Galatians 4
1 Now, I [will further] discuss [children and heirs]: [An heir is a person who will later] control all that his father has. But as long as that heir is a child, others [control] him, with the result that he is just like a slave [MET].
Nambo une nguti yeleyi, juchajigale indu iŵagosele, aŵaga mwanache akuŵa mpela kapolo namuno ali nsyene ipanje.
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
Katema kose ko jwelejo ali paasi pa ulamusi wa ŵandu ŵakunlela ni ŵakwajimilila ipanje yakwe mpaka katema kakaŵichikwe ni atatigwe.
3 Likewise, when we [(inc)] (OR, we [(exc) Jews]) were [like] young children [MET], we were controlled by the spiritual powers of this world. They controlled us like [masters control their slaves] [MET].
Iyoyo noweji patwaliji ngatukuumanyilila usyene twaliji achikapolo ŵa masoka gagakutawala pachilambo.
4 But exactly at the time [MTY] [that God had previously determined], he sent [Jesus], who is (his Son/the man who is also God), into the world. Jesus was born to a [human] mother. He had to obey the laws [that God gave to Moses].
Nambo pakaichile katema kakaŵichikwe, Akunnungu ŵannajisye Mwanagwe, ŵaŵapagwile ni jwankongwe ni kulongoswa ni Malajisyo,
5 God sent Jesus in order that he might redeem us who had to obey [God’s] laws. God wanted us all to receive from [God] the status of being his children [MET].
kuti ŵawombole aŵala ŵakulongoswa ni Malajisyo kuti uwe tukombole kutendekwa ŵanache ŵa Akunnungu.
6 Furthermore, we know that we are God’s children because God sent the Spirit, who is intimately related to Jesus, to live in our (inner beings/hearts). [The Spirit enables us to] pray fervently, “Daddy, Father!” [This shows that we are God’s children].
Ni pakuŵa ndi achiŵanagwe, Akunnungu ŵannajisye Mbumu jwa Mwanagwe mmitima jetu, Mbumu jwakuŵilanga, “Aba”, malumbo gakwe “Atati!”
7 So, [because of what God has done], no longer is [each of] you [like] a slave. Instead, [each of you is] a child [of God]. Furthermore, since [each of you is God’s] child, God has also made you his heir, [one who will receive all that he has promised].
Nipele mmwe nganimma kapolo sooni, nambo mwana ni pakuŵa mmwe ndi mwana, Akunnungu champe indu yose yaŵisile chilanga kwa achiŵanagwe.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Kalakala pamwaliji ngakwamanyilila Akunnungu, mwaliji achikapolo ŵa minungu jangalimate.
9 But now you have come to know God. Perhaps [it would be better to say that] now God knows you. [So now you are acting foolishly]! (You are again believing [that by obeying] rules and rites [you will benefit spiritually]! [RHQ] [Those rules are] ineffective and inadequate! You are wanting to [obey them] again [MET] like slaves obey their masters. [RHQ]
Nambo sambano nkwamanyilila Akunnungu pane nkumanyika ni Akunnungu, kwa chichi nkugaujilila sooni majiganyo gandanda gagali gakulepetela ni gamapunguchilwe? Nkusaka kugatumichila sooni?
10 You [non-Jews] are carefully practicing [Jewish rules and rituals about what you should do] (on [Sabbaths/on Jewish days of rest]) and [on the first day of each] month and on [special] seasons and years.
Kwa chichi nkuchenjeuka ni kukamulisya masyoŵelelo genu ga moŵa ni miesi ni katema ni yaka?
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Ngwete lipamba nkati ŵanyamwe, pakuŵa ikukomboleka kuti nalisawisye pangali chindu kwa ligongo lyenu.
12 My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. [Stop thinking that you have to obey (Jewish rules and rituals/ceremonial laws]). [When I was with you], I [did not obey all the Jewish rules and rituals], just like you [did not obey them]. [At that time] you treated me entirely as you should have [LIT].
Achalongo achinjangu, ngunchondelela mmeje mpela une, pakuŵa namose une naliji mpela ŵanyamwe. Nganimumbanganyichisya ungalimate wauli wose.
13 You know that the first time I preached to you, [I went to your area to regain my health, because I was physically weak].
Nkumanyilila kuti ulwele uwasimene wambele lipesa lya kunlalichila Ngani Jambone kaandanda.
