Galaterne 3
1 Å, de uvituge galatarar! kven hev trylt dykk, de som hev fenge Jesus Kristus måla for augo som krossfest?
Foolish Galatians! Who has been enchanting you – you before whose eyes Jesus Christ was depicted on the cross?
2 Berre det vil eg få vita av dykk: Fekk det Anden ved lovgjerningar eller ved å høyra trui forkynt?
Here is the one thing that I want to find out from you – Did you receive the Spirit as the result of obedience to Law, or of your having listened with faith?
3 Er de so uvituge? De tok til i ånd; vil de no fullenda i kjøt?
Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external?
4 So mykje hev de røynt til unyttes? - um det då elles er til unyttes.
Did you go through so much to no purpose? – if indeed it really was to no purpose!
5 Og han som gjev dykk Anden og gjer kraftverk millom dykk, gjer han det ved lovgjerningar eller ved å forkynna trui?
He who supplies you abundantly with his Spirit and endows you with such powers – does he do this as the result of obedience to Law? Or as the result of your having listened with faith?
6 Liksom Abraham trudde Gud, og det vart rekna honom til rettferd.
It is just as it was with Abraham – he had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.
7 Difor skal de vita, at dei som hev tru, dei er Abrahams born.
You see, then, that those whose lives are based on faith are the sons of Abraham.
8 Men Skrifti såg fyreåt at Gud vilde gjera heidningarne rettferdige ved tru, og gav so Abraham fyreåt det fagnadbodet: «I deg skal alle folkeslag verta velsigna.»
And scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the good news to Abraham in the words – “Through you all the Gentiles will be blessed.”
9 So vert då dei som hev tru, velsigna med den truande Abraham.
And, therefore, those whose lives are based on faith share the blessings bestowed on the faith of Abraham.
10 For so mange som held seg til lovgjerningar, dei er under forbanning; for det stend skrive: «Forbanna er kvar den som ikkje held ved i alt det som stend skrive i lovboki, so han gjer etter det.»
All who rely on obedience to Law are under a curse, for scripture says – “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all that is written in the book of the Law, and do it.”
11 Men at ingen vert rettferdiggjord for Gud ved lovi, det er audsynlegt; for «den rettferdige, ved tru skal han liva.»
Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through Law, for we read – “Through faith the righteous will find life.”
12 Men lovi hev ingen ting med trui å gjera, men «den som gjer so, skal liva ved det.»
But the Law is not based on faith; no, its words are – “Those who practice these precepts will find life through them.”
13 Kristus kjøpte oss frie frå forbanningi av lovi, då han vart ei forbanning for oss - for det er skrive: «Forbanna er kvar den som heng på eit tre» -
Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for scripture says – “Cursed is anyone who is hanged on a tree.”
14 so velsigningi åt Abraham kunde koma yver heidningarne i Kristus Jesus, so me ved trui kunde få Anden, som var oss lova.
And this he did that the blessing given to Abraham might be extended to the Gentiles through their union with Jesus Christ; that so, through our faith, we also might receive the promised gift of the Spirit.
15 Brør! eg talar på menneskjevis. Ingen gjer då ei pakt av eit menneskje ugild eller legg noko til etter ho er stadfest.
To take an illustration, friends, from daily life – No one sets aside even an agreement between two people, when once it has been confirmed, nor do they add conditions to it.
16 Men lovnaderne vart gjevne til Abraham og hans ætt; han segjer ikkje: «Og ættingarne» liksom um mange, men som um ein: «Og di ætt», og det er Kristus.
Now it was to Abraham that the promises were made, “and to his offspring.” It was not said “to his offsprings,” as if many persons were meant, but the words were “to your offspring,” showing that one person was meant – and that was Christ.
17 Det eg vil segja, er dette: Ei pakt som fyreåt er stadfest av Gud, henne kann lovi, som vart gjevi fire hundrad og tretti år seinare, ikkje gjera ugild, so ho skulde gjera lovnaden til inkjes.
My point is this – An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.
18 For er arven av lov, so er han ikkje meir av lovnad; men Gud gav Abraham honom ved lovnad.
If our heritage is the result of Law, then it has ceased to be the result of a promise. Yet God conferred it on Abraham by a promise.
19 Kva skulde so lovi til? Ho vart sett attåt for misgjerderne skuld, til dess den ætti kom som lovnaden galdt um - tilskipa av englar, ved ein millommanns hand;
What, then, you ask, was the use of the Law? It was a later addition, to make people conscious of their wrongdoings, and intended to last only until the coming of that offspring to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.
20 men ein millommann er ikkje berre for ein; men Gud er ein.
Now mediation implies more than one person, but God is one only.
21 Er so lovi imot Guds lovnader? Langt ifrå! for var det gjeve ei lov som hadde magt til å gjera livande, so kom rettferdi verkeleg av lovi.
Does that set the Law in opposition to God’s promises? Heaven forbid! For, if a Law had been given capable of bestowing life, then righteousness would have actually owed its existence to Law.
22 Men Skrifti hev stengt alt inn under synd, so det som var lova, skulde ved tru på Jesus Kristus verta gjeve deim som trur.
But the words of scripture represent the whole world as being in bondage to sin, so that the promised blessing, dependent, as it is, on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who have faith in him.
23 Men fyrr trui kom, vart me haldne innestengde i varetekt under lovi til den tru som skulde openberrast.
Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the faith that was destined to be revealed.
24 So hev då lovi vorte vår tuktemeister til Kristus, so me skulde verta rettferdiggjorde av tru.
Thus the Law has proved a guide to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.
25 Men no, då trui er komi, er me ikkje lenger under tuktemeisteren;
But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide.
26 for de er alle Guds born ved trui på Kristus Jesus.
For you are all sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For de, so mange som er døypte til Kristus, de hev iklædt dykk Kristus.
For all of you who were baptized into union with Christ clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 Her er ikkje jøde eller grækar, her er ikkje træl eller fri mann, her er ikkje mann og kvinna; for de er alle ein i Kristus Jesus.
All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.
29 Men høyrer de Kristus til, so er de og Abrahams ætt, ervingar etter lovnaden.
And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham’s offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.
