¹Dico autem:But I say that,quanto tempore hæres parvulus est,during the time an heir is a child,nihil differt a servo,he is no different from a servant,cum sit dominus omnium:even though he is the owner of everything.

¹Dico autem:But I say that,quanto tempore hæres parvulus est,during the time an heir is a child,nihil differt a servo,he is no different from a servant,cum sit dominus omnium:even though he is the owner of everything.

²sed sub tutoribusFor he is under tutors and caretakers,et actoribus est usque ad præfinitum tempus a patre:until the time which was predetermined by the father.

²sed sub tutoribusFor he is under tutors and caretakers,et actoribus est usque ad præfinitum tempus a patre:until the time which was predetermined by the father.

³itaSo also we,et nos cum essemus parvuli,when we were children,sub elementis mundi eramus servientes.were subservient to the influences of the world.

³itaSo also we,et nos cum essemus parvuli,when we were children,sub elementis mundi eramus servientes.were subservient to the influences of the world.

⁴At ubi venit plenitudo temporis,But when the fullness of time arrived,misit Deus Filium suum factum ex muliere,God sent his Son, formed from a woman,factum sub lege,formed under the law,

⁴At ubi venit plenitudo temporis,But when the fullness of time arrived,misit Deus Filium suum factum ex muliere,God sent his Son, formed from a woman,factum sub lege,formed under the law,

⁵ut eos, qui sub lege erant, redimeret,so that he might redeem those who were under the law,ut adoptionem filiorum reciperemus.in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.

⁵ut eos, qui sub lege erant, redimeret,so that he might redeem those who were under the law,ut adoptionem filiorum reciperemus.in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.

⁶Quoniam autem estis filii,Therefore, because you are sons,misit Deus Spiritum Filii sui in corda vestra,God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,clamantem:crying out:Abba,“Abba,Pater.Father.”

⁶Quoniam autem estis filii,Therefore, because you are sons,misit Deus Spiritum Filii sui in corda vestra,God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,clamantem:crying out:Abba,“Abba,Pater.Father.”

⁷Itaque jam non est servus,And so now he is not a servant, but a son.sed filius:But if he is a son,quod si filius, et hæres per Deum.then he is also an heir, through God.

⁷Itaque jam non est servus,And so now he is not a servant, but a son.sed filius:But if he is a son,quod si filius, et hæres per Deum.then he is also an heir, through God.

⁸Sed tunc quidem ignorantes Deum,But then, certainly, while ignorant of God,iis, qui natura non sunt dii,you served those who, by nature,serviebatis.are not gods.

⁸Sed tunc quidem ignorantes Deum,But then, certainly, while ignorant of God,iis, qui natura non sunt dii,you served those who, by nature,serviebatis.are not gods.

⁹Nunc autem cum cognoveritis Deum,But now, since you have known God, or rather,immo cogniti sitis a Deo:since you have been known by God:quomodo convertimini iterum ad infirma et egena elementa,how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences,quibus denuo servire vultis?which you desire to serve anew?

⁹Nunc autem cum cognoveritis Deum,But now, since you have known God, or rather,immo cogniti sitis a Deo:since you have been known by God:quomodo convertimini iterum ad infirma et egena elementa,how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences,quibus denuo servire vultis?which you desire to serve anew?

¹⁰Dies observatis,You serve the days,et menses,and months,et tempora,and times,et annos.and years.

¹⁰Dies observatis,You serve the days,et menses,and months,et tempora,and times,et annos.and years.

¹¹Timeo vos,I am afraid for you,ne forte sine causa laboraverim in vobis.lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you.

¹¹Timeo vos,I am afraid for you,ne forte sine causa laboraverim in vobis.lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you.

¹²Estote sicut ego,Brothers, I beg you.quia et ego sicut vos:Be as I am. For I, too,fratres,am like you.obsecro vos. Nihil me læsistis.You have not injured me at all.

