Galatians 3
1 You foolish Galatians! Whose sophistry has bewitched you--you to whom Jesus Christ has been vividly portrayed as on the Cross?
O nerazumni Galati! ko vas je opèinio da se ne pokoravate istini? Vi, kojima pred oèima bješe napisan Isus Hristos, a sad se meðu vama razape.
2 Answer me this one question, "Is it on the ground of your obedience to the Law that you received the Spirit, or is it because, when you heard, you believed?"
Ovo jedno hoæu od vas da doznam, ili Duha primiste kroz djela zakona ili kroz èuvenje vjere?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to reach perfection through what is external?
Tako li ste nerazumni? Poèevši Duhom, sad tijelom svršujete?
4 Have you endured such sufferings to no purpose--if indeed it has been to no purpose?
Tako li uzalud postradaste? Kad bi bilo samo uzalud!
5 He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you--does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and believed:
Koji vam dakle daje Duha i èini èudesa meðu vama, èini li djelima zakona ili èuvenjem vjere?
6 even as Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his account as righteousness?
Kao što Avraam vjerova Bogu, i primi mu se u pravdu.
7 Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham.
Poznajte dakle da su oni sinovi Avraamovi koji su od vjere.
8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that in consequence of faith God would declare the nations to be free from guilt, sent beforehand the Good News to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."
A pismo vidjevši unapredak da Bog vjerom neznabošce pravda, naprijed objavi Avraamu: u tebi æe se blagosloviti svi neznabošci.
9 So we see that it is those who possess faith that are blessed with believing Abraham.
Tako koji su od vjere, blagosloviæe se s vjernijem Avraamom.
10 All who are depending upon their own obedience to the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not remain faithful to all the precepts of the Law, and practise them."
Jer koji su god od djela zakona pod kletvom su, jer je pisano: proklet svaki koji ne ostane u svemu što je napisano u knjizi zakonskoj da èini.
11 It is evident, too, that no one can find acceptance with God simply by obeying the Law, because "the righteous shall live by faith,"
A da se zakonom niko ne opravdava pred Bogom, poznato je: jer pravednik od vjere življeæe.
12 and the Law has nothing to do with faith. It teaches that "he who does these things shall live by doing them."
A zakon nije od vjere; nego èovjek koji to tvori življeæe u tome.
13 Christ has purchased our freedom from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us--because "Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree."
Hristos je nas iskupio od kletve zakonske postavši za nas kletva, jer je pisano: proklet svaki koji visi na drvetu:
14 Our freedom has been thus purchased in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing belonging to Abraham may come upon the nations, so that through faith we may receive the promised Spirit.
Da meðu neznabošcima bude blagoslov Avraamov u Hristu Isusu, da obeæanje Duha primimo kroz vjeru.
15 Brethren, even a covenant made by a man--to borrow an illustration from daily life--when once formally sanctioned is not liable to be set aside or added to.
Braæo, po èovjeku govorim, niko èovjeèijega potvrðena zavjeta ne odbacuje niti mu što domeæe.
16 (Now the promises were given to Abraham and to his seed. God did not say "and to seeds," as if speaking of many, but "and to your seed," since He spoke of only one--and this is Christ.)
A Avraamu i sjemenu njegovu reèena biše obeæanja. A ne veli: i sjemenima, kao za mnoga, nego kao za jedno: i sjemenu tvojemu, koje je Hristos.
17 I mean that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later--so as to annul the promise.
Ovo pak velim: zavjeta, koji je od Boga potvrðen za Hrista, ne odbacuje zakon, koji je postao poslije èetiri stotine i trideset godina, da ukine obeæanje.
18 For if the inheritance comes through obedience to Law, it no longer comes because of a promise. But, as a matter of fact, God has granted it to Abraham in fulfilment of a promise.
Jer ako je našljedstvo od zakona, onda veæ nije od obeæanja, a Avraamu obeæanjem darova Bog.
19 Why then was the Law given? It was imposed later on for the sake of defining sin, until the seed should come to whom God had made the promise; and its details were laid down by a mediator with the help of angels.
Šta æe dakle zakon? Radi grijeha dodade se dokle doðe sjeme kojemu se obeæa, i postavili su ga anðeli rukom posrednika.
20 But there cannot be a mediator where only one individual is concerned.
Ali posrednik nije jednoga; a Bog je jedan.
21 God, however, is only one. Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? No, indeed; for if a Law had been given which could have conferred Life, righteousness would certainly have come by the Law.
Eda li je dakle zakon protivan obeæanjima Božijim? Bože saèuvaj! Jer da je dan zakon koji može oživljeti, zaista bi od zakona bila pravda.
22 But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.
Ali pismo zatvori sve pod grijeh, da se obeæanje dade kroz vjeru Isusa Hrista onima koji vjeruju.
23 Before this faith came, we Jews were perpetual prisoners under the Law, living under restraints and limitations in preparation for the faith which was soon to be revealed.
A prije dolaska vjere bismo pod zakonom èuvani i zatvoreni za vjeru koja se htjela pokazati.
24 So that the Law has acted the part of a tutor-slave to lead us to Christ, in order that through faith we may be declared to be free from guilt.
Tako nam zakon bi èuvar do Hrista, da se vjerom opravdamo.
25 But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.
A kad doðe vjera, veæ nijesmo pod èuvarom.
26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;
Jer ste vi svi sinovi Božiji vjerom Hrista Isusa;
27 for all of you who have been baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Jer koji se god u Hrista krstiste, u Hrista se obukoste.
28 In Him the distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free man, male and female, disappear; you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Nema tu Jevrejina ni Grka, nema roba ni gospodara, nema muškoga roda ni ženskoga; jer ste vi svi jedno u Hristu Isusu.
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise.
A kad ste vi Hristovi, onda ste sjeme Avraamovo, i po obeæanju našljednici.
