Galatians 4
1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,
Qawktoepkung loe hmuennawk boih tawnkung ah om cadoeh, nawkta ah oh nathung tamna hoi lahhaih om ai;
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
anih loe ampa mah khaeh ih atue pha ai karoek to patukkung hoi ukkung ban thungah ni oh.
3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
To baktih toengah, aicae doeh nawkta ah a oh o naah, long atawk tlim ah ni misong ah a oh o.
4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
Toe atue phak naah loe, Sithaw mah a Capa to patoeh, nongpata zok thungah pomh moe, kaalok thungah tapen,
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.
to tiah ni kaalok thungah kaom kaminawk to pahlong ueloe, a nih ih caa ah oh thaihaih to a hnu o tih.
6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
Nangcae loe caa ah na oh o pongah, Sithaw mah a Capa ih Muithla to nangcae palung thungah patoeh, Anih mah Abba, Pa, tiah kawk.
7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
To pongah nangcae loe tamna na ai boeh ni, capa maeto ah ni na oh o boeh; capa maeto ah na oh o boeh loe, Kri rang hoiah Sithaw ih qawktoep kami ah ni na oh o boeh.
8 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
Sithaw na panoek o ai naah, taksa ah Sithaw tawn ai kaminawk ih tok to na sak pae o.
9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
Toe tipongah vaihi Sithaw na panoek o moe, Sithaw mah ang panoek o pacoengah, tha kacak ai, amtanghaih hmuen bangah angqoi moe, misong ah oh let han na koeh o loe?
10 You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
Ani, akhrah, khotue hoi saningnawk to na uum o.
11 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
Nangcae nuiah azom pui ah tha ka pathok moeng tih, tiah mawnhaih ka tawnh.
12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
Nawkamyanawk, nangcae baktiah ka oh pongah, kai baktiah na oh o toeng hanah tahmenhaih kang hnik o: ka nuiah na sakpazaehaih roe tidoeh om ai.
13 but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.
Nangcae khaeah kahoih tamthanglok ka thuih tangsuek naah, taksa thacak ai hoiah ni kang thuih o, tito na panoek o.
14 That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Ka taksa ah kaom raihaih pongah kai khet nang patoek o ai moe, nang pakak o ai; Sithaw ih van kami baktih, Kri Jesu baktiah nang talawk o.
15 What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
To baktih nangcae tahamhoih anghoehaih to naa ah maw oh ving boeh? Angcoeng thai nahaeloe, kai paek hanah nangmacae ih mik mataeng doeh taprok dok han koek to na koeh o, tito ka panoek.
16 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Loktang lok kang thuih o pongah, nangcae ih misa ah maw ka oh boeh?
17 They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
Nihcae mah nangcae palung parai baktiah mikhmai na pan o thuih doeh om tih, toe kahoihah na palung o tangtang ai; ue, nihcae mah nangcae palung han koeh ih na ai ah, nangcae mah nihcae palung han ih ni a koeh o.
18 But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
Nangcae hoi nawnto ka oh nathuem khue ai, kahoih hmuen bangah loe amlung poe han oh.
19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—
Palung ih ka caanawk, Kri nangcae thungah kacakah om ai karoek to, nawkta zah nathuem ih zok kana baktiah ni kana ka pauep let.
20 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Nangcae nuiah palunghaenghaih ka tawnh pongah, vaihi nangcae khaeah kang zoh moe, lok ka thuihaih dan pakhraih han ka koeh.
21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do not you listen to the law?
Kaalok thungah oh koeh kaminawk, na thui oh, kaalok to na thaih o ai maw?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.
Abraham mah capa hnetto sak, maeto loe misong nongpata thung hoiah oh moe, kalah maeto loe kaloih nongpata thung hoiah oh, tiah tarik ih oh.
23 However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
Toe misong nongpata ih capa loe taksa koehhaih baktiah sak ih capa ah oh; kaloih nongpata khae hoi kaom capa loe lokkamhaih baktiah sak ih capa ah oh.
24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.
To loknawk loe hnuksakhaih lok ah ni oh: to nongpata hnik loe lokmaihaih hnetto thuih koehhaih ih ni; Sinai mae nui hoiah kangzo lokmaihaih maeto loe Hagar ni, anih mah misong ah kaom capa to tapen.
25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.
Hagar loe Arabia prae ah kaom Sinai mae ah oh, vaihi thuem ih Jerusalem hoiah anghmong, anih loe a caa hoi nawnto misong ah oh hoi.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Toe ranui ah kaom Jerusalem loe kaloih nongpata, aicae boih ih amno ah oh.
27 For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break out and shout, you who do not travail. For the desolate women have more children than her who has a husband.”
Caa kaak, caa sah vai ai nongpata nang, anghoe ah; nawkta tapenhaih kana panoek vai ai nang, tha hoi hang ah: haek ih nongpata loe sava tawn nongpata pong pop kue ah caa sak, tiah tarik ih oh.
28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
Nawkamyanawk, aicae loe Isak baktiah lokkamhaih caa ah ni a oh o.
29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
Toe taksa koehhaih ah tapen kami mah Kacai Muithla koehhaih ah tapen capa to pacaekthlaek, vaihi doeh to tiah ni oh.
30 However, what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”
Toe Cabu mah kawbangmaw thuih? Misong nongpata to a capa hoi nawnto haek ving ah: misong nongpata ih capa mah kaloih nongpata ih capa hoi nawnto qawktoepkung ah om mak ai, tiah thuih.
31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.
To pongah nawkamyanawk, aicae loe misong nongpata ih caa ah a om o ai, kaloih nongpata ih caa ah ni a oh o.
