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,
Rhopangkung te cahmang la a om khui boeih atah sal khaw, boei khaw, aka om boeih te a tanglue tloe moenih ka ti coeng.
2 but is under tutors and stewards until the time appointed of the father,
Tedae pa kah a tuetang duela imtawt neh hnokhoem kut hmuiah a om sak.
3 so we also, when we were children, were in servitude under the elements of the world,
Te dongah mamih khaw cahmang la n'om uh vaengah Diklai kah a niing hmuiah sal aka bi la n'om?
4 and when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
Tedae a tue a soepnah loh ha pawk vaengah Pathen loh a capa te han tueih. Huta lamloh om tih olkhueng hmuiah phoe.
5 that He may redeem those under law, that we may receive the adoption as sons;
Te daengah ni olkhueng hmuikah rhoek te a tlan eh. Te daengah ni a. cacah la m'phaeng eh.
6 and because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
Te dongah ca rhoek la na om uh coeng. Abba apa tila aka pang a capa kah Mueihla te Pathen loh mamih thinko ah han tueih.
7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
Te dongah sal voel pawt tih ca la na om uh coeng. Ca tah Pathen rhangneh rhopangkung la om van.
8 But then, indeed, having not known God, you were in servitude to those [that are] not by nature gods,
Tedae Pathen ana ming pawt vaengah a coengnah loh pathen la aka om pawt rhoek kah sal na bi uh.
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?
Tedae Pathen te mingpha coeng ta. Te dongah Pathen loh lat m'ming ta. Metlae tattloel neh a niing aka khodaeng taengla koep na mael uh. Te rhoek taengah salbi ham koekhoek koep na ngaih uh.
10 You observe days, and months, and times, and years!
Khohnin khaw, hla khaw, khoning khaw, kum khaw na yaeh uh coeng.
11 I am afraid for you, lest I labored in vain for you.
Nangmih ham ka thakthae he a hoeihae pawt khaming tila nangmih taengah ka birhih.
12 I implore you, brothers, become as I [am]—because I also [am] as you; you did not hurt me;
Kai bangla om uh lah. Kai khaw nangmih vanbang ni tila manuca rhoek nangmih te kan hloep. Kai nan veet uh moenih.
13 and you have known that through weakness of the flesh I proclaimed good news to you at the first,
Tedae a cuekca kah nangmih taengah ka phong te pumsa kah vawtthoek dongah tila na ming uh.
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 ah nangmih ham noemcainah om cakhaw nan hnaelcoe uh pawt tih nan tuei uh moenih. Tedae Pathen kah puencawn bangla, Jesuh Khrih bangla kai nan doe uh.
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;
Te koinih nangmih kah yoethennah tah menim? A phoeng mai koinih na mik te na koeih uh tih kai nan paek uh mako tila nangmih taengah ka laipai.
16 so have I become your enemy, being true to you?
Nangmih ham oltak ka thui dongah nangmih kah rhal la ka coeng a?
17 They are zealous for you—[yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that you may be zealous for them;
Nangmih taengah a thatlai uh te thuem pawh. Tedae nangmih te khoe a ngaih uh daengah amih te na thatlai thil uh mako.
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;
Tedae a then la thatlai ham tah then yoeyah ngawn. Te dongah nangmih taengkah ka om rhuet bueng moenih.
19 my little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ may be formed in you,
Ka ca rhoek nangmih ah Khrih a kap duela u ham nim ka bung a tloh bal.
20 indeed I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.
Te dongah nangmih taengah om laeh ka ngaih coeng. Ka ol te thovael ham khaw nangmih soah ka ingang coeng.
21 Tell me, you who are willing to be under law, do you not hear the Law?
Kai taengah thui uh lah. Olkhueng hmuiah om ham aka ngaih rhoek, olkhueng te na ya uh mahnim?
22 For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the maidservant and one by the free [woman],
Abraham loh capa panit a khueh te a daek coeng ta. Pakhat te salnu kah tih pakhat te aka loeih nu kah ta.
23 but he who [is] of the maidservant has been according to flesh, but he who [is] of the free [woman], through the promise,
Tedae salnu kah te tah pumsa la a cun. Aka loeih nu kah te tah olkhueh lamloh a cun.
24 which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, bringing forth to servitude, which is Hagar;
Amih rhoi loh a tueng sak te om. Amih rhoi tah paipi panit la om. Pakhat tah Sinai tlang lamkah tih sal la a cun. Anih tah Hagar ni.
25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
Hagar tah Arabia kah Sinai tlang coeng ni. Tahae kah Jerusalem banghui la, a ca rhoek taengah sal a bi.
26 and the Jerusalem above is the free [woman], which is mother of us all,
Tedae soben Jerusalem tah aka loeih ni. Anih tah mamih kah manu ni.
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.”
A daek coeng te ta, Cakol la cacun mueh aw uum khungdaeng lamtah bung aka tlo pawt aw tamhoe lah. Va aka khueh lakah khosoek kah camoe tah taoe ping ta.
28 And we, brothers, as Isaac, are children of promise,
Manuca rhoek nangmih ngawn tah Isaak bangla olkhueh kah ca rhoek la na om uh.
29 but as he then who was born according to the flesh persecuted him [born] according to the Spirit, so also now;
Tedae pumsa la a cun loh mueihla la cun te a hnaemtak vanbangla tahae ah khaw om van tangloeng.
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]”;
Tedae cacim loh, “Salnu neh a capa te haek laeh. Salnu kah a capa te aka loeih nu kah capa taengah phaeng loengloeng boel saeh,” a ti te ta.
31 then, brothers, we are not a maidservant’s children, but the free [woman’s].
Te dongah manuca rhoek salnu kah voel pawt tih aka loeih kah ca rhoek la n'om uh.