¹²Estote sicut ego,Brothers, I beg you.quia et ego sicut vos:Be as I am. For I, too,fratres,am like you.obsecro vos. Nihil me læsistis.You have not injured me at all.

¹³Scitis autem quia per infirmitatem carnis evangelizavi vobis jampridem:But you know that, in the weakness of the flesh, I have preached the Gospel to you for a long time,et tentationem vestram in carne meaand that your trials are in my flesh.

¹³Scitis autem quia per infirmitatem carnis evangelizavi vobis jampridem:But you know that, in the weakness of the flesh, I have preached the Gospel to you for a long time,et tentationem vestram in carne meaand that your trials are in my flesh.

¹⁴non sprevistis,You did not despise or reject me.neque respuistis:But instead,sed sicut angelum Dei excepistis me,you accepted me like an Angel of God,sicut Christum Jesum.even like Christ Jesus.

¹⁴non sprevistis,You did not despise or reject me.neque respuistis:But instead,sed sicut angelum Dei excepistis me,you accepted me like an Angel of God,sicut Christum Jesum.even like Christ Jesus.

¹⁵Ubi est ergo beatitudo vestra?Therefore,testimonium enim perhibeo vobis,where is your happiness?quia,For I offer to you testimony that,si fieri posset,if it could be done,oculos vestros eruissetis,you would have plucked out your own eyeset dedissetis mihi.and would have given them to me.

¹⁵Ubi est ergo beatitudo vestra?Therefore,testimonium enim perhibeo vobis,where is your happiness?quia,For I offer to you testimony that,si fieri posset,if it could be done,oculos vestros eruissetis,you would have plucked out your own eyeset dedissetis mihi.and would have given them to me.

¹⁶Ergo inimicus vobis factus sum,So then,verum dicens vobis?have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

¹⁶Ergo inimicus vobis factus sum,So then,verum dicens vobis?have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

¹⁷Æmulantur vos non bene:They are not imitating you well.sed excludere vos volunt,And they are willing to exclude you,ut illos æmulemini.so that you might imitate them.

¹⁷Æmulantur vos non bene:They are not imitating you well.sed excludere vos volunt,And they are willing to exclude you,ut illos æmulemini.so that you might imitate them.

¹⁸Bonum autem æmulamini in bono semper:But be imitators of what is good, always in a good way,et non tantum cum præsens sum apud vos.and not only when I am present with you.

¹⁸Bonum autem æmulamini in bono semper:But be imitators of what is good, always in a good way,et non tantum cum præsens sum apud vos.and not only when I am present with you.

¹⁹Filioli mei,My little sons,quos iterum parturio,I am giving birth to you again,donec formetur Christus in vobis:until Christ is formed in you.

¹⁹Filioli mei,My little sons,quos iterum parturio,I am giving birth to you again,donec formetur Christus in vobis:until Christ is formed in you.

²⁰vellem autem esse apud vos modo,And I would willingly be present with you, even now.et mutare vocem meam:But I would alter my voice:quoniam confundor in vobis.for I am ashamed of you.

²⁰vellem autem esse apud vos modo,And I would willingly be present with you, even now.et mutare vocem meam:But I would alter my voice:quoniam confundor in vobis.for I am ashamed of you.

²¹Dicite mihi qui sub lege vultis esse:Tell me, you who desire to be under the law,legem non legistis?have you not read the law?

²¹Dicite mihi qui sub lege vultis esse:Tell me, you who desire to be under the law,legem non legistis?have you not read the law?

²²Scriptum est enim: Quoniam Abraham duos filios habuit:For it is written that Abraham had two sons:unum de ancilla,one by a servant woman,et unum de libera.and one by a free woman.

²²Scriptum est enim: Quoniam Abraham duos filios habuit:For it is written that Abraham had two sons:unum de ancilla,one by a servant woman,et unum de libera.and one by a free woman.

²³Sed qui de ancilla, secundum carnem natus est:And he who was of the servant was born according to the flesh.qui autem de libera, per repromissionem:But he who was of the free woman was born by the promise.

