Galatians 4
1 Now, I [will further] discuss [children and heirs]: [An heir is a person who will later] control all that his father has. But as long as that heir is a child, others [control] him, with the result that he is just like a slave [MET].
Казвам още: До тогаз, докато наследникът е малолетен, той не се различава в нищо от роб, ако и да е господар на всичко,
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
но е под надзиратели и настойници до назначения от бащата срок.
3 Likewise, when we [(inc)] (OR, we [(exc) Jews]) were [like] young children [MET], we were controlled by the spiritual powers of this world. They controlled us like [masters control their slaves] [MET].
Така и ние, когато бяхме малолетни, бяхме поробени под първоначалните учения на света;
4 But exactly at the time [MTY] [that God had previously determined], he sent [Jesus], who is (his Son/the man who is also God), into the world. Jesus was born to a [human] mother. He had to obey the laws [that God gave to Moses].
а когато се изпълни времето, Бог изпрати Сина Си, Който се роди от жена, роди се и под закона,
5 God sent Jesus in order that he might redeem us who had to obey [God’s] laws. God wanted us all to receive from [God] the status of being his children [MET].
за да изкупи ония, които бяха под закона, та да получим осиновението.
6 Furthermore, we know that we are God’s children because God sent the Spirit, who is intimately related to Jesus, to live in our (inner beings/hearts). [The Spirit enables us to] pray fervently, “Daddy, Father!” [This shows that we are God’s children].
И понеже сте синове, Бог изпрати в сърдцата ни Духа на Сина Си, Който вика: Авва, Отче!
7 So, [because of what God has done], no longer is [each of] you [like] a slave. Instead, [each of you is] a child [of God]. Furthermore, since [each of you is God’s] child, God has also made you his heir, [one who will receive all that he has promised].
Затова не си вече роб, но син; и ако си син, то си Божий наследник чрез Христа.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Но тогава, когато не познавахте Бога, вие робувахте на ония, които по естество не са богове;
9 But now you have come to know God. Perhaps [it would be better to say that] now God knows you. [So now you are acting foolishly]! (You are again believing [that by obeying] rules and rites [you will benefit spiritually]! [RHQ] [Those rules are] ineffective and inadequate! You are wanting to [obey them] again [MET] like slaves obey their masters. [RHQ]
а сега, когато познахте Бога, или по-добре, като станахте познати от Бога, как се връщате надире към слабите и сиромашки първоначални учения, на които наново желаете да робувате?
10 You [non-Jews] are carefully practicing [Jewish rules and rituals about what you should do] (on [Sabbaths/on Jewish days of rest]) and [on the first day of each] month and on [special] seasons and years.
Вие пазите дните, месеците, времената и годините.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Боя се за вас, да не би напусто да съм се трудил помежду ви.
12 My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. [Stop thinking that you have to obey (Jewish rules and rituals/ceremonial laws]). [When I was with you], I [did not obey all the Jewish rules and rituals], just like you [did not obey them]. [At that time] you treated me entirely as you should have [LIT].
Моля ви се, братя, станете като мене, защото и аз станах като вас. Не сте ми сторили никаква неправда,
13 You know that the first time I preached to you, [I went to your area to regain my health, because I was physically weak].
но сами знаете, че на първия път ви проповядвах благовестието, вследствие на телесна слабост;
14 [Although] you might have [despised me because] I was physically weak, you did not despise me or act contemptuously/disrespectfully toward me. Instead, you welcomed me like [you would welcome] an angel from God. [You welcomed me] like [you would welcome] Christ Jesus!
но пак, това, което ви беше изпитня в моята снага, вие не го презряхте, нито се погнусихте от него, но ме приехте като Божий ангел, като Христа Исуса.
15 (I am disappointed that you have forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]./Have you forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]?) [RHQ] I can testify that you [would have done anything to help me]. You would have gouged out your eyes [and] given them to me, [if that would have helped me]!
Тогава, къде е онова ваше самочеститяване? Понеже свидетелствувам за вас, че, че ако беше възможно, очите си бихте извъртели и бихте ми ги дали.
16 So I am very disappointed that you [now] act as though [RHQ] I have become hostile to you [because I have kept] speaking the true [message about Christ] to you.
Прочее, аз неприятел ли ви станах, понеже постъпвам вярно с вас?
17 Those [who are insisting on obeying Jewish rules] are eagerly [showing interest in] you, but [what they are doing is] not good. They even want you not to associate with [me and other true] believers, because they want you to eagerly show [interest in] them, [not in us].
Тия учители ви търсят ревностно не по добър начин; даже те желаят да ви отлъчат от нас, за да търсите тях ревностно.
18 But [just like] it always feels good to have others show that they appreciate you, [I would like you] always [to appreciate me], and not only when I am with you.
Но добре е да бъдете търсени ревностно за това, което е добро, и то на всяко време, а не само, когато се намирам аз между вас.
