Galatians 4
1 Now I say, As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all;
Mbe enaika ati omuli wo mwandu akabha achali mutoto, bhutalio bhutashanya no mugaya, nolwo kutyo niwe omukuru wa bhyone.
2 but he is under guardians and stewards until the period fixed by the father.
Nawe katungwa abhasigilwa abhabhiki okukinga mu mwanya gunu esemwene alagile.
3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;
Nyabhuliko neswe one, anu chaliga chichali bhana, chaliga chitungilwe jintungwa jo bhusimuka je chalo.
4 but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law,
Nawe jinsiku jejile jakumila, Nyamuanga natuma Omwana wae, unu ebhuywe no mugasi, unu ebhuywe atungilwe ebhilagilo.
5 that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship.
Akolele kutyo koleleki achungule bhanu bhatungilwe ebhilagilo, eswe chikolwe abhana.
6 But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Okubha muli bhana, Nyamuanga atumile Omwoyo gwo Mwana wae mu mitima jeswe, nalila ati, “Lata, Lata.”
7 So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.
Ku lwejo awe utachali mugaya nawe uli mwana. Mbe ukabha uli mwana, uli muli wo mwandu ku Nyamuanga.
8 But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;
Nawe kala, mwaliga mutakumenya Nyamuanga, nimukolela bhanu bhatali bhanyamuanga mu bhusimukwa.
9 but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?
Nawe olyanu, okubha mwamumenyele Nyamuanga, au ati Nyamuanga abhamenyele emwe, ni kulwaki omuinduka inyuma mu bhyo bhusimukwa bhinu bhitana managa ne bhyo bhutaka? Nimwenda okusubha okutungwa nabhyo lindi?
10 Ye observe days and months and times and years.
Omwikomelesha muno jinsiku, amesi, na magolo ne myaka. Enibhawela omwoyo.
11 I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
Enibhawela omwoyo nisige kubha amwi nanyakiye emwe kutyo ela.
12 Be as I [am], for I also [am] as ye, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.
Enibhalembelesha, bhaili, mubhe lwanye, okubha nili lwemwe. Mutankaiye anye omusango.
13 But ye know that in weakness of the flesh I announced the glad tidings to you at the first;
Nawe mumenyere ati mu bhulenga bhwo mubhili gwani nabhasimuliye ebhigambo bhyo bhwana.
14 and my temptation, which [was] in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
Mutagaile okusakwa kunu mwabhwene kulwo mubhili gwani amwi mutalemele. Nawe mwandamiye lwa malaika wa Nyamuanga, lwa Yesu Kristo.
15 What then [was] your blessedness? for I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your own eyes ye would have given [them] to me.
Mbe, okukondelelwa kwemwe okwo woli kuli aki? Okubha enitula okwaika chimali ati, ichitulikana, mwakasosishemo ameso gemwe munana anye.
16 So I have become your enemy in speaking the truth to you?
Mbe oli, nibhee muremo wemwe okubha enibhabhwila ebhye chimali?
17 They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out [from us], that ye may be zealous after them.
Abho bhali no bhukalae kwimwe, nawe tali mu bhwekisi. Nawe bhendele okubhegalila mutanyibhwe nanye koleleki mubhajile abhene.
18 But [it is] right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you —
Nawe ni kwa bhwana okubhaga no bhukalae ku misango je kisi, tali mu mwanya ogwo ela gunu enibha amwi nemwe.
19 my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:
Abhana bhani, bhanu enilumwa obhusungu lindi kukinga Kristo lunu alimogelwa mwimwe.
20 and I should wish to be present with you now, and change my voice, for I am perplexed as to you.
Nali nendele okubha amwi nemwe wolyanu no kuindula obhulaka bhwani, okubha enitimata kubhwemwe.
21 Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to the law?
Mumbwile, emwe bhanu omwenda okutungwa ebhilagilo, mutakungwa ebhilagilo kutyo ebhyaika?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.
Okubha yandikilwe ati Ibrahimu aliga ali na bhana bhe chilume bhabhili, oumwi wo mugayagasi oundi wo mwibhule.
23 But he [that was] of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he [that was] of the free woman through the promise.
Nawe, owo mugayagasi ebhuywe kulwo mubhili, nawe owo mwibhule ebhuywe kulwo mulago.
24 Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.
Ebhyo bhyabhee chijejekanyo, okubha abhagasi abho bhasusana na jindago jibhili. Eimwi eisoka ku chima cha Sinai. Niyo eibhula mu bhagaya, eyo niwe Hajiri.
25 For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which [is] now, for she is in bondage with her children;
Okubha Hajiri oyo niwe echima cha Sinai chinu chili mu Bhuarabu. Echisusanibhwa na Yerusalemu ya woli, kwo kubha ili mu bhugaya amwi na bhana bhayo.
26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.
Nawe Yerusalemu ya ingulu niyo eye chibhule, niwe mai unu achibhuye.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than [those] of her that has a husband.
Okubha jandikilwe ati, “Kondelelwa, awe omugumba, nyatebhula. Lagilisha waikile ingulu, awe unu utalumilwe bhusungu. Okubha abhana bha unu asigilwe ni bhanfu, kukila abha unu ali no mulume.”
28 But ye, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.
Nawe eswe bhaili, chili bhana bho mulago lwa Isaka.
29 But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him [that was born] according to Spirit, so also [it is] now.
Mbe nawe lwa unu ebhuywe kulwo mubhili kutyo anyasishe unu ebhuywe kulwo Mwoyo mu nsiku jilya, nikwo kutyo na oli.
30 But what says the scripture? Cast out the maid servant and her son; for the son of the maid servant shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
Nawe bhinu bhyandikilwe ebhyaika atiki? Ebhyaika ati, “Musosheo omugayagasi no mwana wae we chilume. Okubha omwana wo mugayagasi atalilya omwandu amwi no mwana owo mwibhule.”
31 So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but [children] of the free woman.
Mbe, bhaili, eswe chitali bhana bho mugayagasi, nawe chili bho mwibhule.
