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 وَإِنَّمَا أَقُولُ: مَا دَامَ ٱلْوَارِثُ قَاصِرًا لَا يَفْرِقُ شَيْئًا عَنِ ٱلْعَبْدِ، مَعَ كَوْنِهِ صَاحِبَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ.

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

2 بَلْ هُوَ تَحْتَ أَوْصِيَاءَ وَوُكَلَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمُؤَجَّلِ مِنْ أَبِيهِ.

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

3 هَكَذَا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا: لَمَّا كُنَّا قَاصِرِينَ، كُنَّا مُسْتَعْبَدِينَ تَحْتَ أَرْكَانِ ٱلْعَالَمِ.

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

4 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا جَاءَ مِلْءُ ٱلزَّمَانِ، أَرْسَلَ ٱللهُ ٱبْنَهُ مَوْلُودًا مِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ، مَوْلُودًا تَحْتَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ،

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

5 لِيَفْتَدِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَحْتَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ، لِنَنَالَ ٱلتَّبَنِّيَ.

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

6 ثُمَّ بِمَا أَنَّكُمْ أَبْنَاءٌ، أَرْسَلَ ٱللهُ رُوحَ ٱبْنِهِ إِلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ صَارِخًا: «يَا أَبَا ٱلْآبُ».

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 إِذًا لَسْتَ بَعْدُ عَبْدًا بَلِ ٱبْنًا، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ ٱبْنًا فَوَارِثٌ لِلهِ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ.

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

8 لَكِنْ حِينَئِذٍ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ ٱللهَ، ٱسْتُعْبِدْتُمْ لِلَّذِينَ لَيْسُوا بِٱلطَّبِيعَةِ آلِهَةً.

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 وَأَمَّا ٱلْآنَ إِذْ عَرَفْتُمُ ٱللهَ، بَلْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ عُرِفْتُمْ مِنَ ٱللهِ، فَكَيْفَ تَرْجِعُونَ أَيْضًا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْكَانِ ٱلضَّعِيفَةِ ٱلْفَقِيرَةِ ٱلَّتِي تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تُسْتَعْبَدُوا لَهَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟

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

10 أَتَحْفَظُونَ أَيَّامًا وَشُهُورًا وَأَوْقَاتًا وَسِنِينَ؟

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

11 أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ تَعِبْتُ فِيكُمْ عَبَثًا!

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

12 أَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، كُونُوا كَمَا أَنَا، لِأَنِّي أَنَا أَيْضًا كَمَا أَنْتُمْ. لَمْ تَظْلِمُونِي شَيْئًا.

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

13 وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي بِضَعْفِ ٱلْجَسَدِ بَشَّرْتُكُمْ فِي ٱلْأَوَّلِ.

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 وَتَجْرِبَتِي ٱلَّتِي فِي جَسَدِي لَمْ تَزْدَرُوا بِهَا وَلَا كَرِهْتُمُوهَا، بَلْ كَمَلَاكٍ مِنَ ٱللهِ قَبِلْتُمُونِي، كَٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

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 فَمَاذَا كَانَ إِذًا تَطْوِيبُكُمْ؟ لِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ لَكُمْ أَنَّهُ لَوْ أَمْكَنَ لَقَلَعْتُمْ عُيُونَكُمْ وَأَعْطَيْتُمُونِي.

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

16 أَفَقَدْ صِرْتُ إِذًا عَدُوًّا لَكُمْ لِأَنِّي أَصْدُقُ لَكُمْ؟

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 يَغَارُونَ لَكُمْ لَيْسَ حَسَنًا، بَلْ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَصُدُّوكُمْ لِكَيْ تَغَارُوا لَهُمْ.

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 حَسَنَةٌ هِيَ ٱلْغَيْرَةُ فِي ٱلْحُسْنَى كُلَّ حِينٍ، وَلَيْسَ حِينَ حُضُورِي عِنْدَكُمْ فَقَطْ.

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

19 يَا أَوْلَادِي ٱلَّذِينَ أَتَمَخَّضُ بِكُمْ أَيْضًا إِلَى أَنْ يَتَصَوَّرَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ فِيكُمْ.

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

20 وَلَكِنِّي كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَكُونَ حَاضِرًا عِنْدَكُمُ ٱلْآنَ وَأُغَيِّرَ صَوْتِي، لِأَنِّي مُتَحَيِّرٌ فِيكُمْ!

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

21 قُولُوا لِي، أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا تَحْتَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ: أَلَسْتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ ٱلنَّامُوسَ؟

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

22 فَإِنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ: أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ٱبْنَانِ، وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْجَارِيَةِ وَٱلْآخَرُ مِنَ ٱلْحُرَّةِ.

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 لَكِنَّ ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلْجَارِيَةِ وُلِدَ حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلْحُرَّةِ فَبِالْمَوْعِدِ.

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 وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ رَمْزٌ، لِأَنَّ هَاتَيْنِ هُمَا ٱلْعَهْدَانِ، أَحَدُهُمَا مِنْ جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، ٱلْوَالِدُ لِلْعُبُودِيَّةِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ 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 لِأَنَّ هَاجَرَ جَبَلُ سِينَاءَ فِي ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةِ. وَلَكِنَّهُ يُقَابِلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْحَاضِرَةَ، فَإِنَّهَا مُسْتَعْبَدَةٌ مَعَ بَنِيهَا.

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

26 وَأَمَّا أُورُشَلِيمُ ٱلْعُلْيَا، ٱلَّتِي هِيَ أُمُّنَا جَمِيعًا، فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ.

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 لِأَنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ: «ٱفْرَحِي أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعَاقِرُ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَلِدْ. اِهْتِفِي وَٱصْرُخِي أَيَّتُهَا ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَتَمَخَّضْ، فَإِنَّ أَوْلَادَ ٱلْمُوحِشَةِ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ ٱلَّتِي لَهَا زَوْجٌ».

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

28 وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ فَنَظِيرُ إِسْحَاقَ، أَوْلَادُ ٱلْمَوْعِدِ.

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 حِينَئِذٍ ٱلَّذِي وُلِدَ حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ يَضْطَهِدُ ٱلَّذِي حَسَبَ ٱلرُّوحِ، هَكَذَا ٱلْآنَ أَيْضًا.

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 لَكِنْ مَاذَا يَقُولُ ٱلْكِتَابُ؟ «ٱطْرُدِ ٱلْجَارِيَةَ وَٱبْنَهَا، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَرِثُ ٱبْنُ ٱلْجَارِيَةِ مَعَ ٱبْنِ ٱلْحُرَّةِ».

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

31 إِذًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ لَسْنَا أَوْلَادَ جَارِيَةٍ بَلْ أَوْلَادُ ٱلْحُرَّةِ.