غَلاطِيَّة 3

١ 1 يَا أَهْلَ غَلاطِيَّةَ الأَغْبِيَاءَ! مَنْ سَحَرَ عُقُولَكُمْ، أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ قَدْ رُسِمَ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِكُمْ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ وَهُوَ مَصْلُوبٌ؟

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you not be persuaded by the Truth—Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as having been crucified, before your very eyes!

٢ 2 أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْتَعْلِمَ مِنْكُمْ هَذَا الأَمْرَ فَقَطْ: أَعَلَى أَسَاسِ الْعَمَلِ بِمَا فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ نِلْتُمُ الرُّوحَ، أَمْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ بِالْبِشَارَةِ؟

Just tell me one thing: Did you receive the Spirit by works of law, or by hearing of faith?

٣ 3 أَإِلَى هَذَا الْحَدِّ أَنْتُمْ أَغْبِيَاءُ؟ أَبَعْدَمَا ابْتَدَأْتُمْ بِالرُّوحِ تُكَمَّلُونَ بِالْجَسَدِ؟

Can you be so foolish? Having begun in spirit, do you finish in flesh?

٤ 4 وَهَلْ كَانَ اخْتِبَارُكُمُ الطَّوِيلُ بِلا جَدْوَى، إِنْ كَانَ حَقّاً بِلا جَدْوَى؟

Have you suffered so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing?

٥ 5 فَذَاكَ الَّذِي يَهَبُكُمُ الرُّوحَ، وَيُجْرِي مُعْجِزَاتٍ فِي مَا بَيْنَكُمْ، أَيَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَسَاسِ أَعْمَالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ أَمْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ بِالبِشَارَةِ؟

Furthermore, He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, is He activated by works of law, or by hearing of faith?—

٦ 6 كَذَلِكَ «آمَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِاللهِ، فَحُسِبَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ بِرّاً».

just as Abraham ‘believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.’

٧ 7 فَاعْلَمُوا إِذَنْ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى مَبْدَأِ الإِيمَانِ هُمْ أَبْنَاءُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِعْلاً.

Now you must know that only those who are of faith are ‘sons’ of Abraham.

٨ 8 ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْكِتَابَ، إِذْ سَبَقَ فَرَأَى أَنَّ اللهَ سَوْفَ يُبَرِّرُ الأُمَمَ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ، بَشَّرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَلَفاً بِقَوْلِهِ: «فِيكَ تَتَبَارَكُ جَمِيعُ الأُمَمِ!»

Further, the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, proclaimed the Gospel in advance to Abraham: “All the nations will be blessed through you.”

٩ 9 إِذَنِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى مَبْدَأِ الإِيمَانِ يُبَارَكُونَ مَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمُؤْمِنِ.

So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the faithful.

١٠ 10 أَمَّا جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ عَلَى مَبْدَأِ أَعْمَالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ تَحْتَ اللَّعْنَةِ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «مَلْعُونٌ كُلُّ مَنْ لَا يَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِكُلِّ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ!»

Now as many as are ‘by works of law’ are under a curse; because it stands written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them.”

١١ 11 أَمَّا أَنَّ أَحَداً لَا يَتَبَرَّرُ عِنْدَ اللهِ بِفَضْلِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، فَذَلِكَ وَاضِحٌ، لأَنَّ «مَنْ تَبَرَّرَ بِالإِيمَانِ فَبِالإِيمَانِ يَحْيَا».

Further, it is evident that no one is justified by law before God, because “the righteous one will live by faith.”

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنَّ الشَّرِيعَةَ لَا تَقُومُ عَلَى مَبْدَأ الإِيمَانِ، بَلْ «مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَذِهِ الوَصَايَا، يَحْيَا بِها».

While the law is not of faith but, “the man who does them will live by them.”

١٣ 13 إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ حَرَّرَنَا بِالْفِدَاءِ مِنْ لَعْنَةِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، إِذْ صَارَ لَعْنَةً عِوَضاً عَنَّا، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «مَلْعُونٌ كُلُّ مَنْ عُلِّقَ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ»،

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse in our place—because it stands written, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree”—

١٤ 14 لِكَيْ تَصِلَ بَرَكَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَى الأُمَمِ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، فَنَنَالَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الإِيمَانِ الرُّوحَ الْمَوْعُودَ.

so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations/Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

١٥ 15 أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، بِمَنْطِقِ الْبَشَرِ أَقُولُ إِنَّهُ حَتَّى الْعَهْدُ الَّذِي يُقِرُّهُ إِنْسَانٌ، لَا أَحَدَ يُلْغِيهِ أَوْ يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ.

Brothers: as a man I speak a covenant; though only of a man, once it has been ratified no one annuls or adds to it.

