Galatia 3
1 Saudara-saudari di Galatia, kenapa kalian bisa begitu bodoh?! Kenapa kalian begitu cepat tertipu sehingga tidak lagi meyakini ajaran yang benar?! Padahal saya sudah panjang lebar menjelaskan bagaimana Kristus Yesus mati disalibkan demi kita!
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 Coba pikirkan: Apakah kalian menerima Roh Kudus karena menaati hukum Taurat, atau karena mendengar berita keselamatan dan percaya kepada Kristus?
[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 Tentu karena percaya, bukan?! Kalau begitu kenapa kalian begitu bodoh sampai berpikir, “Aku tidak perlu lagi pimpinan Roh Kudus. Aku bisa menjadi sempurna dengan kemampuanku melaksanakan hukum Taurat.”
(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 Ingatlah, kalian juga pernah dianiaya karena percaya pada Kristus. Jangan sia-siakan penderitaanmu itu dengan berbalik menjadi tidak percaya!
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 Pikirkan juga pengalamanmu sehari-hari: Ketika Allah menolong kalian melalui Roh-Nya dengan mengadakan berbagai keajaiban di antara kalian, apakah itu merupakan upah karena kalian menaati hukum Taurat? Atau apakah berbagai keajaiban itu terjadi karena kalian sudah mendengar Kabar Baik lalu percaya penuh kepada Kristus? Tentu karena kalian percaya penuh!
[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 Begitulah yang terjadi dengan Abraham. Kitab Suci berkata, “Abraham percaya penuh kepada janji Allah. Karena itulah Allah menerima dia sebagai orang benar.”
[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 Maka hendaklah kalian tahu bahwa kita yang percaya seperti Abraham akan diterima Allah sebagai keturunan Abraham secara rohani.
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 Sejak dulu, Kitab Suci sudah menubuatkan Kabar Baik bahwa orang yang bukan Yahudi akan dibenarkan Allah atas dasar percaya penuh. Nubuatan itu terdapat dalam perkataan Allah kepada Abraham, “Dengan mengikuti teladan keyakinanmu, semua bangsa akan Aku berkati.”
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 setiap orang yang percaya kepada janji-janji Allah akan turut diberkati seperti Abraham, pahlawan iman kita.
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 Sebaliknya, orang yang berusaha membenarkan dirinya di hadapan Allah dengan cara menaati hukum Taurat akan dikutuk! Karena Kitab Suci berkata, “Terkutuklah setiap orang yang gagal menaati semua perintah 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 Dengan demikian jelaslah bahwa tidak ada seorang pun yang bisa diterima sebagai orang benar di hadapan Allah dengan menaati hukum Taurat, sebab Kitab Suci berkata, “Orang yang dianggap benar oleh TUHAN akan hidup selamanya karena percaya penuh kepada-Nya.”
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 Sedangkan hidup menurut hukum Taurat bukan atas dasar percaya, melainkan atas dasar perbuatan. Karena ada tertulis, “Hidup seseorang diberkati hanya jika perbuatannya sesuai dengan semua perintah dalam hukum Taurat.”
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 Itu artinya kita semua terkutuk, karena setiap orang “gagal menaati semua perintah yang tertulis dalam hukum Taurat.” Tetapi Kristus sudah menebus kita dari kutukan itu! Dia memberikan diri-Nya sendiri untuk menggantikan kita dan menanggung kutukan menurut hukum Taurat. Karena ada tertulis dalam Kitab Suci, “Terkutuklah orang yang mati digantung di tiang kayu.”
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 Begitulah rencana Allah, supaya berkat yang dijanjikan kepada Abraham itu bisa diberikan bukan hanya kepada orang Yahudi, tetapi juga kepada “semua bangsa”, yaitu setiap kita yang bersatu dengan Kristus Yesus karena percaya. Dan melalui percaya itulah kita juga menerima Roh Kudus sesuai dengan janji Allah.
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 Contoh sederhananya begini, Saudara-saudari: Kalau seseorang sudah membuat suatu surat perjanjian atau wasiat, dan surat itu sudah disahkan, maka tidak seorang pun dapat membatalkannya atau menambahkan ketentuan-ketentuan lain ke dalam surat itu.
