Agalatiya 4
1 Ni wamba kuti ya te na yole chanda nji muhwile, iye kakwina ha chinchanela ni muhikana, ni hakuva kuti nji mwine wa chivaka chonse.
But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;
2 Ni hakuvavulyo, u siina mwikonde lya muvavaleli ni kusepwa kusikila inako i vatomwa kwe vesi.
But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.
3 Cwale ni iswe vulyo, ne tusili tuvahwile, tuvakwina muvuhikana bwe intuto zamulao we fasi.
So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
4 Kono inako yina hande haisika, Ireeza ni chatuma Mwanakwe, ya va pepwa kumwanakazi, ya vapepelwa mwikonde lya Mulao.
But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 A vatendi vuti chamulao kulukulula a vo va vena muikonde lya mulao, kuti tuamuhele kuañulwa sina tuvana.
That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
6 Kakuti muvana, Ireeza a vatumini Luhuho lwamwanakwe mwinkulo zetu, Luhuho lusumpa, “Abba, Ndanda!”
And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.
7 Cheli ivaka kosili umuhikana kono u mwana. Haiva u mwana, linu nawe koyole cha Ireeza.
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
8 Mwisule, ne museni kwiziva Ireeza mu vali mu vahikana kwavo vasali vavali va milimu
But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:
9 Kono hanu ha chimwizi Ireeza, kapa, hanu ha chimwizivitwe kwa Ireeza, chinzi ha chimuvolela hape nkwintuto za matangilo, zi fokola, zi satusi chimwi? Muchisaka ku va vehikana konse hape.
But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?
10 Inwe chakutokomela mulolelo mazuva a vutokwa, kutasa kwa myezi, inako, ni zilimo.
You keep days, and months, and fixed times, and years.
11 Ni tiya chako. Ni tiya kuti hamwi ni va misevelezi ne kusena intuso.
I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.
12 Ni mikumbila, vaakwaangu, mube mo niikalile, name ni ve mo mu mwikalile. Kana mu va ni fosekezi.
My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;
13 Kono mwizi kuti ivali ivaka lya kulwala mumuvili chingi ni va wambi inzwi kwenu che tanzi.
But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;
14 Nihaike mayemo amuvili wangu a va miviki he ntatubo, kana mu vanihindiki kapa ku ni kaana. Kono muvaniamuheli sina ingeloi lye Ireeza, i mi ivali njime Jesu Kelesite i ye mwiine.
And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
15 Kuhi, chiingi, hanu cheli intavo yenu? Chingi ni paka kwenu kuti, kambe kuwoleka, ne chi muvatuloli menso enu ni kuaniha.
Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.
16 Ili kuti, chi ni vavi ni chila chenu kakuli ni miwambila vuniti?
So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?
17 Va tukufalelwe kumigana, kono ne kusena zilotu. Vasaka kumizwisa kwangu kuti muvecililie.
Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.
18 Inako yonse kushiyeme ku va ni ilato cha mavaka ena siinte, isinyi feela heva nina nenwe.
But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Vana vangu vanini, ni nyandiswa kucisa kwakupepa kwenu hape kutwala Kelesite cha vumbwa kwenu.
My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,
20 Ni tabela kukava ko nanwe haho ni kukachincha muwambilo wangu, kokuti ni ziyelehete kwamana nanwe.
Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.
21 Mu ni wambile, inwe mulakaza ku ba mwikonde lya mulao, Kamuzuwi mulao zo wamba?
Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?
22 Kuñoletwe kuti Abrahama a vena vana vovele, zumwi i vali wa mwanakazi wa muhikana mi zumwi wa mwanakazi yo lukuluhite.
Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.
23 Kokuti, u zu wa muhikana a va pepwa feela chenyama, kono u zu wa mwanakazi yo lukuluhite a va pepwa che sepiso.
Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.
24 Izi zintu ziwoleka kutolokwa cha kusevelisa inguli, Cwale a vo vanakazi vaswana sina intumelelano zo vele. Yimwi yazo i zwa he Lundu la Sinai. U pepa vaana va va hikana. U zo nji Hagare.
Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.
25 Hanu Hagare nji Ilundu la Sinai, mwa Arabia. Chisupo chi zimanina Jerusalema wa suunu, i ye nji muvuhikana ni vaana vakwe.
Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.
26 Kono Jerusalema ina mwiulu i lukuluhite, uzo nji, nyinetu.
But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.
27 Kakuti kuñoletwe, “Tave, i we mwanakazi wa muumba, iwe yo sa pepi. Luluweze mi uhuwe nce tabo, iwe yo sezi kupepwa kwa mwana. Vungi bwa vahwile vaana va muumba, kuhita vakwe uzo wina mukwame.”
For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.
28 Hanu inwe, vaakwaangu, kuswana ni Isaaka, nji vahwile ve sepiso.
Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.
29 Cheina inako zuna ya vapepwa chakuya kenyama a va nyandisi ya vapepwa cha Luhuho. Kuswana bulyo nahanu.
But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 Chinzi chiwambwa mwiñolo? “Mutwale kule muhikana wa mwanakazi ni mwaanakwe. chokuti mwaana wamwanakazi wamuhikana kete nayole chaanda hamwina ni mwaana wa mwanakazi yo lukuluhite.”
What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.
31 Chovulyo, vaakwaangu, ka tuvana va mwanakazi wa muhikana, kono wa mwanakazi yo lukuluhite.
So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.
