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On tlanahuatijli noso on tlaneltoctli

¡Oh, nemejhuamej yejhuan nenchantij ne Galacia! ¿Hasta canon nemajsij ica xhueli nentlanemiliaj? ¿Aquinon omechoncajcayau para ma ca nenquitlacamatisquej in temachtijli yejhuan melahuac? Cuajli onencajsicamatquej quen ijqui Cristo omic ipan cojnepanojli nemopampa. Dios omechmacac iEspíritu. Aman xnechijlican, ¿onenquiselijquej on Espíritu Santo pampa onenquitlacamatquej on itlanahuatil Moisés, noso pampa onenquineltocaquej on temachtijli itech ica Cristo yejhuan onencacquej? ¿Tlica yej xnenquipiaj nemotlamachilis? Achtoj cuajli onempejquej nemohuicaj ica on Espíritu Santo. ¿Aman nemocuepasquej para nenquitlacamatisquej on tlanahuatijli ican nemonacayo? ¿Miyec tlajtlamach sanencaj onenquijyohuijquej? Tla nemocuepasquej itech on tlanahuatijli, on melahuac sanencaj yes. Pero xnicnemilia ica nemocuepasquej itech on tlanahuatijli. ¿Dios mechmaca iEspíritu Santo niman quichihua milagros nemotzajlan pampa nenquitlacamatij on tlanahuatijli? ¡Ca! Yejhua quichihua pampa melahuac nenquineltocaj on temachtijli ica Cristo, yejhuan onencacquej.

Abraham yejhua ejemplo ica Dios quintiochihua on yejhuan quineltocaj. On Yectlajcuilojli quijtohua: “Abraham cuajli oquineltocac on tlen Dios oquijlij, niman yejhua ica Dios oquiselij quen yolmelajqui.” Yejhua ica, tej, cuajli xmatican ica on yejhuan melahuac tlaneltocaj, yejhuamej quen teconehuan itech Abraham. On Yectlajcuilojli quipanextia ica Dios quijtos ica intlajtlacolhuan on xhebreos yoquintlaxtlau impampa intlaneltoc. Dios oquipanextilij Abraham in cuajli tlajtojli yejhuan quitemaca temaquixtilistli ijcuac on temaquixtilistli xe nochihuaya. Ijquin oquijlij: “On tlacamej ipan nochi países niquintiochihuas motechcopa.” Yejhua ica, aman nochimej yejhuan tlaneltocaj no quiseliaj on tlatiochihualistli quen oquiselij Abraham. 10 Pero nochimej on yejhuan quinequij quitlacamatisquej on itlanahuatil Moisés, Dios quintlajtlacolmacas, pampa ijqui quijtohua on Yectlajcuilojli: “Dios quitlajtlacolmacas on yejhuan xnochipa quichihuas nochi on quen tlanahuatia on tlanahuatijli.” 11 Pantlantiticaj, tej, ica Dios xquijtos ica itlajtlacolhuan on yejhuan quitlacamati yejhua on tlanahuatijli yoquintlaxtlau, pampa on Yectlajcuilojli quijtohua: “San aquin on yejhuan itechcopa itlaneltoc yolmelajqui, nemis para nochipa.” 12 On itlanahuatil Moisés niman on tlaneltoctli xsan se yejhua. On Yectlajcuilojli quijtohua: “On yejhuan quitlacamati itlanahuatil Moisés ica oncaj quichihuas nochi tlajtlamach yejhuan tlanahuatia on tlanahuatijli para ijcon huelis quipias nemilistli para nochipa.” 13 Cristo otechmanahuico ipan on tlajyohuilistli yejhuan on tlanahuatijli tlanahuatia para tiquijyohuisquej ijcuac oquiselij totlajyohuilis yejhuan Dios oquimacac. On Yectlajcuilojli ijquin quijtohua: “On yejhuan quipilohuaj ipan se cojtli quiselia tlajyohuilistli.” 14 Yejhua otechmaquixtij para on tlatiochihualistli de temaquixtilistli, yejhuan Dios oquimacac Abraham, ma notemaca itechcopa Cristo Jesús intech on yejhuan xhebreos. Ijcon, tej, itechcopa totlaneltoc tinochimej ticseliaj on Espíritu Santo yejhuan Dios oquitlalij ipan ipromesa.

