Galatalaisille 4
1 Mutta minä sanon: niin kauvan kuin perillinen on lapsi, ei ole hänen ja palvelian välillä eroitusta, vaikka hän on kaiken tavaran herra;
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].
2 Vaan hän on esimiesten ja haltiain hallussa, isältä määrättyyn aikaan asti.
Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
3 Niin myös me, kuin me olimme lapset, niin me olimme vaaditut orjuuteen ulkonaisten säätyin alle.
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].
4 Mutta koska aika oli täytetty, lähetti Jumala Poikansa, syntyneen vaimosta, lain alaiseksi tehdyn,
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].
5 Että hän ne, jotka lain alaiset olivat, lunastais, että me hänen lapsiksensa luettaisiin.
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].
6 Mutta että te olette lapset, lähetti Jumala Poikansa Hengen teidän sydämiinne, joka huutaa: Abba, rakas Isä!
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].
7 Niin ei silleen ole orja, vaan poika; mutta jos poika, niin myös Jumalan perillinen Kristuksen kautta.
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].
8 Mutta sillä ajalla, koska ette Jumalaa tunteneet, palvelitte te niitä, jotka ei luonnostansa jumalat olleetkaan.
When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
9 Mutta nyt, sittekuin te Jumalan tunnette ja tosin enemmin Jumalalta tutut olette, kuinka te siis käännytte jälleen heikkoihin ja köyhiin säätyihin, joita te vasta-uudesta palvella tahdotte?
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]
10 Te otatte vaarin päivistä, ja kuukausista, ja ajoista, ja vuosista.
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.
11 Minä pelkään teidän tähtenne, etten minä turhaan olisi teidän tähtenne työtä tehnyt.
I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
12 Olkaat niinkuin minä olen, että minäkin olen niinkuin te. Rakkaat veljet! minä rukoilen teitä: ette ole mitään minua vastaan tehneet;
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].
13 Mutta te tiedätte, että minä olen lihan heikkoudessa teille ensisti evankeliumia saarnannut,
You know that the first time I preached to you, [I went to your area to regain my health, because I was physically weak].
14 Ja minun kiusaustani, jota minä lihan puolesta kärsin, ette ole katsoneet ylön ettekä hyljänneet, vaan korjasitte minun niinkuin Jumalan enkelin, niinkuin Kristuksen Jesuksen.
[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!
15 Kuinka autuaat te silloin olitte! Minä olen teidän todistajanne, että jos se olis mahdollinen ollut, niin te olisitte teidän silmänne kaivaneet ulos ja minulle antaneet.
(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]!
16 Olenko minä siis nyt teidän viholliseksenne tullut, että minä teille totuuden sanon?
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.
17 Ei he teitä oikein kiivaudesta rakasta, vaan he tahtovat teitä minusta pois kääntää, että te heitä kiivaudessa rakastaisitte.
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].
18 Kyllä kiivaten rakastaa hyvä on, aina hyvyydessä, ja ei ainoastaan silloin, kuin minä teidän tykönänne olen.
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.
19 Minun rakkaat lapseni, jotka minun täytyy vasta-uudesta kivulla synnyttää, siihenasti kuin Kristus teissä jonkun muodon sais!
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].
20 Mutta minä soisin olevani teidän tykönänne, että minä taitaisin äänenikin muuttaa; enpä minä tiedä, mitä minä tästedes teen teidän kanssanne.
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].
21 Sanokaat minulle te, jotka lain alla olla tahdotte: ettekö te lakia kuule?
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.
22 Sillä kirjoitettu on: Abrahamilla oli kaksi poikaa, yksi palkkavaimosta ja yksi vapaasta.
[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.
23 Mutta joka palkkavaimosta oli, se oli lihan jälkeen syntynyt, ja joka vapaasta oli, se oli lupauksen kautta.
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].
24 Nämät jotakin merkitsevät; sillä nämät ovat ne kaksi Testamenttia: yksi Sinain vuoresta, joka orjuuteen synnyttää, joka on Agar.
[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].
25 Sillä Agar on Sinain vuori Arabiassa ja ulottuu hamaan Jerusalemiin, joka nyt on, ja on lastensa kanssa orjana.
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].
26 Mutta se Jerusalem, joka ylhäältä on, on vapaa, joka on kaikkein meidän äitimme.
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].
27 Sillä kirjoitettu on: iloitse, sinä hedelmätöin, joka et synnytä, pakahda ja huuda sinä, joka et raskas ole; sillä yksinäisellä on enempi lapsia kuin sillä, jolla mies on.
[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].
28 Mutta me, rakkaat veljet, olemme niinkuin Isaakikin, lupauksen lapset.
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].
29 Mutta niinkuin se silloin, joka lihan jälkeen syntynyt oli, vainosi sitä, joka hengen jälkeen syntynyt oli, niin se nytkin tapahtuu.
[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].
30 Mutta mitä Raamattu sanoo? aja palkkavaimo poikinensa ulos; sillä ei palkkavaimon pojan pidä perimän vapaan pojan kanssa.
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].
31 Niin me siis olemme, rakkaat veljet, emme palkkavaimon poikia, vaan vapaan.
[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].
