Galatians 4
1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
Λέγω δέ, ἐφʼ ὅσον χρόνον ὁ κληρονόμος νήπιός ἐστιν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου, κύριος πάντων ὤν,
2 He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους ἐστὶν καὶ οἰκονόμους, ἄχρι τῆς προθεσμίας τοῦ πατρός.
3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
Οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἦμεν δεδουλωμένοι.
4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ ˚Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ, ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν.
6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ ˚Θεὸς τὸ ˚Πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν κρᾶζον, “Ἀββά, ὁ Πατήρ!”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλὰ υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος διὰ ˚Θεοῦ.
8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες ˚Θεὸν, ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσι θεοῖς·
9 But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
νῦν δὲ γνόντες ˚Θεόν, μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ ˚Θεοῦ, πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα, οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεύειν θέλετε;
10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
Ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε, καὶ μῆνας, καὶ καιροὺς, καὶ ἐνιαυτούς.
11 I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
Φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς, μή πως εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς.
12 I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. Οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε·
13 You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
οἴδατε δὲ ὅτι διʼ ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς, εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὸ πρότερον.
14 And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
Καὶ τὸν πειρασμὸν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἄγγελον ˚Θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με, ὡς ˚Χριστὸν ˚Ἰησοῦν.
15 What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
Ποῦ οὖν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν; Μαρτυρῶ γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες, ἐδώκατέ μοι.
16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Ὥστε ἐχθρὸς ὑμῶν γέγονα, ἀληθεύων ὑμῖν;
17 Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
Ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.
18 Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
Καλὸν δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
19 My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
Τέκνα μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω, μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ ˚Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν–
20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.
21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
Λέγετέ μοι, οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι, τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε;
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
Γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν, ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης, καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
Ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης, κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας, διʼ ἐπαγγελίας.
24 These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
Ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα, αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι: μία μὲν ἀπὸ Ὄρους Σινᾶ εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα, ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἁγάρ.
25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
Τὸ δὲ Ἁγὰρ Σινᾶ Ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἰερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει γὰρ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.
26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ ἡμῶν.
27 For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
Γέγραπται γάρ, “Εὐφράνθητι, στεῖρα, ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα, ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον, ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα, ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον, ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα.”
28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ, ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐστέ.
29 At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
Ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ τότε ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς, ἐδίωκε τὸν κατὰ ˚Πνεῦμα, οὕτως καὶ νῦν.
30 But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
Ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ Γραφή; “Ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς, οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης, μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.”
31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Διό ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
