Galatians 4

1 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.

1 أَقُولُ أَيْضاً مَادَامَ الْوَرِيثُ قَاصِراً، فَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ أَيُّ فَرْقٍ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ صَاحِبُ الإِرْثِ كُلِّهِ،

2 He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.

2 بَلْ يَبْقَى خَاضِعاً لِلأَوْصِيَاءِ وَالْوُكَلاءِ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ الْفَتْرَةُ الَّتِي حَدَّدَهَا أَبُوهُ.

3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.

3 وَهذِهِ حَالُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً: فَإِذْ كُنَّا قَاصِرِينَ، كُنَّا عَبِيداً لِمَبَادِىءِ الْعَالَمِ.

4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

4 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا جَاءَ تَمَامُ الزَّمَانِ، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ ابْنَهُ، وَقَدْ وُلِدَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَكَانَ خَاضِعاً لِلشَّرِيعَةِ،

5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

5 لِيُحَرِّرَ بِالْفِدَاءِ أُولئِكَ الْخَاضِعِينَ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، فَنَنَالَ جَمِيعاً مَقَامَ أَبْنَاءِ اللهِ.

6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

6 وَبِمَا أَنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءٌ لَهُ، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ إِلَى قُلُوبِنَا رُوحَ ابْنِهِ، مُنَادِياً: «أَبَا، يَا أَبَانَا».

7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

7 إِذَنْ، أَنْتَ لَسْتَ عَبْداً بَعْدَ الآنَ، بَلْ أَنْتَ ابْنٌ. وَمَادُمْتَ ابْناً، فَقَدْ جَعَلَكَ اللهُ وَرِيثاً أَيْضاً.

8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

8 وَلَكِنْ، لَمَّا كُنْتُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، كُنْتُمْ فِي حَالِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ.

9 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?

9 أَمَّا الآنَ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللهَ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى عَرَفَكُمُ اللهُ، فَكَيْفَ تَرْتَدُّونَ أَيْضاً إِلَى تِلْكَ الْمَبَادِئِ الْعَاجِزَةِ الْفَقِيرَةِ الَّتِي تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لَهَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟

10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!

10 تَحْتَفِلُونَ بِأَيَّامٍ وَأَشْهُرٍ وَمَوَاسِمَ وَسِنِينَ!

11 I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.

11 أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ، خَشْيَةَ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ تَعِبْتُ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ بِلا جَدْوَى.

12 I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.

12 أُنَاشِدُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِثْلِي، لأَنِّي أَنَا أَيْضاً مِثْلُكُمْ. أَنْتُمْ لَمْ تَظْلِمُونِي بِشَيْءٍ،

13 You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

13 بَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّنِي فِي عِلَّةٍ بِالْجَسَدِ بَشَّرْتُكُمْ أَوَّلَ الأَمْرِ؛

14 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.

14 وَمَعَ أَنَّ الْعِلَّةَ الَّتِي فِي جَسَدِي كَانَتْ تَجْرِبَةً لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَحْتَقِرُونِي وَلَمْ تَنْفُرُوا مِنِّي بِسَبَبِهَا، بَلْ قَبِلْتُمُونِي كَأَنِّي مَلاكٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، أَوْ كَأَنِّي الْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ.

15 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.

15 فَأَيْنَ فَرَحُكُمْ؟ فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ لَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ سَتَقْلَعُونَ عُيُونَكُمْ وَتُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِي، لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مُمْكِناً!

16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

16 فَهَلْ صِرْتُ الآنَ عَدُوّاً لَكُمْ لأَنِّي كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ؟

17 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.

17 إِنَّ أُولئِكَ (الْمُعَلِّمِينَ) يُظْهِرُونَ مِنْ نَحْوِكُمْ حَمَاسَةً، وَلَكِنَّهَا غَيْرُ صَادِقَةٍ، بَلْ هُمْ يَرْغَبُونَ فِي عَزْلِكُمْ عَنَّا،

18 Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

18 لِكَيْ تَتَحَمَّسُوا لَهُمْ. جَميِلٌ إِظْهَارُ الْحَمَاسَةِ فِي مَا هُوَ حَقٌّ، كُلَّ حِينٍ، وَلَيْسَ فَقَطْ حِينَ أَكُونُ حَاضِراً عِنْدَكُمْ.

