< 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,
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏥᏪᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏘᏰᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᏲᎵ ᎨᏒ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ, ᎥᏝ ᏱᏚᎾᏓᎴᎿᎭᎣ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ, ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᎡᎦᏃ ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ.
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
ᏕᎤᏁᎶᏙᏍᎩᏂ ᏗᎬᏪᏲᎲᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏕᏌᏯᏍᏗᏕᎩ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ ᏚᏒᏍᏛ ᎬᏗᏍᎩ.
3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏴ, ᎠᏏ ᏗᏗᏲᎵ ᏥᎨᏒᎩ, ᏤᎩᎾᏝᎢ ᎨᏒᎩ, ᎢᎦᏓᏄᏴᏛᎩ ᏗᎴᏅᏙᏗ ᏗᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎡᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎠᏎᎸᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎧᎵᎢ ᎤᏍᏆᎸᎲᎢ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏅᏎ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᎢ, ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᎲ ᎤᏓᏄᏴᏕᎢ,
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.
ᏧᏚᏴᏗᏱ ᏧᏭᏓᎴᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏰᎸᏎ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏓᏄᏴᏗ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎢᏰᎬᏁᏗᏱ.
6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏧᏪᏥ ᏥᏂᏣᎵᏍᏔᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏅᏒ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ ᏗᏣᏓᏅᏙᎩᎯ, ᎤᏪᎷᎦ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᎭ, ᎠᏆ, ᎡᏙᏓ.
7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎥᏝ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎡᏣᎾᏝᎢ ᏱᎩ, ᎤᏪᏥᏉᏍᎩᏂ; ᎠᎴ ᎢᏳ ᎤᏪᏥ ᏱᎩ, ᎿᎭᏉ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏣᏘᏰᎯ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏅᎯ.
8 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᎯᏳᎢ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏁᏥᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᏥᎨᏒᎩ, ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏕᏥᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎲᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ.
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?
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎪᎯ ᏥᎩ, ᎿᎭᏉ ᎡᏥᎦᏙᎥᏒᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏯᏛᏅ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏥᎦᏙᎥᏒᎯ ᏥᎩ, ᎦᏙ ᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎢᏣᏨᎭ ᏙᏣᎵᏍᎦᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎠᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏛᎿᎭᏕᎩ ᏗᎴᏅᏙᏗ ᏗᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏏ ᎾᎿᎭᏥᏣᏚᎵ ᏤᏥᎾᏝ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎢᏣᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ?
10 You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
ᏕᏥᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙ ᏓᏙᏓᏇᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏓᏦᎳᏁᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏓᏍᏆᎸᎮᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏓᏕᏘᏴᎮᎬᎢ.
11 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
ᎢᏨᎾᏰᎢᏎᎭᏉ, ᎠᏎᏉᏉ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏱᎦᏥᏯᏛᏁᎸ ᎨᎵᏍᎬ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ.
12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᎢᏨᏔᏲᏎᎭ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏆᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎢᏣᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ; ᏂᏣᏍᏛᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏆᏍᏗ ᎠᏴ, ᎥᏝ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᏐᏅ ᎢᏍᎩᏴᏁᎸᎯ ᏱᎩ;
13 but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎠᏩᎾᎦᎳᎯᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎩᏇᏓᎸᎢ ᎢᏨᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᎸ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ;
14 That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
ᎠᎴ ᏥᎬᎵᏲᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎩᏇᏓᎸ ᏣᏇᎲᎩ, ᎥᏝ ᏅᎵᏌᎵ ᏱᏥᏰᎸᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᏱᏥᏲᎢᏎᎴᎢ; ᏕᏍᎩᏯᏓᏂᎸᏨᎩᏍᎩᏂ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏥᏌ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ.
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.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏂᎦᎥᎩ ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ ᎢᏣᏓᏅᏛᎩ! ᎢᏨᏲᎢᏳᏓᏁᎭᏰᏃ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏰᎵ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎬᏩᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᎢ, ᎢᏨᏒ ᏱᏗᏣᏓᎦᏖᏙᎢᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴ ᏱᏗᏍᎩᏁᎴᎢ.
