Galati 4
1 Atuvah, ka dei ngai e teh râw ka coe hane ni râwnaw pueng teh a coe hanlah ao ei, a camo nah thung teh san patetlah ao.
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, though he is lord of all;
2 A na pa ni atueng khoe e a pha hoehnahlan hno ka kuem kayawtnaw hoi ka khenyawnnaw e kut rahim vah ao.
but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
3 Hot patetvanlah maimouh hai camo lah o awh nateh talaivan cangkhainae rahim vah san lah o awh.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
4 Hatei, atueng kuep torei teh Cathut ni a Capa hah a patoun. Ahni teh napui buet touh koehoi kâlawk rahim vah a khe.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
5 Hote kâlawk rahim kaawm e taminaw hah a ratang dawkvah maimouh teh cacoungnae coe awh nahane doeh.
that he might redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 Hottelah nangmouh teh ca lah na o awh dawkvah Cathut ni Abba A Pa telah ka kaw thai e Capa e Muitha hah nangmae lungthin thung a patoun.
And because you are sons, God sent out the Ruach of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father."
7 Hatdawkvah nangmouh teh san nahoeh toe. A ca lah o awh toe. A ca lah o awh toung dawkvah Khrih lahoi Cathut e râw kacoekung lahai o awh.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.
8 Cathut na panue awh hoehnahlan teh cathutnaw lah kaawm hoeh e naw koe san lah na o awh.
However at that time, not knowing God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 Atuteh nangmanaw ni Cathut yo na panue toe. Phunlouk lahoi dei pawiteh Cathut ni nangmouh hah na panue awh toe. Hat pawiteh, hno sakthainae ka tawn hoeh e ahmaloe e phunglawk dawk bangkongmaw san lah bout kamlang hane na ngai a vaw.
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 enslaved all over again?
10 Nangmanaw ni a hnin, a tha, atueng hoi a kumnaw hah na ya awh.
You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
11 Nangmouh han kâyawm laihoi ka tawk e ayawmyin lah awm payon vaih tie na tâsue khai awh.
I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
12 Hmaunawnghanaw kai patetlah awm awh ti teh na kâ awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh kai hai nangmouh patetlah doeh ka o. Nangmouh ni kai koe kahawihoehe hno banghai na sak awh hoeh.
I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
13 Nangmouh koe kamthang kahawi hmaloe ka pâpho pasuek nah ka takthai dam hoeh tie na panue awh.
but you know that in physical weakness I preached the Good News to you the first time;
14 Hottelah kaie ka rucatnae teh nangmouh hanlah tarawk lah kaawm nakunghai nangmanaw ni kai na hmuhma awh hoeh, na pahnawt awh hoeh. Cathut e kalvantami hoi Khrih Jisuh patetlah kai hah na pouk awh.
and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Messiah Yeshua.
15 Hottelah na coe awh nahlangva, na coe awh e yawhawinae teh bangtelane. Coung thai pawiteh, na mitnaw patenghai cawngkhawi vaiteh kai na poe han na ngai a han doeh tie ka kampangkhai.
Where 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.
16 Lawkkatang ka dei kecu dawk atuvah nangmae taran lah maw ka o toung.
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 Alouknaw ni nangmouh hanelah hawinae ka sak e patetlah ao awh eiteh, a pouknae hawihoeh. Kai hoi nangmanaw kampek vaiteh nangmanaw teh ahnimouh koe lah kambawng hane a ngai a dawk doeh.
They zealously seek you, but for no good purpose; they desire to alienate you, that you may be zealous for them.
18 Hatdawkvah nangmouh koe kai ka o na dueng tho laipalah nâtuek hai thoseh hnokahawi hah kampangkhai e teh ahawi.
But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Ka lungpataw e ka canaw Khrih mei nangmouh koe a kamnue hoehroukrak, camo khe nah khang e patetlah ka khang.
My children, of whom I am again in travail until Messiah is formed in you—
20 Nangmanaw oupvoutnae ka tawn dawkvah, kama ni roeroe na kâhmo vaiteh alouke lawk dei hane ka ngai.
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
21 Nangmouh kâlawk rahim o hane na ka ngai e naw, dei haw, kâlawk ni a dei ngainae na thai panuek awh hoeh maw.
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
22 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Abraham ni capa kahni touh a tawn. Buet touh teh a sannu e ca lah ao teh buet touh e teh kahlout e napui e ca lah ao telah Cakathoung ni a ti.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman, and one by the free woman.
23 Sannu ni takthai coungnae lahoi capa a khe teh kahlout e napui ni lawkkamnae lahoi capa a khe.
However, the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
24 Hotnaw teh hmusaknae lah ao. Bangkongtetpawiteh, napui kahni touh teh lawkkam phun hni touh e hmusaknae lah ao. Phun touh e teh Sinai mon hoi ka tho ni teh sannaw hah a khe. Ahni teh Hagar doeh.
These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to slavery, which is Hagar.
25 Hagar teh Arabia ram e Sinai mon hmu saknae lah a tho teh, atu Jerusalem hoi a kâvan. Bangkongtetpawiteh ahni teh amae a canaw hoi san lah ao awh.
For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in slavery with her children.
26 Hatei, lathueng lah kaawm e Jerusalem khopui kahlout e tie teh maimouh pueng e manu lah ao.
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
27 Bangkongtetpawiteh cakaroe e napui na konawm haw. Camokhe patawnae ka khang boihoeh e napui na lawk na tawn e puenghoi hramki haw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, pahnawt e napui teh a vâ ka tawn e napui hlak a ca kapap na khe toe telah a thut.
For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
28 Hmaunawnghanaw, nangmanaw teh Isak patetlah lawkkam e canaw lah na o awh.
Now you, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
29 Hatei, takthai coungnae lahoi khe e capa ni Muitha hoi khe e ca a rektap e patetlah atu hai ao.
But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Ruach, so also it is now.
30 Hatdawkvah Cakathoung ni bangtelamaw a dei. Sannu hoi a ca teh pâlei leih. Bangkongtetpawiteh, sannu e a ca ni kahlout e napui e a ca hoi cungtalah râw rei coe thai mahoeh telah a ti.
However what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not inherit with the son of the free woman."
31 Atuteh hmaunawnghanaw, maimouh teh sannu e ca lah awm awh hoeh kahlout e napui e canaw lah o awh.
So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.
