gālātinaḥ 4
1 ahaṁ vadāmi sampadadhikārī yāvad bālastiṣṭhati tāvat sarvvasvasyādhipatiḥ sannapi sa dāsāt kenāpi viṣayeṇa na viśiṣyate
What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
2 kintu pitrā nirūpitaṁ samayaṁ yāvat pālakānāṁ dhanādhyakṣāṇāñca nighnastiṣṭhati|
He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
3 tadvad vayamapi bālyakāle dāsā iva saṁsārasyākṣaramālāyā adhīnā āsmahe|
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
4 anantaraṁ samaye sampūrṇatāṁ gatavati vyavasthādhīnānāṁ mocanārtham
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 asmākaṁ putratvaprāptyarthañceśvaraḥ striyā jātaṁ vyavasthāyā adhinībhūtañca svaputraṁ preṣitavān|
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
6 yūyaṁ santānā abhavata tatkāraṇād īśvaraḥ svaputrasyātmānāṁ yuṣmākam antaḥkaraṇāni prahitavān sa cātmā pitaḥ pitarityāhvānaṁ kārayati|
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
7 ata idānīṁ yūyaṁ na dāsāḥ kintuḥ santānā eva tasmāt santānatvācca khrīṣṭeneśvarīyasampadadhikāriṇo'pyādhve|
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
8 aparañca pūrvvaṁ yūyam īśvaraṁ na jñātvā ye svabhāvato'nīśvarāsteṣāṁ dāsatve'tiṣṭhata|
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 idānīm īśvaraṁ jñātvā yadi veśvareṇa jñātā yūyaṁ kathaṁ punastāni viphalāni tucchāni cākṣarāṇi prati parāvarttituṁ śaknutha? yūyaṁ kiṁ punasteṣāṁ dāsā bhavitumicchatha?
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
10 yūyaṁ divasān māsān tithīn saṁvatsarāṁśca sammanyadhve|
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
11 yuṣmadarthaṁ mayā yaḥ pariśramo'kāri sa viphalo jāta iti yuṣmānadhyahaṁ bibhemi|
I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
12 he bhrātaraḥ, ahaṁ yādṛśo'smi yūyamapi tādṛśā bhavateti prārthaye yato'hamapi yuṣmattulyo'bhavaṁ yuṣmābhi rmama kimapi nāparāddhaṁ|
I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
13 pūrvvamahaṁ kalevarasya daurbbalyena yuṣmān susaṁvādam ajñāpayamiti yūyaṁ jānītha|
You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
14 tadānīṁ mama parīkṣakaṁ śārīrakleśaṁ dṛṣṭvā yūyaṁ mām avajñāya ṛtīyitavantastannahi kintvīśvarasya dūtamiva sākṣāt khrīṣṭa yīśumiva vā māṁ gṛhītavantaḥ|
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
15 atastadānīṁ yuṣmākaṁ yā dhanyatābhavat sā kka gatā? tadānīṁ yūyaṁ yadi sveṣāṁ nayanānyutpāṭya mahyaṁ dātum aśakṣyata tarhi tadapyakariṣyateti pramāṇam ahaṁ dadāmi|
What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
16 sāmpratamahaṁ satyavāditvāt kiṁ yuṣmākaṁ ripu rjāto'smi?
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 te yuṣmatkṛte sparddhante kintu sā sparddhā kutsitā yato yūyaṁ tānadhi yat sparddhadhvaṁ tadarthaṁ te yuṣmān pṛthak karttum icchanti|
Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
18 kevalaṁ yuṣmatsamīpe mamopasthitisamaye tannahi, kintu sarvvadaiva bhadramadhi sparddhanaṁ bhadraṁ|
Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
19 he mama bālakāḥ, yuṣmadanta ryāvat khrīṣṭo mūrtimān na bhavati tāvad yuṣmatkāraṇāt punaḥ prasavavedaneva mama vedanā jāyate|
My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
20 ahamidānīṁ yuṣmākaṁ sannidhiṁ gatvā svarāntareṇa yuṣmān sambhāṣituṁ kāmaye yato yuṣmānadhi vyākulo'smi|
how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
21 he vyavasthādhīnatākāṅkṣiṇaḥ yūyaṁ kiṁ vyavasthāyā vacanaṁ na gṛhlītha?
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
22 tanmāṁ vadata| likhitamāste, ibrāhīmo dvau putrāvāsāte tayoreko dāsyāṁ dvitīyaśca patnyāṁ jātaḥ|
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
23 tayo ryo dāsyāṁ jātaḥ sa śārīrikaniyamena jajñe yaśca patnyāṁ jātaḥ sa pratijñayā jajñe|
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
24 idamākhyānaṁ dṛṣṭantasvarūpaṁ| te dve yoṣitāvīśvarīyasandhī tayorekā sīnayaparvvatād utpannā dāsajanayitrī ca sā tu hājirā|
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
25 yasmād hājirāśabdenāravadeśasthasīnayaparvvato bodhyate, sā ca varttamānāyā yirūśālampuryyāḥ sadṛśī| yataḥ svabālaiḥ sahitā sā dāsatva āste|
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
26 kintu svargīyā yirūśālampurī patnī sarvveṣām asmākaṁ mātā cāste|
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
27 yādṛśaṁ likhitam āste, "vandhye santānahīne tvaṁ svaraṁ jayajayaṁ kuru| aprasūte tvayollāso jayāśabdaśca gīyatāṁ| yata eva sanāthāyā yoṣitaḥ santate rgaṇāt| anāthā yā bhavennārī tadapatyāni bhūriśaḥ||"
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
28 he bhrātṛgaṇa, imhāk iva vayaṁ pratijñayā jātāḥ santānāḥ|
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
29 kintu tadānīṁ śārīrikaniyamena jātaḥ putro yadvad ātmikaniyamena jātaṁ putram upādravat tathādhunāpi|
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
30 kintu śāstre kiṁ likhitaṁ? "tvam imāṁ dāsīṁ tasyāḥ putrañcāpasāraya yata eṣa dāsīputraḥ patnīputreṇa samaṁ nottarādhikārī bhaviyyatīti|"
But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
31 ataeva he bhrātaraḥ, vayaṁ dāsyāḥ santānā na bhūtvā pātnyāḥ santānā bhavāmaḥ|
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
