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}.
Kalian orang Galatia, apakah kalian sudah gila? Siapa yang telah menempatkan kalian di bawah mantra? Kematian Yesus Kristus di kayu salib dengan jelas disajikan kepada kalian sehingga kalian dapat melihat!
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?
Jadi coba katakan kepada saya — apakah kamu menerima Roh Kudus karena mentaati hukum Taurat? atau dengan menaruh kepercayaan kalian pada apa yang kalian dengar?
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]
Kalian benar-benar sudah kehilangan akal! Kalian sudah memulai hidup dalam Roh. Apakah kalian benar-benar berpikir sekarang kalian dapat membuat diri kalian sempurna dengan usahamu sendiri?
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.
Apakah kalian mengalami begitu banyak penderitaan tanpa hasil? (Itu benar-benar bukan untuk apa-apa kan?)
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]!
Izinkan saya bertanya kepada kalian: apakah Allah memberimu Roh-Nya dan melakukan begitu banyak keajaiban karena kalian mentaati hukum Taurat? Atau, apakah karena kalian percaya pada apa yang kalian dengar?
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}.
Sama seperti yang terjadi kepada Abraham. Kitab Suci berkata, “Abraham percaya kepada janji Allah dan itu yang membuat dia menjadi orang benar di hadapan Allah”.
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].
Karena itu kalian harus tahu bahwa kita yang percaya kepada Allah seperti Abraham, akan disebut sebagai anak-anak Abraham secara rohani.
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.”
Dalam Kitab Suci diungkapkan bahwa orang-orang bukan Yahudi akan dibenarkan karena percaya penuh kepada Allah. Kabar baik diungkapkan kepada Abraham sebelumnya dengan kata-kata, “Melalui kamu semua bangsa akan diberkati.”
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].
Jadi mereka yang percaya pada Allah seperti Abraham, akan diberkati sama seperti Abraham yang percaya kepada Allah.
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].
Tetapi semua orang yang membenarkan diri di hadapan Allah dengan mentaati hukum Taurat, Kitab Suci berkata, “Terkutuklah setiap orang yang tidak dengan hati-hati menaati semua perintah yang tertulis di dalam kitab hukum Taurat.”
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].”
Jadi sudah jelas bahwa tidak ada seorangpun yang dibenarkan di hadapan Allah karena mentaati hukum Taurat, “Tetapi mereka yang dianggap benar oleh Allah, akan hidup dengan percaya penuh kepada Allah.”
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.
Ketaatan pada hukum Taurat tidak ada hubungannya dengan mempercayai Allah. Kitab Suci hanya mengatakan, “Kamu akan hidup jika kamu mematuhi semua yang dituntut hukum Taurat.”
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.”
Kristus sudah menyelamatkan kita dari kutukan hukum Taurat dengan menjadi kutuk bagi kita. Seperti yang dikatakan Kitab Suci, “Terkutuklah setiap orang yang digantung di kayu salib” —
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.
sehingga melalui Kristus Yesus berkat Abraham dapat sampai kepada orang bukan Yahudi juga, dan kita dapat percaya dengan menerima Roh Kudus sesuai dengan janji Allah.
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.
Saudara-saudari yang terkasih, inilah contoh dari kehidupan sehari-hari. Jika sebuah kontrak dibuat dan disepakati bersama, ditandatangani dan dimeteraikan, maka tidak ada seorangpun yang dapat membatalkan atau menambahkannya.
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.”
Sekarang janji-janji itu diberikan kepada Abraham, dan keturunannya. Tidak dikatakan, “anak-anak” seolah-olah jamak, tetapi tunggal: “dan kepada Anak-Mu,” yang berarti Kristus.
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].
Biar saya jelaskan. Hukum, yang datang empat ratus tiga puluh tahun kemudian, tidak membatalkan perjanjian sebelumnya yang dibuat Allah kepada Abraham, janji tidak dapat dibatalkan.
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].
Jika warisan itu berasal dari ketaatan kepada hukum Taurat, maka tidak lagi berasal dari janji. Tetapi Allah dengan murah hati memberikannya kepada Abraham melalui janji.
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].
Lalu apa gunanya hukum Taurat? Itu ditambahkan untuk menunjukkan pelanggaran kita, sampai keturunan Abraham yang dijanjikan itu datang. Hukum Taurat diberikan melalui Musa sebagai perantara oleh malaikat.
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
Tetapi seorang perantara tidak diperlukan jika hanya ada satu orang yang terlibat. Dan Allah itu satu!
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.
Jadi apakah hukum Taurat bertentangan dengan janji Allah? Tentu saja tidak! Karena jika ada hukum Taurat yang bisa memberi kehidupan, maka kita bisa dibenarkan dengan menaatinya.
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.
Tetapi Kitab Suci mengatakan kepada kita bahwa kita semua adalah tawanan dosa. Satu-satunya cara kita dapat menerima janji Allah adalah dengan percaya kepada Yesus Kristus.
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].
Sebelum kita percaya kepada Yesus, kita tetap berada dalam pengawasan hukum Taurat sampai cara percaya ini terungkap.
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].
Hukum Taurat adalah penjaga yang mengawasi kita sampai Kristus datang, sehingga kita bisa dibenarkan dengan percaya kepada Dia.
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].
Tetapi sekarang kita sudah percaya kepada Yesus Kristus, jadi kita tidak lagi membutuhkan pengawas seperti itu.
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
Karena kalian semua adalah anak-anak Allah karena kalian percaya kepada Kristus Yesus.
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
Dan kalian semua yang bersatu dan dibaptis dalam Kristus, sudah memiliki karakter Kristus.
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.
Tidak ada lagi orang Yahudi atau Yunani, budak atau orang merdeka, laki-laki atau perempuan — kalian semua adalah satu di dalam Kristus Yesus.
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].
Jika kalian adalah milik Kristus, maka kalian adalah anak-anak Abraham, dan kalian adalah ahli waris janji Allah!