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 Nah, begitu juga perjanjian yang sudah disahkan Allah dengan Abraham dan keturunannya tidak dapat diubah. Lagipula, pada waktu Allah berjanji kepada Abraham, Dia tidak berkata, ‘kepadamu dan kepada semua keturunanmu,’ melainkan, ‘kepadamu dan kepada sang keturunanmu,’ maksudnya Seorang Keturunan yang tunggal. Dan Keturunan yang dimaksud adalah Kristus. Yang saya maksudkan adalah: Janji Allah kepada Abraham sudah lama disahkan sebelum hukum Taurat ada, persisnya 430 tahun sebelum Allah memberikan hukum Taurat kepada Musa. Artinya, dengan memberikan hukum Taurat, Allah tidak membatalkan atau mengubah janji yang sudah Dia sahkan dengan Abraham.
[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.”
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 Jadi kita mewarisi berkat dari Abraham karena kita bersatu dengan Kristus, sang Keturunan Abraham itu, bukan karena kita taat pada hukum Taurat. Sebab kalau berkat itu atas dasar perbuatan kita sendiri, berarti bukan atas dasar suatu perjanjian, padahal sesungguhnya berkat itu dianugerahkan Allah kepada Abraham melalui perjanjian tersebut.
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 Tentu kalian akan bertanya, “Kalau manusia bisa dibenarkan Allah hanya dengan percaya kepada janji-janji-Nya, untuk apa Allah memberikan hukum Taurat?” Jawaban saya: Hukum Taurat ditambahkan supaya setiap orang sadar akan pelanggarannya. Hukum Taurat berlaku selama manusia menanti-nantikan kedatangan Keturunan Abraham yang sudah dijanjikan itu. Dan perhatikan bahwa hukum Taurat tidak langsung diberikan Allah kepada manusia, tetapi para malaikatlah yang menyampaikannya kepada Musa, lalu Musa menyampaikannya kepada umat Allah. Berbeda dengan perjanjian-Nya kepada Abraham. Allah sendiri yang langsung menyampaikan perjanjian itu, tanpa perantara.
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].
Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
21 Sekarang pasti kalian bertanya, “Kalau begitu apakah hukum Taurat bertentangan dengan janji-janji Allah kepada Abraham?” Tentu saja tidak! Kita harus memahami bahwa hukum Taurat tidak mempunyai kekuatan untuk memberikan hidup kekal kepada siapa pun. Berarti, cara untuk dibenarkan di hadapan Allah bukanlah melalui 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 Sebaliknya, melalui peraturan dalam hukum Taurat, Allah membuat setiap orang seolah terpenjara karena berhutang dosa kepada-Nya. Jadi satu-satunya jalan untuk bisa dibebaskan hanyalah dengan percaya penuh kepada Kristus Yesus, dan melalui percaya kita menerima berkat yang sudah Allah janjikan kepada Abraham.
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 Tetapi sementara manusia menunggu kedatangan Kristus, Keturunan Abraham itu, dan sebelum kita bisa dibenarkan di hadapan Allah melalui percaya, Allah memberikan hukum Taurat untuk mengatur manusia. Pada waktu itu hukum Taurat menjadi seperti pagar yang membatasi kita sampai tiba saatnya kita dibebaskan dengan percaya kepada Kristus.
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 Hukum Taurat juga bisa digambarkan seperti penjaga yang mengawasi, mendidik, dan menuntun kita untuk percaya kepada Kristus, supaya kita dapat dibenarkan oleh Allah.
[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 Tetapi bagi kita yang sekarang sudah percaya dan bersatu dengan Kristus, kita tidak perlu lagi diawasi dan dituntun oleh penjaga itu. Kita semua yang sudah bersatu dengan Kristus Yesus melalui baptisan sudah mengalami kehidupan rohani yang baru, sehingga sifat-sifat Kristus sendiri seakan membungkus kita seperti pakaian baru. Dengan percaya penuh kepada Anak Allah, kita semua menjadi anak-anak Allah.
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].
Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
28 Jadi, kita sesama saudara-saudari seiman tidak pantas lagi membeda-bedakan antara orang Yahudi dan bukan Yahudi, atau antara budak dan bukan budak, ataupun antara laki-laki dan perempuan. Sebab kita semua sudah menjadi satu karena bersatu dengan 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 sebagai milik kepunyaan Kristus, maka melalui Dia kita semua menjadi keturunan Abraham yang mewarisi 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].
