До галатів 4
1 Тож кажу́ я: поки спадкоє́мець дити́на, — він нічим від раба не різни́ться, хоч він пан над усім,
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 але під опікуна́ми та керівника́ми знаходиться він аж до ча́су, що визначив ба́тько.
Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
3 Так і ми, — поки дітьми́ були, то були поневолені стихі́ями світу.
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 Як настало ж ви́повнення ча́су, Бог послав Свого Сина, що родився від жони, та став під Зако́ном,
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 щоб викупити підзако́нних, щоб усино́влення ми прийняли́.
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 А що ви сини́, Бог послав у ваші серця Духа Сина Свого, що викликує: „Авва, Отче!“
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 Тому ти вже не раб, але син. А як син, то й спадкоє́мець Божий через Христа.
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 Та тоді, не знаючи Бога, служили ви тим, що з істоти бога́ми вони не були́.
When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
9 А тепер, як пізнали ви Бога, чи краще — як Бог вас пізнав, — як вертаєтесь знов до слаби́х та вбогих стихі́й, яким хочете знов, як давніше, служити?
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 Ви вважаєте пильно на дні та на місяці, і на по́ри та ро́ки.
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 Я боюся за вас, чи не да́рмо я працював коло вас?.
I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
12 Прошу́ я вас, браття, — будьте, як я, бо й я такий самий, як ви. Нічим ви мене не покри́вдили!
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 І знаєте ви, що в не́мочі тіла я перше звіщав вам Єва́нгелію,
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 ви ж моєю спокусою в тілі моїм не пого́рдували, і мене не відкинули, але, немов а́нгола Божого, ви прийняли́ мене, як Христа Ісуса!
[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 Тож де ваше тодішнє блаже́нство? Свідкую бо вам, що якби було можна, то ви вибрали б очі свої та мені віддали́ б!
(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 Чи ж я став для вас ворогом, правду гово́рячи вам?
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 Недобре пильнують про вас, але вас відлучити хо́чуть, щоб ви пильнували про них.
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 То добре, — пильнувати про добре постійно, а не тільки тоді, як прихо́джу до вас.
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 Ді́тки мої, — я зно́ву для вас терплю́ муки поро́ду, поки образ Христа не віді́б'ється в вас!
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 Я хотів би тепер бути в вас та змінити свій голос, бо маю я су́мнів за вас.
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 Скажіть мені ви, що хочете бути під Зако́ном: чи не слухаєтесь ви Зако́ну?
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 Бо написано: „Мав Авраам двох синів, одно́го від рабині, а другого від вільної“.
[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 Але той, хто був від рабині, народився за тілом, а хто був від вільної, — за обі́тницею.
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 Розуміти це треба інакше, бо це два заповіти: один від гори Сіна́й, що в ра́бство народжує, а він — то Аґа́р.
[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 Бо Аґа́р — то гора Сіна́й в Ара́бії, а відповідає сучасному Єрусалимові, який у ра́бстві з своїми дітьми́.
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 А ви́шній Єрусали́м — вільний, він мати всім нам!
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 Бо написано: „Звеселися, неплідна, ти, що не родиш! Гукай та викликуй ти, що в поро́ді не мучилась, бо в полишеної значно більше дітей, ніж у тієї, що має вона чоловіка!“
[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 А ви, браття, діти обі́тниці за Ісаком!
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 Але як і тоді, — хто родився за тілом, переслідував тих, хто родився за духом, так само й тепер.
[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 Та що каже Писа́ння? „Прожени рабиню й сина її, бо не буде спадкува́ти син рабині ра́зом із сином вільної“.
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 Тому́, браття, не сини́ ми рабині, але вільної!
[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].