19 My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

19 يَا أَطْفَالِي الَّذِينَ أَتَمَخَّضُ بِكُمْ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى إِلَى أَنْ تَتَشَكَّلَ فِيكُمْ صُورَةُ الْمَسِيحِ.

20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.

20 وَكَمْ أَوَدُّ لَوْ أَكُونُ الآنَ حَاضِراً عِنْدَكُمْ، فَأُخَاطِبَكُمْ بِغَيْرِ هذِهِ اللهْجَةِ، لأَنِّي مُتَحَيِّرٌ فِي أَمْرِكُمْ.

21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?

21 قُولُوا لِي، يَا مَنْ تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، أَلَسْتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ مَا جَاءَ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ؟

22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

22 فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ لَهُ ابْنَانِ: أَحَدُهُمَا مِنَ الْجَارِيَةِ، وَالآخَرُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحُرَّةِ.

23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.

23 أَمَّا ابْنُ الْجَارِيَةِ، فَقَدْ وُلِدَ حَسَبَ الْجَسَدِ. وَأَمَّا ابْنُ الْحُرَّةِ، فَإِتْمَاماً لِلْوَعْدِ.

24 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.

24 وَهذِهِ الْحَقِيقَةُ لَهَا مَعْنىً رَمْزِيٌّ. فَهَاتَانِ الْمَرْأَتَانِ تَرْمُزَانِ إِلَى عَهْدَيْنِ: الأَوَّلُ مَصْدَرُهُ جَبَلُ سِينَاءَ، يَجْعَلُ الْمَوْلُودِينَ تَحْتَهُ فِي حَالِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَرَمْزُهُ هَاجَرُ.

25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

25 وَلَفْظَةُ هَاجَرَ تُطْلَقُ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، فِي بِلادِ الْعَرَبِ، وَتُمَثِّلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْحَالِيَّةَ، فَإِنَّهَا مَعَ بَنِيهَا فِي الْعُبُودِيَّةِ.

26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

26 أَمَّا الثَّانِي، فَرَمْزُهُ الْحُرَّةُ الَّتِي تُمَثِّلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ السَّمَاوِيَّةَ الَّتِي هِيَ أُمُّنَا.

27 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.”

27 فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «افْرَحِي أَيَّتُهَا الْعَاقِرُ الَّتِي لَا تَلِدُ، اهْتِفِي بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِكِ أَيَّتُهَا الَّتِي لَا تَتَمَخَّضُ، لأَنَّ أَوْلادَ الْمَهْجُورَةِ أَكْثَرُ عَدَداً مِنْ أَوْلادِ الَّتِي لَهَا زَوْجٌ!»

28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

28 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، فَأَوْلادُ الْوَعْدِ، عَلَى مِثَالِ إِسْحَاقَ.

29 At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.

29 وَلَكِنْ، كَمَا كَانَ فِي الْمَاضِي الْمَوْلُودُ بِحَسَبِ الْجَسَدِ يَضْطَهِدُ الْمَوْلُودَ بِحَسَبِ الرُّوحِ، فَكَذَلِكَ أَيْضاً يَحْدُثُ الآنَ.

30 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.”

30 إِنَّمَا مَاذَا يَقُولُ الْكِتَابُ؟ «اطْرُدِ الْجَارِيَةَ وَابْنَهَا، لأَنَّ ابْنَ الْجَارِيَةِ لَا يَرِثُ مَعَ ابْنِ الْحُرَّةِ!»

31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

31 إِذَنْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، نَحْنُ لَسْنَا أَوْلادَ الْجَارِيَةِ، بَلْ أَوْلادُ الْحُرَّةِ.