1 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?

Ó gálatas insensatos! Quem os enfeitiçou? Não foi diante dos seus olhos que Jesus Cristo foi exposto como crucificado?

2 L et 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 ?

Gostaria de saber apenas uma coisa: foi pela prática da Lei que vocês receberam o Espírito, ou pela fé naquilo que ouviram?

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

Será que vocês são tão insensatos que, tendo começado pelo Espírito, querem agora se aperfeiçoar pelo esforço próprio ?

4 H ave 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?

Será que foi inútil sofrerem tantas coisas? Se é que foi inútil!

5 T hen 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?

Aquele que lhes dá o seu Espírito e opera milagres entre vocês realiza essas coisas pela prática da Lei ou pela fé com a qual receberam a palavra?

6 T hus 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).

Considerem o exemplo de Abraão: “Ele creu em Deus, e isso lhe foi creditado como justiça”.

7 K now and understand that it is the people by faith who are sons of Abraham.

Estejam certos, portanto, de que os que são da fé, estes é que são filhos de Abraão.

8 A nd 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.

Prevendo a Escritura que Deus justificaria os gentios pela fé, anunciou primeiro as boas novas a Abraão: “Por meio de você todas as nações serão abençoadas”.

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

Assim, os que são da fé são abençoados junto com Abraão, homem de fé.

10 A nd 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.

Já os que se apóiam na prática da Lei estão debaixo de maldição, pois está escrito: “Maldito todo aquele que não persiste em praticar todas as coisas escritas no livro da Lei”.

11 N ow 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.

É evidente que diante de Deus ninguém é justificado pela Lei, pois “o justo viverá pela fé”.

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

A Lei não é baseada na fé; ao contrário, “quem praticar estas coisas, por elas viverá”.

13 C hrist 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);

Cristo nos redimiu da maldição da Lei quando se tornou maldição em nosso lugar, pois está escrito: “Maldito todo aquele que for pendurado num madeiro”.

14 T o 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.

Isso para que em Cristo Jesus a bênção de Abraão chegasse também aos gentios, para que recebêssemos a promessa do Espírito mediante a fé. A Lei e a Promessa

15 T o 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).

Irmãos, humanamente falando, ninguém pode anular um testamento depois de ratificado, nem acrescentar-lhe algo.

16 N ow 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).

Assim também as promessas foram feitas a Abraão e ao seu descendente. A Escritura não diz: “E aos seus descendentes”, como se falando de muitos, mas: “Ao seu descendente ”, dando a entender que se trata de um só, isto é, Cristo.

17 T his 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.

Quero dizer isto: A Lei, que veio quatrocentos e trinta anos depois, não anula a aliança previamente estabelecida por Deus, de modo que venha a invalidar a promessa.

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

Pois, se a herança depende da Lei, já não depende de promessa. Deus, porém, concedeu-a gratuitamente a Abraão mediante promessa.

19 W hat 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.

Qual era então o propósito da Lei? Foi acrescentada por causa das transgressões, até que viesse o Descendente a quem se referia a promessa, e foi promulgada por meio de anjos, pela mão de um mediador.

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

Contudo, o mediador representa mais de um; Deus, porém, é um.

21 I s 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.

Então, a Lei opõe-se às promessas de Deus? De maneira nenhuma! Pois, se tivesse sido dada uma lei que pudesse conceder vida, certamente a justiça viria da lei.

22 B ut 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.

Mas a Escritura encerrou tudo debaixo do pecado, a fim de que a promessa, que é pela fé em Jesus Cristo, fosse dada aos que crêem.

23 N ow 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),

Antes que viesse essa fé, estávamos sob a custódia da Lei, nela encerrados, até que a fé que haveria de vir fosse revelada.

24 S o 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.

Assim, a Lei foi o nosso tutor até Cristo, para que fôssemos justificados pela fé.

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

Agora, porém, tendo chegado a fé, já não estamos mais sob o controle do tutor. Os Filhos de Deus

26 F or in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

Todos vocês são filhos de Deus mediante a fé em Cristo Jesus,

27 F or as many as were baptized into Christ have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.

pois os que em Cristo foram batizados, de Cristo se revestiram.

28 T here 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.

Não há judeu nem grego, escravo nem livre, homem nem mulher; pois todos são um em Cristo Jesus.

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

E, se vocês são de Cristo, são descendência de Abraão e herdeiros segundo a promessa.