Galaterne 4

¹ Men jeg siger: Så længe Arvingen er umyndig, er der ingen Forskel imellem ham og en Træl, skønt han er Herre over alt Godset;

¹ Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything,

³ Således stode også vi, dengang vi vare umyndige, som Trælle under Verdens Børnelærdom.

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

⁵ for at han skulde løskøbe dem, som vare under Loven, for at vi skulde få Sønneudkårelsen.

⁵ so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

⁷ Altså er du ikke længer Træl, men Søn; men er du Søn, da er du også Arving ved Gud.

⁷ Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

⁹ Men nu, da I have lært Gud at kende, ja, meget mere ere blevne kendte af Gud, hvor kunne I da atter vende tilbage til den svage og fattige Børnelærdom, som I atter forfra ville trælle under?

⁹ But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

¹¹ Jeg frygter for, at jeg måske har arbejdet forgæves på eder.

¹¹ I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

¹³ Men I vide, at det var på Grund af en Kødets Svaghed, at jeg første Gang forkyndte Evangeliet for eder;

¹³ but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;

¹⁵ Hvor er da nu eders Saligprisning? Thi jeg giver eder det Vidnesbyrd, at, om det havde været muligt, havde I udrevet eders Øjne og givet mig dem.

¹⁵ Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

¹⁷ De ere nidkære for eder, dog ikke for det gode; men de ville udelukke eder, for at I skulle være nidkære for dem.

¹⁷ They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.

¹⁹ Mine Børn, som jeg atter føder med Smerte, indtil Kristus har vundet Skikkelse i eder!

¹⁹ My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—

²¹ Siger mig, I, som ville være under Loven, høre I ikke Loven?

²¹ Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law?

²³ Men Tjenestekvindens Søn er avlet efter Kødet, den frie Kvindes ved Forjættelsen.

²³ But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise.

²⁵ Thi "Hagar" er Sinai Bjerg i Arabien, men svarer til det nuværende Jerusalem; thi det er i Trældom med sine Børn.

²⁵ Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

²⁷ Thi der er skrevet: "Fryd dig, du ufrugtbare, du, som ikke føder! bryd ud og råb, du, som ikke har Fødselsveer! thi mange ere den enliges Børn fremfor hendes, som har Manden."

²⁷ For it is written,“Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear;Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;For more numerous are the children of the desolateThan of the one who has a husband.”

²⁹ Men ligesom dengang han, som var avlet efter Kødet, forfulgte ham, som var avlet efter Ånden, således også nu.

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

³¹ Derfor, Brødre! ere vi ikke Tjenestekvindens Børn, men den frie Kvindes. 

³¹ So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the free woman.