Galatians 4
1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be mstr of all;
Asɛm a mereka ne sɛ, mpɛn dodow a ɔdedifo no yɛ abofra no, ɛwɔ mu sɛ agyapade no nyinaa hyɛ ne nsa de, nanso nsonoe biara nna ɔno ne akoa ntam.
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Esiane sɛ onnyinii no nti, nnipa bi wɔ hɔ a wɔhwɛ toto nneɛma ma no kosi bere a nʼagya ahyɛ sɛ wɔnnan agyapade no mma no no.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Saa ara na na yɛn nso yɛte. Na yɛte sɛ mmofra a wiase ahonhom dii yɛn so.
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, YHWH sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Nanso bere pa no dui no, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba a ɔbea woo no wɔ Mmara ase
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
sɛ ommegye wɔn a wɔhyɛ Mmara ase, sɛnea wɔbɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
6 And because ye are sons, YHWH hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Esiane sɛ moyɛ mma nti, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba no Honhom baa yɛn koma mu, Honhom a ɛfrɛ “Agya, Agya.”
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of YHWH through the Messiah.
Enti wonyɛ akoa bio, na mmom woyɛ ɔba. Esiane sɛ woyɛ ne ba nti, Onyankopɔn de nea ɔwɔ nyinaa bɛma ne mma.
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not YHWH, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Mmere bi a atwam no, na munnim Onyankopɔn, enti na moyɛ nkoa ma wɔn a wɔnyɛ anyame.
9 But now, after that ye have known YHWH, or rather are known of YHWH, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Nanso afei a moahu Onyankopɔn anaasɛ Onyankopɔn ahu mo yi, adɛn nti na mopɛ sɛ modan mo ho ma nkyerɛkyerɛ a aba nni mu no? Adɛn nti na mopɛ sɛ wɔde mo yɛ nkoa bio?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Mudi nna, asram, nnapɔnna ne mfe bi.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Misuro sɛ ɔkwan bi so, masɛe mʼahoɔden wɔ mo ho.
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Mesrɛ mo, me nuanom, monyɛ sɛ me, efisɛ meyɛɛ sɛ mo. Monyɛɛ me bɔne biara.
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the glad tidings unto you at the first.
Sɛnea munim no, bere a mebɛkaa Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ mo no, mede ɔyare na ɛbae.
14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of Elohim, even as the Messiah Yahushua.
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ na me yare no haw mo de, nanso moampo me. Mmom, mugyee me sɛnea mubegye Onyankopɔn bɔfo; mugyee me sɛnea mubegye Kristo Yesu.
15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Anigye a mowɔ no nyinaa afa he? Metumi aka se, sɛ mubetumi a anka mubetutu mo ani de ama me.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Nokware a meka kyerɛ mo nti na afei mabɛyɛ mo tamfo yi?
17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
Saa nnipa no pɛ sɛ wɔtwe mo ba wɔn nkyɛn, nanso wonni adwene pa. Wɔhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛtetew me ne mo ntam na ama mo ani aku wɔn ho.
18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Eye sɛ mobɛyɛ nsi bere biara, bere a mewɔ mo nkyɛn ne bere a minni mo nkyɛn mpo.
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until the Messiah be formed in you,
Me mma pa, mo a mo nti merehu awoyaw bio kosi sɛ Kristo bɛda ne ho adi wɔ mo mu no,
20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
mepɛ sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn, na anka masakra ɔkwan a mefa so kasa, efisɛ me tirim ntew 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, munnim nea mmara no ka no ana?
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Wɔakyerɛw se, na Abraham wɔ mma baanu. Ɔne afenaa bi woo ɔbaako na ɔne ɔbea bi a ɔde ne ho nso woo ɔbaako.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Wɔwoo afena ba no wɔ ɔhonam kwan so, na Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ nti na ɔbea a ɔde ne ho no nso woo ne ba no.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Hagar.
Saa asɛm yi yɛ mfatoho efisɛ saa mmea baanu yi gyina hɔ ma apam abien. Apam baako fi bepɔw Sinai so, na egyina hɔ ma mma a wɔbɛyɛ nkoa: Ɔno ne Hagar.
25 For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Hagar gyina hɔ ma bepɔw Sinai a ɛwɔ Arabia na ɛte sɛ kuropɔn Yerusalem, efisɛ ɔne ne mma wɔ nkoasom mu.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Nanso Yerusalem a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no de, ɛde ne ho na ɔyɛ yɛn na.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Efisɛ wɔakyerɛw se, “Ao ɔbea a woyɛ obonin, di ahurusi, wo a wonwoo da; ma wo nne so na teɛ mu, wo a awo nkaa wo da, efisɛ ɔbea a wannya awo da no mma dɔɔso sen nea ɔwɔ kunu.”
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Me nuanom mmea ne mmarima, bɔhyɛ no nti na wɔwoo mo sɛnea wɔwoo Isak no.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Saa bere no na ɔba a wɔnam honam kwan so woo no no taa nea wɔnam Honhom no tumi mu woo no no. Na nnɛ yi nso ɛte saa.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Na Kyerɛwsɛm no ka dɛn? “Pam afenaa no ne ne babarima yi fi ha; efisɛ afenaa babarima no ne ɔdehye no renkyɛ agyapade no.”
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Enti anuanom, yɛnyɛ afenaa no mma, na mmom yɛyɛ ɔbea a ɔde ne ho no mma.