²³Sed qui de ancilla, secundum carnem natus est:And he who was of the servant was born according to the flesh.qui autem de libera, per repromissionem:But he who was of the free woman was born by the promise.

²⁴quæ sunt per allegoriam dicta.These things are said through an allegory.Hæc enim sunt duo testamenta.For these represent the two testaments.Unum quidem in monte Sina,Certainly the one, on Mount Sinai,in servitutem generans,gives birth unto servitude,quæ est Agar:which is Hagar.

²⁴quæ sunt per allegoriam dicta.These things are said through an allegory.Hæc enim sunt duo testamenta.For these represent the two testaments.Unum quidem in monte Sina,Certainly the one, on Mount Sinai,in servitutem generans,gives birth unto servitude,quæ est Agar:which is Hagar.

²⁵Sina enim mons est in Arabia,For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia,qui conjunctus est ei quæ nunc est Jerusalem,which is related to the Jerusalem of the present time,et servit cum filiis suis.and it serves with her sons.

²⁵Sina enim mons est in Arabia,For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia,qui conjunctus est ei quæ nunc est Jerusalem,which is related to the Jerusalem of the present time,et servit cum filiis suis.and it serves with her sons.

²⁶Illa autem, quæ sursum est Jerusalem, libera est,But that Jerusalem which is above is free;quæ est mater nostra.the same is our mother.

²⁶Illa autem, quæ sursum est Jerusalem, libera est,But that Jerusalem which is above is free;quæ est mater nostra.the same is our mother.

²⁷Scriptum est enim:For it was written:Lætare,“Rejoice,sterilis,O barren one,quæ non paris;though you do not conceive.erumpe et clama,Burst forth and cry out,quæ non parturis:though you do not give birth.quia multi filii desertæ,For many are the children of the desolate,magis quam ejus quæ habet virum.even more than of her who has a husband.”

²⁷Scriptum est enim:For it was written:Lætare,“Rejoice,sterilis,O barren one,quæ non paris;though you do not conceive.erumpe et clama,Burst forth and cry out,quæ non parturis:though you do not give birth.quia multi filii desertæ,For many are the children of the desolate,magis quam ejus quæ habet virum.even more than of her who has a husband.”

²⁸Nos autem, fratres,Now we, brothers,secundum Isaac promissionis filii sumus.like Isaac, are sons of the promise.

²⁸Nos autem, fratres,Now we, brothers,secundum Isaac promissionis filii sumus.like Isaac, are sons of the promise.

²⁹Sed quomodo tunc is,But just as then,qui secundum carnem natus fuerat, persequebatur eum qui secundum spiritum:he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit,ita et nunc.so also it is now.

²⁹Sed quomodo tunc is,But just as then,qui secundum carnem natus fuerat, persequebatur eum qui secundum spiritum:he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit,ita et nunc.so also it is now.

³⁰Sed quid dicit Scriptura?And what does Scripture say?Ejice ancillam,“Cast out the woman servantet filium ejus:and her son.non enim hæres erit filius ancillæ cum filio liberæ.For the son of a servant women shall not be an heir with the son of a free woman.”

³⁰Sed quid dicit Scriptura?And what does Scripture say?Ejice ancillam,“Cast out the woman servantet filium ejus:and her son.non enim hæres erit filius ancillæ cum filio liberæ.For the son of a servant women shall not be an heir with the son of a free woman.”

³¹Itaque,And so,fratres,brothers,non sumus ancillæ filii,we are not the sons of the servant woman,sed liberæ:but rather of the free woman.qua libertate Christus nos liberavit.And this is the freedom with which Christ has set us free.

³¹Itaque,And so,fratres,brothers,non sumus ancillæ filii,we are not the sons of the servant woman,sed liberæ:but rather of the free woman.qua libertate Christus nos liberavit.And this is the freedom with which Christ has set us free.