١٦ 16 وَقَدْ وُجِّهَتِ الْوُعُودُ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَنَسْلِهِ، وَلا يَقُولُ «وَلِلأَنْسَالِ» كَأَنَّهُ يُشِيرُ إِلَى كَثِيرِينَ، بَلْ يُشِيرُ إِلَى وَاحِدٍ، إِذْ يَقُولُ «وَلِنَسْلِكَ»، يَعْنِي الْمَسِيحَ.

But to Abraham were spoken the promises, and to his Seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as about many, but “and to your seed,” as about one, who is Christ.

١٧ 17 فَمَا أَقُولُهُ هُوَ هَذَا: إِنَّ عَهْداً سَبَقَ أَنْ أَقَرَّهُ اللهُ لَا تَنْقُضُهُ الشَّرِيعَةُ الَّتِي جَاءَتْ بَعْدَهُ بِأَرْبَعِ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، وَكَأَنَّهَا تُلْغِي الْوَعْدَ.

Further, I say this: a covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ cannot be annulled by the law that came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the promise of no effect.

١٨ 18 فَلَوْ كَانَ الْمِيرَاثُ يَتِمُّ عَلَى مَبْدَأِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، لَمَا كَانَ الأَمْرُ مُتَعَلِّقاً بَعْدُ بِالْوَعْدِ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ اللهَ، بِالْوَعْدِ، أَنْعَمَ بِالْمِيرَاثِ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

For if the inheritance were of law, it would no longer be of promise, but God granted it to Abraham by promise.

١٩ 19 فَلِمَاذَا الشَّرِيعَةُ إِذَنْ؟ إِنَّهَا فَقَطْ أُضِيفَتْ إِظْهَاراً لِلْمَعَاصِي، إِلَى أَنْ يَجِيءَ «النَّسْلُ» الَّذِي قُطِعَ لَهُ الْوَعْدُ، وَقَدْ رُتِّبَتْ بِمَلائِكَةٍ وَعَلَى يَدِ وَسِيطٍ.

Why then the law? It was added on account of the transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom the inheritance had been promised; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a mediator.

٢٠ 20 وَلكِنْ، عِنْدَمَا يَصْدُرُ الْوَعْدُ مِنْ جَانِبٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَلا لُزُومَ لِوَسِيطٍ. وَالْوَاعِدُ هُنَا هُوَ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ.

(Now that mediator is not for just one, but God is one.)

٢١ 21 فَهَلْ تُنَاقِضُ الشَّرِيعَةُ وُعُودَ اللهِ؟ حَاشَا! فَلَوْ أُعْطِيَتْ شَرِيعَةٌ قَادِرَةٌ أَنْ تُحْيِيَ، لَكَانَ الْبِرُّ بِالْحَقِيقَةِ عَلَى مَبْدَأِ الشَّرِيعَةِ.

Is the law then against the promises of God? Of course not! Rather, if a law had been given that was capable of imparting life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

٢٢ 22 وَلَكِنَّ الْكِتَابَ حَبَسَ الْجَمِيعَ تَحْتَ الْخَطِيئَةِ، حَتَّى إِنَّ الْوَعْدَ، عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، يُوهَبُ لِلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ.

But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

٢٣ 23 فَقَبْلَ مَجِيءِ الإِيمَانِ، كُنَّا تَحْتَ حِرَاسَةِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، مُحْتَجَزِينَ إِلَى أَنْ يُعْلَنَ الإِيمَانُ الَّذِي كَانَ إِعْلانُهُ مُنْتَظَراً.

Now before this faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, in confinement until the coming faith was revealed.

٢٤ 24 إِذَنْ، كَانَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ هِيَ مُؤَدِّبُنَا حَتَّى مَجِيءِ الْمَسِيحِ، لِكَيْ نُبَرَّرَ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ.

So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, so that we might be justified by faith.

٢٥ 25 وَلَكِنْ بَعْدَمَا جَاءَ الإِيمَانُ، تَحَرَّرْنَا مِنْ سُلْطَةِ الْمُؤَدِّبِ.

Now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

٢٦ 26 فَإِنَّكُمْ جَمِيعاً أَبْنَاءُ اللهِ بِالإِيمَانِ بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

So all of you are sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus.

٢٧ 27 لأَنَّكُمْ، جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ تَعَمَّدْتُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، قَدْ لَبِسْتُمُ الْمَسِيحَ.

As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ

٢٨ 28 لَا فَرْقَ بَعْدَ الآنَ بَيْنَ يَهُودِيٍّ وَيُونَانِيٍّ، أَوْ عَبْدٍ وَحُرٍّ، أَوْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى، لأَنَّكُمْ جَمِيعاً وَاحِدٌ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

—there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no ‘male and female’; all of you are one in Christ Jesus—

٢٩ 29 فَإِذَا كُنْتُمْ لِلْمَسِيحِ، فَأَنْتُمْ إِذَنْ نَسْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَحَسَبَ الْوَعْدِ وَارِثُونَ.

so if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.