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.
Ko taku kupu ia tenei, I te mea he tamariki tonu te tangata mona te kainga, kahore ia e rere ke i te pononga, ahakoa ko te rangatira ia o nga mea katoa;
2 Instead he is under stewards and managers until the time appointed from the father.
Engari e meatia ana e nga kaitohutohu, e nga kaititiro, kia taea ra ano te wa i whakaritea e te papa.
3 And so when we were children, we were in bondage under the rudiments of the world.
Waihoki ko tatou, i te mea e tamariki ana, he pononga tatou na nga mea timatanga o te ao:
4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born from a woman, born under law,
A, no ka tutuki te taima, ka tonoa mai e te Atua tana Tama, i whanau i te wahine, i whanau i raro i te ture,
5 so that he might redeem those under law, so that we might receive the sonship.
Hei hoko i te hunga i raro i te ture, kia whiwhi ai tatou ki te whakatamarikitanga.
6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Na, i te mea he tamariki koutou, kua tonoa mai e te Atua te Wairua o tana Tama ki roto ki o koutou ngakau, e karanga ana, E Apa, e Pa.
7 So that thou are no longer a bondman but a son, and if a son, then an heir through Christ.
Heoi kua mutu tou ponongatanga, engari kua tama koe; a, ki te mea he tama, na mou nga mea i roto i te Atua.
8 But of course not knowing God then, ye were in bondage to those in nature who are not gods,
Heoi i reira, i te mea kihai koutou i matau ki te Atua, he pononga koutou na nga mea ehara nei i te atua tupu.
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?
Inaianei ia, i te mea ka matau nei koutou ki te Atua, ara ka matauria nei koutou e te Atua, he aha koutou ka tahuri ai ano ki aua mea ngoikore, rawakore, ki nga mea timatanga, e hokia na e to koutou hiahia, kia waiho koutou hei pononga ma aua mea?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
E mau ana koutou ki nga ra, ki nga marama, ki nga wa, ki nga tau.
11 I am afraid of you, lest somehow I have labored toward you in vain.
E manawapa ana ahau ki a koutou, kei kore he hua mo taku i mahi ai i roto i a koutou.
12 I beseech you, brothers, become like me, because I also am like ye. Ye wronged me in nothing.
E oku teina, ko taku tohe tenei ki a koutou, kia rite ki ahau; e rite ana hoki ahau ki a koutou: kahore a koutou mahi he ki ahau.
13 But ye know that through a weakness of the flesh I preached the good news to you the first time.
E matau ana koutou he mea na te ngoikore e toku kikokiko taku kauwhau i te rongopai ki a koutou i te tuatahi.
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.
Heoi kihai koutou i whakahawea, i whakakino ki toku whakamatautauranga i toku kikokiko: na, tahuri mai ana koutou ki ahau, ano he anahera ahau na te Atua, me te mea ano ko Ihu Karaiti.
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.
Kei hea ra tera hari o koutou? He kaiwhakaatu hoki ahau mo ta koutou, me i taea kua tikarohia e koutou o koutou kanohi, a kua homai ki ahau.
16 So then have I become your enemy telling you the truth?
Koia, kua hoariritia ranei ahau ki a koutou, moku i korero i te pono ki a koutou?
17 They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them.
Ko ta ratou whaiwhai i a koutou ehara i te pai: engari e mea ana ratou kia tutakina mai koutou, kia whai ai ko koutou ki a ratou.
18 But to be zealous of is always good in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
He mea pai ia kia matenuitia i runga i te pai i nga wa katoa, kauaka hoki i toku nohoanga anake ki a koutou.
19 My little children, of whom I suffer birth pains again until Christ is formed in you.
E aku tamariki, ka mamae nei ano ahau mo koutou, kia whai ahua ra ano a te Karaiti i roto i a koutou,
20 But I was wishing to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed at you.
Ko taku hiahia me i kona ahau i a koutou na aianei, kia puta ke ano toku reo; no te mea e ruarua ana ahau ki a koutou.
21 Tell me those desiring to be under law, do ye not hear the law?
Ki mai ki ahau, e te hunga e hiahia ana kia noho i raro i te ture, kahore ianei koutou e rongo ki ta te ture?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one from the servant girl, and one from the freewoman.
Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, tokorua nga tama a Aperahama, kotahi na te wahine pononga, kotahi na te wahine rangatira.
23 But in fact, the man from the servant girl was born according to flesh, but the man from the freewoman through promise.
Ko ta te pononga no te kikokiko tona whanautanga: ko ta te wahine rangatira ia he mea korero mai i mua.
24 Which things are allegorized, for these are two covenants, indeed one from mount Sinai giving birth for bondage, which is Hagar.
He mea whakarite aua mea: ko nga wahine nei nga kawenata e rua; kotahi no Maunga Hinai, whanau ake ana hei taurekareka, ko Hakara tenei.
25 For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and it corresponds to the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children.
Na ko tenei Hakara ko Maunga Hinai i Arapia, e rite ana hoki ki Hiruharama onaianei, he pononga nei hoki ia, ratou ko ana tamariki.
26 But the Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all.
Tena ko te Hiruharama i runga he mea herekore, ko ia to tatou whaea.
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.
Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, Kia hari, e te pakoko kahore nei e whanau; hamama, karanga, e te mea kahore nei kia whakamamae; he tini ke hoki nga tamariki a te mea mahue i a te mea whai tane.
28 Now we, brothers, who correspond to Isaac, are children of promise.
Na, ko tatou nei, e oku teina, e rite ana ki a Ihaka, he tamariki na te kupu whakaari.
29 But just as then, the man who was born according to flesh persecuted the man according to Spirit, so also now.
Engari e rite ana ano ki to mua, ko te mea no te kikokiko nei tona whanautanga, whakatoia ana e ia te tama no te Wairua nei tona; e pera ana ano inaianei.
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.
Heoi e pehea ana ta te karaipiture? Peia atu te wahine pononga raua ko tana tama: e kore hoki te tama a te wahine pononga e whiwhi tahi me te tama a te wahine rangatira ki te taonga.
31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant girl, but of the freewoman.
Na, ehara tatou, e oku teina, i te tamariki na te wahine pononga, engari na te wahine rangatira.
