Galatians 5

1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

1 基督释放了我们，好让我们得自由。所以，要站稳了，不要再被奴仆的轭辖制。

2 Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

2 听着！我保罗郑重地告诉你们，如果你们接受割礼，基督对你们就毫无益处。

3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

3 我再次警告所有接受割礼的人，他们必须遵守全部的律法。

4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

4 你们若想靠遵行律法被称为义人，就与基督隔绝了，并且离开了上帝的恩典。

5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.

5 但我们要靠着圣灵，凭信心热切等候所盼望的义。

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

6 因为在基督耶稣里，受不受割礼根本无关紧要，借着爱表现出来的信心才至关重要。

7 You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth?

7 你们本来在信心的路上一直跑得很好。现在是谁拦阻了你们，叫你们不再信从真理呢？

8 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.

8 这种劝导当然不是出于呼召你们的上帝！

9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.

9 “一点面酵能使整团面发起来。”

10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

10 我在主里深信你们不会有二心，但无论谁搅扰你们，都必受惩罚。

11 Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

11 弟兄姊妹，我如果仍旧主张行割礼，怎么还会受迫害呢？如果是那样，十字架冒犯人的地方就被消除了。

12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

12 我恨不得那些搅扰你们的人把自己阉了 ！

13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

13 弟兄姊妹，你们蒙召得了自由，但不要以自由为借口来放纵本性，要本着爱心互相服侍，

14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

14 因为全部的律法可以总结成一句话：“要爱邻如己。”

15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

15 你们要谨慎，如果你们相咬相吞，恐怕会同归于尽。

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

16 因此，我劝你们行事为人要顺从圣灵的引导，这样就不会放纵本性的私欲。

17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

17 因为人本性的私欲与圣灵作对，圣灵也与人本性的私欲作对，两者势不两立，使你们不能做自己想做的事。

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

18 但你们如果顺从圣灵的引导，就不在律法之下。

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

19 顺从本性去做的事显而易见，如淫乱、污秽、邪荡、

20 idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

20 拜偶像、行邪术、仇恨、争斗、忌恨、恼怒、纷争、冲突、分裂 、

21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

21 嫉妒、凶杀、醉酒和荒宴无度等。我从前警告过你们，现在再一次警告你们：行这些事的人必不能承受上帝的国。

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

22 但圣灵所结的果子是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、

23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

23 温柔、自制。没有律法会禁止这些事。

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

24 那些属基督耶稣的人，已经把本性及其邪情私欲都钉在十字架上了。

25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

25 我们如果是靠圣灵生活，就当凡事顺从圣灵的引导。

26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

26 我们不要自高自大，彼此惹气，互相嫉妒。