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O Galates, dépourvus de sens! qui vous a fascinés, vous, aux yeux de qui Jésus Christ a été peint comme crucifié?

Voici seulement ce que je veux apprendre de vous: Est-ce par les oeuvres de la loi que vous avez reçu l'Esprit, ou par la prédication de la foi?

Etes-vous tellement dépourvus de sens? Après avoir commencé par l'Esprit, voulez-vous maintenant finir par la chair?

Avez-vous tant souffert en vain? si toutefois c'est en vain.

Celui qui vous accorde l'Esprit, et qui opère des miracles parmi vous, le fait-il donc par les oeuvres de la loi, ou par la prédication de la foi?

Comme Abraham crut à Dieu, et que cela lui fut imputé à justice,

reconnaissez donc que ce sont ceux qui ont la foi qui sont fils d'Abraham.

Aussi l'Écriture, prévoyant que Dieu justifierait les païens par la foi, a d'avance annoncé cette bonne nouvelle à Abraham: Toutes les nations seront bénies en toi!

de sorte que ceux qui croient sont bénis avec Abraham le croyant.

10 Car tous ceux qui s'attachent aux oeuvres de la loi sont sous la malédiction; car il est écrit: Maudit est quiconque n'observe pas tout ce qui est écrit dans le livre de la loi, et ne le met pas en pratique.

11 Et que nul ne soit justifié devant Dieu par la loi, cela est évident, puisqu'il est dit: Le juste vivra par la foi.

12 Or, la loi ne procède pas de la foi; mais elle dit: Celui qui mettra ces choses en pratique vivra par elles.

13 Christ nous a rachetés de la malédiction de la loi, étant devenu malédiction pour nous-car il est écrit: Maudit est quiconque est pendu au bois, -

14 afin que la bénédiction d'Abraham eût pour les païens son accomplissement en Jésus Christ, et que nous reçussions par la foi l'Esprit qui avait été promis.

15 Frères (je parle à la manière des hommes), une disposition en bonne forme, bien que faite par un homme, n'est annulée par personne, et personne n'y ajoute.

16 Or les promesses ont été faites à Abraham et à sa postérité. Il n'est pas dit: et aux postérités, comme s'il s'agissait de plusieurs, mais en tant qu'il s'agit d'une seule: et à ta postérité, c'est-à-dire, à Christ.

17 Voici ce que j'entends: une disposition, que Dieu a confirmée antérieurement, ne peut pas être annulée, et ainsi la promesse rendue vaine, par la loi survenue quatre cents trente ans plus tard.

18 Car si l'héritage venait de la loi, il ne viendrait plus de la promesse; or, c'est par la promesse que Dieu a fait à Abraham ce don de sa grâce.

19 Pourquoi donc la loi? Elle a été donnée ensuite à cause des transgressions, jusqu'à ce que vînt la postérité à qui la promesse avait été faite; elle a été promulguée par des anges, au moyen d'un médiateur.

20 Or, le médiateur n'est pas médiateur d'un seul, tandis que Dieu est un seul.

21 La loi est-elle donc contre les promesses de Dieu? Loin de là! S'il eût été donné une loi qui pût procurer la vie, la justice viendrait réellement de la loi.

22 Mais l'Écriture a tout renfermé sous le péché, afin que ce qui avait été promis fût donné par la foi en Jésus Christ à ceux qui croient.

23 Avant que la foi vînt, nous étions enfermés sous la garde de la loi, en vue de la foi qui devait être révélée.

24 Ainsi la loi a été comme un pédagogue pour nous conduire à Christ, afin que nous fussions justifiés par la foi.

25 La foi étant venue, nous ne sommes plus sous ce pédagogue.

26 Car vous êtes tous fils de Dieu par la foi en Jésus Christ;

27 vous tous, qui avez été baptisés en Christ, vous avez revêtu Christ.

28 Il n'y a plus ni Juif ni Grec, il n'y a plus ni esclave ni libre, il n'y a plus ni homme ni femme; car tous vous êtes un en Jésus Christ.

29 Et si vous êtes à Christ, vous êtes donc la postérité d'Abraham, héritiers selon la promesse.

行律法與信基督

無知的加拉太人啊!誰又迷惑了你們呢?耶穌基督被釘在十字架上的事早就像一幅畫一樣展現在你們眼前了。 我只想問,你們領受了聖靈是靠遵行律法呢,還是因為相信所聽見的福音呢? 你們既然靠聖靈開始了基督徒的生活,現在卻想靠肉體達到純全嗎?你們就這麼無知嗎? 你們受了許多苦,難道都是徒然的嗎?都白受了嗎? 上帝將聖靈賜給你們又在你們中間行神蹟,是因為你們遵行律法呢,還是因為你們相信所聽到的福音呢?

