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}.
¡Oh, insensatos gálatas! ¿cómo ha podido nadie fascinaros a vosotros, ante cuyos ojos fue presentado Jesucristo clavado en una cruz?
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?
Quisiera saber de vosotros esto solo: si recibisteis el Espíritu por obra de la Ley o por la palabra de la fe.
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]
¿Tan insensatos sois que habiendo comenzado por Espíritu, acabáis ahora en carne?
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.
¿Valía la pena padecer tanto si todo fue en vano?
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]!
Aquel que os suministra el Espíritu y obra milagros en vosotros ¿lo hace por las obras de la Ley o por la palabra de la fe?
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}.
Porque ( está escrito ): “Abrahán creyó a Dios, y le fue imputado a justicia”.
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].
Sabed, pues, que los que viven de la fe, esos son hijos de Abrahán.
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.”
Y la Escritura, previendo que Dios justifica a los gentiles por la fe, anunció de antemano a Abrahán la buena nueva: “En ti serán bendecidas todas las naciones”.
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].
De modo que, junto con el creyente Abrahán, son bendecidos los que creen.
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].
Porque cuantos vivan de las obras de la Ley, están sujetos a la maldición; pues escrito está: “Maldito todo aquel que no persevera en todo lo que está escrito en el Libro de la Ley para cumplirlo”.
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].”
Por lo demás, es manifiesto que por la Ley nadie se justifica ante Dios, porque “el justo vivirá de fe”;
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.
en tanto que la Ley no viene de la fe, sino que: “El que hiciere estas cosas, vivirá por ellas”.
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.”
Cristo, empero, nos redimió de la maldición de la Ley, haciéndose por nosotros maldición, porque escrito está: “Maldito sea todo el que pende del madero”,
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.
para que en Cristo Jesús alcanzase a los gentiles la bendición de Abrahán, y por medio de la fe recibiésemos el Espíritu prometido.
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.
Hermanos, voy a hablaros al modo humano: Un testamento, a pesar de ser obra de hombre, una vez ratificado nadie puede anularlo, ni hacerle adición.
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.”
Ahora bien, las promesas fueron dadas a Abrahán y a su descendiente. No dice: “y a los descendientes” como si se tratase de muchos, sino como de uno: “y a tu Descendiente”, el cual es Cristo.
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].
Digo, pues, esto: “Un testamento ratificado antes por Dios, no puede ser anulado por la Ley dada cuatrocientos treinta años después, de manera que deje sin efecto la promesa.
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].
Porque si la herencia es por Ley, ya no es por promesa. Y sin embargo, Dios se la dio gratuitamente por promesa”.
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].
Entonces ¿para qué la Ley? Fue añadida a causa de las transgresiones, hasta que viniese el Descendiente a quien fue hecha la promesa; y fue promulgada por ángeles por mano de un mediador.
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
Ahora bien, no hay mediador de uno solo, y Dios es uno solo.
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.
Entonces ¿la Ley está en contra de las promesas de Dios? De ninguna manera. Porque si se hubiera dado una Ley capaz de vivificar, realmente la justicia procedería de la Ley.
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.
Pero la Escritura lo ha encerrado todo bajo el pecado, a fin de que la promesa, que es por la fe en Jesucristo, fuese dada a los que creyesen.
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].
Mas antes de venir la fe, estábamos bajo la custodia de la Ley, encerrados para la fe que había de ser revelada.
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].
De manera que la Ley fue nuestro ayo para conducirnos a Cristo, a fin de que seamos justificados por la fe.
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].
Mas venida la fe, ya no estamos bajo el ayo,
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
por cuanto todos sois hijos de Dios por la fe en Cristo Jesús.
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
Pues todos los que habéis sido bautizados en Cristo estáis vestidos de Cristo.
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.
No hay ya judío ni griego, no hay esclavo ni libre, no hay varón y mujer; porque todos vosotros sois uno solo en Cristo Jesús.
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].
Y siendo vosotros de Cristo, sois por tanto descendientes de Abrahán, herederos según la promesa.
