غَلاطِيَّة 4
| أَقُولُ أَيْضاً مَادَامَ الْوَرِيثُ قَاصِراً، فَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ أَيُّ فَرْقٍ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ صَاحِبُ الإِرْثِ كُلِّهِ، | ١ 1 |
Now, I say, as long as the heir is a minor, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all.
| بَلْ يَبْقَى خَاضِعاً لِلأَوْصِيَاءِ وَالْوُكَلاءِ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ الْفَتْرَةُ الَّتِي حَدَّدَهَا أَبُوهُ. | ٢ 2 |
For he is under tutors and stewards, until the time before appointed by his father.
| وَهذِهِ حَالُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً: فَإِذْ كُنَّا قَاصِرِينَ، كُنَّا عَبِيداً لِمَبَادِىءِ الْعَالَمِ. | ٣ 3 |
So, also, we, whilst we were minors, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
| وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا جَاءَ تَمَامُ الزَّمَانِ، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ ابْنَهُ، وَقَدْ وُلِدَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَكَانَ خَاضِعاً لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، | ٤ 4 |
But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
| لِيُحَرِّرَ بِالْفِدَاءِ أُولئِكَ الْخَاضِعِينَ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، فَنَنَالَ جَمِيعاً مَقَامَ أَبْنَاءِ اللهِ. | ٥ 5 |
that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
| وَبِمَا أَنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءٌ لَهُ، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ إِلَى قُلُوبِنَا رُوحَ ابْنِهِ، مُنَادِياً: «أَبَا، يَا أَبَانَا». | ٦ 6 |
And because you are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
| إِذَنْ، أَنْتَ لَسْتَ عَبْداً بَعْدَ الآنَ، بَلْ أَنْتَ ابْنٌ. وَمَادُمْتَ ابْناً، فَقَدْ جَعَلَكَ اللهُ وَرِيثاً أَيْضاً. | ٧ 7 |
So that you are no more a bondman, but a son, and if a son, then heir of God through Christ.
| وَلَكِنْ، لَمَّا كُنْتُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، كُنْتُمْ فِي حَالِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ. | ٨ 8 |
But formerly indeed, when you knew not God, you served those, who by nature were not gods.
| أَمَّا الآنَ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللهَ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى عَرَفَكُمُ اللهُ، فَكَيْفَ تَرْتَدُّونَ أَيْضاً إِلَى تِلْكَ الْمَبَادِئِ الْعَاجِزَةِ الْفَقِيرَةِ الَّتِي تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لَهَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟ | ٩ 9 |
But now, having acknowledged God, (or rather, being acknowledged by God, ) why do you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which again, a second time, you incline to be in bondage?
| تَحْتَفِلُونَ بِأَيَّامٍ وَأَشْهُرٍ وَمَوَاسِمَ وَسِنِينَ! | ١٠ 10 |
You carefully observe days and moons, and seasons and years.
| أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ، خَشْيَةَ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ تَعِبْتُ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ بِلا جَدْوَى. | ١١ 11 |
I am afraid of you, lest perhaps, I have labored in vain among you.
| أُنَاشِدُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِثْلِي، لأَنِّي أَنَا أَيْضاً مِثْلُكُمْ. أَنْتُمْ لَمْ تَظْلِمُونِي بِشَيْءٍ، | ١٢ 12 |
Brethren, I pray you, be as I am: for I am you are. You have injured me in nothing.
| بَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّنِي فِي عِلَّةٍ بِالْجَسَدِ بَشَّرْتُكُمْ أَوَّلَ الأَمْرِ؛ | ١٣ 13 |
You know, indeed, that in weakness of the flesh, I declared the gospel to you at first.
| وَمَعَ أَنَّ الْعِلَّةَ الَّتِي فِي جَسَدِي كَانَتْ تَجْرِبَةً لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَحْتَقِرُونِي وَلَمْ تَنْفُرُوا مِنِّي بِسَبَبِهَا، بَلْ قَبِلْتُمُونِي كَأَنِّي مَلاكٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، أَوْ كَأَنِّي الْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ. | ١٤ 14 |
Yet that trial of mine, which was in my flesh, you did not despise; neither did you reject me, but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
| فَأَيْنَ فَرَحُكُمْ؟ فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ لَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ سَتَقْلَعُونَ عُيُونَكُمْ وَتُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِي، لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مُمْكِناً! | ١٥ 15 |
What, then, was your happiness! for I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes, and given them to me.
| فَهَلْ صِرْتُ الآنَ عَدُوّاً لَكُمْ لأَنِّي كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ؟ | ١٦ 16 |
Am I, then, become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
| إِنَّ أُولئِكَ (الْمُعَلِّمِينَ) يُظْهِرُونَ مِنْ نَحْوِكُمْ حَمَاسَةً، وَلَكِنَّهَا غَيْرُ صَادِقَةٍ، بَلْ هُمْ يَرْغَبُونَ فِي عَزْلِكُمْ عَنَّا، | ١٧ 17 |
They love you ardently, not honorably. Yes, they wish to exclude us, that you may love them ardently.
