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Galatians 4

Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Greek text (Patriarchal edition, 1904), verse by verse.

Galatians 4: Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Greek text (Patriarchal edition, 1904)
Douay-RheimsVulgata ClementinaGreek text (Patriarchal edition, 1904)
1Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;Dico autem: quanto tempore haeres 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,
2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father:sed sub tutoribus et actoribus est usque ad praefinitum tempus a patre:ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους ἐστὶ καὶ οἰκονόμους ἄχρι τῆς προθεσμίας τοῦ πατρός.
3So 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.οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἦμεν δεδουλωμένοι·
4But 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 ἦλθε τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον,
5That 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.
6And 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 ὑμῶν, κρᾶζον· ἀββᾶ ὁ πατήρ.
7Therefore now he is not a servant, but a son. And if a son, an heir also through God.Itaque iam non est servus, sed filius: quod si filius, et haeres per Deum.ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλ᾽ υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος Θεοῦ διὰ Χριστοῦ.
8But 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 μὴ φύσει οὖσι θεοῖς·
9But 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 δουλεύειν θέλετε;
10You observe days, and months, and times, and years.Dies observatis, et menses, et tempora, et annos.ἡμέρας παρατηρεῖσθε καὶ μῆνας καὶ καιροὺς καὶ ἐνιαυτούς!
11I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among you.Timeo vos, ne forte sine causa laboraverim in vobis.φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς μήπως εἰκῆ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς.
12Be 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 laesistis.Γίνεσθε ὡς ἐγώ, ὅτι κἀγὼ ὡς ὑμεῖς, ἀδελφοί, δέομαι ὑμῶν. οὐδέν με ἠδικήσατε.
13And 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 iampridem: et tentationem vestram in carne meaοἴδατε δὲ ὅτι δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν τὸ πρότερον,
14You 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 Iesum.καὶ τὸν πειρασμόν μου τὸν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου οὐκ ἐξουθενήσατε οὐδὲ ἐξεπτύσατε, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἄγγελον Θεοῦ ἐδέξασθέ με, ὡς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν.
15Where 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.τίς οὖν ἦν ὁ μακαρισμὸς ὑμῶν; μαρτυρῶ γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰ δυνατὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν ἐξορύξαντες ἂν ἐδώκατέ μοι.
16Am 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;
17They are zealous in your regard not well: but they would exclude you, that you might be zealous for them.Aemulantur vos non bene: sed excludere vos volunt, ut illos aemulemini.ζηλοῦσιν ὑμᾶς οὐ καλῶς, ἀλλὰ ἐκκλεῖσαι ὑμᾶς θέλουσιν, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ζηλοῦτε.
18But be zealous for that which is good in a good thing always: and not only when I am present with you.Bonum autem aemulamini in bono semper: et non tantum cum praesens sum apud vos.καλὸν δὲ τὸ ζηλοῦσθαι ἐν καλῷ πάντοτε καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐν τῷ παρεῖναί με πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
19My 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, ἄχρις οὗ μορφωθῇ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν!
20And 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.
21Tell 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;
22For 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.
23But 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 διὰ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας.
24Which things are said by an allegory. For these are the two testaments. The one from mount Sina, engendering unto bondage; which is Agar:quae sunt per allegoriam dicta. Haec enim sunt duo testamenta. Unum quidem in monte Sina, in servitutem generans, quae est Agar:ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα. αὗται γάρ εἰσι δύο διαθῆκαι, μία μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σινᾶ, εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα, ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἄγαρ·
25For 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 coniunctus est ei quae nunc est Ierusalem, et servit cum filiis suis.τὸ γὰρ Ἄγαρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἱερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει δὲ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς·
26But that Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is our mother.Illa autem, quae sursum est Ierusalem, libera est, quae est mater nostra.ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἥτις ἐστὶ μήτηρ πάντων ἡμῶν.
27For 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: Laetare, sterilis, quae non paris; erumpe et clama, quae non parturis: quia multi filii desertae, magis quam eius quae 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.
28Now 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.
29But 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 ἐδίωκε τὸν κατὰ πνεῦμα, οὕτω καὶ νῦν.
30But 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? Eiice ancillam, et filium eius: non enim haeres erit filius ancillae cum filio liberae.ἀλλὰ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή; ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς· οὐ μὴ γὰρ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.
31So 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 ancillae filii, sed liberae: qua libertate Christus nos liberavit.Ἄρα, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐσμὲν παιδίσκης τέκνα, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐλευθέρας.

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