19 You [who are like] my children, [once] again I am very worried/concerned about you [MET], [and I will continue to] be worried/concerned until Christ’s [nature becomes developed] in you [completely and wholeheartedly] [MET] [as a child] becomes developed [in his mother’s womb].
Дечица мои, за които съм пак в родилни болки докле се изобрази Христос във вас,
20 But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk [more gently with you], because I do not know [what to do about] you [while we are apart].
желал бих да съм сега при вас и да променя гласа си, защото съм в недоумение за вас.
21 Some of you desire [to obey all the laws] that God gave Moses. [I say that] you [should] consider [RHQ] [the implications of what Moses wrote in] the Scriptures.
Кажете ми вие, които желаете да бъдете под закона, не чувате ли що казва законът?
22 [He] wrote that Abraham became the father of two sons. His female slave, [Hagar], bore one son, and his [wife Sarah], who was not a slave, bore the other.
Защото е писано, че Авраам имаше два сина, един от слугинята и един от свободната;
23 Also, [the sons differed. Ishmael], the [son born by] the female slave, was conceived naturally. But [Isaac], the [son born by] his wife who was not a slave, was conceived [miraculously] as a result of what [God] had promised [Abraham].
но тоя, който бе от слугинята, се роди по плът, а оня, който бе от свободната, по обещание.
24 [I am telling you this] as an illustration. These [two women] symbolize two agreements. [God made] the first [agreement, which involved obeying the laws that God gave to Moses] at Sinai Mountain. [Because that agreement forces those who accept it to keep obeying all its rules] [MET], [it is like a slave mother who] gives birth to slaves. [So] Hagar, [the female slave, symbolizes] that [agreement].
И това е иносказание, защото тия жени представляват два завета, единият от Синайската планина, който ражда чада за робство, и той е Агар.
25 Also, the [word] ‘Hagar’ is [associated with] Sinai Mountain, [which is] in Arabia [land. Hagar, the female slave, also] represents Jerusalem as it is today. Jerusalem is [like] [MET] a slave [mother, and those who live there] [PRS] [are like] her slave children [MET] [because they all must obey the laws that God gave to Moses].
А тая Агар представлява планината Синай в Арабия и съответствува на днешния Ерусалим, защото тя е в робство с чадата си.
26 But there will be a [new] Jerusalem in heaven [MTY], and we [who will go there] are free [from having to obey Jewish laws]. We [who belong to that city consider it to be] our mother [MET] [city because we are God’s true children].
А горният Ерусалим е свободен, който е [на всички] майка;
27 [Our new city will have more people than those who live in Jerusalem now. It will be just like] Isaiah foretold about [the people whom he expected would come back to Jerusalem from exile. He expected that they would be more numerous than those who] were taken into exile. He wrote: [You who live in Jerusalem, you will] rejoice! Now you have no children, like a barren [woman] who does not give birth to [children! But some day you will] shout [joyfully], (without restraint/as loudly as you can), [even though now you are few in number, like a woman who] cannot give birth [to children, and you] feel deserted. [You will be very happy] because [you will have many children who will come to you. Those children will be] more than [the children] any woman with a husband [could have borne].
защото е писано: "Весели се, неплодна, която не раждаш; Възгласи и извикай, ти, която не си била в родилни болки, Защото повече са чедата на самотната, нежели чадата на омъжената".
28 Now, [my] fellow believers, you have become children [of God as a result of believing God’s] promise to us, as Isaac [was born as a result of Abraham believing what God promised to him] [MET].
А ние, братя, както Исаак, сме чада на обещание.
29 [Also, long ago Abraham’s son] Ishmael, the one who was conceived naturally, caused trouble for [Abraham’s son] Isaac, who [was conceived] supernaturally [MET]. Similarly, now [those who think that we must obey the laws that God gave Moses in order that God will save us are causing trouble for those who are trusting Abraham’s descendant, Christ].
Но, както тогава роденият по плът гонеше родения по Дух, така е и сега.
30 But these are [RHQ] the words in the Scriptures [PRS]: “The son of the [woman] who was not a slave will inherit [what his father has]. The female slave’s son will certainly not inherit those things. So send away from [this place] the female slave and her son [MET]!” [That means that you should certainly expel from your groups those who insist that we obey all the laws God gave Moses] [MET].
Обаче, що казва писанието? "Изпъди слугинята и сина й; защо, синът на слугинята няма да наследи със сина на свободната".
31 [My] fellow believers, [Hagar symbolizes the laws that God gave to Moses. But we are not those who must obey all the laws that God gave to Moses] [MET]. [So] we are not [the] female slave [Hagar’s spiritual] descendants [MET]. But [Sarah’s descendants are those who were born as a result of believing what God promised to Abraham. So we are] the [spiritual] descendants of [Sarah, the woman] who was not a slave [MET].
За туй, братя, ние не сме чада на слугиня, а на свободната.
