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,
Nya si gblɔm mele lae nye be zi ale si domenyila aɖe nye ɖevi ko la, vovototo aɖeke mele eya kple kluvi dome o, evɔ eyae nye nuwo katã ƒe aƒetɔ hafi.
2 but is under tutors and stewards until the time appointed of the father,
Ele na ɖevi la be wòawɔ nu si edzikpɔlawo ɖo nɛ la va se ɖe esime wòaxɔ ƒe si fofoa ɖo da ɖi la.
3 so we also, when we were children, were in servitude under the elements of the world,
Nenema ke esi míawo hã míenye ɖeviwo la, míenɔ xexe sia me ƒe gɔmedzenuwo kple gbɔgbɔ siwo kpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe xexe sia me dzi la ƒe kluvinyenye te.
4 and when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
Ke esi ɣeyiɣi nyuitɔ va ɖo la, Mawu dɔ Via si nyɔnu aɖe dzi le se la te la ɖa
5 that He may redeem those under law, that we may receive the adoption as sons;
be wòaɖe ame siwo le se la te la, be wòate ŋu axɔ mí abe eya ŋutɔ ƒe viwo ene.
6 and because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
Esi mienye viawo ta la, Mawu dɔ Via ƒe Gbɔgbɔ ɖe miaƒe dziwo me, eya ta azɔ la, miate ŋu ayɔ Mawu dzideƒotɔe be, “Abba, Fofo.”
7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
Eya ta mèganye kluvi azɔ o, ke boŋ ènye Mawu ŋutɔ ƒe vi; azɔ esi nènye via ta la, Mawu wɔ wò eƒe domenyilae.
8 But then, indeed, having not known God, you were in servitude to those [that are] not by nature gods,
Tsã la, esi mienya Mawu o la, mienye kluvi na nu siwo menye mawuwo tso dzɔdzɔme o la.
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?
Ke azɔ esi mienya Mawu alo magblɔ be Mawu boŋ nya mi la, nu ka ta miagadi be yewoagbugbɔ ayi subɔsubɔ gbɔdzɔ, dahe, dzodzrowo gbɔ ɖo? Ɖe miedi be yewoaganye kluvi na wo akea?
10 You observe days, and months, and times, and years!
Miewɔna ɖe ŋkekewo kple ɣletiwo, azãgbewo kple ƒewo ƒe ɖoɖo tɔxɛwo dzi.
11 I am afraid for you, lest I labored in vain for you.
Mele vɔvɔ̃m ɖe mia nu be agbagba siwo katã dzem mele ɖe mia ta la zu dzodzro mahĩ.
12 I implore you, brothers, become as I [am]—because I also [am] as you; you did not hurt me;
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, mele kuku ɖem na mi be miwɔ nu abe nye ene, elabena nye hã mezu abe miawo ene. Miewɔ vɔ̃ aɖeke ɖe ŋunye o.
13 and you have known that through weakness of the flesh I proclaimed good news to you at the first,
Abe ale si mienyae ene la, menɔ dɔ lém esi metsɔ nyanyui la vɛ na mi zi gbãtɔ.
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;
Togbɔ be nye dɔléle la nye nuɖiaɖia hã la, miegbe nu le gbɔnye alo do vlom o, ke boŋ miexɔm, eye miekpɔ dzinye abe mawudɔla aɖe menye alo Yesu Kristo ŋutɔ ene.
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;
Azɔ afi ka miaƒe dzidzɔ ƒe kafukafu la le? Elabena mate ŋu agblɔe be, ɖe miete ŋui la, ne mieho miaƒe ŋkuwo le to me hetsɔ nam.
16 so have I become your enemy, being true to you?
Ke azɔ la, ɖe mezu miaƒe futɔ, elabena megblɔ nyateƒe la na mia?
17 They are zealous for you—[yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that you may be zealous for them;
Aʋatsonufiala mawo le didim vevie be yewoadze mia ŋu, ke menye ɖe miaƒe nyonyo ta o. Nu si wole didim be yewoawɔ lae nye be yewoɖe mi ɖe aga tso gbɔnye, ale be miaɖo to yewo wu.
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;
Enyo ne amewo ve mia nu kple tameɖoɖo nyui ɖaa, ke menye le ɣeyiɣi si me mele mia gbɔ ko o.
19 my little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ may be formed in you,
Vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, megale veve sem ɖe mia nu abe funɔ si le ku lém la ene va se ɖe esime Kristo ƒe gbɔgbɔ ayɔ mia me mlɔeba.
20 indeed I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.
Medi vevie be manɔ mia gbɔ fifia, ne nyemanɔ nu siawo ŋlɔm na mi o hafi; ke esi mía dome didi ta la, maʋu eme be nyemenya nu si tututu mawɔ o.
21 Tell me, you who are willing to be under law, do you not hear the Law?
Migblɔe nam, mi ame siwo di be yewoanɔ se la te la, mienya nu si se la gblɔ oa?
22 For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the maidservant and one by the free [woman],
Elabena woŋlɔ ɖi be viŋutsu eve nɔ Abraham si; ɖeka dada nye kosi, ke evelia dada ya nye ablɔɖenyɔnu.
23 but he who [is] of the maidservant has been according to flesh, but he who [is] of the free [woman], through the promise,
Abraham ƒe viŋutsu si dada nye kosi la, wodzii le ŋutilã la nu, ke viŋutsu si dada nye ablɔɖenyɔnu la, wodzii le ŋugbedodo la nu.
24 which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, bringing forth to servitude, which is Hagar;
Nu siawo nye lododo ko, elabena nyɔnu eveawo sɔ kple nubabla eve. Nubabla ɖeka la, woxɔe le Sinai to dzi, eye eyae dzi ɖevi siwo nye kluviwo. Esia nye Hagar.
25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
Eya ta Hagar nye Sinai to si le Arabia, eye wòsɔ kple egbegbe Yerusalem du, elabena eya kple viawo le kluvinyenye me.
26 and the Jerusalem above is the free [woman], which is mother of us all,
Ke Yerusalem si le dziƒo la vo, menye kluvi o, eye eyae nye mía dada.
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.”
Elabena woŋlɔ ɖi bena, “Dzi nedzɔ wò, O konɔ, wò nyɔnu si medzi vi kpɔ o; do ɣli sesĩe nàtso aseye, wò ame si melé ku kpɔ o; viwo le nyɔnu si tsi akogo la si wu nyɔnu si si srɔ̃ le la gɔ̃ hã.”
28 And we, brothers, as Isaac, are children of promise,
Azɔ nɔviwo, abe Isak ene la, miawo la, mienye ŋugbedodo la ƒe viwo.
29 but as he then who was born according to the flesh persecuted him [born] according to the Spirit, so also now;
Abe ale si viŋutsu, si wodzi le ŋutilã la nu ti viŋutsu, si wodzi tso Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la me yome va yi ene la, nenema tututu wògale fifia hã.
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]”;
Ke nu ka Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ? Egblɔ be, “Nya kosi la kple via, elabena kosi la ƒe vi mate ŋu anyi Abraham ƒe dome kple ablɔɖenyɔnu la ƒe vi gbeɖe o.”
31 then, brothers, we are not a maidservant’s children, but the free [woman’s].
Eya ta nɔviwo, menye kosi la ƒe viwo míenye o, ke boŋ míenye ablɔɖenyɔnu la ƒe viwo.
