Galatians 3:1

O you foolish and thoughtless and superficial Galatians, who has bewitched you [that you would act like this], to whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified [in the gospel message]?

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

You crazy Galatians! Did someone put a hex on you? Have you taken leave of your senses? Something crazy has happened, for it’s obvious that you no longer have the crucified Jesus in clear focus in your lives. His sacrifice on the cross was certainly set before you clearly enough. 2-4 Let me put this question to you: How did your new life begin? Was it by working your heads off to please God? Or was it by responding to God’s Message to you? Are you going to continue this craziness? For only crazy people would think they could complete by their own efforts what was begun by God. If you weren’t smart enough or strong enough to begin it, how do you suppose you could perfect it? Did you go through this whole painful learning process for nothing? It is not yet a total loss, but it certainly will be if you keep this up! 5-6 Answer this question: Does the God who lavishly provides you with his own presence, his Holy Spirit, working things in your lives you could never do for yourselves, does he do these things because of your strenuous moral striving or because you trust him to do them in you? Don’t these things happen among you just as they happened with Abraham? He believed God, and that act of belief was turned into a life that was right with God. 7-8 Is it not obvious to you that persons who put their trust in Christ (not persons who put their trust in the law!) are like Abraham: children of faith? It was all laid out beforehand in Scripture that God would set things right with non-Jews by faith. Scripture anticipated this in the promise to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed in you.” 9-10 So those now who live by faith are blessed along with Abraham, who lived by faith—this is no new doctrine! And that means that anyone who tries to live by his own effort, independent of God, is doomed to failure. Scripture backs this up: “Utterly cursed is every person who fails to carry out every detail written in the Book of the law.” 11-12 The obvious impossibility of carrying out such a moral program should make it plain that no one can sustain a relationship with God that way. The person who lives in right relationship with God does it by embracing what God arranges for him. Doing things for God is the opposite of entering into what God does for you. Habakkuk had it right: “The person who believes God, is set right by God—and that’s the real life.” Rule-keeping does not naturally evolve into living by faith, but only perpetuates itself in more and more rule-keeping, a fact observed in Scripture: “The one who does these things [rule-keeping] continues to live by them.” 13-14 Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse. And now, because of that, the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham’s blessing is present and available for non-Jews, too. We are all able to receive God’s life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing—just the way Abraham received it. 15-18 Friends, let me give you an example from everyday affairs of the free life I am talking about. Once a person’s will has been ratified, no one else can annul it or add to it. Now, the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. You will observe that Scripture, in the careful language of a legal document, does not say “to descendants,” referring to everybody in general, but “to your descendant” (the noun, note, is singular), referring to Christ. This is the way I interpret this: A will, earlier ratified by God, is not annulled by an addendum attached 430 years later, thereby negating the promise of the will. No, this addendum, with its instructions and regulations, has nothing to do with the promised inheritance in the will. 18-20 What is the point, then, of the law, the attached addendum? It was a thoughtful addition to the original covenant promises made to Abraham. The purpose of the law was to keep a sinful people in the way of salvation until Christ (the descendant) came, inheriting the promises and distributing them to us. Obviously this law was not a firsthand encounter with God. It was arranged by angelic messengers through a middleman, Moses. But if there is a middleman as there was at Sinai, then the people are not dealing directly with God, are they? But the original promise is the direct blessing of God, received by faith. 21-22 If such is the case, is the law, then, an anti-promise, a negation of God’s will for us? Not at all. Its purpose was to make obvious to everyone that we are, in ourselves, out of right relationship with God, and therefore to show us the futility of devising some religious system for getting by our own efforts what we can only get by waiting in faith for God to complete his promise. For if any kind of rule-keeping had power to create life in us, we would certainly have gotten it by this time. 23-24 Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, we were carefully surrounded and protected by the Mosaic law. The law was like those Greek tutors, with which you are familiar, who escort children to school and protect them from danger or distraction, making sure the children will really get to the place they set out for. 25-27 But now you have arrived at your destination: By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start. It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe—Christ’s life, the fulfillment of God’s original promise. In Christ’s Family28-29 In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are Christ’s family, then you are Abraham’s famous “descendant,” heirs according to the covenant promises.

[a]You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?

¡Gálatas insensatos!, ¿quién os fascinó para apartaros de la verdad? Yo mismo, cuando estuve entre vosotros, os di a conocer con toda claridad a Jesucristo, que fue crucificado para vuestra salvación.

You foolish people of Galatia! Who has put you under an evil spell? When I preached, I clearly showed you that Jesus Christ had been nailed to the cross.

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

Oh, foolish Galatians! Who has cast an evil spell on you? For the meaning of Jesus Christ’s death was made as clear to you as if you had seen a picture of his death on the cross.

Eyi kyerɛ sɛ yɛrehoahoa yɛn ho bio anaa? Nkrataa a edi adanse pa a efi yɛn nkyɛn anaasɛ ɛreba mo nkyɛn no ho hia yɛn sɛnea ebi ho hia nnipa afoforo bi no.

يَا أَهْلَ غَلاطِيَّةَ الأَغْبِيَاءَ! مَنْ سَحَرَ عُقُولَكُمْ، أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ قَدْ رُسِمَ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِكُمْ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ وَهُوَ مَصْلُوبٌ؟

Kamo nga mga taga-Galacia, kulang ang inyong panabot! Nganong nagatuo kamo sa mga tawo nga nagalimbong kaninyo nga sundon gayod ninyo ang Kasugoan ni Moises? Klaro ang akong giingon kaninyo kon unsa ang kahulogan sa kamatayon ni Cristo sa krus.

