Galaterne 3

1 O, I uforstandige Galatere! hvem har fortryllet eder, I, hvem Jesus Kristus blev malet for Øje som korsfæstet?

O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!

2 Kun dette vil jeg vide af eder: Var det ved Lovens Gerninger, I modtoge Aanden, eller ved i Tro at høre?

Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?"

3 Ere I saa uforstandige? ville I, som begyndte i Aand, nu ende i Kød?

Are you so without sense? After beginning with the Spirit, will you now end with the flesh?

4 Have I da prøvet saa meget forgæves? hvis det da virkelig er forgæves!

Did you have such experience to no purpose - if indeed it was really to no purpose?

5 Mon da han, som meddeler eder Aanden og virker kraftige Gerninger iblandt eder, gør dette ved Lovens Gerninger eller ved, at I høre i Tro?

Does he then who supplies you with his Spirit and works miracles among you, do it because you do what the law commands of because you believe the message heard?

6 ligesom jo „Abraham troede Gud, og det blev regnet ham til Retfærdighed‟.

Even as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness?

7 Erkender altsaa, at de, som ere af Tro, disse ere Abrahams Børn.

Notice then that the true sons of Abraham are children of faith.

8 Men da Skriften forudsaa, at det er af Tro, at Gud retfærdiggør Hedningerne, forkyndte den forud Abraham det Evangelium: „I dig skulle alle Folkeslagene velsignes‟,

And the Scripture, anticipating God’s justification of the Gentiles by faith, announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand in the words, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.

9 saa at de, som ere af Tro, velsignes sammen med den troende Abraham.

So then they who are children of faith are blessed with Abraham the faithful;

10 Thi saa mange, som holde sig til Lovens Gerninger, ere under Forbandelse; thi der er skrevet: „Forbandet hver den, som ikke bliver i alle de Ting, som ere skrevne i Lovens Bog, saa han gør dem.‟

but a curse rests on those who have their root in the works of the Law; for it is written. Cursed is every one that continues not in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them.

11 Men at ingen bliver retfærdiggjort for Gud ved Lov, er aabenbart, thi „den retfærdige skal leve af Tro.‟

And it is manifest that by the Law no man is justified in the sight of God. because The just shall live by faith,

12 Men Loven beror ikke paa Tro; men: „Den, som gør disse Ting, skal leve ved dem.‟

and the Law has nothing to do with faith, but declares, The man that has done these things shall live therein.

13 Kristus har løskøbt os fra Lovens Forbandelse, idet han blev en Forbandelse for os (thi der er skrevet: „Forbandet er hver den, som hænger paa et Træ‟),

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us (for it is written, Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree),

14 for at Abrahams Velsignelse maatte komme til Hedningerne i Kristus Jesus, for at vi kunde faa Aandens Forjættelse ved Troen.

to the end that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

15 Brødre! jeg taler paa Menneskevis: Ingen ophæver dog et Menneskes stadfæstede Arvepagt eller føjer noget dertil.

Let me illustrate, brothers, from every-day life. When once a human testament is made, and formally ratified, no one sets it aside or adds to it.

16 Men Abraham og hans Sæd bleve Forjættelserne tilsagte; der siges ikke: „Og Sædene‟, som om mange, men som om een: „Og din Sæd‟, hvilken er Kristus.

Now it was to Abraham that the promises were spoken, and to his offspring. God did not say, "offsprings" as if speaking of many, but "and to your offspring," as of one; and this is Christ.

17 Jeg mener dermed dette: En Pagt, som forud er stadfæstet af Gud, kan Loven, som blev til fire Hundrede og tredive Aar senere, ikke gøre ugyldig, saa at den skulde gøre Forjættelsen til intet.

I mean to say that the testament which God has already ratified could not be annulled by the Law which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the Promise void.

18 Thi faas Arven ved Lov, da faas den ikke mere ved Forjættelse; men til Abraham har Gud skænket den ved Forjættelse.

For if the inheritance comes from law, it no longer comes from a promise; but God did give it as a free gift to Abraham by a promise.

19 Hvad skulde da Loven? Den blev føjet til for Overtrædelsernes Skyld (indtil den Sæd kom, hvem Forjættelsen gjaldt), besørget ved Engle, ved en Mellemmands Haand.

To what purpose, then, was the Law? It was imposed later for the sake of transgressions, until the "Offspring" should come to whom the promise had been made. It was arranged through angels by the hand of a mediator.

20 Men en Mellemmand er ikke kun for een Part; Gud derimod er een.

(Now a mediator implies more than one person, but God is only one.)

21 Er da Loven imod Guds Forjættelser? Det være langtfra! Ja, hvis der var givet en Lov, som kunde levendegøre, da var Retfærdigheden virkelig af Lov.

Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would actually have come from law;

22 Men Skriften har indesluttet alt under Synd, for at Forjættelsen skulde af Tro paa Jesus Kristus gives dem, som tro.

but the Scripture has shut up the whole world in prison together under sin, in order that the promise due to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who have faith.

23 Men førend Troen kom, holdtes vi indelukkede under Lovens Bevogtning til den Tro, som skulde aabenbares,

Before the Faith came we were perpetual prisoners under the Law, in preparation for the destined faith about to be revealed.

24 saa at Loven er bleven os en Tugtemester til Kristus, for at vi skulde blive retfærdiggjorte af Tro.

So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;

25 Men efter at Troen er kommen, ere vi ikke mere under Tugtemester.

but now that the Faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.

26 Thi alle ere I Guds Børn ved Troen paa Kristus Jesus.

You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.

27 Thi I, saa mange som bleve døbte til Kristus, have iført eder Kristus.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ.

28 Her er ikke Jøde eller Græker; her er ikke Træl eller fri; her er ikke Mand og Kvinde; thi alle ere I een i Kristus Jesus.

In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 Men naar I høre Kristus til, da ere I jo Abrahams Sæd, Arvinger ifølge Forjættelse.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.