
23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Πρὸ τοῦ δὲ ἐλθεῖν τὴν πίστιν, ὑπὸ νόμον ἐφρουρούμεθα, συγκλειόμενοι εἰς τὴν μέλλουσαν πίστιν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι.
24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Messiah, that we might be justified by faith.
Ὥστε ὁ νόμος, παιδαγωγὸς ἡμῶν γέγονεν εἰς ˚Χριστόν, ἵνα ἐκ πίστεως δικαιωθῶμεν.
25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς πίστεως, οὐκέτι ὑπὸ παιδαγωγόν ἐσμεν.
26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Messiah Yeshua.
Πάντες γὰρ υἱοὶ ˚Θεοῦ ἐστε διὰ τῆς πίστεως ἐν ˚Χριστῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ.
27 For as many of you as were immersed into Messiah have put on Messiah.
Ὅσοι γὰρ εἰς ˚Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθητε, ˚Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασθε.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Messiah Yeshua.
Οὐκ ἔνι Ἰουδαῖος οὐδὲ Ἕλλην, οὐκ ἔνι δοῦλος οὐδὲ ἐλεύθερος, οὐκ ἔνι ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ, πάντες γὰρ ὑμεῖς εἷς ἐστε ἐν ˚Χριστῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ.
29 If you are Messiah’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
Εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς ˚Χριστοῦ, ἄρα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα ἐστέ, κατʼ ἐπαγγελίαν κληρονόμοι.
