Galacjan 4
1 Mówię więc: Dopóki dziedzic jest dzieckiem, niczym się nie różni od sługi, chociaż jest panem wszystkiego.
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 Lecz jest poddany opiekunom i zarządcom aż do czasu wyznaczonego przez ojca.
Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
3 Podobnie i my, gdy byliśmy dziećmi, byliśmy w niewoli żywiołów tego świata.
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 Lecz gdy nadeszła pełnia czasu, Bóg posłał swego Syna, zrodzonego z kobiety, zrodzonego pod prawem;
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 Aby wykupił tych, którzy [byli] pod prawem, abyśmy dostąpili usynowienia.
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 A ponieważ jesteście synami, Bóg posłał do waszych serc Ducha swego Syna, wołającego: Abba, Ojcze!
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 Tak więc już nie jesteś sługą, ale synem, a jeśli synem, [to] i dziedzicem Bożym przez Chrystusa.
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 Wprawdzie dawniej, gdy nie znaliście Boga, służyliście tym, którzy z natury nie są bogami.
When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
9 Ale teraz, gdy poznaliście Boga, a raczej gdy zostaliście przez Boga poznani, jakże możecie ponownie wracać do słabych i nędznych żywiołów, którym ponownie chcecie służyć?
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 Zachowujecie dni i miesiące, pory i lata.
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 Boję się o was, czy przypadkiem na próżno nie trudziłem się nad wami.
I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
12 Bracia, proszę was, bądźcie tacy jak ja, gdyż i ja [jestem] taki jak wy. W niczym mnie nie skrzywdziliście.
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 Wiecie przecież, że pierwszy raz głosiłem wam ewangelię w słabości ciała.
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 A mojej cielesnej próby nie lekceważyliście sobie ani nie wzgardziliście, ale przyjęliście mnie jak anioła Boga, jak [samego] Chrystusa Jezusa.
[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 Gdzież więc się podziało to wasze błogosławieństwo? Daję wam bowiem świadectwo, że gdyby to było możliwe, wyłupilibyście sobie oczy i dali je mnie.
(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 Czy mówiąc wam prawdę, stałem się waszym nieprzyjacielem?
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 Gorliwie o was zabiegają niedobrze, lecz chcą was odłączyć, abyście o nich zabiegali.
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 A zawsze jest dobrze zabiegać gorliwie o to, co dobre, a nie tylko wtedy, gdy jestem obecny wśród was.
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 Moje dzieci, które znowu w bólach rodzę, aż Chrystus w was się ukształtuje;
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 Chciałbym teraz być wśród was i zmienić swój głos, ponieważ jestem zaniepokojony o was.
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 Powiedzcie mi, wy, którzy chcecie być pod prawem, czy nie słuchacie, [co mówi] prawo?
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 Napisane jest bowiem, że Abraham miał dwóch synów, jednego z niewolnicy, a drugiego z wolnej.
[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 Lecz ten z niewolnicy urodził się według ciała, ten zaś z wolnej – według obietnicy.
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 Ma to znaczenie alegoryczne: te [kobiety] oznaczają dwa przymierza: jedno z góry Synaj, które rodzi w niewolę – jest nim Hagar.
[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 Hagar bowiem to góra Synaj w Arabii, a odpowiada ona dzisiejszemu Jeruzalem, bo jest ono w niewoli wraz ze swoimi dziećmi.
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 Natomiast Jeruzalem, które jest w górze, jest wolne i ono jest matką nas wszystkich.
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 Napisane jest bowiem: Raduj się, niepłodna, która nie rodzisz, wykrzyknij i zawołaj, która nie znasz bólów porodowych, bo ta opuszczona ma więcej dzieci niż ta, która ma męża.
[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 My więc, bracia, jak Izaak jesteśmy dziećmi obietnicy.
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 Lecz jak kiedyś ten, który urodził się według ciała, prześladował tego, który urodził się według Ducha, tak [dzieje się] i teraz.
[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 Co jednak mówi Pismo? Wypędź niewolnicę i jej syna. Nie będzie bowiem syn niewolnicy dziedziczył z synem wolnej.
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 Tak więc, bracia, nie jesteśmy dziećmi niewolnicy, ale wolnej.
[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].