14 [Although] you might have [despised me because] I was physically weak, you did not despise me or act contemptuously/disrespectfully toward me. Instead, you welcomed me like [you would welcome] an angel from God. [You welcomed me] like [you would welcome] Christ Jesus!
Namuno ulwele wangu waliji mpela malagasyo gamakulungwa kukwenu, nganimunyelusya namose kuungana, nambo mwambochele mpela katumetume jwa kwinani jwa Akunnungu ni mwambochele mpela nkumpochela Kilisito Yesu nsyene.
15 (I am disappointed that you have forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]./Have you forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]?) [RHQ] I can testify that you [would have done anything to help me]. You would have gouged out your eyes [and] given them to me, [if that would have helped me]!
Ŵanyamwe mwaliji ŵakusengwa! Sambano chinsimene chichi? Pakuŵa ngunsalila umboni usyene kuti pa moŵa gala ikakomboleche, nkatyosisye meeso genu ni kuumba une.
16 So I am very disappointed that you [now] act as though [RHQ] I have become hostile to you [because I have kept] speaking the true [message about Christ] to you.
Ana, une mele jwammagongo jwenu ligongo ngunsalila yaili ya usyene?
17 Those [who are insisting on obeying Jewish rules] are eagerly [showing interest in] you, but [what they are doing is] not good. They even want you not to associate with [me and other true] believers, because they want you to eagerly show [interest in] them, [not in us].
Ŵele ŵandu akulosya kuti akunchenjeuchila ŵanyamwe, nambo nningwa wao nganiuŵa wambone. Ŵanyawo akusaka ŵanyamwe ni une tutindane kuti nkombole kwachenjeuchila.
18 But [just like] it always feels good to have others show that they appreciate you, [I would like you] always [to appreciate me], and not only when I am with you.
Ili yambone kukola lung'wanu kupanganya indu yambone moŵa gose, ngaŵa katema pangutama ni ŵanyamwe pe.
19 You [who are like] my children, [once] again I am very worried/concerned about you [MET], [and I will continue to] be worried/concerned until Christ’s [nature becomes developed] in you [completely and wholeheartedly] [MET] [as a child] becomes developed [in his mother’s womb].
Achiŵanangu ŵangunnonyela, mpela jwankongwe yakuti pakukola chilungusi pakuligopola, none iyoyo, ngunkolela chilungusi sooni mpaka pachimme ni uŵele wa Kilisito nkati mwenu.
20 But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk [more gently with you], because I do not know [what to do about] you [while we are apart].
Ngasachile kuŵa nomwe sambano, kuti mechete ni ŵanyamwe kwa kulitimalika. Pakuŵa ngwete lipamba kwa ligongo lyenu.
21 Some of you desire [to obey all the laws] that God gave Moses. [I say that] you [should] consider [RHQ] [the implications of what Moses wrote in] the Scriptures.
Musalile ŵanyamwe ŵankusaka kulongoswa ni Malajisyo, ana ngankumanyilila igakuti kusala Malajisyo?
22 [He] wrote that Abraham became the father of two sons. His female slave, [Hagar], bore one son, and his [wife Sarah], who was not a slave, bore the other.
Ilembekwe muitabu ya Malajisyo kuti che Iblahimu ŵakwete achiŵanagwe ŵaŵili, jumo ŵapagwile ni jwankongwe kapolo ni jwine ŵapagwile ni ŵankwakwe juŵalombele.
23 Also, [the sons differed. Ishmael], the [son born by] the female slave, was conceived naturally. But [Isaac], the [son born by] his wife who was not a slave, was conceived [miraculously] as a result of what [God] had promised [Abraham].
Juŵapagwile ni jwankongwe kapolo jula ŵapagwile mpela yakuti pakupagwa ŵandu ŵane ni juŵapagwile ni ŵankwakwe jula ŵapagwile kwa chilanga cha Akunnungu.
24 [I am telling you this] as an illustration. These [two women] symbolize two agreements. [God made] the first [agreement, which involved obeying the laws that God gave to Moses] at Sinai Mountain. [Because that agreement forces those who accept it to keep obeying all its rules] [MET], [it is like a slave mother who] gives birth to slaves. [So] Hagar, [the female slave, symbolizes] that [agreement].
