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].
Глаголю ж: доки наслїдник малолїток, доти не відрізняеть ся від слуги, хоч він і пан усього,
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
а єсть під опікунами та доморядниками аж до нароку отця.
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].
Так же й ми, як були малолітками, були підневолені первотинами сьвіта.
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].
Як же прийшла повня часу, послав Бог Сина свого, що родивсь від жени і був під законом,
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].
щоб викупив тих, що під законом, щоб ми прийняли всиновленнє.
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].
А що ви сини, то послав Бог Духа Сина свого в серця ваші, що покликує: 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].
Тимже вже більш не невільник єси, а син; коли ж син, то й наслїдник Божий через 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.
Тільки ж тодї, не знаючи Бога, служили ви тим, що не по природі були богами.
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]
Тепер же, знаючи Бога, більше ж будучи познані від Бога, як вертаєтесь до немочних та мізерних первотин, котрим знов наново служити хочете?
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.
Ви вважаєте на днї, місяцї, пори й лїта.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Боюсь за вас, що може марно працював коло вас.
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].
Будьте, браттє, благаю вас, як і я: бо й я (такий), як ви. Нічим ви мене не скривдили.
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].
Ви ж знаєте, що я у немощі тїла благовістив вам перше.
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!
І не погордували ви спокусою, що була в тїлї моїм, анї відопхнули, а як ангела Божого прийняли мене, як Христа Ісуса.
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]!
Яке ж то було блаженство ваше! Сьвідкую бо вам, що коли б можна, ви б тодї, вирвавши очі свої, оддали менї.
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.
То чи вже став я ворогом вам, говорячи вам правду?
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].
Ревнують про вас не добре, а хочуть відлучити вас, щоб ви про них ревнували.
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.
Добре ж ревнувати всякого часу в доброму, тай не тільки, як я приходжу до 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].
Дїточки мої, (ви, ) котрими знов мучусь (перед родинами), доки Христос з'образить ся у 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].
хотїв би я бути у вас сьогоднї і змінити голос мій, бо я в непевности про 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.
Скажіть менї, ви, що хочете бути під законом: хиба ви закону не слухаєте?
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.
Писано бо, що Авраам мав два сини, одного від невольницї, а одного од вільної.
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].
Та що був од невольницї, родивсь по тілу, а що од вільної, по обітницї.
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].
Се ж иносказаннє; се бо два завіти: один з гори Синая, що родить у неволю, котра єсть Агара.
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].
Бо Агара, се Синай, гора в Аравиї, прикладаєть ся ж до теперішнього Єрусалиму, і служить з дітьми своїми.
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 вишній Єрусалим вільний; він мати всім нам.
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].
Писано бо: Звеселись, неплідна, що не роджаєш; гукай та покликуй, ти, що не мучилась; бо в одинокої багато дїтей, більш нїж у тієї, що має чоловіка.
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].
Ми ж, браттє, по Ісааку дїти обітування.
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].
Та, як тодї, хто родивсь по тілу, гонив того, хто по духу, так і тепер.
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].
Тільки ж бо що глаголе писаннє? Вижени невільницю й сина її, не має бо наслідувати син невільниці з сином вільної.
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].
Оце ж, браттє, ми не діти невільниці, а вільної.
