Galatians 4

As long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all,

Dico autem : quanto tempore hæres parvulus est, nihil differt a servo, cum sit dominus omnium:

Λέγω δέ, ἐφ' ὅσον χρόνον ὁ κληρονόμος νήπιός ἐστιν, οὐδὲν διαφέρει δούλου κύριος πάντων ὤν,

But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father.

sed sub tutoribus et actoribus est usque ad præfinitum tempus a patre:

ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους ἐστὶν καὶ οἰκονόμους ἄχρι τῆς προθεσμίας τοῦ πατρός.

So we also, when we were children, were serving under the elements of the world.

ita et nos cum essemus parvuli, sub elementis mundi eramus servientes.

οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι:

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:

At ubi venit plenitudo temporis, misit Deus Filium suum factum ex muliere, factum sub lege,

ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,

That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons.

ut eos, qui sub lege erant, redimeret, ut adoptionem filiorum reciperemus.

ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ, ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν.

And because you are sons, God hath sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying: Abba, Father.

Quoniam autem estis filii, misit Deus Spiritum Filii sui in corda vestra, clamantem : Abba, Pater.

ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν, κρᾶζον: Αββα ὁ πατήρ.

Therefore, now he is not a servant, but a son. And if a son, an heir also through God.

Itaque jam non est servus, sed filius : quod si filius, et hæres per Deum.

ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος ἀλλὰ υἱός: εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος διὰ θεοῦ.

But then indeed, not knowing God, you served them who, by nature, are not gods.

Sed tunc quidem ignorantes Deum, iis, qui natura non sunt dii, serviebatis.

Ἀλλὰ τότε μὲν οὐκ εἰδότες θεὸν ἐδουλεύσατε τοῖς φύσει μὴ οὖσιν θεοῖς:

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?

Nunc autem cum cognoveritis Deum, immo cogniti sitis a Deo : quomodo convertimini iterum ad infirma et egena elementa, quibus denuo servire vultis?

νῦν δὲ γνόντες θεόν, μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ, πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα, οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεῦσαι θέλετε;

You observe days and months and times, and years.

Dies observatis, et menses, et tempora, et annos.

ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε καὶ μῆνας καὶ καιροὺς καὶ ἐνιαυτούς.

I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among you.

Timeo vos, ne forte sine causa laboraverim in vobis.

φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς μή

Be ye as I, because I also am as you brethren, I beseech you. You have not injured me at all.

Estote sicut ego, quia et ego sicut vos : fratres, obsecro vos. Nihil me læsistis.

Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε:

And you know how, through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gospel to you heretofore: and your temptation in my flesh.

Scitis autem quia per infirmitatem carnis evangelizavi vobis jampridem: et tentationem vestram in carne mea

οἴδατε δὲ ὅτι δι' ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὸ πρότερον,

You despised not, nor rejected: but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

non sprevistis, neque respuistis : sed sicut angelum Dei excepistis me, sicut Christum Jesum.

καὶ τὸν πειρασμὸν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε, ἀλλὰ ὡς ἄγγελον θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με, ὡς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν.

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.

Ubi est ergo beatitudo vestra? testimonium enim perhibeo vobis, quia, si fieri posset, oculos vestros eruissetis, et dedissetis mihi.

ποῦ οὖν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν; μαρτυρῶ γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες ἐδώκατέ μοι.

Am I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Ergo inimicus vobis factus sum, verum dicens vobis?

ὥστε ἐχθρὸς ὑμῶν γέγονα ἀληθεύων ὑμῖν;

They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them.

Æmulantur vos non bene : sed excludere vos volunt, ut illos æmulemini.

ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.

But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you.

Bonum autem æmulamini in bono semper : et non tantum cum præsens sum apud vos.

καλὸν δὲ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε, καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς,

My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you.

Filioli mei, quos iterum parturio, donec formetur Christus in vobis:

τεκνία μου, οὓς πάλιν ὠδίνω μέχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν,

And I would willingly be present with you now and change my voice: because I am ashamed for you.

vellem autem esse apud vos modo, et mutare vocem meam : quoniam confundor in vobis.

ἤθελον δὲ παρεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄρτι, καὶ ἀλλάξαι τὴν φωνήν μου, ὅτι ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν.

Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?

Dicite mihi qui sub lege vultis esse: legem non legistis?

Λέγετέ μοι, οἱ ὑπὸ νόμον θέλοντες εἶναι, τὸν νόμον οὐκ ἀκούετε;

For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman and the other by a free woman.

Scriptum est enim : Quoniam Abraham duos filios habuit : unum de ancilla, et unum de libera.

γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν, ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.

But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh: but he of the free woman was by promise.

Sed qui de ancilla, secundum carnem natus est : qui autem de libera, per repromissionem:

ἀλλ' ὁ [μὲν] ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας δι' ἐπαγγελίας.

Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two testaments. The one from Mount Sina, engendering unto bondage, which is Agar.

quæ sunt per allegoriam dicta. Hæc enim sunt duo testamenta. Unum quidem in monte Sina, in servitutem generans, quæ est Agar:

ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα: αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι, μία μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σινᾶ, εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα, ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἁγάρ.

For Sina is a mountain in Arabia, which hath affinity to that Jerusalem which now is: and is in bondage with her children.

Sina enim mons est in Arabia, qui conjunctus est ei quæ nunc est Jerusalem, et servit cum filiis suis.

τὸ δὲ Ἁγὰρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ: συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἰερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει γὰρ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.

But that Jerusalem which is above is free: which is our mother.

Illa autem, quæ sursum est Jerusalem, libera est, quæ est mater nostra.

ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ ἡμῶν:

For it is written: Rejoice, thou barren, that bearest not: break forth and cry thou that travailest not: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband.

Scriptum est enim : Lætare sterilis, quæ non paris; erumpe et clama, quæ non parturis : quia multi filii desertæ, magis quam ejus quæ habet virum.

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.

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

Nos autem, fratres, secundum Isaac promissionis filii sumus.

ἡμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, κατὰ Ἰσαὰκ ἐπαγγελίας τέκνα ἐσμέν.

But as then he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him that was after the spirit: so also it is now.

Sed quomodo tunc is, qui secundum carnem natus fuerat, persequebatur eum qui secundum spiritum : ita et nunc.

ἀλλ' ὥσπερ τότε ὁ κατὰ σάρκα γεννηθεὶς ἐδίωκεν τὸν κατὰ πνεῦμα, οὕτως καὶ νῦν.

But what saith 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.

Sed quid dicit Scriptura? Ejice ancillam, et filium ejus : non enim hæres erit filius ancillæ cum filio liberæ.

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.

So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman but of the free: by the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free.

Itaque, fratres, non sumus ancillæ filii, sed liberæ : qua libertate Christus nos liberavit.

διό, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.