1 O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified {among you}?

2 This only I wish to learn of you, Have ye received the Spirit on the principle of works of law, or of {the} report of faith?

3 Are ye so senseless? having begun in Spirit, are ye going to be made perfect in flesh?

4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain, if indeed also in vain?

5 He therefore who ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, {is it} on the principle of works of law, or of {the} report of faith?

6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

7 Know then that they that are on the principle of faith, these are Abraham's sons;

8 and the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations on the principle of faith, announced beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham: In thee all the nations shall be blessed.

9 So that they who are on the principle of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

10 For as many as are on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which {are} written in the book of the law to do them;

11 but that by law no one is justified with God {is} evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;

12 but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.

13 Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed {is} every one hanged upon a tree,)

14 that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

15 Brethren, (I speak according to man,) even man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds other dispositions to.

16 But to Abraham were the promises addressed, and to his seed: he does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed; which is Christ.

17 Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

18 For if the inheritance {be} on the principle of law, {it is} no longer on the principle of promise; but God gave it in grace to Abraham by promise.

19 Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in {the} hand of a mediator.

20 But a mediator is not of one, but God is one.

21 {Is} then the law against the promises of God? Far be the thought. For if a law had been given able to quicken, then indeed righteousness were on the principle of law;

22 but the scripture has shut up all things under sin, that the promise, on the principle of faith of Jesus Christ, should be given to those that believe.

23 But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up to faith {which was} about to be revealed.

24 So that the law has been our tutor up to Christ, that we might be justified on the principle of faith.

25 But, faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor;

26 for ye are all God's sons by faith in Christ Jesus.

27 For ye, as many as have been baptised unto Christ, have put on Christ.

28 There is no Jew nor Greek; there is no bondman nor freeman; there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus:

29 but if *ye* {are} of Christ, then ye are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

1 Oh te mõistmatud galaatlased, kes teid on võlunud? Teid, kelle silmade ette Jeesus Kristus oli joonistatud ristilööduna?

2 Seda üksnes ma tahan teilt teada, kas te saite Vaimu käsu tegudest või usu kuulutamisest?

3 Kas te olete nii mõistmatud? Te algasite Vaimus; kas tahate nüüd lihas lõpetada?

4 Kas te nii suurt olete kannatanud ilmaasjata? Teisiti see olekski ilmaasjata!

5 Tema, kes siis annab teile Vaimu ja teeb vägevaid tegusid teie sees, kas Ta teeb seda käsu tegudest või usu kuulutamisest,

6 nõnda nagu „Aabraham uskus Jumalat, ja see arvati temale õiguseks!"?

7 Te ju teate, et need, kes on usust, on Aabrahami lapsed.

8 Aga et Kiri nägi ette ära, et Jumal teeb paganad usust õigeks, kuulutas see Aabrahamile selle hea sõnumi: „Sinus õnnistatakse kõik rahvad!"

9 Sellepärast õnnistatakse neid, kes on usust, ühes uskliku Aabrahamiga.

10 Sest kõik, kes endid rajavad käsutegudele, on needuse all; sest on kirjutatud: „Neetud on igaüks, kes ei püsi kõiges, mis on kirja pandud käsuraamatus, nii et ta seda teeks!"

11 Et nüüd käsu kaudu ükski ei saa õigeks Jumala ees, on ilmne, sest õige peab usust elama.

12 Käsk aga ei ole usust, vaid „kes teeb nende järgi, see elab nende varal!"

13 Kristus on meid lahti ostnud käsu needusest, kui ta sai needuseks meie eest — sest on kirjutatud: „Neetud on igaüks, kes puu küljes ripub" —

14 et Aabrahami õnnistus saaks paganaile osaks Jeesuses Kristuses ja me usu kaudu saaksime Vaimu tõotuse.

15 Vennad, mina räägin inimese viisil! Inimesegi viimset tahet, kui see on nimetatud, ei tee ükski tühjaks ega lisa sellele midagi juurde.

16 Aga nüüd on tõotused antud Aabrahamile ja tema soole. Ei ole mitte öeldud: „Ja sinu sugudele", otsekui paljude kohta, vaid nagu ühe kohta: „Ja sinu soole," kes on Kristus.

17 Aga ma ütlen seda: lepingut, mille Jumal on enne kinnitanud, ei tee nelisada kolmkümmend aastat hiljemini tekkinud käsk mitte tühjaks, nii et see hävitaks tõotuse.

18 Sest kui pärand tuleks käsust, ei oleks see enam tõotusest. Ent Jumal on selle kinkinud Aabrahamile tõotuse kaudu.

19 Milleks on siis käsk? See on üleastumiste pärast juurde lisatud seniks, kui tuleb sugu, kellele oli antud tõotus; ja käsk seati inglite kaudu vahemehe käe läbi.

20 Kuid vahemeest ei vajata ühe jaoks; ent Jumal on üks.

21 Kas siis käsk on Jumala tõotuste vastu? Ei sugugi. Sest kui oleks antud käsk, mis võiks teha elavaks, siis tuleks õigus tõesti käsust.

22 Aga Kiri on kõik pannud kinni patu alla, et tõotus antaks Jeesuse Kristuse usust neile, kes usuvad.

23 Aga enne kui tuli usk, olime käsu valve all, kinni pandud tulevase usu ilmumise jaoks.

24 Nõnda on käsk saanud meie kasvatajaks Kristuse poole, et me saaksime õigeks usust.

25 Aga et usk on tulnud, ei ole me mitte enam kasvataja all.

26 Sest te olete kõik usu kaudu Jumala lapsed Kristuses Jeesuses.

27 Sest nii paljud kui teid on Kristusesse ristitud, olete Kristusega riietatud!

28 Ei ole siin juuti ega kreeklast, ei ole siin orja ega vaba, ei ole siin meest ega naist, sest te kõik olete üks Kristuses Jeesuses.

29 Aga kui te olete Kristuse Omad, siis olete ka Aabrahami sugu ja pärijad tõotuse järgi.