On tlanahuatijli niman ipromesa Dios

15 Nocnihuan, nemechtlalilia se ejemplo yejhuan niquixtia ipan innemilis on tlacamej. Ajsi on tonaltin ijcuac se tlacatl tlayecanqui ipan ichanchanejcahuan quinmaca iconehuan se herencia. Ijcuac quintlaxelohuilia, cada se quimaca se itlalamau. Niman ijcuac on iconehuan yoquinseliquej intlalamau cuajli firmado, yejhuamej xoc huelij quixoxotoniaj para ocse tlamantic quichijchihuaj, nion quipatlaj, masqui on san tlacatl oquichijchiu. 16 Aman, tej, Dios oquitlalij ipromesa itech Abraham niman itech iconeu sa no ijqui quen ijcuac on tlayecanqui quinmaca intlalamau on iconehuan. Pero xquitacan, on Yectlajcuilojli xquijtohua: “niman iconehuan”, quen quintenehuasquia miyequej tlacamej, yej quijtohua: “niman iconeu”. Niman yejhua in quijtosnequi san se tlacatl, niman yejhua on tlacatl yejhua Cristo. 17 Tlen nejhua niquijtohua sa no yejhua in. Dios oquitlalij se promesa ihuan Abraham. Ijcuac Dios oquitlalij se promesa ihuan Abraham, sa no ijqui oquitlalij quen on tlayecanquetl quifirmarohua on tlalamamej para iconehuan. Yejhua ica on itlanahuatil Moisés, yejhuan ohuajlaj ipan nahui cientos treinta xipan saquin, xhuelis quixoxotonis niman cahuas quen xocuitlaj quijtosnequi on ipromesa Dios. 18 Yejhua ica, tla Dios techmacasquia temaquixtilistli itechcopa on tlanahuatijli, tla ijcon xticselisquiaj itechcopa on promesa. Pero Dios oquimacac Abraham pampa ijqui oquitlalij ipan ipromesa. 19 Tla ijcon, tej, ¿tlica ticpiaj on tlanahuatijli? On tlanahuatijli onotlaquechilij para on tlacatl quititia itlajtlacol. Niman on tlanahuatijli cuajli catca hasta ijcuac ohuajlaj ihuejcaconeu Abraham on yejhuan oquipix on promesa. On tlanahuatijli oquitemachiltijquej on ilhuicactequitquej, niman Moisés onotequimacac ixpan Dios ica on tlanahuatijli para oquinmacac on tlacamej. 20 Pero ijcuac Dios oquimacac Abraham on promesa, xopoliu aquinon notequimacas, pampa san yejhua oquimacac.

On tlen ica nonequi on tlanahuatijli

21 Tla ijcon, ¿yejhua in quijtosnequi ica itlanahuatil Moisés xnohuica ihuan ipromesas Dios? Ca, pampa tla on tlanahuatijli yejhuan onotemacac huelisquia techmacasquia nemilistli, tla ijcon, ticselisquiaj yolmelajcalistli intechcopa on tlanahuatijli. 22 Pero on Yectlajcuilojli quijtohua ica nochi tlacatl tlajtlacolej. Ijcon quitohua para on yejhuan quineltocaj Jesucristo huelis quiselisquej on temaquixtilistli yejhuan Dios oquitlalij ipan ipromesa. 23 Ijcuac xe huajlaya Jesucristo, on tlanahuatijli techmandarohuaya. Niman on tlanahuatijli tictlacamatzticatcaj hasta ijcuac ohuajlaj Jesucristo. 24 Ijcon, tej, on tlanahuatijli nemiya quen pilanquetl yejhuan otechtlajpix hasta ijcuac ohuajlaj Cristo. Niman ijcuac ohuajlaj Cristo niman oticneltocaquej Dios oquijtoj ica totlajtlacolhuan yoquintlaxtlau. 25 Aman, pampa ticneltocaj Cristo, on tlanahuatijli xoc techtlapia.

26 Aman nemejhuamej nenteconehuan itech Dios pampa nenquipiaj tlaneltoctli itech Cristo Jesús. 27 Nochimej nemejhuamej yejhuan onemocuatequijquej para nenquiteititiaj ica nenquineltocaj Cristo, nennemij quen Cristo onen. 28 Aman xijtla quijtosnequi tla nenhebreos noso xnenhebreos, nentlanamactin noso xnentlanamactin, nentlacamej noso nensihuamej. Xitlaj quijtosnequi, pampa tla nennemij san secan ihuan Cristo Jesús, nochimej nemejhuamej san secan nennemij se ihuan ocse. 29 Niman tla nenteyaxcahuan itech Cristo, tla ijcon, nenteconehuan itech Abraham, niman ihuan Abraham nenquiselisquej on herencia yejhuan Dios oquitlalij ipan ipromesa.

Faith or Works of the Law

You foolish(A) Galatians!(B) Who has bewitched you?(C) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(D) I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit(E) by the works of the law,(F) or by believing what you heard?(G) Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[a] Have you experienced[b] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles(H) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?(I) So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[c](J)

Understand, then, that those who have faith(K) are children of Abraham.(L) Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d](M) So those who rely on faith(N) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(O)

10 For all who rely on the works of the law(P) are under a curse,(Q) as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[e](R) 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(S) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[f](T) 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[g](U) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law(V) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[h](W) 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,(X) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.(Y)

The Law and the Promise

15 Brothers and sisters,(Z) let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(AA) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[i](AB) meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years(AC) later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise;(AD) but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions(AE) until the Seed(AF) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels(AG) and entrusted to a mediator.(AH) 20 A mediator,(AI) however, implies more than one party; but God is one.

21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not!(AJ) For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.(AK) 22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,(AL) so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

Children of God

23 Before the coming of this faith,[j] we were held in custody(AM) under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.(AN) 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came(AO) that we might be justified by faith.(AP) 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.(AQ)

26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(AR) through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ(AS) have clothed yourselves with Christ.(AT) 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,(AU) nor is there male and female,(AV) for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(AW) 29 If you belong to Christ,(AX) then you are Abraham’s seed,(AY) and heirs(AZ) according to the promise.(BA)

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. Galatians 3:4 Or suffered
  3. Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
  4. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
  5. Galatians 3:10 Deut. 27:26
  6. Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
  7. Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
  8. Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23
  9. Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
  10. Galatians 3:23 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus … 23 Before faith came