Galatians 4
1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,
Mme gakologelwang se, gore fa rrabana a a swa a bo a tlogelela morwawe yo mmotlana khumo e ntsi, ngwana yoo ga a botoka ka gope go na le motlhanka go fitlhelela a gola le fa tota sengwe le sengwe se rraagwe a neng a na naso e le sa gagwe.
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
O tshwanetse go dira se batlhokomedi ba gagwe le batlamedi ba mmolelelang gore a se dire, go fitlhelela a nna dingwaga tse rraagwe a di beileng.
3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
Mme le mo go rona go ne go ntse fela jalo pele ga Keresete a tla. Re ne re le batlhanka ba melao ya Sejuta le mekgwa ya Sejuta gonne re ne re ithaya re re di ka re boloka.
4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
Mme erile fa nako e e tshwanetseng e sena go tla, nako e Modimo o neng o e beile, wa roma Morwaone, a tsetswe ke mosadi, a tsetswe e le Mojuta,
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.
go re rekela kgololesego, rona ba re neng re le batlhanka ba molao gore a tle a re godise re le bana ba gagwe tota.
6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
Mme e re ka re le bana ba one, Modimo o rometse Mowa wa Morwa-one mo dipelong tsa rona, gore re nne le tshiamelo ya go bua ka Modimo re re ke Rraa rona yo o rategang.
7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Jaanong ga re sa tlhole re le batlhanka, re bana ba Modimo tota. Mme ere ka re le bana ba one, sengwe le sengwe se o nang naso ke sa rona, gonne ke ka fa go rulagantsweng ke Modimo ka teng.
8 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
Pele ga lona Badichaba lo itse Modimo lo ne lo le batlhanka ba medimo e le gone e iseng e ke e be e nne mo tlholegong.
9 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 in bondage all over again?
Mme jaanong ka lo bonye Modimo (kgotsa a ke re, ka Modimo o lo setse) go diragala jang gore lo batle go boela kwa morago gape go nna batlhanka mo tumelong nngwe ya lehuma, e e bokoa, e e senang molemo, ya go leka go ya legodimong ka go obamela melao ya Modimo?
10 You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
Lo leka go nna botsalano le Modimo ka se lo se dirang kgotsa se lo sa se direng mo malatsing mangwe kgotsa mo dikgweding kgotsa mo dipa-keng tsa ngwaga kgotsa mo dingwageng.
11 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
Ke a tshoga ka lona. Ke tshaba gore tiro ya me ya bonatla e ke e lo diretseng e ne e le lefela mo go lona.
12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ke a lo kopa gore lo nne fela jaaka nna kaga dilo tse, gonne ke gololesegile mo dikeetaneng tse jaaka lo kile lwa bo lo ntse. Ga lo a ka lwa nnyatsa ka lobaka loo fa ke lo rerela lwa ntlha,
13 but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.
ntswa ke ne ke lwala fa ke simolola go lo rerela Mafoko a a Molemo a ga Keresete.
14 That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Mme le fa bolwetse jwa me bo ne bo lo tena, ga lo a ka lwa nkgana lwa nteleka. Nnyaa, lo ne lwa nkamogela lwa ba lwa ntlhokomela jaaka ekete ke moengele yo o tswang kwa Modimong, kgotsa Jesu Keresete ka sebele.
15 What 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.
Mowa ole wa boitumelo o re neng re na nao o kae jaanong? Gonne mo malatsing ao ke itse gore lo ka bo lo ne lwa ikgonya matlho ka boitumelo lwa a nnaya mo boemong jwa a me fa mo go ne go ka nthusa.
16 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
Baruti bao ba tsietso ba ba ratang thata go lo gapa maikutlo ga ba dire jalo gore go lo solegele molemo. Se ba lekang go se dira ke go lo kgaoganya le nna gore lo tle lo beye maikutlo thata mo go bone.
18 But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
Ke selo se se molemo fa batho ba go siametse ka maikaelelo a a molemo le dipelo tse di ikanyegang, segolo bogolo fa ba sa dire fela jalo fa ke na le lona.
