Galatians 4
1 NOW I affirm, that as long as the heir is an infant, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be master of all;
Asɛm a mereka ne sɛ, mpɛn dodoɔ a ɔdedifoɔ no yɛ abɔfra no, ɛwom sɛ agyapadeɛ no nyinaa hyɛ ne nsa deɛ, nanso nsonsonoeɛ biara nna ɔno ne akoa ntam.
2 but is under tutors and trustees until the time fixed by his father.
Esiane sɛ ɔnnyiniiɛ no enti, nnipa bi wɔ hɔ a wɔhwɛ toto nneɛma ma no kɔsi ɛberɛ a nʼagya ahyɛ sɛ wɔnnane agyapadeɛ no mma no no.
3 So we also, when we were infants, were in bondage under the first elementary principles of the world:
Saa ara na na yɛn nso yɛteɛ. Na yɛte sɛ mmɔfra a ewiase ahonhom dii yɛn so.
4 but when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the law,
Nanso, mmerɛ pa no duruiɛ no, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba a ɔbaa woo no Mmara ase
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
sɛ ɔmmɛgye wɔn a wɔhyɛ Mmara ase sɛdeɛ wɔbɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
6 But because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father!
Esiane sɛ moyɛ mma enti, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba no Honhom baa yɛn akoma mu, Honhom a ɛfrɛ “Agya, Agya.”
7 Therefore thou art no more a slave, but a son, and if a son, an heir also of God through Christ.
Enti, wonyɛ akoa bio, na mmom woyɛ ɔba. Esiane sɛ woyɛ ne ba enti, Onyankopɔn de deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa bɛma ne mma.
8 But at that time when ye knew not God, ye served those who by nature are not gods.
Mmerɛ bi a atwam no, na monnim Onyankopɔn, enti na moyɛ nkoa ma wɔn a wɔnyɛ anyame.
9 But now after having known God, or rather being known of God, how turn ye back again to those weak and beggarly elements, to which again a second time ye desire to be in bondage?
Nanso, afei a moahunu Onyankopɔn anaasɛ Onyankopɔn ahunu mo yi, adɛn enti na mopɛ sɛ modane mo ho ma nkyerɛkyerɛ a aba nni mu no? Adɛn enti na mopɛ sɛ wɔde mo yɛ nkoa bio?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Modi nna, abosome, nnapɔnna ne mfeɛ bi.
11 I am afraid for you, lest haply I have bestowed on you labour in vain.
Mesuro sɛ, ɛkwan bi so, masɛe mʼahoɔden wɔ mo ho.
12 Be as I am, for I also am as ye are, brethren―this is my request to you: ye have not injured me in the least.
Mesrɛ mo, me nuanom, monyɛ sɛ me, ɛfiri sɛ meyɛɛ sɛ mo. Monyɛɛ me bɔne biara.
13 Ye know that with infirmity of flesh I preached to you the gospel at the first.
Sɛdeɛ monim no, ɛberɛ a mebɛkaa Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ mo no, mede yadeɛ na ɛbaeɛ.
14 And my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye despised not, nor rejected with disgust; but as an angel of God ye received me, even as Christ Jesus himself.
Ɛwom sɛ na me yadeɛ no ha mo deɛ, nanso moampo me. Mmom, mogyee me sɛdeɛ mobɛgye Onyankopɔn ɔbɔfoɔ; mogyee me sɛdeɛ mobɛgye Kristo Yesu.
15 What then was your blessedness, for I bear witness to you that, if it were possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes, and given them to me.
Anigyeɛ a mowɔ no nyinaa afa he? Mɛtumi aka sɛ, sɛ mobɛtumi a, anka mobɛtutu mo ani de ama me.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
Nokorɛ a meka kyerɛ mo enti na afei mabɛyɛ mo ɔtamfoɔ yi?
17 They affect zeal for you, not honourably; but they wish to exclude us, that you may be zealously attached to them.
Saa nnipa no pɛ sɛ wɔtwe mo ba wɔn nkyɛn, nanso wɔnni adwene pa. Wɔhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛtete me ne mo ntam na ama mo ani aku wɔn ho sɛdeɛ wɔn ani ku mo ho no.
18 It is good indeed to be zealously affected in a good cause always, and not only when I am present with you.
Ɛyɛ sɛ mobɛyɛ nsi ɛberɛ biara, ɛberɛ a mewɔ mo nkyɛn ne ɛberɛ a menni mo nkyɛn mpo.
19 My little children of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,
Me mma pa, mo a mo enti merehunu awoyea bio kɔsi sɛ Kristo bɛda ne ho adi wɔ mo mu no,
20 I wish I could be with you now, and change my address; for I am in doubt about you.
mepɛ sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn, na anka masesa kwan a me fa so kasa, ɛfiri sɛ me tirim ntene me wɔ mo ho.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Monka nkyerɛ me, mo a mopɛ sɛ mohyɛ Mmara no ase no, monnim deɛ Mmara no ka no anaa?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondwoman, and the other by a free.
Wɔatwerɛ sɛ, na Abraham wɔ mma baanu. Ɔne afenaa bi woo baako na ɔne ɔbaa bi a ɔde ne ho nso woo baako.
23 Now the son of the bond-maid was born after the flesh, but that by the free woman was by promise.
Afenaa ba no, wɔwoo no honam kwan so, ɛnna ɔbaa a ɔde ne ho no nso, Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ enti na ɔwoo ne ba no.
24 Which things are allegorical; for these are the two covenants, the one from mount Sinai, gendering unto bondage, which is represented by Agar.
Saa asɛm yi yɛ mfatoho ɛfiri sɛ, saa mmaa baanu yi gyina hɔ ma apam mmienu. Apam baako firi bepɔ Sinai so, na ɛgyina hɔ ma mma a wɔbɛyɛ nkoa: Ɔno ne Hagar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds with Jerusalem that now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Hagar gyina hɔ ma bepɔ Sinai a ɛwɔ Arabia na ɛte sɛ kuropɔn Yerusalem, ɛfiri sɛ ɔne ne mma wɔ nkoasom mu.
26 But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Nanso, Yerusalem a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no deɛ, ɛde ne ho na ɔyɛ yɛn maame.
27 For it is written, “Rejoice, thou barren who bearest not, cry out and shout for joy, thou that travailest not, for more are the children of her that was desolate, than of her which had an husband.”
Ɛfiri sɛ wɔatwerɛ sɛ, “Ao ɔbaa a woyɛ obonini, di ahurisie, wo a wonnwoo da; ma wo nne so na team, wo a awoɔ nkaa wo da, ɛfiri sɛ ɔbaa a woannya awoɔ da no mma dɔɔso sene deɛ ɔwɔ kunu.”
28 So we, brethren, as Isaac, are the children of the promise.
Me nuanom mmaa ne mmarima, bɔhyɛ no enti na wɔwoo mo sɛdeɛ wɔwoo Isak no.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so is it now.
Saa ɛberɛ no na ɔba a wɔnam honam kwan so woo no no taa deɛ wɔnam Honhom no tumi mu woo no no. Na ɛnnɛ yi nso, ɛte saa.
30 But what saith the scripture? “Cast out the bond-woman and her son for the son of the bond-maid shall in no wise inherit with the son of the free woman.”
Na Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛn? “Pam afenaa no ne ne babarima yi firi ha; ɛfiri sɛ, afenaa babarima no ne ɔdehyeɛ no renkyɛ agyapadeɛ no.”
31 So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Enti, anuanom, yɛnyɛ afenaa no mma, na mmom, yɛyɛ ɔbaa a ɔde ne ho no mma.
