Galatians 4
1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
Ǹjẹ́ ohun tí mo ń wí ni pé, níwọ̀n ìgbà tí àrólé náà bá wà ní èwe, kò yàtọ̀ nínú ohunkóhun sí ẹrú bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ Olúwa ohun gbogbo.
2 He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
Ṣùgbọ́n ó wà lábẹ́ olùtọ́jú àti ìríjú títí àkókò tí baba ti yàn tẹ́lẹ̀.
3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwa, nígbà tí àwa wà ní èwe, àwa wà nínú ìdè lábẹ́ ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ayé.
4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí àkókò kíkún náà dé, Ọlọ́run rán ọmọ rẹ̀ jáde wá, ẹni tí a bí nínú obìnrin tí a bí lábẹ́ òfin.
5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
Láti ra àwọn tí ń bẹ lábẹ́ òfin padà, kí àwa lè gba ìsọdọmọ.
6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Àti nítorí tí ẹ̀yin jẹ́ ọmọ, Ọlọ́run sì ti rán Ẹ̀mí Ọmọ rẹ̀ wá sínú ọkàn yín, tí ń ké pé, “Ábbà, Baba.”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Nítorí náà ìwọ kì í ṣe ẹrú, bí kò ṣe ọmọ; àti bí ìwọ bá ń ṣe ọmọ, ǹjẹ́ ìwọ di àrólé Ọlọ́run nípasẹ̀ Kristi.
8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Tẹ́lẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, nígbà tí ẹ̀yin kò tí i mọ Ọlọ́run, ẹ̀yin ti ṣe ẹrú fún àwọn tí kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run nípa ìṣẹ̀dá.
9 But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, nígbà tí ẹ̀yin ti mọ Ọlọ́run tan tàbí kí a sá kúkú wí pé ẹ di mímọ́ fún Ọlọ́run, èéha ti rí tí ẹ tún fi yípadà sí aláìlera àti agbára ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ẹ̀dá, lábẹ́ èyí tí ẹ̀yin tún fẹ́ padà wá ṣe ẹrú?
10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
Ẹ̀yin ń kíyèsi ọjọ́ àti àkókò, àti ọdún.
11 I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
Ẹ̀rù yin ń bà mí, kí o má bà ṣe pé lásán ni mo ṣe làálàá lórí yín.
12 I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
Ará, mo bẹ̀ yín, ẹ dàbí èmi: nítorí èmi dàbí ẹ̀yin: ẹ̀yin kò ṣe mí ní ibi kan.
13 You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
Ẹ̀yin mọ̀ pé nínú àìlera ni mo wàásù ìyìnrere fún yín ní àkọ́kọ́.
14 And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
Èyí tí ó sì jẹ́ ìdánwò fún yín ní ara mi ni ẹ kò kẹ́gàn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ kò sì kọ̀; ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin gbà mí bí angẹli Ọlọ́run, àní bí Kristi Jesu.
15 What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
Ǹjẹ́ ayọ̀ yín ìgbà náà ha dà? Nítorí mo gba ẹ̀rí yín pé, bi o bá ṣe é ṣe, ẹ̀ ò bá yọ ojú yín jáde, ẹ̀ bá sì fi wọ́n fún mi.
16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Ǹjẹ́ mo ha di ọ̀tá yín nítorí mo sọ òtítọ́ fún yín bí?
17 Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
Wọ́n ń fi ìtara wá yin, ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe fún rere; wọ́n ń fẹ́ já yin kúrò, kí ẹ̀yin lè máa wá wọn.
18 Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
Ṣùgbọ́n ó dára láti máa fi ìtara wá ni fún ohun rere nígbà gbogbo, kì í sì í ṣe nígbà tí mo wà pẹ̀lú yín nìkan.
19 My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
Ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi kéékèèké, ẹ̀yin tí mo tún ń rọbí títí a ó fi ṣe ẹ̀dá Kristi nínú yín.
20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
Ìbá wù mí láti wà lọ́dọ̀ yín nísinsin yìí, kí èmi sì yí ohùn mi padà nítorí pé mo dààmú nítorí yín.
21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
Ẹ wí fún mi, ẹ̀yin tí ń fẹ́ wà lábẹ́ òfin, ẹ ko ha gbọ́ òfin ohun ti òfin sọ.
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
Nítorí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, Abrahamu ní ọmọ ọkùnrin méjì, ọ̀kan láti ọ̀dọ̀ ẹrúbìnrin, àti ọ̀kan láti ọ̀dọ̀ òmìnira obìnrin.
23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
Ṣùgbọ́n a bí èyí tí ṣe ti ẹrúbìnrin nípa ti ara, ṣùgbọ́n èyí ti òmìnira obìnrin ni a bí nípa ìlérí.
24 These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
Nǹkan wọ̀nyí jẹ́ àpẹẹrẹ: nítorí pé àwọn obìnrin wọ̀nyí ní májẹ̀mú méjèèjì; ọ̀kan láti orí òkè Sinai wá, tí a bí lóko ẹrú, tí í ṣe Hagari.
25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
Nítorí Hagari yìí ni òkè Sinai Arabia, tí ó sì dúró fún Jerusalẹmu tí ó wà nísinsin yìí, tí ó sì wà lóko ẹrú pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀.
26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Ṣùgbọ́n Jerusalẹmu ti òkè jẹ́ òmìnira, èyí tí í ṣe ìyá wa.
27 For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
Nítorí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Máa yọ̀, ìwọ obìnrin àgàn tí kò bímọ, bú sí ayọ̀ kí o sì kígbe sókè, ìwọ tí kò rọbí rí; nítorí àwọn ọmọ obìnrin náà tí a kọ̀sílẹ̀ yóò pọ̀ ju ti obìnrin tó ní ọkọ lọ.”
28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Ǹjẹ́ ará, ọmọ ìlérí ni àwa gẹ́gẹ́ bí Isaaki.
29 At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
Ṣùgbọ́n bí èyí tí a bí nípa ti ara ti ṣe inúnibíni nígbà náà sí èyí tí a bí nípa ti Ẹ̀mí, bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni nísinsin yìí.
30 But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
Ṣùgbọ́n ìwé mímọ́ ha ti wí, “Lé ẹrúbìnrin yìí àti ọmọ rẹ̀ jáde, nítorí ọmọ ẹrúbìnrin kì yóò bá ọmọ òmìnira obìnrin jogún pọ̀.”
31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Nítorí náà, ará, àwa kì í ṣe ọmọ ẹrúbìnrin bí kò ṣe ti òmìnira obìnrin.
