Galatians 3
1 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}.
無知的迦拉達人啊! 被在十字架上的耶穌基督，已活現地擺在你們的眼前，誰又迷惑了你們呢﹖
2 [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?
我只願向你們請教這一點：你們領受了聖神，是由於遵行法律呢﹖還是由於聽信福音呢﹖
3 (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]
你們竟這樣無知嗎﹖你們以聖神開始了，如今又願以肉身結束嗎﹖
4 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.
你們竟白白受了這麼多的苦嗎﹖果然是白白的嗎﹖
5 [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]!
天主賜與你們聖神，並在你們中間施展了德能，是因為你們遵行法律呢﹖還是因為你們聽信福音呢﹖
6 [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}.
經上這樣記載說：『亞巴郎信了天主，天主就以此算為他的正義。』
7 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].
為你們該曉得：具有信德的人，才是亞巴郎的子孫。
8 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.”
聖經預見天主將使異民憑信德成義，就向亞巴郎預報福音說：『萬民都要你獲得祝福。』
9 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].
可見那些具有信德的人，與有信德的亞巴郎同蒙祝福。
10 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].
反之，凡是依恃遵行法律的，都應受咒罵，因為經上記載說：『凡不持守律書上所記載的一切，而依照遵行的， 是可咒罵的。 』
11 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].”
所以很明顯的，沒有一個人能惑法律在天主前成義，因為經上說：『義人因信德而生活。 』
12 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.
但是法律並非以信德為本，只說：『遵行法令的，必因此獲得生命。 』
13 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.”
但基督由法律的咒罵贖出了我們，為我們成了可咒罵的，因為經上記載說：『凡被懸在木架上的，是可咒罵的。 』
14 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.
這樣天主使亞巴郎所蒙受的祝福，在基督耶穌內普及於萬民，並使我們能藉著信德領受所應許的聖神。
15 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.
弟兄們! 就常規來說：連人的遺囑，如果是正式成立的，誰也不得廢除或增訂。
16 [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.”
那麼，恩許是向亞巴郎和他的後裔所許諾的，並沒有說「後裔們」，好像是向許多人說的， 而是向一個人， 即「你的後裔」，就是指基督。
17 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].
我是說：天主先前所正式立定的誓約，決不能為四百三十年後成立的法律所廢除，以致使恩許失效。
18 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].
如果承受產業是由於法律，就已不是由於恩許；但天主是由於恩許把產業賜給了亞巴郎。
19 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].
那麼，為什麼還有法律呢﹖它是為顯露過犯而添設的，等祂所恩許的後裔來到，它原是藉著天使，經過中人的手而立定的。
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
可是如果出於單方，就不需要中人了，而天主是由單方賜與了恩許。
21 [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.
那麼，法律相反天主的恩許嗎﹖絕對不是。如果立定的法律能賜與人生命，正義就的確是出於法律了。
22 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.
但是聖經說過：一切人都被禁錮在罪惡權下，好使恩許藉著對基督耶穌的信仰，歸於相信的人。
23 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].
在「信仰」尚未來到以前，我們都被禁錮在法律的監守之下，以期待「信仰」的出現。
24 [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].
這樣，法律就成了我們的啟蒙師，領我們歸於基督，好使我們由於信仰而成義。
25 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].
但是「信仰」一到，我們就不再處於啟蒙師權下了。
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
其實你們眾人都藉著對於基督耶穌的信仰，成了天主的子女，
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
因為你們凡是領了洗歸於基督的，就是穿上了基督：
28 [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.
不再分猶太人或希臘人，奴隸或自由人，男人或女人，因為你們眾人在基督耶穌內已成了一個。
29 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].
如果你們屬於基督，那麼，你們就是亞巴郎的後裔，就是按照恩許作承繼的人。
