Galatians 4
1 And I say, now as much time as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a servant, [though] being lord of all,
Cunsepi, hin kba pyen be tü veng: a pa khawh mkhäm khaia ahmäi cun capa a ka vai kyase pi a nghmaw ham üng cun m'ya mäiha ni ngaih khawi.
2 but is under tutors and stewards until the time appointed of the father,
A nghmaw ham üng a pa naw a mhnütnaka kcün am a pha ham üng msumcei khaia khyang he awmki he.
3 so we also, when we were children, were in servitude under the elements of the world,
Acukba mimi pi ngmüimkhya lama am mi xüxam ham üng cun khawmdek ukia ngmüimkhya he keha m'ya mi kyaki.
4 and when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
Cunsepi akcüna pha law üng Pamhnam naw amäta Capa a tüih law. Nghngicim nghnumia capa mäiha law lü Judah he Thuma keha xüngseiki,
5 that He may redeem those under law, that we may receive the adoption as sons;
Thuma keha awmki he jah thawng se, Pamhnama ca he mi kya lawnak vaia kyaki.
6 and because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
A ca he nami kyanak mdanak vaia Pamhnam naw a Capaa Ngmüimkhya cun nami mlung k’uma a tüih law. Acuna Ngmüimkhya naw, “Ka Pa, ka Pa” tia ngpyangki.
7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
Acunakyase m'yaa am kya ti u lü capa nami kyaki. A capa nami kya pängkia kyase Pamhnam naw a capaa phäh vai a tak avan ning jah pe khai.
8 But then, indeed, having not known God, you were in servitude to those [that are] not by nature gods,
Tuhkbäih Pamhnam nami ksingki am acunüng Pamhnam naw ning jah ksingki ti veng. Ise a ktha kcek lü m'yenei phyakia ngmüimkhya veia nami nglat be vai nami ngaihki ni.
9 and now, having known God—and rather being known by God—how [do] you turn again to the weak and poor elements to which you desire anew to be in servitude?
Mhnam nami ksing kän la Mhnam naw a ning jah ksing käna, Ise am ktha mah lü m'yenei phyakia ngmüimkhya veia nami nghlat be vai nami ngaihki ni ti pyen hlü veng? Ise acun hea m'ya nami kya vai cun nami ngaih beki ni?
10 You observe days, and months, and times, and years!
Khawmhmüp he, nghngi khya he, akcün he la khawkum he, nami jah künaki.
11 I am afraid for you, lest I labored in vain for you.
Ning jah cäi na veng! Nami phäha ka kthanak avan amdanga kya khai aw?
12 I implore you, brothers, become as I [am]—because I also [am] as you; you did not hurt me;
Ka püi he aw, “Keia mäiha awm u” tia ning jah nghui na veng. Nangmia mäih ka lawki. Akse ka khana nami bi am ve.
13 and you have known that through weakness of the flesh I proclaimed good news to you at the first,
Akcüka nami veia ivai thangkdaw ka pyen ni ti cen süm ua; am ka phetyaia phäha kyaki ni.
14 and you did not despise nor reject my trial that [is] in my flesh, but you received me as a messenger of God—as Christ Jesus;
Ka pumsa üng am ka phetyainak cen nami hama khameinaka kyase pi am na hmumsit u lü, am nami na yawkinki. Khankhaw üngka khankhawngsä mata mäiha nami na dokhamki. Jesuh Khritawa mäiha nami na dokhamki.
15 what then was your blessedness? For I testify to you, that if possible, having plucked out your eyes, you would have given [them] to me;
Aktäa nami jekyaiki! Ise ni? Akya thei vai sü ta nami mik pi lo u lü nami na pe khai sü ti kamät naw pyen thei veng.
16 so have I become your enemy, being true to you?
Ngthungtak ka ning jah mtheha phäha nami yea ka kya lawki aw?
17 They are zealous for you—[yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that you may be zealous for them;
Khyang kce he naw ning jah kü na leng lengkia mäiha awmki he, cunsepi ami ning jah künak am daw. Ami ning jah künaka kba nami jah künak be vaia phäha kei üngka ning jah mtai hlü ve u.
18 and [it is] good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;
Bünak a daw üng ta künak hin dawki ni. Nami hlawnga ka awma kcün däng üng am kyakia nami hlawnga am ka awm üng pi.
19 my little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ may be formed in you,
Ka cana he aw, Khritawa ngneiksak nangmi üng am a awm hama küt üng ta nghnumi naw a ca law vai üng a huieia kba nami hama na huiei ve.
20 indeed I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.
Atuh nami hlawnga ka ve vai ngaih veng. Ahin kba am ka ning jah tinak vai sü. Aktäa ning jah cäi na veng.
21 Tell me, you who are willing to be under law, do you not hear the Law?
Thuma keha awm hlüki he ning jah kthäh vang: Thum naw i a pyen am nami ngjaki aw?
22 For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the maidservant and one by the free [woman],
Abraham naw cangpyang nghngih ca naki. Mat m'yanua ca kya lü mat cun m'yanu am nikia ca kyaki.
23 but he who [is] of the maidservant has been according to flesh, but he who [is] of the free [woman], through the promise,
M'yanu am ani ca cun pumsa thuma hmi lü, m'yanu am niki am ani ca cun khyütama thuma hmi lawkia kyaki tia pyenki.
24 which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, bringing forth to servitude, which is Hagar;
Acuna ngthu cun msuimcäpnaka kyaki ti ksing theia kyaki; acuna nghnuminu xawi cun ngthumkhän nghngiha kyaki xawi. M'ya jah ca nakia nghnumi Hakarah cun Sinai mcung üng pawha ngthumkhäna kyaki.
25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
Arab khawa Sinai mcunga nghnün üng ngdüikia Hakarah cun, tuhkbäih Jerusalem a khyang he mah mah am m'yaa kyaki msuimcäpnaka kyaki.
26 and the Jerusalem above is the free [woman], which is mother of us all,
Cunsepi khankhaw Jerusalem cun m'ya am kyakia kyase, acun cun mi nua kyaki.
27 for it has been written: “Rejoice, O barren, who is not bearing; break forth and cry, you who are not travailing, because many [are] the children of the desolate—more than of her having the husband.”
“Na cingkia nghnumi jekyaia! Na am pawi na khawi lü na hmia natnak am na khamei khawiki je lü ngpyanga! A cei naw am a yawk khawia nghnumia kthaka a cei naw am a ktä naw hnasen da na bawk khai” tia cangcim naw pyenki.
28 And we, brothers, as Isaac, are children of promise,
Acunakyase ka püi he aw, nangmi cun Isaka mäiha khyütama phäha Pamhnama ca hea nami kyaki.
29 but as he then who was born according to the flesh persecuted him [born] according to the Spirit, so also now;
Acuna kcün üng pumsa thuma hmi lawki naw Pamhnama Ngmüimkhya thuma hmi lawki a mkhuimkha khawia kba; tuhkbäih pi acuna mäih lawki.
30 but what does the Writing say? “Cast forth the maidservant and her son, for the son of the maidservant may not be heir with the son of the free [woman]”;
Cunsepi, cangcim naw, “M'yanu cun a capa am jah ksäta; m'yanua capa naw ä m'yanua capa khawh ä mkhämpüi khai” tia a pyen.
31 then, brothers, we are not a maidservant’s children, but the free [woman’s].
Acunakyase ka püi he aw, mimi cun m'yanua ca am mi kya u lü ä m'yanua ca hea mi kyaki.