16 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
ᏥᎪᏃ ᏍᎩᏍᎦᎩ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏨᏃᏁᎸᎢ?
17 They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
ᎤᏣᏘ ᎨᏥᎨᏳᎭ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᏱᎩ; ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᏱᎨᏣᎵᏍᏚᏓ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏣᏘ ᏗᏥᎨᏳᎯᏳ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
18 But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
ᎣᏏᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎢᏥᎨᏳᏗᏱ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎥᏝᏃ ᎾᎯᏳᏉ ᎢᏨᏰᎳᏗᏙᎲ ᎤᏩᏒ.
19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—
ᏗᏇᏥ ᏗᏣᏍᏗᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎢᏨᏁᎵᏨᎯ ᏥᎩ [ ᎢᏗᎬᏤᎵᏛ ] ᎢᏣᏕᏗᏱ, ᎬᏂ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᏙᏢᏅᎭ ᏕᏣᏓᏅᏛᎢ,
20 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
ᎬᏆᏚᎸᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏨᏰᎳᏗᏓᏍᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎩᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᏱ ᏥᏁᎬᎢ; ᎤᏯᏰᏃ ᎢᏨᏴᏍᎦ.
21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?
ᏍᎩᏃᎲᏏ, ᏂᎯ ᎢᏣᏚᎵᏍᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᎲ ᎢᏣᏓᏄᏴᏙᏗᏱ, ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏣᏛᎩᎭ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.
ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᏂᎬᏅ ᎢᎪᏪᎳ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎠᏁᎮᎢ, ᎠᏏᏴᏫ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ, ᏐᎢᏃ ᎾᏥᎾᏝᎥᎾ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ.
23 However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
ᎾᏃ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ, ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎤᏕᏔᏁᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏥᎾᏝᎥᎾ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎤᏕᏁᎢ.
24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.
ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗ; ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏔᎵ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏓᏠᎯᏍᏛ ᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗ; ᏌᏉ ᎨᏒ ᏌᎾᏱ ᎣᏓᎸ ᏨᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏕᎦᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᎦ ᏗᎨᏥᎾᏢᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎮᎦ ᏥᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗ.
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.
ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎮᎦ ᏌᎾᏱ ᎣᏓᎸ ᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗ, ᎡᎴᏈᎠ ᏦᏓᎸ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᎷᏏᎵᎻ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎪᎯ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᏕᎨᏥᎾᏝᎠ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏪᏥ.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
ᏥᎷᏏᎵᎻᏍᎩᏂ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏨᏗᎦᏚᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏥᎾᏝᎥᎾ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᏂᏗᎥ ᎢᎩᏥ.
27 For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate women have more children than her who has a husband.”
ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᏂᎬᏅ ᎢᎪᏪᎳ, ᎭᎵᎮᎵᎩ ᏔᎷᎸᎥᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏔᏓᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᎬᎾ; ᎭᎴᏅ ᎮᎷᎲᎦ, ᏂᎯ ᏂᏘᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᎬᎾ; ᎾᏰᏃ, ᎾᏥᏰᎲᎾ ᎤᏟ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏚᏪᎧᎭ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎡᏍᎦᏉ Ꮎ ᎠᏥᏰᎯ.
28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎠᏴ, ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏛ ᎢᎦᏕᏔᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎡᏏᎩ ᏥᏄᏍᏕᎢ.
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.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎾᎯᏳ ᏥᎨᏎᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎤᏕᏔᏅᎯ ᏣᏕᏯᏙᏗᏍᎨ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏕᏔᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
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.”
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎦᏙ ᎠᏗᎭ ᎪᏪᎵ? ᎯᏄᎪᏩ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏪᏥ; ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢᏰᏃ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᏪᏥ, ᎥᏝ ᎤᏪᎳᏗᏍᏙᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏥᎾᏝᎥᎾ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᏪᏥ.
31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᎠᎨᏴ ᏧᏪᏥ ᏱᎩ ᎠᏴ, ᎾᏥᎾᏝᎥᎾᏍᎩᏂ.

< Galatians 4 >