Galatians 4
1 But I say the heir, for as long a time as he is a child, differs nothing from a bondman though he is lord of all.
Ta geyssi hayssa. Laattey na7aa gidi de7ishe, shalo ubbay iyabaa gidikkoka, I ayllefe aykkoka dummatenna.
2 Instead he is under stewards and managers until the time appointed from the father.
Shin iya aaway gida wodey gakkanaw I hadara ekkidayssata kusheninne naageyssata kushen de7ees.
3 And so when we were children, we were in bondage under the rudiments of the world.
Hessadakka, nuuni na7atethan de7iya wode alamiya wogaas ayllettidi de7ida.
4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born from a woman, born under law,
Shin wodey gakkida wode Xoossay higgefe garssan, maccasappe yelettida ba na7aa kiittis.
5 so that he might redeem those under law, so that we might receive the sonship.
I hessa oothiday, higges haarettidi de7eyssata wozanawunne nuna ba nayta oothanaassa.
6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Nu Xoossaa nayta gidiya gisho, “Abbaa, Aawaw” gidi xeegiya ba Na7aa Ayyaana nu wozanaa giddo kiittis.
7 So that thou are no longer a bondman but a son, and if a son, then an heir through Christ.
Hessa gisho, hizappe neeni Xoossaa na7appe attin aylle gidakka. Neeni iya na7a gidikko, Xoossaa laatteyssa gidadasa.
8 But of course not knowing God then, ye were in bondage to those in nature who are not gods,
Hintte kase Xoossaa eronna wode xoosse gidonnayssatas aylle gididi haarettideta.
9 but now knowing God, but rather being known by God, how is it ye turn again to the weak and destitute elements to which ye desire again to be in bondage anew?
Shin ha77i hintte Xoossaa erideta; ubbarakka Xoossan erettideta. Yaatin pathonnanne go77onna alame wogatakko guye waanidi simmeetii? Wodhdhi eqqidi, waanidi enttaw aylle gidanaw koyeetii?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Dumma gidida gallasata, ageenata, wodetanne laythata hintte loythi bonchcheta.
11 I am afraid of you, lest somehow I have labored toward you in vain.
Tana hinttebay yashshees; ta hinttew coo daaburadinaashsha?
12 I beseech you, brothers, become like me, because I also am like ye. Ye wronged me in nothing.
Ta ishato, ta hintteda hanida gisho, hintteka taada hanite gada hinttena woossays. Hintte tana aybinkka qohibeekketa.
13 But ye know that through a weakness of the flesh I preached the good news to you the first time.
Taani koyro harggettashe hinttew Wonggelaa odidayssa hintte ereeta.
14 And ye did not disdain, nor did ye reject my trial in my flesh, but ye received me as an agent of God, as Christ Jesus.
Ta harggey hinttew paace gidikkoka, tana saletibekketa; ixxibeeketa. Shin tana Xoossaa kiitanchcho woykko Kiristtoos Yesuusa mokkeyssada mokkideta.
15 Where then is your satisfaction? For I testify to you, that if possible, having plucked your eyes out, ye would have given them to me.
Yaatin, he hinttew de7iya ufayssay ubbay aw bidee? Hinttew dandda7ettidaakko, hintte taw, hintte ayfiyaa kessidi immiyako ixxonnayssa ta markkattays.
16 So then have I become your enemy telling you the truth?
Yaatin, ta hinttew tuma odida gisho hinttew morkke gidadinaayye?
17 They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them.
He asati hinttena banttako zaaranaw koyoosona, shin entta qofay lo77ossa gidenna. Entta qofay hinttena shaakkanaassanne hintte enttaw qoppana mela oothanaassa.
18 But to be zealous of is always good in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Lo77obaa oothanaw amottiko lo77o, shin hessi ta hinttera de7iya wode xalaala gidonnashin ubba wode gido.
19 My little children, of whom I suffer birth pains again until Christ is formed in you.
Ta siiqo nayto, Kiristtoosi hinttenan misilettana gakkanaw yelos maccasi miixotteyssada ta hintte gisho miixottays.
20 But I was wishing to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed at you.
Hinttebay taw haddirssi gidin ta un77ettas; ha77i hintte giddon ta benttada shenetada odiyakko ay mela dosaynashin.
21 Tell me those desiring to be under law, do ye not hear the law?
Muse higgen haarettidi daanaw koyeyssato, ane taw odite; higgey ay giyakko erekketii?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one from the servant girl, and one from the freewoman.
Geeshsha Maxaafay, “Abrahames ayllefenne godattefe yelettida nam77u nayti de7oosona” yaagees.
23 But in fact, the man from the servant girl was born according to flesh, but the man from the freewoman through promise.
Aylle na7ay asi na7a yeliya maaran yelettis, shin godatte na7ay Xoossaa ufayssa qaalan yelettis.
24 Which things are allegorized, for these are two covenants, indeed one from mount Sinai giving birth for bondage, which is Hagar.
Ha maccasati nam77u caaqotas leemiso gididi ekettoosona. Enttafe issinniya, Siina Deriyappe yidaara, ba nayta aylletethas yelasu; iyakka Aggaaro.
25 For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and it corresponds to the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children.
Aggaara Arabe biittan de7iya Siina Deriyan leemisettada ha77i de7iya Yerusalaame daanawusu. Ays giikko, iya ba naytara aylletethan de7awusu.
26 But the Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all.
Shin salon de7iya Yerusalaamey aylletethan de7ukku; iya nu ubbaas aayo.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren woman not giving birth. Burst forth and shout, thou not suffering birth pains, because many more are the children of the desolate than of her who has the husband.
Geeshsha Maxaafay, “Naatte, yelonna maynthete ufaytta; naatte miixotta eronnaree ilila. Azinara de7iya maccaseeppe, azini baynna maccasees nayti daro” yaagees.
28 Now we, brothers, who correspond to Isaac, are children of promise.
Ta ishato, hintte Yisaaqada Xoossaa ufayssa qaalan yelettida nayta.
29 But just as then, the man who was born according to flesh persecuted the man according to Spirit, so also now.
Shin he wode asa maarada yelettidayssi, Ayyaana wolqqan yelettidayssa goodis. Hachchika hessa mela.
30 Nevertheless, what does the scripture say? Send away the servant girl and her son, for the son of the servant girl will, no, not inherit with the son of the freewoman.
Shin Geeshsha Maxaafay woygi? “Aylle na7ay godatte na7aara issife laattonna gisho, aylliw I na7aara wolla kessa yedda” yaagees.
31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant girl, but of the freewoman.
Hessa gisho, ta ishato, nuuni godattee naytappe attin ayllee nayta gidokko.
