Galatians 3
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?
1O insensati Galatæ, quis vos fascinavit non obedire veritati, ante quorum oculos Jesus Christus præscriptus est, in vobis crucifixus?
2I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
2Hoc solum a vobis volo discere: ex operibus legis Spiritum accepistis, an ex auditu fidei?
3Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?
3sic stulti estis, ut cum Spiritu cœperitis, nunc carne consummemini?
4Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
4tanta passi estis sine causa? si tamen sine causa.
5He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and does miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
5Qui ergo tribuit vobis Spiritum, et operatur virtutes in vobis: ex operibus legis, an ex auditu fidei?
6Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”
6Sicut scriptum est: Abraham credidit Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam:
7Know therefore that those who are of faith are children of Abraham.
7cognoscite ergo quia qui ex fide sunt, ii sunt filii Abrahæ.
8The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
8Providens autem Scriptura quia ex fide justificat gentes Deus, prænuntiavit Abrahæ: Quia benedicentur in te omnes gentes.
9So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
9Igitur qui ex fide sunt, benedicentur cum fideli Abraham.
10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
10Quicumque enim ex operibus legis sunt, sub maledicto sunt. Scriptum est enim: Maledictus omnis qui non permanserit in omnibus quæ scripta sunt in libro legis ut faciat ea.
11Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”
11Quoniam autem in lege nemo justificatur apud Deum, manifestum est: quia justus ex fide vivit.
12The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will live by them.”
12Lex autem non est ex fide, sed: Qui fecerit ea, vivet in illis.
13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
13Christus nos redemit de maledicto legis, factus pro nobis maledictum: quia scriptum est: Maledictus omnis qui pendet in ligno:
14that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
14ut in gentibus benedictio Abrahæ fieret in Christo Jesu, ut pollicitationem Spiritus accipiamus per fidem.
15Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.
15Fratres (secundum hominem dico) tamen hominis confirmatum testamentum nemo spernit, aut superordinat.
16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring”, which is Christ.
16Abrahæ dictæ sunt promissiones, et semini ejus. Non dicit: Et seminibus, quasi in multis: sed quasi in uno: Et semini tuo, qui est Christus.
17Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
17Hoc autem dico, testamentum confirmatum a Deo: quæ post quadringentos et triginta annos facta est lex, non irritum facit ad evacuandam promissionem.
18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
18Nam si ex lege hæreditas, jam non ex promissione. Abrahæ autem per repromissionem donavit Deus.
19Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
19Quid igitur lex? Propter transgressiones posita est donec veniret semen, cui promiserat, ordinata per angelos in manu mediatoris.
20Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one.
20Mediator autem unius non est: Deus autem unus est.
21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.
21Lex ergo adversus promissa Dei? Absit. Si enim data esset lex, quæ posset vivificare, vere ex lege esset justitia.
22But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
22Sed conclusit Scriptura omnia sub peccato, ut promissio ex fide Jesu Christi daretur credentibus.
23But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
23Prius autem quam veniret fides, sub lege custodiebamur conclusi in eam fidem quæ revelanda erat.
24So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
24Itaque lex pædagogus noster fuit in Christo, ut ex fide justificemur.
25But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
25At ubi venit fides, jam non sumus sub pædagogo.
26For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
26Omnes enim filii Dei estis per fidem, quæ est in Christo Jesu.
27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
27Quicumque enim in Christo baptizati estis, Christum induistis.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
28Non est Judæus, neque Græcus: non est servus, neque liber: non est masculus, neque femina. Omnes enim vos unum estis in Christo Jesu.
29If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
29Si autem vos Christi, ergo semen Abrahæ estis, secundum promissionem hæredes.
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