| لِكَيْ تَتَحَمَّسُوا لَهُمْ. جَميِلٌ إِظْهَارُ الْحَمَاسَةِ فِي مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ، كُلَّ حِينٍ، وَلَيْسَ فَقَطْ حِينَ أَكُونُ حَاضِراً عِنْدَكُمْ. | ١٨ 18 |
But it is honorable to be ardently in love with a good man at all times, and not merely when I am present with you.
| يَا أَطْفَالِي الَّذِينَ أَتَمَخَّضُ بِكُمْ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى إِلَى أَنْ تَتَشَكَّلَ فِيكُمْ صُورَةُ الْمَسِيحِ. | ١٩ 19 |
My little children, for whom I travail in birth again till Christ be formed in you;
| وَكَمْ أَوَدُّ لَوْ أَكُونُ الآنَ حَاضِراً عِنْدَكُمْ، فَأُخَاطِبَكُمْ بِغَيْرِ هذِهِ اللهْجَةِ، لأَنِّي مُتَحَيِّرٌ فِي أَمْرِكُمْ. | ٢٠ 20 |
I could wish, indeed, to be present with you now, and to change my speech; for I am exceedingly in doubt concerning you.
| قُولُوا لِي، يَا مَنْ تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، أَلَسْتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ مَا جَاءَ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ؟ | ٢١ 21 |
Tell me, you who wish to be under the law, do you hear the law?
| فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ لَهُ ابْنَانِ: أَحَدُهُمَا مِنَ الْجَارِيَةِ، وَالآخَرُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحُرَّةِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons: one by the bondmaid, and one by the free woman.
| أَمَّا ابْنُ الْجَارِيَةِ، فَقَدْ وُلِدَ حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ. وَأَمَّا ابْنُ الْحُرَّةِ، فَإِتْمَاماً لِلْوَعْدِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
But he, indeed, who was of the bondmaid, was begotten according to the flesh; but he who was of the free woman, was through the promise.
| وَهذِهِ الْحَقِيقَةُ لَهَا مَعْنىً رَمْزِيٌّ. فَهَاتَانِ الْمَرْأَتَانِ تَرْمُزَانِ إِلَى عَهْدَيْنِ: الأَوَّلُ مَصْدَرُهُ جَبَلُ سِينَاءَ، يَجْعَلُ الْمَوْلُودِينَ تَحْتَهُ فِي حَالِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَرَمْزُهُ هَاجَرُ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Which things are allegorized: for these women are two institutions; the one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, bringing forth children into bondage, which is Hagar,
| وَلَفْظَةُ هَاجَرَ تُطْلَقُ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، فِي بِلادِ الْعَرَبِ، وَتُمَثِّلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْحَالِيَّةَ، فَإِنَّهَا مَعَ بَنِيهَا فِي الْعُبُودِيَّةِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
(for the name of Hagar denotes Mount Sinai, in Arabia, ) and she answers to the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children.
| أَمَّا الثَّانِي، فَرَمْزُهُ الْحُرَّةُ الَّتِي تُمَثِّلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ السَّمَاوِيَّةَ الَّتِي هِيَ أُمُّنَا. | ٢٦ 26 |
But the Jerusalem above, is the free woman, who is our mother.
| فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «افْرَحِي أَيَّتُهَا الْعَاقِرُ الَّتِي لَا تَلِدُ، اهْتِفِي بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِكِ أَيَّتُهَا الَّتِي لَا تَتَمَخَّضُ، لأَنَّ أَوْلادَ الْمَهْجُورَةِ أَكْثَرُ عَدَداً مِنْ أَوْلادِ الَّتِي لَهَا زَوْجٌ!» | ٢٧ 27 |
For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman, who didst not bring forth! Break out and cry, thou who travailest not in birth; for more are the children of the deserted, than of her who had the husband."
| وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، فَأَوْلادُ الْوَعْدِ، عَلَى مِثَالِ إِسْحَاقَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
We, therefore, brethren, like Isaac, are children by promise.
| وَلَكِنْ، كَمَا كَانَ فِي الْمَاضِي الْمَوْلُودُ بِحَسَبِ الْجَسَدِ يَضْطَهِدُ الْمَوْلُودَ بِحَسَبِ الرُّوحِ، فَكَذَلِكَ أَيْضاً يَحْدُثُ الآنَ. | ٢٩ 29 |
But even as then, he who was begotten according to the flesh, persecuted him who was begotten according to the Spirit: so also now.
| إِنَّمَا مَاذَا يَقُولُ الْكِتَابُ؟ «اطْرُدِ الْجَارِيَةَ وَابْنَهَا، لأَنَّ ابْنَ الْجَارِيَةِ لَا يَرِثُ مَعَ ابْنِ الْحُرَّةِ!» | ٣٠ 30 |
But what says the scripture? "Cast out the bondmaid and her son; for the son of the bondmaid shall not inherit with the son of the free woman."
| إِذَنْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، نَحْنُ لَسْنَا أَوْلادَ الْجَارِيَةِ، بَلْ أَوْلادُ الْحُرَّةِ. | ٣١ 31 |
Well, then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondmaid, but of the free woman.
