1 ó insensatos gálatas! quem vos fascinou a vós, ante cujos olhos foi representado Jesus Cristo como crucificado?

O you poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians! Who has fascinated or bewitched or cast a spell over you, unto whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly and graphically set forth and portrayed as crucified?

2 S ó isto quero saber de vós: Foi por obras da lei que recebestes o Espírito, ou pelo ouvir com fé?

Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Spirit as the result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearing and believing ?

3 S ois vós tão insensatos? tendo começado pelo Espírito, é pela carne que agora acabareis?

Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now reaching perfection on the flesh?

4 S erá que padecestes tantas coisas em vão? Se é que isso foi em vão.

Have you suffered so many things and experienced so much all for nothing (to no purpose)—if it really is to no purpose and in vain?

5 A quele pois que vos dá o Espírito, e que opera milagres entre vós, acaso o faz pelas obras da lei, ou pelo ouvir com fé?

Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard?

6 A ssim como Abraão creu a Deus, e isso lhe foi imputado como justiça.

Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, and it was reckoned and placed to his account and credited as righteousness (as conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action).

7 S abei, pois, que os que são da fé, esses são filhos de Abraão.

Know and understand that it is the people by faith who are sons of Abraham.

8 O ra, a Escritura, prevendo que Deus havia de justificar pela fé os gentios, anunciou previamente a boa nova a Abraão, dizendo: Em ti serão abençoadas todas as nações.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify (declare righteous, put in right standing with Himself) the Gentiles in consequence of faith, proclaimed the Gospel to Abraham in the promise, saying, In you shall all the nations be blessed.

9 D e modo que os que são da fé são abençoados com o crente Abraão.

So then, those who are people of faith are blessed and made happy and favored by God with the believing and trusting Abraham.

10 P ois todos quantos são das obras da lei estão debaixo da maldição; porque escrito está: Maldito todo aquele que não permanece em todas as coisas que estão escritas no livro da lei, para fazê-las.

And all who depend on the Law are under a curse and doomed to disappointment and destruction, for it is written in the Scriptures, Cursed (accursed, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment) be everyone who does not continue to abide (live and remain) by all the precepts and commands written in the Book of the Law and to practice them.

11 É evidente que pela lei ninguém é justificado diante de Deus, porque: O justo viverá da fé;

Now it is evident that no person is justified (declared righteous and brought into right standing with God) through the Law, for the Scripture says, The man in right standing with God shall live by and out of faith and he who through and by faith is declared righteous and in right standing with God shall live.

12 o ra, a lei não é da fé, mas: O que fizer estas coisas, por elas viverá.

But the Law does not rest on faith, for it itself says, He who does them shall live by them.

13 C risto nos resgatou da maldição da lei, fazendo-se maldição por nós; porque está escrito: Maldito todo aquele que for pendurado no madeiro;

Christ purchased our freedom from the curse (doom) of the Law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);

14 p ara que aos gentios viesse a bênção de Abraão em Jesus Cristo, a fim de que nós recebêssemos pela fé a promessa do Espírito.

To the end that through Christ Jesus, the blessing to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might receive the promise of the Spirit.

15 I rmãos, como homem falo. Um testamento, embora de homem, uma vez confirmado, ninguém o anula, nem lhe acrescenta coisa alguma.

To speak in terms of human relations, brethren, even a man makes a last will and testament (a merely human covenant), no one sets it aside or makes it void or adds to it when once it has been drawn up and signed (ratified, confirmed).

16 O ra, a Abraão e a seu descendente foram feitas as promessas; não diz: E a seus descendentes, como falando de muitos, mas como de um só: E a teu descendente, que é Cristo.

Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but, And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is Christ (the Messiah).

17 E digo isto: Ao testamento anteriormente confirmado por Deus, a lei, que veio quatrocentos e trinta anos depois, não invalida, de forma a tornar inoperante a promessa.

This is my argument: The Law, which began 430 years after the covenant, does not and cannot annul the covenant previously established (ratified) by God, so as to abolish the promise and make it void.

18 P ois se da lei provém a herança, já não provém mais da promessa; mas Deus, pela promessa, a deu gratuitamente a Abraão.

For if the inheritance the Law, it no longer on the promise; however, God gave it to Abraham by virtue of His promise.

19 L ogo, para que é a lei? Foi acrescentada por causa das transgressões, até que viesse o descendente a quem a promessa tinha sido feita; e foi ordenada por meio de anjos, pela mão de um mediador.

What then was the purpose of the Law? It was added because of transgressions and of sin; and it was intended to be in effect until the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made. And it was arranged and ordained and appointed through the instrumentality of angels by the hand (in the person) of a go-between.

20 O ra, o mediador não o é de um só, mas Deus é um só.

Now a go-between (intermediary) has to do with and implies more than one party. Yet God is one Person.

21 É a lei, então, contra as promessas de Deus? De modo nenhum; porque, se fosse dada uma lei que pudesse vivificar, a justiça, na verdade, teria sido pela lei.

Is the Law then contrary and opposed to the promises of God? Of course not! For if a Law had been given which could confer life, then righteousness and right standing with God would certainly have come by Law.

22 M as a Escritura encerrou tudo debaixo do pecado, para que a promessa pela fé em Jesus Cristo fosse dada aos que crêem.

But the Scriptures shut up and imprisoned by sin, so that which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ (the Messiah) might be given (released, delivered, and committed) to those who believe.

23 M as, antes que viesse a fé, estávamos guardados debaixo da lei, encerrados para aquela fé que se havia de revelar.

Now before the faith came, we were perpetually guarded under the Law, kept in custody in preparation for the faith that was destined to be revealed (unveiled, disclosed),

24 D e modo que a lei se tornou nosso aio, para nos conduzir a Cristo, a fim de que pela fé fôssemos justificados.

So that the Law served as our trainer until Christ, that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith.

25 M as, depois que veio a fé, já não estamos debaixo de aio.

But now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a trainer (the guardian of our childhood).

26 P ois todos sois filhos de Deus pela fé em Cristo Jesus.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

27 P orque todos quantos fostes batizados em Cristo vos revestistes de Cristo.

For as many as were baptized into Christ have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.

28 N ão há judeu nem grego; não há escravo nem livre; não há homem nem mulher; porque todos vós sois um em Cristo Jesus.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 E , se sois de Cristo, então sois descendência de Abraão, e herdeiros conforme a promessa.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.