Galatians 4
1 To proceed, as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, though he is owner of all,
ahaṁ vadāmi sampadadhikārī yāvad bālastiṣṭhati tāvat sarvvasvasyādhipatiḥ sannapi sa dāsāt kenāpi viṣayeṇa na viśiṣyate
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
kintu pitrā nirūpitaṁ samayaṁ yāvat pālakānāṁ dhanādhyakṣāṇāñca nighnastiṣṭhati|
3 Similarly, when we were children we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world.
tadvad vayamapi bālyakāle dāsā iva saṁsārasyākṣaramālāyā adhīnā āsmahe|
4 But at just the right time God sent out His Son, born of a woman, born under law,
anantaraṁ samaye sampūrṇatāṁ gatavati vyavasthādhīnānāṁ mocanārtham
5 so that He might redeem those under law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
asmākaṁ putratvaprāptyarthañceśvaraḥ striyā jātaṁ vyavasthāyā adhinībhūtañca svaputraṁ preṣitavān|
6 And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, calling, “Abba, Father”.
yūyaṁ santānā abhavata tatkāraṇād īśvaraḥ svaputrasyātmānāṁ yuṣmākam antaḥkaraṇāni prahitavān sa cātmā pitaḥ pitarityāhvānaṁ kārayati|
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
ata idānīṁ yūyaṁ na dāsāḥ kintuḥ santānā eva tasmāt santānatvācca khrīṣṭeneśvarīyasampadadhikāriṇo'pyādhve|
8 But at one time indeed, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those that by nature are not gods.
aparañca pūrvvaṁ yūyam īśvaraṁ na jñātvā ye svabhāvato'nīśvarāsteṣāṁ dāsatve'tiṣṭhata|
9 But now that you know God—better, are known by God—how can you turn back to those weak, yes decidedly inferior, basic principles, to which you wish to be enslaved all over again?
idānīm īśvaraṁ jñātvā yadi veśvareṇa jñātā yūyaṁ kathaṁ punastāni viphalāni tucchāni cākṣarāṇi prati parāvarttituṁ śaknutha? yūyaṁ kiṁ punasteṣāṁ dāsā bhavitumicchatha?
10 You are observing days and months and seasons and years.
yūyaṁ divasān māsān tithīn saṁvatsarāṁśca sammanyadhve|
11 I fear for you, lest somehow I have labored over you in vain.
yuṣmadarthaṁ mayā yaḥ pariśramo'kāri sa viphalo jāta iti yuṣmānadhyahaṁ bibhemi|
12 Brothers, I plead with you, become as I am, for I became like you. You did me no wrong.
he bhrātaraḥ, ahaṁ yādṛśo'smi yūyamapi tādṛśā bhavateti prārthaye yato'hamapi yuṣmattulyo'bhavaṁ yuṣmābhi rmama kimapi nāparāddhaṁ|
13 Rather, you know that I preached the Gospel to you the first time in spite of a physical infirmity.
pūrvvamahaṁ kalevarasya daurbbalyena yuṣmān susaṁvādam ajñāpayamiti yūyaṁ jānītha|
14 Also, you did not despise or recoil at my physical trial, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
tadānīṁ mama parīkṣakaṁ śārīrakleśaṁ dṛṣṭvā yūyaṁ mām avajñāya ṛtīyitavantastannahi kintvīśvarasya dūtamiva sākṣāt khrīṣṭa yīśumiva vā māṁ gṛhītavantaḥ|
15 So what about your blessedness? Because I can testify that if it were possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.
atastadānīṁ yuṣmākaṁ yā dhanyatābhavat sā kka gatā? tadānīṁ yūyaṁ yadi sveṣāṁ nayanānyutpāṭya mahyaṁ dātum aśakṣyata tarhi tadapyakariṣyateti pramāṇam ahaṁ dadāmi|
16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
sāmpratamahaṁ satyavāditvāt kiṁ yuṣmākaṁ ripu rjāto'smi?