Maloŵe ga gali mpela chitagu, ŵele achakongwe ŵaŵili ali chitagu cha malangano gaŵili. Lilangano lyaandanda lili lyelila lilyatendekwe pa chitumbi cha Sinai lyalikungamba che Hajili ni achiŵanagwe ŵaŵapagwile mu ukapolo.
25 Also, the [word] ‘Hagar’ is [associated with] Sinai Mountain, [which is] in Arabia [land. Hagar, the female slave, also] represents Jerusalem as it is today. Jerusalem is [like] [MET] a slave [mother, and those who live there] [PRS] [are like] her slave children [MET] [because they all must obey the laws that God gave to Moses].
Che Hajili akulandanywa ni chitumbi cha Sinai chachili mu chilambo cha Alabia, nombe chili chitagu cha musi wa Yelusalemu ja sambano, pakuŵa weleu uli musi wauli mu ukapolo pamo ni ŵakutama mwelemo.
26 But there will be a [new] Jerusalem in heaven [MTY], and we [who will go there] are free [from having to obey Jewish laws]. We [who belong to that city consider it to be] our mother [MET] [city because we are God’s true children].
Nambo Yelusalemu ja kwinani uli musi waulechelelwe, ni musi wo uli achikulu ŵetu.
27 [Our new city will have more people than those who live in Jerusalem now. It will be just like] Isaiah foretold about [the people whom he expected would come back to Jerusalem from exile. He expected that they would be more numerous than those who] were taken into exile. He wrote: [You who live in Jerusalem, you will] rejoice! Now you have no children, like a barren [woman] who does not give birth to [children! But some day you will] shout [joyfully], (without restraint/as loudly as you can), [even though now you are few in number, like a woman who] cannot give birth [to children, and you] feel deserted. [You will be very happy] because [you will have many children who will come to you. Those children will be] more than [the children] any woman with a husband [could have borne].
Pakuŵa Malembelo ga Akunnungu gakuti, “Nsengwe, mmwe ŵangankuŵeleka, nlulute mmwe ŵanganimmeleche mwanache, Pakuŵa ŵanache ŵa jwankongwe jwalekangene ni ŵankwawo ali achajinji, kupunda ŵanache ŵa jwankongwe jwakwete ŵalume.”
28 Now, [my] fellow believers, you have become children [of God as a result of believing God’s] promise to us, as Isaac [was born as a result of Abraham believing what God promised to him] [MET].
Nipele achalongo achinjangu, ndi ŵanache ŵa Akunnungu ŵampagwile kutyochela mu chilanga chao mpela yaili ku che Isaka.
29 [Also, long ago Abraham’s son] Ishmael, the one who was conceived naturally, caused trouble for [Abraham’s son] Isaac, who [was conceived] supernaturally [MET]. Similarly, now [those who think that we must obey the laws that God gave Moses in order that God will save us are causing trouble for those who are trusting Abraham’s descendant, Christ].
Nambo mpela ila moŵa gala, ajula mwanache juŵapagwile mpela yakuti pakupagwa ŵandu ŵane ŵanlagesye ajula juŵapagwile kwa machili ga Mbumu jwa Akunnungu, iyoyo ni yaili mpaka sambano.
30 But these are [RHQ] the words in the Scriptures [PRS]: “The son of the [woman] who was not a slave will inherit [what his father has]. The female slave’s son will certainly not inherit those things. So send away from [this place] the female slave and her son [MET]!” [That means that you should certainly expel from your groups those who insist that we obey all the laws God gave Moses] [MET].
Nambo ana Malembelo ga Akunnungu gakuti uli? Gakuti, “Mumminje jwankongwe kapolo jo ni mwanagwe, ligongo mwanagwe kapolo ngaapochela yaigosekwe pamo ni mwanache jwa jwankongwe jwalechelelwe.”
31 [My] fellow believers, [Hagar symbolizes the laws that God gave to Moses. But we are not those who must obey all the laws that God gave to Moses] [MET]. [So] we are not [the] female slave [Hagar’s spiritual] descendants [MET]. But [Sarah’s descendants are those who were born as a result of believing what God promised to Abraham. So we are] the [spiritual] descendants of [Sarah, the woman] who was not a slave [MET].
Nipele achapwanga, uwe nganituŵa ŵanache ŵa jwankongwe kapolo jula, nambo tuli ŵanache ŵa jwankongwe jwalechelelwe.
