Gálatas 3
1 ¡Oh Gálatas sin seso! ¿quién os hechizó para no obedecer a la verdad; vosotros, delante de cuyos ojos Jesu Cristo fue ya claramente representado, crucificado entre vosotros?
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}.
2 Esto solo quiero saber de vosotros: ¿Recibisteis el Espíritu por las obras de la ley, o por el oír de la fe?
[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?
3 ¿Tan insensatos sois, que habiendo comenzado por el Espíritu, ahora os perfeccionais por la carne?
(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]
4 ¿Tantas cosas habéis padecido en vano? si empero en vano.
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.
5 El, pues, que os suministra el Espíritu, y obra milagros entre vosotros, ¿ lo hace por las obras de la ley, o por el oír de la fe?
[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]!
6 Así como Abraham creyó a Dios, y le fue contado a justicia.
[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}.
7 Sabéd, pues, que los que son de la fe, los tales son hijos de Abraham.
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].
8 Y viendo antes la Escritura, que Dios por la fe había de justificar a los Gentiles, anunció antes el evangelio a Abraham, diciendo: Todas las naciones serán bendecidas en ti.
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.”
9 Luego los que son de la fe, son benditos con el creyente Abraham.
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].
10 Porque todos los que son de las obras de la ley, debajo de maldición están; porque escrito está: Maldito todo aquel que no permaneciere en todas las cosas que están escritas en el libro de la ley, para hacerlas.
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].
11 Mas que por la ley ninguno se justifica delante de Dios, es manifiesto; porque: El justo por la fe vivirá.
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].”
12 Y la ley no es de la fe; antes dice: El hombre que las hiciere, vivirá en ellas.
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.
13 Cristo nos redimió de la maldición de la ley, hecho por nosotros maldición; (porque escrito está: Maldito todo aquel que es colgado en madero: )
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.”
14 A fin de que la bendición de Abraham viniese sobre los Gentiles por Cristo Jesús; para que por la fe recibamos la promesa del Espíritu.
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 Hermanos, (hablo como hombre, ) aunque no sea sino concierto humano, sin embargo si fuere confirmado, nadie le abroga, ni le añade.
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.
16 Ahora bien, a Abraham, pues, fueron hechas las promesas, y a su simiente. No dice: Y a las simientes, como de muchos; sino como de uno: Y a tu simiente, la cual es Cristo.
[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.”
17 Por lo que esto digo: Que el concierto confirmado antes por Dios acerca de Cristo, la ley que fue dada cuatrocientos y treinta años después, no le puede abrogar, para invalidar la promesa.
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].
18 Porque si la herencia es por la ley, ya no será por la promesa: Dios empero por promesa le hizo la donación a Abraham.
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].
19 ¿De qué, pues, sirve la ley? Fue impuesta por causa de las transgresiones (hasta que viniese la simiente a quien fue hecha la promesa, ) ordenada por ángeles, en mano de un mediador.
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].
20 Y un mediador no es de uno; mas Dios es uno.
Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
21 Luego ¿la ley es contra las promesas de Dios? En ninguna manera; porque si se hubiese dado una ley que pudiera vivificar, la justicia verdaderamente habría sido por la ley.
[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.
22 Mas encerró la Escritura todo debajo de pecado, para que la promesa, por la fe de Jesu Cristo, fuese dada a los creyentes.
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.
23 Empero antes que viniese la fe estábamos guardados debajo de la ley, encerrados para aquella fe, que había de ser revelada.
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].
24 De manera que la ley fue nuestro ayo para llevarnos a Cristo, para que fuésemos justificados por la fe.
[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].
25 Mas venida la fe, ya no estamos debajo de la mano del ayo.
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].
26 Porque vosotros todos sois hijos de Dios por la fe en Cristo Jesús.
Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
27 Porque todos los que habéis sido bautizados en Cristo, de Cristo estáis revestidos.
That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
28 No hay aquí Judío, ni Griego; no hay siervo, ni libre; no hay macho, ni hembra; porque todos vosotros sois uno en Cristo Jesús.
[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.
29 Y si vosotros sois de Cristo, entonces la simiente de Abraham sois, y herederos conforme a la promesa.
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].