17 They zealously court you—not for good but intending to isolate you, so that you may seek them.
te yuṣmatkṛte sparddhante kintu sā sparddhā kutsitā yato yūyaṁ tānadhi yat sparddhadhvaṁ tadarthaṁ te yuṣmān pṛthak karttum icchanti|
18 Now it is good to be zealous in a good thing at any time, and not only when I am present with you.
kevalaṁ yuṣmatsamīpe mamopasthitisamaye tannahi, kintu sarvvadaiva bhadramadhi sparddhanaṁ bhadraṁ|
19 My little children, for whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you
he mama bālakāḥ, yuṣmadanta ryāvat khrīṣṭo mūrtimān na bhavati tāvad yuṣmatkāraṇāt punaḥ prasavavedaneva mama vedanā jāyate|
20 —I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone; because I am perplexed about you!
ahamidānīṁ yuṣmākaṁ sannidhiṁ gatvā svarāntareṇa yuṣmān sambhāṣituṁ kāmaye yato yuṣmānadhi vyākulo'smi|
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under law, do you not heed that law?
he vyavasthādhīnatākāṅkṣiṇaḥ yūyaṁ kiṁ vyavasthāyā vacanaṁ na gṛhlītha?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
tanmāṁ vadata| likhitamāste, ibrāhīmo dvau putrāvāsāte tayoreko dāsyāṁ dvitīyaśca patnyāṁ jātaḥ|
23 However, the one by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the one by the free woman was through the promise.
tayo ryo dāsyāṁ jātaḥ sa śārīrikaniyamena jajñe yaśca patnyāṁ jātaḥ sa pratijñayā jajñe|
24 I will now allegorize them—these are two covenants: one is from Mount Sinai, bearing children into slavery, which is ‘Hagar’
idamākhyānaṁ dṛṣṭantasvarūpaṁ| te dve yoṣitāvīśvarīyasandhī tayorekā sīnayaparvvatād utpannā dāsajanayitrī ca sā tu hājirā|
25 (for this ‘Hagar’ is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present day Jerusalem, and is in slavery with her children);
yasmād hājirāśabdenāravadeśasthasīnayaparvvato bodhyate, sā ca varttamānāyā yirūśālampuryyāḥ sadṛśī| yataḥ svabālaiḥ sahitā sā dāsatva āste|
26 while the ‘Jerusalem’ that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
kintu svargīyā yirūśālampurī patnī sarvveṣām asmākaṁ mātā cāste|
27 For it is written: “Rejoice, barren one, who does not give birth; break forth and shout, you who have no labor pains; because the abandoned woman has many more children than she who has the husband.”
yādṛśaṁ likhitam āste, "vandhye santānahīne tvaṁ svaraṁ jayajayaṁ kuru| aprasūte tvayollāso jayāśabdaśca gīyatāṁ| yata eva sanāthāyā yoṣitaḥ santate rgaṇāt| anāthā yā bhavennārī tadapatyāni bhūriśaḥ||"
28 Now we, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
he bhrātṛgaṇa, imhāk iva vayaṁ pratijñayā jātāḥ santānāḥ|
29 But, it is the same now as it was then: the one born according to flesh persecutes the one born according to Spirit.
kintu tadānīṁ śārīrikaniyamena jātaḥ putro yadvad ātmikaniyamena jātaṁ putram upādravat tathādhunāpi|
30 However, what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, because the son of the slave woman absolutely must not inherit with the son of the free woman!”
kintu śāstre kiṁ likhitaṁ? "tvam imāṁ dāsīṁ tasyāḥ putrañcāpasāraya yata eṣa dāsīputraḥ patnīputreṇa samaṁ nottarādhikārī bhaviyyatīti|"
31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a slave woman, but of the free woman.
ataeva he bhrātaraḥ, vayaṁ dāsyāḥ santānā na bhūtvā pātnyāḥ santānā bhavāmaḥ|