聖經上說:「亞伯拉罕信上帝,就被算為義人。」 因此,你們要明白,那些信上帝的人才是亞伯拉罕的子孫。 聖經早就指明,上帝要叫外族人因信而被稱為義人,祂預先將福音傳給亞伯拉罕,說:「萬國必因你而蒙福。」 所以那些信上帝的人必和有信心的亞伯拉罕一同得到祝福。

10 凡以遵行律法為本的人都在咒詛之下,因為聖經上說:「凡不遵行律法書上一切命令的人必受咒詛。」 11 非常明顯,沒有人能靠遵行律法在上帝面前被稱為義人,因為聖經上說:「義人必靠信心而活。」 12 律法卻不是以信心為本,而是說:「遵行的人必存活。」

13 但基督替我們受了咒詛,從而救贖我們脫離了律法的咒詛,因為聖經上說:「凡掛在木頭上的人都是受咒詛的。」 14 這樣,賜給亞伯拉罕的祝福可以藉著基督耶穌臨到外族人,使我們也可以藉著信得到上帝應許賜給我們的聖靈。

律法與應許

15 弟兄姊妹,我舉個日常生活中的例子。世人的合約一經雙方簽訂之後,就不能作廢,也不能加添。 16 上帝曾向亞伯拉罕和他的後裔賜下應許,不過這裡沒有說「後裔們」——指許多人,而是說「你的後裔」——指一個人,就是基督。 17 我的意思是:四百三十年後頒佈的律法不會廢除上帝先前立下的約,以致應許落空。 18 倘若我們是靠守律法去承受產業,我們就不是倚靠上帝的應許。但上帝是憑應許把產業賜給了亞伯拉罕。

19 那麼,為什麼會有律法呢?律法是為了使人知罪而頒佈的,等那位承受應許的後裔來到後,律法的任務就完成了。律法是通過天使交給一位中間人頒佈的。 20 中間人代表雙方,但上帝則單方面賜下應許。

21 這樣看來,上帝的律法和上帝的應許是否互相矛盾呢?當然不是!如果賜下的律法能帶給人生命,人就可以靠律法成為義人了。 22 但聖經說萬物都在罪的權勢下,爲要使那些相信的人因爲相信耶稣基督而得到應許[a]

23 信耶穌的時代[b]還沒有來臨以前,律法暫時監管我們。等到信耶穌之道顯明出來後,律法就不再監管我們。 24 因此,律法是我們的監護人,負責引領我們歸向基督,使我們可以因信而被稱為義人。 25 現在信耶穌的時代已經來臨,我們不再受律法監管。 26 你們都藉著信基督耶穌而成為上帝的兒女, 27 因為你們受洗歸入基督就是披戴基督[c] 28 從此不再分猶太人和希臘人,自由人和奴隸,男人和女人,因為你們都在基督耶穌裡合而為一了。 29 你們若屬於基督,就是亞伯拉罕的後裔,都是照著上帝的應許承受產業的人。

Footnotes

  1. 3·22 因爲相信耶稣基督而得到應許」或譯「因爲耶稣基督的信實而得到應許」。
  2. 3·23 信耶穌的時代」希臘文是「信心」,下同25節。
  3. 3·27 披戴基督」是個隱喻,主要的意思是「像基督」,象徵有基督的生命與品格。

O you poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians! Who has fascinated or bewitched or cast a spell over you, unto whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly and graphically set forth and portrayed as crucified?

Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the [Holy] Spirit as the result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearing [the message of the Gospel] and believing [it]? [Was it from observing a law of rituals or from a message of faith?]

Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun [your new life spiritually] with the [Holy] Spirit, are you now reaching perfection [by dependence] on the flesh?

Have you suffered so many things and experienced so much all for nothing (to no purpose)—if it really is to no purpose and in vain?

Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous [Holy] Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard?

Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, and it was reckoned and placed to his account and credited as righteousness (as conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action).(A)

Know and understand that it is [really] the people [who live] by faith who are [the true] sons of Abraham.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify (declare righteous, put in right standing with Himself) the Gentiles in consequence of faith, proclaimed the Gospel [foretelling the glad tidings of a Savior long beforehand] to Abraham in the promise, saying, In you shall all the nations [of the earth] be blessed.(B)

So then, those who are people of faith are blessed and made happy and favored by God [as partners in fellowship] with the believing and trusting Abraham.

