Galatians 3

1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

1 无知的加拉太人啊！谁又蛊惑了你们呢？耶稣基督被钉在十字架上的事，早就像一幅画一样展现在你们眼前了。

2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

2 我只想问，你们领受了圣灵是靠遵行律法呢，还是因为相信所听见的福音呢？

3 Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?

3 你们既然靠圣灵开始了基督徒的生活，现在却想靠肉体达到纯全吗？你们就这么无知吗？

4 Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

4 你们受了许多苦，难道都是徒然的吗？真白受了吗？

5 Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?

5 上帝将圣灵赐给你们，又在你们中间行神迹，是因为你们遵行律法呢，还是因为你们相信所听到的福音呢？

6 So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

6 圣经上说：“亚伯拉罕信上帝，就被算为义人。”

7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.

7 因此，你们要明白，那些信的人才是亚伯拉罕的子孙。

8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

8 圣经早就指明，上帝要叫外族人因信被称为义人，祂预先将福音传给亚伯拉罕，说：“万国必因你而蒙福。”

9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

9 所以那些信的人必和有信心的亚伯拉罕一同蒙福。

10 All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

10 凡以遵行律法为本的人都在咒诅之下，因为圣经上说：“凡不遵行律法书上一切命令的人必受咒诅。”

11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

11 非常明显，没有人能靠遵行律法在上帝面前被称为义人，因为圣经上说：“义人必靠信心而活。”

12 The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

12 律法并非以信心为本，而是说：“遵行律法的人必因此而活。”

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

13 但基督替我们受了咒诅，从而救赎我们脱离了律法的咒诅，因为圣经上说：“凡挂在木头上的人都是受咒诅的。”

14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

14 这样，赐给亚伯拉罕的福气可以借着基督耶稣临到外族人，使我们也可以借着信得到上帝应许赐给我们的圣灵。

15 Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

15 弟兄姊妹，我举个日常生活中的例子。世人的合约一经双方签订之后，就不能作废，也不能加添。

16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

16 上帝曾向亚伯拉罕和他的后裔赐下应许，不过这里没有说“后裔们” ——指许多人，而是说“你的后裔”——指一个人，就是基督。

17 What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

17 我的意思是：四百三十年后颁布的律法不会废除上帝先前立下的约，以致应许落空。

18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

18 我们如果是靠遵行律法去承受产业，就不是倚靠上帝的应许。但上帝是凭应许把产业赐给了亚伯拉罕。

19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

19 那么，为什么会有律法呢？律法是为了使人知罪而增设的，一直存到那位承受应许的后裔来临。律法是通过天使交给一位中保颁布的。

20 A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.

20 中保代表双方，但上帝则单方面赐下应许。

21 Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

21 这样看来，上帝的律法和上帝的应许是否互相矛盾呢？当然不是！如果颁布的律法能带给人生命，人就可以靠律法得到义了。

22 But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

22 但圣经说万物都困在罪的权势下，为要使那些信的人因为信耶稣基督而得到应许 。

23 Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

23 信耶稣的时代 来临以前，律法暂时监管我们。等到信耶稣之道显明出来后，律法就不再监管了。

24 So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

24 因此，律法是我们的监护人，负责引领我们归向基督，使我们可以因信被称为义人。

25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

25 现在信耶稣的时代已经来临，我们不再受律法监管。

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

26 你们都借着信基督耶稣而成为上帝的儿女，

27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

27 因为你们受洗归入基督就是披戴基督 。

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

28 从此不再分犹太人和希腊人，自由人和奴隶，男人和女人，因为你们都在基督耶稣里合而为一了。

29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

29 你们若属于基督，就是亚伯拉罕的子孙，并且按照上帝的应许是产业继承人。