Galatia 3
1 Hai orang-orang Galatia yang bodoh, siapakah yang telah mempesona kamu? Bukankah Yesus Kristus yang disalibkan itu telah dilukiskan dengan terang di depanmu?
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}.
2 Hanya ini yang hendak kuketahui dari pada kamu: Adakah kamu telah menerima Roh karena melakukan hukum Taurat atau karena percaya kepada pemberitaan Injil?
[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?
3 Adakah kamu sebodoh itu? Kamu telah mulai dengan Roh, maukah kamu sekarang mengakhirinya di dalam daging?
(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]
4 Sia-siakah semua yang telah kamu alami sebanyak itu? Masakan sia-sia!
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.
5 Jadi bagaimana sekarang, apakah Ia yang menganugerahkan Roh kepada kamu dengan berlimpah-limpah dan yang melakukan mujizat di antara kamu, berbuat demikian karena kamu melakukan hukum Taurat atau karena kamu percaya kepada pemberitaan Injil?
[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]!
6 Secara itu jugalah Abraham percaya kepada Allah, maka Allah memperhitungkan hal itu kepadanya sebagai kebenaran.
[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}.
7 Jadi kamu lihat, bahwa mereka yang hidup dari iman, mereka itulah anak-anak Abraham.
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].
8 Dan Kitab Suci, yang sebelumnya mengetahui, bahwa Allah membenarkan orang-orang bukan Yahudi oleh karena iman, telah terlebih dahulu memberitakan Injil kepada Abraham: "Olehmu segala bangsa akan diberkati."
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.”
9 Jadi mereka yang hidup dari iman, merekalah yang diberkati bersama-sama dengan Abraham yang beriman itu.
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].
10 Karena semua orang, yang hidup dari pekerjaan hukum Taurat, berada di bawah kutuk. Sebab ada tertulis: "Terkutuklah orang yang tidak setia melakukan segala sesuatu yang tertulis dalam kitab hukum Taurat."
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].
11 Dan bahwa tidak ada orang yang dibenarkan di hadapan Allah karena melakukan hukum Taurat adalah jelas, karena: "Orang yang benar akan hidup oleh iman."
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].”
12 Tetapi dasar hukum Taurat bukanlah iman, melainkan siapa yang melakukannya, akan hidup karenanya.
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.
13 Kristus telah menebus kita dari kutuk hukum Taurat dengan jalan menjadi kutuk karena kita, sebab ada tertulis: "Terkutuklah orang yang digantung pada kayu salib!"
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.”
14 Yesus Kristus telah membuat ini, supaya di dalam Dia berkat Abraham sampai kepada bangsa-bangsa lain, sehingga oleh iman kita menerima Roh yang telah dijanjikan itu.
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.
15 Saudara-saudara, baiklah kupergunakan suatu contoh dari hidup sehari-hari. Suatu wasiat yang telah disahkan, sekalipun ia dari manusia, tidak dapat dibatalkan atau ditambahi oleh seorangpun.
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.
16 Adapun kepada Abraham diucapkan segala janji itu dan kepada keturunannya. Tidak dikatakan "kepada keturunan-keturunannya" seolah-olah dimaksud banyak orang, tetapi hanya satu orang: "dan kepada keturunanmu", yaitu Kristus.
[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.”
17 Maksudku ialah: Janji yang sebelumnya telah disahkan Allah, tidak dapat dibatalkan oleh hukum Taurat, yang baru terbit empat ratus tiga puluh tahun kemudian, sehingga janji itu hilang kekuatannya.
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].
18 Sebab, jikalau apa yang ditentukan Allah berasal dari hukum Taurat, ia tidak berasal dari janji; tetapi justru oleh janjilah Allah telah menganugerahkan kasih karunia-Nya kepada Abraham.
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].
19 Kalau demikian, apakah maksudnya hukum Taurat? Ia ditambahkan oleh karena pelanggaran-pelanggaran--sampai datang keturunan yang dimaksud oleh janji itu--dan ia disampaikan dengan perantaraan malaikat-malaikat ke dalam tangan seorang pengantara.
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].
20 Seorang pengantara bukan hanya mewakili satu orang saja, sedangkan Allah adalah satu.
Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
21 Kalau demikian, bertentangankah hukum Taurat dengan janji-janji Allah? Sekali-kali tidak. Sebab andaikata hukum Taurat diberikan sebagai sesuatu yang dapat menghidupkan, maka memang kebenaran berasal dari hukum Taurat.
[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.
22 Tetapi Kitab Suci telah mengurung segala sesuatu di bawah kekuasaan dosa, supaya oleh karena iman dalam Yesus Kristus janji itu diberikan kepada mereka yang percaya.
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.
23 Sebelum iman itu datang kita berada di bawah pengawalan hukum Taurat, dan dikurung sampai iman itu telah dinyatakan.
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].
24 Jadi hukum Taurat adalah penuntun bagi kita sampai Kristus datang, supaya kita dibenarkan karena iman.
[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].
25 Sekarang iman itu telah datang, karena itu kita tidak berada lagi di bawah pengawasan penuntun.
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].
26 Sebab kamu semua adalah anak-anak Allah karena iman di dalam Yesus Kristus.
Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
27 Karena kamu semua, yang dibaptis dalam Kristus, telah mengenakan Kristus.
That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
28 Dalam hal ini tidak ada orang Yahudi atau orang Yunani, tidak ada hamba atau orang merdeka, tidak ada laki-laki atau perempuan, karena kamu semua adalah satu di dalam Kristus Yesus.
[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.
29 Dan jikalau kamu adalah milik Kristus, maka kamu juga adalah keturunan Abraham dan berhak menerima janji Allah.
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].