10 And all who depend on the Law [who are seeking to be justified by obedience to the Law of rituals] are under a curse and doomed to disappointment and destruction, for it is written in the Scriptures, Cursed (accursed, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment) be everyone who does not continue to abide (live and remain) by all the precepts and commands written in the Book of the Law and to practice them.(C)

11 Now it is evident that no person is justified (declared righteous and brought into right standing with God) through the Law, for the Scripture says, The man in right standing with God [the just, the righteous] shall live by and out of faith and he who through and by faith is declared righteous and in right standing with God shall live.(D)

12 But the Law does not rest on faith [does not require faith, has nothing to do with faith], for it itself says, He who does them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [not by faith].(E)

13 Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);(F)

14 To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit.

15 To speak in terms of human relations, brethren, [if] even a man makes a last will and testament (a merely human covenant), no one sets it aside or makes it void or adds to it when once it has been drawn up and signed (ratified, confirmed).

16 Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He [God] does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but, And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is [none other than] Christ (the Messiah).(G)

17 This is my argument: The Law, which began 430 years after the covenant [concerning the coming Messiah], does not and cannot annul the covenant previously established (ratified) by God, so as to abolish the promise and make it void.(H)

18 For if the inheritance [of the promise depends on observing] the Law [as these false teachers would like you to believe], it no longer [depends] on the promise; however, God gave it to Abraham [as a free gift solely] by virtue of His promise.

19 What then was the purpose of the Law? It was added [later on, after the promise, to disclose and expose to men their guilt] because of transgressions and [to make men more conscious of the sinfulness] of sin; and it was intended to be in effect until the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made. And it [the Law] was arranged and ordained and appointed through the instrumentality of angels [and was given] by the hand (in the person) of a go-between [Moses, an intermediary person between God and man].

20 Now a go-between (intermediary) has to do with and implies more than one party [there can be no mediator with just one person]. Yet God is [only] one Person [and He was the sole party in giving that promise to Abraham. But the Law was a contract between two, God and Israel; its validity was dependent on both].

21 Is the Law then contrary and opposed to the promises of God? Of course not! For if a Law had been given which could confer [spiritual] life, then righteousness and right standing with God would certainly have come by Law.

22 But the Scriptures [picture all mankind as sinners] shut up and imprisoned by sin, so that [the inheritance, blessing] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ (the Messiah) might be given (released, delivered, and committed) to [all] those who believe [who adhere to and trust in and rely on Him].

23 Now before the faith came, we were perpetually guarded under the Law, kept in custody in preparation for the faith that was destined to be revealed (unveiled, disclosed),

24 So that the Law served [a][to us Jews] as our trainer [our guardian, our guide to Christ, to lead us] until Christ [came], that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith.

25 But now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a trainer (the guardian of our childhood).

26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

27 For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.

28 There is [now no distinction] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male [b]and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 And if you belong to Christ [are in Him Who is Abraham’s Seed], then you are Abraham’s offspring and [spiritual] heirs according to promise.

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:24 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Galatians 3:28 Literal translation.

Faith or Works of the Law

You foolish(A) Galatians!(B) Who has bewitched you?(C) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(D) I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit(E) by the works of the law,(F) or by believing what you heard?(G) Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[a] Have you experienced[b] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles(H) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?(I) So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[c](J)

Understand, then, that those who have faith(K) are children of Abraham.(L) Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d](M) So those who rely on faith(N) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(O)

10 For all who rely on the works of the law(P) are under a curse,(Q) as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[e](R) 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(S) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[f](T) 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[g](U) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law(V) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[h](W) 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,(X) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.(Y)

The Law and the Promise

15 Brothers and sisters,(Z) let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(AA) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[i](AB) meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years(AC) later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise;(AD) but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions(AE) until the Seed(AF) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels(AG) and entrusted to a mediator.(AH) 20 A mediator,(AI) however, implies more than one party; but God is one.

21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not!(AJ) For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.(AK) 22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,(AL) so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

Children of God

23 Before the coming of this faith,[j] we were held in custody(AM) under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.(AN) 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came(AO) that we might be justified by faith.(AP) 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.(AQ)

26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(AR) through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ(AS) have clothed yourselves with Christ.(AT) 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,(AU) nor is there male and female,(AV) for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(AW) 29 If you belong to Christ,(AX) then you are Abraham’s seed,(AY) and heirs(AZ) according to the promise.(BA)

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. Galatians 3:4 Or suffered
  3. Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
  4. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
  5. Galatians 3:10 Deut. 27:26
  6. Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
  7. Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
  8. Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23
  9. Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
  10. Galatians 3:23 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus … 23 Before faith came