¹Pravim pa, dokler je dedič nedoleten, se nič ne razločuje od sužnja, čeprav je vsega gospodar;

¹But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;

²marveč je pod varuhi in oskrbniki do dne, postavljenega po očetu.

²but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.

³Tako smo bili tudi mi, dokler smo bili nedoletni, pod prvim ukom sveta zasužnjeni;

³So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

⁴ko pa je bil dopolnjen čas, je odposlal Bog Sina svojega, rojenega iz žene, podvrženega postavi,

⁴But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

⁵da odkupi tiste, ki so bili pod postavo, da prejmemo sinovstvo.

⁵that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

⁶Ker ste pa sinovi, je odposlal Bog Duha Sina svojega v vaša srca, ki kliče: Abá, Oče!

⁶And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way. Father!”

⁷Tako nisi več suženj, ampak sin; ako pa si sin, si tudi dedič po Bogu.

⁷So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

⁸Ali takrat ste, seveda ne poznavajoč Boga, sužnjevali tistim, ki po naravi niso bogovi;

⁸However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

⁹a sedaj, spoznavši Boga, še bolj pa spoznani od Boga, kako da se zopet vračate k prvim naukom, medlim in ubornim, ki jim hočete vnovič sužnjevati?

⁹But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

¹⁰Dneve obhajate in mesece in čase in leta!

¹⁰You observe days, months, seasons, and years.

¹¹Bojim se za vas, da bi se ne bil morda zastonj trudil za vas.

¹¹I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

¹²Bodite kakor sem jaz, ker sem tudi jaz kakor vi, bratje, prosim vas.

¹²I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

¹³Nobene krivice mi niste storili; veste pa, da sem vam v slabosti mesa [Ali: spričo telesne slabosti.] najprvo oznanjeval evangelij,

¹³but you know that because of weakness of the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.

¹⁴in me niste vzlic svoji izkušnjavi na mesu mojem zaničevali, ne zavrgli, marveč kakor angela Božjega ste me sprejeli, kakor Kristusa Jezusa.

¹⁴That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

¹⁵Kje je torej vaše tedanje blaženstvo? kajti pričam vam, da bi bili, ko bi bilo mogoče, oči svoje izdrli in jih meni dali.

¹⁵What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

¹⁶Tako sem torej postal vaš sovražnik, govoreč vam resnico?

¹⁶So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

¹⁷Vnemajo se za vas, pa ne kakor je prav, temuč izkleniti vas hočejo od mene, da bi se vi zanje vnemali.

¹⁷They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

¹⁸Dobro pa je, vnemati se v dobrem vsekdar, in ne samo, kadar sem jaz pri vas.

¹⁸But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

¹⁹Otroci moji, ki jih zopet z bolečinami porajam, dokler se ne upodobi Kristus v vas –

¹⁹My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

²⁰želel bi pa biti sedaj pri vas in premeniti glas svoj, ker sem v zadregi zastran vas.

²⁰but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

²¹Recite mi, kateri hočete biti pod postavo, ne slišite li postave?

²¹Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?

²²Kajti pisano je, da je imel Abraham dva sina, enega od dekle in enega od svobodnice.

²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.

²³Toda kateri je bil od sužnje, se je narodil po mesu, a kateri od svobodne, po obljubi.

²³However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

²⁴To pa je v prispodobi govorjeno: ti dve ženi sta namreč dve zavezi, ena z gore Sinajske, ki rodi za sužnost, in ta je Agara.

²⁴These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

²⁵Agara pa pomeni goro Sinaj v Arabiji in stoji v eni vrsti s sedanjim Jeruzalemom, ki sužnjuje z otroki svojimi.

²⁵For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

²⁶A gornji Jeruzalem je svobodnica, in ta je naša mati.

²⁶But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

²⁷Kajti pisano je: „Razveseli se, nerodovitna, ki ne porajaš; zaukaj in kliči, ki nisi v porodnih bolečinah; zakaj mnogo več je otrok te, ki je osamljena, nego one, ki ima moža“.

²⁷For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break forth and shout, you that don’t travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband.” Isaiah 54:1

²⁸Mi pa smo, bratje, kakor Izak, otroci obljube.

²⁸Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

²⁹Ali kakor je takrat tisti, ki se je po mesu narodil, preganjal tega, ki je bil po Duhu rojen, tako tudi sedaj.

²⁹But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

³⁰Toda kaj pravi pismo? „Spodi deklo in nje sina; zakaj ne bo dedoval sin sužnje s sinom svobodnice“.Zato, bratje, nismo otroci sužnje, ampak svobodne.

³⁰However what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman.” Genesis 21:10

³¹Zato, bratje, nismo otroci sužnje, ampak svobodne.

³¹So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.