Kam jste dali rozum, Galaťané! Kým jste se to dali napálit? Vy, kteří jste měli ukřižovaného Krista takřka přímo před očima!

I tåbelige galatere, hvordan kunne I komme sådan på afveje? Har nogen forhekset jer? Har vi ikke klart fortalt jer om Kristi død på korset?

Warum wollt ihr Christen in Galatien das denn nicht endlich begreifen! Wer konnte euch bloß so verblenden? Habe ich euch das Sterben von Jesus Christus am Kreuz nicht deutlich vor Augen gestellt?

¡Gálatas torpes! ¿Quién os ha hechizado a vosotros, ante quienes Jesucristo crucificado ha sido presentado tan claramente?

¡Gálatas torpes! ¿Quién los ha hechizado a ustedes, ante quienes Jesucristo crucificado ha sido presentado tan claramente?

O Galates insensés ! Qui vous a envoûtés ainsi ? Pourtant, la mort de Jésus-Christ sur la croix a été clairement dépeinte à vos yeux.

אוי, גלטים טיפשים! מי הסיתכם נגד האמת? לאיזה כישוף נפלתם קורבן? פעם הבנתם את המשמעות המלאה של מות המשיח; צליבתו הייתה כל-כך ממשית בעיניכם – כאילו ראיתם אותו נצלב לפניכם.

Kamo nga mga taga-Galacia, kulang ang inyo pag-intiendi! Ngaa nagapati kamo sa mga tawo nga nagadaya sa inyo nga sundon gid ninyo ang Kasuguan ni Moises? Maathag ang akon ginsiling sa inyo kon ano ang kahulugan sang kamatayon ni Cristo sa krus.

O nerazumni Galaćani! Tko li vas je to začarao - vas kojima je raspeti Isus Krist bio tako jasno predočen?

Sciocchi Galati! Chi vi ha incantato in questo modo? Proprio voi, che avevate così chiaro il significato della morte di Gesù Cristo, come se aveste visto con i vostri occhi Cristo in croce!

ああ、ガラテヤの皆さん。なんと物わかりが悪いのでしょう。いったいどんな魔術師にだまされて、魔法にかけられたのですか。私は、十字架上で死なれたキリストの姿を、絵のようにありありと目の前に示して、その死の意味をはっきりと教えたではありませんか。

갈라디아 사람 여러분, 왜 그리 어리석습니까? 예수 그리스도께서 십자가에 못박히신 것이 여러분의 눈 앞에 생생한데 누가 여러분을 유혹하였습니까?

Hvor dumme går det an å bli, dere galatere! Hvem er det som har forhekset dere på denne måten? Jeg har nøye undervist dere om hvorfor Jesus Kristus måtte dø på korset.

Domme Galaten, wie heeft u betoverd? Ik heb u toch zoʼn duidelijk beeld gegeven van Jezus Christus, die aan het kruis gestorven is.

Niemądrzy Galacjanie! Kto wam tak namieszał w głowach? Przecież dokładnie opowiedziałem wam o znaczeniu śmierci Jezusa Chrystusa!

Ó gálatas insensatos! Quem os enfeitiçou? Não foi diante dos seus olhos que Jesus Cristo foi exposto como crucificado?

Ó Gálatas insensatos! Quem foi que vos fascinou, a vocês a quem Cristo crucificado foi apresentado, como se tivesse sido pregado na cruz mesmo sob os vossos olhos?

¡Galacia crijcunalla, upacunamari canguichij! Cancunamanca, chacatashpa huañuchishca Jesucristotaca, entendinallata ricuchishpamari huillarcani. ¿Pitaj chaitaca imahuan cungachircari?

Galateni nesăbuiţi! Cine v-a fermecat? Înaintea ochilor voştri Isus Cristos a fost înfăţişat ca răstignit!

Глупые галаты! Вас словно кто-то сглазил,[a] вас, которым ясно было представлено значение жертвенной смерти на кресте Исы Масиха.

Глупые галаты! Вас словно кто-то сглазил,[a] вас, которым ясно было представлено значение жертвенной смерти на кресте Исы Масиха.

Глупые галаты! Вас словно кто-то сглазил,[a] вас, которым ясно было представлено значение жертвенной смерти на кресте Исо Масеха.

Глупые галаты! Кто это так заворожил вас, вас, которым так ясно был представлен распятый Христос?

Ach, vy nerozumní Galaťania, kým ste sa to dali tak zmiasť? Či som vám dosť jasne nevysvetlil význam smrti Ježiša Krista na kríži?

Vilka dårar ni är, ni galater! Vem är det som har förhäxat er så? Ni har ju fått Jesus Kristus framställd för er som korsfäst.

Ninyi Wagalatia wajinga! Nani aliyewaloga? Yesu Kristo alielezwa wazi wazi mbele yenu kwamba alisulubiwa.

ชาวกาลาเทียผู้โง่เขลาเอ๋ย! ใครสะกดท่านให้หลงไปเสียแล้วเล่า? ภาพพระเยซูคริสต์ถูกตรึงตายบนไม้กางเขนก็ชัดเจนอยู่ต่อหน้าต่อตาท่าน

无知的加拉太人啊！谁又迷惑了你们呢？耶稣基督被钉在十字架上的事早就像一幅画一样展现在你们眼前了。

无 知 的 加 拉 太 人 哪 ， 耶 稣 基 督 钉 十 字 架 ， 已 经 活 画 在 你 们 眼 前 ， 谁 又 迷 惑 了 你 们 呢 ？

無知的加拉太人啊！誰又迷惑了你們呢？耶穌基督被釘在十字架上的事早就像一幅畫一樣展現在你們眼前了。