Abhagalatia 4
1 Mbe enaika ati omuli wo mwandu akabha achali mutoto, bhutalio bhutashanya no mugaya, nolwo kutyo niwe omukuru wa bhyone.
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 Nawe katungwa abhasigilwa abhabhiki okukinga mu mwanya gunu esemwene alagile.
But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.
3 Nyabhuliko neswe one, anu chaliga chichali bhana, chaliga chitungilwe jintungwa jo bhusimuka je chalo.
So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
4 Nawe jinsiku jejile jakumila, Nyamuanga natuma Omwana wae, unu ebhuywe no mugasi, unu ebhuywe atungilwe ebhilagilo.
But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 Akolele kutyo koleleki achungule bhanu bhatungilwe ebhilagilo, eswe chikolwe abhana.
That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
6 Okubha muli bhana, Nyamuanga atumile Omwoyo gwo Mwana wae mu mitima jeswe, nalila ati, “Lata, Lata.”
And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.
7 Ku lwejo awe utachali mugaya nawe uli mwana. Mbe ukabha uli mwana, uli muli wo mwandu ku Nyamuanga.
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
8 Nawe kala, mwaliga mutakumenya Nyamuanga, nimukolela bhanu bhatali bhanyamuanga mu bhusimukwa.
But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:
9 Nawe olyanu, okubha mwamumenyele Nyamuanga, au ati Nyamuanga abhamenyele emwe, ni kulwaki omuinduka inyuma mu bhyo bhusimukwa bhinu bhitana managa ne bhyo bhutaka? Nimwenda okusubha okutungwa nabhyo lindi?
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 Omwikomelesha muno jinsiku, amesi, na magolo ne myaka. Enibhawela omwoyo.
You keep days, and months, and fixed times, and years.
11 Enibhawela omwoyo nisige kubha amwi nanyakiye emwe kutyo ela.
I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.
12 Enibhalembelesha, bhaili, mubhe lwanye, okubha nili lwemwe. Mutankaiye anye omusango.
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 Nawe mumenyere ati mu bhulenga bhwo mubhili gwani nabhasimuliye ebhigambo bhyo bhwana.
But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;
14 Mutagaile okusakwa kunu mwabhwene kulwo mubhili gwani amwi mutalemele. Nawe mwandamiye lwa malaika wa Nyamuanga, lwa Yesu Kristo.
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 Mbe, okukondelelwa kwemwe okwo woli kuli aki? Okubha enitula okwaika chimali ati, ichitulikana, mwakasosishemo ameso gemwe munana anye.
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 Mbe oli, nibhee muremo wemwe okubha enibhabhwila ebhye chimali?
So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?
17 Abho bhali no bhukalae kwimwe, nawe tali mu bhwekisi. Nawe bhendele okubhegalila mutanyibhwe nanye koleleki mubhajile abhene.
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 Nawe ni kwa bhwana okubhaga no bhukalae ku misango je kisi, tali mu mwanya ogwo ela gunu enibha amwi nemwe.
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 Abhana bhani, bhanu enilumwa obhusungu lindi kukinga Kristo lunu alimogelwa mwimwe.
My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,
20 Nali nendele okubha amwi nemwe wolyanu no kuindula obhulaka bhwani, okubha enitimata kubhwemwe.
Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.
21 Mumbwile, emwe bhanu omwenda okutungwa ebhilagilo, mutakungwa ebhilagilo kutyo ebhyaika?
Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?
22 Okubha yandikilwe ati Ibrahimu aliga ali na bhana bhe chilume bhabhili, oumwi wo mugayagasi oundi wo mwibhule.
Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.
23 Nawe, owo mugayagasi ebhuywe kulwo mubhili, nawe owo mwibhule ebhuywe kulwo mulago.
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 Ebhyo bhyabhee chijejekanyo, okubha abhagasi abho bhasusana na jindago jibhili. Eimwi eisoka ku chima cha Sinai. Niyo eibhula mu bhagaya, eyo niwe Hajiri.
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 Okubha Hajiri oyo niwe echima cha Sinai chinu chili mu Bhuarabu. Echisusanibhwa na Yerusalemu ya woli, kwo kubha ili mu bhugaya amwi na bhana bhayo.
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 Nawe Yerusalemu ya ingulu niyo eye chibhule, niwe mai unu achibhuye.
But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.
27 Okubha jandikilwe ati, “Kondelelwa, awe omugumba, nyatebhula. Lagilisha waikile ingulu, awe unu utalumilwe bhusungu. Okubha abhana bha unu asigilwe ni bhanfu, kukila abha unu ali no mulume.”
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 Nawe eswe bhaili, chili bhana bho mulago lwa Isaka.
Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.
29 Mbe nawe lwa unu ebhuywe kulwo mubhili kutyo anyasishe unu ebhuywe kulwo Mwoyo mu nsiku jilya, nikwo kutyo na oli.
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 Nawe bhinu bhyandikilwe ebhyaika atiki? Ebhyaika ati, “Musosheo omugayagasi no mwana wae we chilume. Okubha omwana wo mugayagasi atalilya omwandu amwi no mwana owo mwibhule.”
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 Mbe, bhaili, eswe chitali bhana bho mugayagasi, nawe chili bho mwibhule.
So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.