19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—
Ao, bana ba me, kana lo nkutlwisa-botlhoko thata jang! Ke sa ntse ke lo bogela gape ke le mo ditlha-bing tse di tshwanang le tsa mmangwana a letile ngwana wa gagwe go tsholwa, ke tlhologeletswe lobaka lo mo go lone e tlaa reng lwa bofelo lo bo lo tladitswe ka Keresete.
20 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Ke eletsa thata jang ekete ke ka bo ke na le lona koo gone gompieno, ke sa akantshanye le lona jaana, gonne ka ntlha ya go katologana mo ga rona, ga ke itse gore ke ka reng.
21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do not you listen to the law?
Ntheetsang, lona ditsala tse di gopolang gore lo tshwanetse go obamela melao ya Sejuta gore lo bolokwe: ke eng fa lo sa batlisise tota se se rerwang ke melao eo?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.
Gonne go kwadilwe gore Aberahame o ne a na le bana ba basimane ba le babedi, yo mongwe o ne a tsetswe ke mosadi wa gagwe wa lelata mme yo mongwe o ne a tshotswe ke mosadi wa gagwe yo e leng ngwana wa motse.
23 However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
Go ne go sena sepe se se sa tlwaelesegang kaga go tsholwa ga losea lwa mosadi wa lelata. Mme losea lwa mosadi yo e leng ngwana wa motse lo ne lwa tsholwa fela morago ga Modimo o solofetsa tota gore lo tlaa tsholwa.
24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.
Jaanong polelo e e boammaaruri e, ke setshwantsho kaga ditsela tse pedi tsa Modimo tsa go thusa batho. Tsela e nngwe e ne e le go ba neela melao ya one gore ba e obamele. O dirile jaana mo Thabeng ya Senai, fa o neela Moshe Melao e e Some. Thaba ya Senai, kana tota, e bidiwa “Thaba ya Hagare” ka Searabia,
25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.
mme mo setshwantshong se ke se ntshitseng mosadi wa ga Aberahame Hagare, wa lelata, o emetse Jerusalema, mma-motse wa Bajuta, modi wa tsela ele ya go leka go itumedisa Modimo ka go leka go obamela Melao; mme Bajuta, ba ba lekang go sala morago tsela eo, ke bana ba one ba batlhanka.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Mme mma-motse wa rona ke Jerusalema wa selegodimo, ebile ga se motlhanka wa melao ya Sejuta.
27 For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break out and shout, you who do not travail. For the desolate women have more children than her who has a husband.”
Ke sone se Isaia a neng a se raya fa a porofesa a re, “Jaanong o ka itumela, wena mosadi yo o senang le fa e le ngwana; o ka goeletsa ka boitumelo le fa o ise o ke o nne le ngwana pele. Gonne ke ya go go naya bana le ba bantsi, ba le bantsi go gaisa ba mosadi wa lelata.”
28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
Nna le lona, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, re bana ba Modimo o ba solofeditseng, fela jaaka Isake a ne a solofeditswe.
29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
Jalo he, rona ba re tsetsweng ke Mowa O O Boitshepo re a bogisiwa jaanong ke ba ba batlang re tshegetsa melao ya Sejuta, fela jaaka Isake ngwana wa tsholofetso a ne a bogisiwa ke Ishemaele ngwana wa mosadi wa lelata.
30 However, what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”
Mme Dikwalo tsa re Modimo o ne wa raya Aberahame wa re a leleke mosadi wa gagwe wa lelata le morwawe, gonne ngwana wa mosadi wa lelata o ne a ka seka a rua boswa jwa ga Aberahame ebong legae le masimo mmogo le ngwana wa mosadi wa motse.
31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, but of the free woman.
Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ga re bana ba batlhanka, ba ba golegeletsweng mo melaong ya Sejuta, re bana ba mosadi yo e leng ngwana wa motse, re amogelesega kwa Modimong ka ntlha ya tumelo.
