Galatia 4
1 Qo ak pangkung ce naasen na a awm khuiawh taw, qampum ce ta mai seiawm tamnaa ingqawi a lawhanaak am awm hy.
But I say that, during the time an heir is a child, he is no different from a servant, even though he is the owner of everything.
2 A pa ing a tym a taak naak a pha hlan dy amah ak khoemkungkhqi ingkaw ak khuut ak hlepkungkhqi kut awh ni a awm hy.
For he is under tutors and caretakers, until the time which was predetermined by the father.
3 Cemyih lawtna, ningnih ve naasen na ni awm awh, khawmdek awhkaw phung ak kai awh tamnaa na ni awm uhy.
So also we, when we were children, were subservient to the influences of the world.
4 Cehlai a tym a pha awhkawng taw, Khawsa ing a Capa ce tyi law hy, nu ing ta nawh, anaa ak kaiawh thang law hy,
But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,
5 anaa ak kaiawh ak awm thlangkhqi ce hul aham, ningnih ing cakhqi na coeng thainaak ce ak soep na ni huh thainaak aham ni.
so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 Nangmih taw cakhqi na nami awm dawngawh, Khawsa ing amah a Capa ang Myihla ce ningnih ak kawlung khuiawh tyi law hy, cawhkaw Myihla ing, “Abba, Ka pa,” tinawh nik khy sak hy.
Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: “Abba, Father.”
7 Cedawngawh nang taw tamnaa na am awm voel hyk ti, ca nani na awm hawh; ca na na awm hawh dawngawh, Khawsa ing qo ak pangkung na ni ta hawh hy.
And so now he is not a servant, but a son. But if he is a son, then he is also an heir, through God.
8 Khawsa nami sim hlanawh Khawsa na amak awm thlangkhqi a tamnaa na awm uhyk ti.
But then, certainly, while ignorant of God, you served those who, by nature, are not gods.
9 Cehlai tuh taw Khawsa ce sim hawh uhyk ti – am awhtaw Khawsa amah ing ni sim khqi hawh hy – cawhtaw ikawmyihna cawhkaw tha amak awmkhqi mi ikawna awm amak awm benna na ming hlat tlaih uh? Cemyihkhqi a tamnaa na awm tlaih aham nami ngaih nawh nu?
But now, since you have known God, or rather, since you have been known by God: how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences, which you desire to serve anew?
10 Khawnghikhqi hlakhqi ingkaw kumkhqi ce zeih uhyk ti!
You serve the days, and months, and times, and years.
11 Nangmih aham phu amak awmna kak tha plak kawng nyng, tice kqih nyng.
I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you.
12 Kai amyihna nami awm lawt aham, koeinaakhqi, nangmih a venawh qeennaak thoeh law nyng, kai awm nangmih amyihna awm lawt nyng. Kak khanawh ikawmyih a thawlhnaak am sai uhyk ti.
Brothers, I beg you. Be as I am. For I, too, am like you. You have not injured me at all.
13 Nami sim amyihna, ka tlawh a dawngawh nangmih a venawh lamma cyk na awithang leek khy law pyi nyng.
But you know that, in the weakness of the flesh, I have preached the Gospel to you for a long time, and that your trials are in my flesh.
14 Ka tlawhnaak ce nangmih aham noek a daknaak na awm mai seiawm, nangmih ing am ni the na unawh am nim tyih uhyk ti, Khawsa ak khan ceityih amyihna, Khrih amah qoe qoe amyihna ni do uhyk ti.
You did not despise or reject me. But instead, you accepted me like an Angel of God, even like Christ Jesus.
15 Nami zeelnaakkhqi boeih ce ikawmyihna nu a awm hy? Nami sai thai mantaw nami mik zani koeih unawh ni pe kawm uk ti, ti nyng.
Therefore, where is your happiness? For I offer to you testimony that, if it could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes and would have given them to me.
16 Awitak ka nik kqawn peek khqi dawngawh nangmih a qaal na ka awm nawh nu?
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 Nangmih noeng aham ak ngaih soeih khqi ce, a leeknaak aham amni. A mingmih a ngaihnaak taw nangmih ingkaw kaimih pek ang bo qunaak aham ni, cawh ni a mingmih ce nangmih ing nami ngaih hly thai hy.
