Galatians 4 #catechesis/bible/galatians
[!abstract] Christ has freed us from the servitude of the law. We are the freeborn sons of Abraham.
Book: Galatians · ← Galatians 3 · Galatians 5 →
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GR Λέγω δέ, ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον ὁ κληρονόμος νήπιός ἐστιν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου κύριος πάντων ὤν,
LA Dico autem: quanto tempore hæres parvulus est, nihil differt a servo, cum sit dominus omnium:
EN As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all,
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GR ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους ἐστὶν καὶ οἰκονόμους ἄχρι τῆς προθεσμίας τοῦ πατρός.
LA sed sub tutoribus et actoribus est usque ad præfinitum tempus a patre:
EN but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father.
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GR οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι:
LA ita et nos cum essemus parvuli, sub elementis mundi eramus servientes.
EN So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements of the world.
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GR ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
LA At ubi venit plenitudo temporis, misit Deus Filium suum factum ex muliere, factum sub lege,
EN But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:
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GR ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ, ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν.
LA ut eos, qui sub lege erant, redimeret, ut adoptionem filiorum reciperemus.
EN That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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GR ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν, κρᾶζον: Αββα ὁ πατήρ.
LA Quoniam autem estis filii, misit Deus Spiritum Filii sui in corda vestra, clamantem: Abba, Pater.
EN And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying: Abba, Father.
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GR ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος ἀλλὰ υἱός: εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος διὰ θεοῦ.
LA Itaque jam non est servus, sed filius: quod si filius, et hæres per Deum.
EN Therefore, now he is not a servant, but a son. And if a son, an heir also through God.
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[!note]- Under the elements, etc…
That is, under the first rudiments of religion, in which the carnal Jews were trained up; or under those corporeal creatures, used in their manifold rites, sacrifices, and sacraments.
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GR Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες θεὸν ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς:
LA Sed tunc quidem ignorantes Deum, iis, qui natura non sunt dii, serviebatis.
EN But then indeed, not knowing God, you served them who, by nature, are not gods.
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GR νῦν δὲ γνόντες θεόν, μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ, πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα, οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεῦσαι θέλετε;
LA Nunc autem cum cognoveritis Deum, immo cogniti sitis a Deo: quomodo convertimini iterum ad infirma et egena elementa, quibus denuo servire vultis?
EN But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known by God: how turn you again to the weak and needy elements which you desire to serve again?
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GR ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε καὶ μῆνας καὶ καιροὺς καὶ ἐνιαυτούς.
LA Dies observatis, et menses, et tempora, et annos.
EN You observe days and months and times, and years.
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GR φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς μή no=s4452>πως εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς.
LA Timeo vos, ne forte sine causa laboraverim in vobis.
EN I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among you.
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[!note]- You observe days, etc…
He speaks not of the observation of the Lord’s day, or other Christian festivals; but either of the superstitious observation of days lucky and unlucky; or else of the Jewish festivals, to the observance of which, certain Jewish teachers sought to induce the Galatians.
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GR Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε:
LA Estote sicut ego, quia et ego sicut vos: fratres, obsecro vos. Nihil me læsistis.
EN Be as I, because I also am as you brethren, I beseech you. You have not injured me at all.
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GR οἴδατε δὲ ὅτι δι’ ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὸ πρότερον,
LA Scitis autem quia per infirmitatem carnis evangelizavi vobis jampridem: et tentationem vestram in carne mea
EN And you know how, through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gospel to you heretofore: and your temptation in my flesh.
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GR καὶ τὸν πειρασμὸν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε, ἀλλὰ ὡς ἄγγελον θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με, ὡς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν.
LA non sprevistis, neque respuistis: sed sicut angelum Dei excepistis me, sicut Christum Jesum.
EN You despised not, nor rejected: but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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GR ποῦ οὖν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν; μαρτυρῶ γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες ἐδώκατέ μοι.
LA Ubi est ergo beatitudo vestra? testimonium enim perhibeo vobis, quia, si fieri posset, oculos vestros eruissetis, et dedissetis mihi.
EN Where is then your blessedness? For I bear you witness that, if it could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes and would have given them to me.
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GR ὥστε ἐχθρὸς ὑμῶν γέγονα ἀληθεύων ὑμῖν;
LA Ergo inimicus vobis factus sum, verum dicens vobis?
EN Am I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
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GR ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.
LA Æmulantur vos non bene: sed excludere vos volunt, ut illos æmulemini.
EN They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them.
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GR καλὸν δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς,
LA Bonum autem æmulamini in bono semper: et non tantum cum præsens sum apud vos.
EN But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you.
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GR τεκνία μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν,
LA Filioli mei, quos iterum parturio, donec formetur Christus in vobis:
EN My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you.
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GR ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.
LA vellem autem esse apud vos modo, et mutare vocem meam: quoniam confundor in vobis.
EN And I would willingly be present with you now and change my voice: because I am ashamed for you.
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GR Λέγετέ μοι, οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι, τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε;
LA Dicite mihi qui sub lege vultis esse: legem non legistis?
EN Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?
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GR γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν, ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
LA Scriptum est enim: Quoniam Abraham duos filios habuit: unum de ancilla, et unum de libera.
EN For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman and the other by a free woman.
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GR ἀλλ’ ὁ [μὲν] ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας δι’ ἐπαγγελίας.
LA Sed qui de ancilla, secundum carnem natus est: qui autem de libera, per repromissionem:
EN But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman was by promise.
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GR ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα: αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι, μία μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σινᾶ, εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα, ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἁγάρ.
LA quæ sunt per allegoriam dicta. Hæc enim sunt duo testamenta. Unum quidem in monte Sina, in servitutem generans, quæ est Agar:
EN Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two testaments. The one from Mount Sina, engendering unto bondage, which is Agar.
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GR τὸ δὲ Ἁγὰρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ: συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἰερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει γὰρ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.
LA Sina enim mons est in Arabia, qui conjunctus est ei quæ nunc est Jerusalem, et servit cum filiis suis.
EN For Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which has affinity to that Jerusalem which now is: and is in bondage with her children.
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GR ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ ἡμῶν:
LA Illa autem, quæ sursum est Jerusalem, libera est, quæ est mater nostra.
EN But that Jerusalem which is above is free: which is our mother.
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GR γέγραπται γάρ, εὐφράνθητι, στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα: ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον, ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα: ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα.
LA Scriptum est enim: Lætare sterilis, quæ non paris; erumpe et clama, quæ non parturis: quia multi filii desertæ, magis quam ejus quæ habet virum.
EN For it is written: Rejoice, you barren, that bear not: break forth and cry you that travail not: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that has a husband.
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GR ἡμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐσμέν.
LA Nos autem, fratres, secundum Isaac promissionis filii sumus.
EN Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
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GR ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ τότε ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς ἐδίωκεν τὸν κατὰ πνεῦμα, οὕτως καὶ νῦν.
LA Sed quomodo tunc is, qui secundum carnem natus fuerat, persequebatur eum qui secundum spiritum: ita et nunc.
EN But as then he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him that was after the spirit: so also it is now.
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GR ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή; ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς, οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
LA Sed quid dicit Scriptura? Ejice ancillam, et filium ejus: non enim hæres erit filius ancillæ cum filio liberæ.
EN But what says the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman.
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GR διό, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
LA Itaque, fratres, non sumus ancillæ filii, sed liberæ: qua libertate Christus nos liberavit.
EN So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman but of the free: by the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free.
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