They are not imitating you well. And they are willing to exclude you, so that you might imitate them.
18 Thlang ing a ni ngaih ve leek hy, cai ang hlahnaak ni taak awm nep hy, ka awm doeng awh am nawh cemyihna awm poepa lah uh.
But be imitators of what is good, always in a good way, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Ka lungnaak ka cakhqi, nangmih ak khuiawh Khrih a awm hlan khuiawh naaca ak awm tawm awhkaw amyihna awm nyng,
My little sons, I am giving birth to you again, until Christ is formed in you.
20 tuh nangmih a venawh awm lah nyng saw kak awi thaw lah voei nyng, nangmih akawng kang ngaih na kyi soeih saw!
And I would willingly be present with you, even now. But I would alter my voice: for I am ashamed of you.
21 Anaa ak kaiawh awm aham ak ngaihkhqi, kqawn law lah uh, anaa awi ing ak kqawn ce am nami sim nawh nu?
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?
22 Abraham ing cakpa pakkhih tahy, pynoet taw a tamnaa nu a capa na awm nawh pynoet taw tamnaa nu am a capa na awm hy.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a servant woman, and one by a free woman.
23 A tamnaa nu ingqawi a ni taak a capa cetaw ca taak mailai na awm hy; cehlai tamnaa nu am ingqawi a ni taak a capa taw awikamnaak amyihna a taak na awm hy.
And he who was of the servant was born according to the flesh. But he who was of the free woman was born by the promise.
24 Vawhkaw ik-oeih ve nyhtahnaak na ta lah sih, cawhkaw nuqawi ce awikam pakkhih sainaak ing myih hy. Awikamnaak pynoet taw Sinai tlang awhkaw awikamnaak na awm nawh tamnaa na ak awm hly kawi canaakhqi ce tahy: vetaw Hagar ni.
These things are said through an allegory. For these represent the two testaments. Certainly the one, on Mount Sinai, gives birth unto servitude, which is Hagar.
25 Hagar taw Arabia qam awhkaw Sinai Tlang na awm hy, a cakhqi mi tamnaa na a mi awm dawngawh, tuh khawk bau na ak awm Jerusalem ing myih hy.
For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, which is related to the Jerusalem of the present time, and it serves with her sons.
26 Cehlai khan benna ak awm Jerusalem taw tamnaa nu am na awm nawh, anih taw ningnih a nu na awm hy.
But that Jerusalem which is above is free; the same is our mother.
27 Cak kaa nang nu, zeel lah; tlawhnaak amak sim nang, khawteh na khy lah; Ikawtih a hqek nu ing vaa ak taak anglakawh khawzah khqoet ca tahy,” tinawh qee hyt ce awm hawh hy.
For it was written: “Rejoice, O barren one, though you do not conceive. Burst forth and cry out, though you do not give birth. For many are the children of the desolate, even more than of her who has a husband.”
28 Nangmih koeinaa, Isaak amyihna ak awmkhqi taw awikamnaak cakhqi na awm uhyk ti.
Now we, brothers, like Isaac, are sons of the promise.
29 Cawh ca taak mailai ing Myihla saithainaak ing ak thang capa ce the a kha nahy. Cemyihna ni tuh awm a awm hy.
But just as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
30 Cehlai Cakciim ing ikawmyihna nu ak kqawn? “Tamnaa nu ingkaw a capa ce hqek lah uh, kawtih tamnaa nu a capa ing ityk awh awm tamnaa nu am a capa a qo ce a pang pyi thai kaw,” tinawh kqawn hy.
And what does Scripture say? “Cast out the woman servant and her son. For the son of a servant women shall not be an heir with the son of a free woman.”
31 Cedawngawh, koeinaakhqi, ningnih ve tamnaa nu a cakhqi na amni awm uhy, tamnaa nu am a cakhqi nani ni awm uh hy.
And so, brothers, we are not the sons of the servant woman, but rather of the free woman. And this is the freedom with which Christ has set us free.
