< Galatians 4 >
1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, though he is lord of all;
Ko eni, ʻoku ou pehē, Ko e foha hoko ʻi heʻene kei tamasiʻi, neongo ʻoku ʻeiki ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi fai kehekehe ia mo e tamaioʻeiki;
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
Ka ʻoku moʻulaloa ia ki he kau takiaki mo e kau tauhi, kaeʻoua ke hokosia ʻae kuonga kuo kotofa ʻe he tamai.
3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
ʻOku pehē pe ʻakitautolu, naʻa tau kei siʻi, pea tau nofo tokilalo ki he ngaahi ʻuluaki meʻa ʻoe māmani:
4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
Ka ʻi he hokosia mai hono kakato ʻoe kuonga, naʻe tuku atu ai ʻe he ʻOtua hono ʻAlo, ke fanauʻi ʻe he fefine, pea fanauʻi ia ʻo moʻulaloa ʻi he fono,
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Ke huhuʻi ʻakinautolu naʻe moʻulaloa ki he fono, koeʻuhi ke tau maʻu ai ʻae ohi ʻoe ngaahi foha.
6 And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father."
Pea koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi foha ʻakimoutolu, kuo fekau atu ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae Laumālie ʻo hono ʻAlo ki homou loto, ʻoku tangi, “ʻAapa, Tamai.”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.
Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai te ke kei tamaioʻeiki, ka ko e foha; pea kapau ko e foha, ko e foha hoko ʻoe ʻOtua ʻia Kalaisi.
8 However at that time, not knowing God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Ka ʻi he kuonga ko ia naʻe ʻikai te mou ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua, naʻa mou tauhi ʻakinautolu ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ko e ʻotua moʻoni.
9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
Ka ko eni, hili hoʻomou ʻilo ʻae ʻOtua, pe ko e ʻilo ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻOtua, ʻoku fēfē hoʻomou toe tafoki ki he ngaahi ʻuluaki meʻa vaivai mo masiva, ʻaia ʻoku mou holi ke mou toe pōpula ki ai?
10 You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
ʻOku mou tauhi ʻae ngaahi ʻaho, mo e ngaahi māhina, mo e ngaahi faʻahitaʻu, mo e ngaahi taʻu.
11 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
ʻOku ou manavahē kiate kimoutolu, telia naʻa kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻeku ngāue kiate kimoutolu.
12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
E kāinga, ʻoku ou fakakolekole kiate kimoutolu, ke mou hangē ko au; he ʻoku ou hangē ko kimoutolu: ʻoku ʻikai siʻi te mou fai ha kovi kiate au.
13 but you know that in physical weakness I preached the Good News to you the first time;
ʻOku mou ʻilo, naʻaku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei kiate kimoutolu ʻi muʻa ʻi he sino vaivai.
14 and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Pea ko hoku ʻahiʻahi, ʻaia naʻe ʻi hoku sino, naʻe ʻikai te mou fehiʻa pe siʻaki ai au; ka naʻa mou maʻu au ʻo hangē ko e ʻāngelo ʻae ʻOtua, pea hangē ko Kalaisi Sisu.
15 Where was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
Pea kofaʻā ai ʻae monūʻia naʻa mou lea ki ai? He ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni kiate kimoutolu, ka ne faʻa fai, pehē, ne mou toʻo mai homou mata, ke foaki kiate au.
16 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Pea kuo u hoko au ko homou fili koā, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku tala ʻae moʻoni kiate kimoutolu?
17 They zealously seek you, but for no good purpose; they desire to alienate you, that you may be zealous for them.
ʻOku nau ʻofa feinga kiate kimoutolu, ka ʻoku ʻikai lelei; ʻio, ko honau loto ke fakamavae ʻakimoutolu, ka mou ʻofa feinga pe kiate kinautolu.
18 But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
Ka ʻoku lelei ke fai feinga maʻuaipē ʻi he meʻa lelei, kaeʻoua naʻa ngata ʻi heʻeku ʻiate kimoutolu.
19 My children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—
A ʻeku fānau siʻi, ʻaia ʻoku ou toe langā ai kaeʻoua ke tupu ʻa Kalaisi ʻiate kimoutolu,
20 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
ʻAmusiaange eni kuo u ʻiate kimoutolu, pea ke u liliu hoku leʻo; he ʻoku ou puputuʻu telia ʻakimoutolu.
21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
Tala mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku holi ke mou moʻulaloa ki he fono, ʻikai ʻoku mou fanongo ki he fono?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman, and one by the free woman.
He kuo tohi, naʻe toko ua ʻae foha ʻo ʻEpalahame, ko e tokotaha ʻi he fefine pōpula, pea ko e tokotaha ʻi he fefine tauʻatāina.
23 However, the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
Ka ko ia naʻe ʻoe fefine pōpula, naʻe tupu ia fakatangata pe; ka ko ia ʻoe fefine tauʻatāina, naʻe ʻi he talaʻofa ia.
24 These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to slavery, which is Hagar.
Ko e fakatātā ʻae ongo meʻa ko ia: he ko e fuakava eni ʻe ua; ko e taha mei he moʻunga ko Sainai, ʻaia ʻoku fānau ki he pōpula, ko Ekaa ia.
25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in slavery with her children.
He ko e Ekaa ni, ko e moʻunga ko Sainai ia ʻi ʻAlepea, pea ʻoku hangē ko Selūsalema ʻaia ʻoku ai ni, pea ʻoku pōpula ia mo ʻene fānau.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Ka ko Selūsalema ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga, ʻoku tauʻatāina ia, ʻaia ko e faʻē ʻatautolu kotoa pē.
27 For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
He kuo tohi, “Fiefia, ʻa koe ko e paʻa, naʻe ʻikai ke fānau; ke hiki ho leʻo ʻo kalanga, ʻa koe naʻe ʻikai ke langā he ʻoku tokolahi ʻaupito ʻae fānau ʻo ia naʻe siʻaki ʻiate ia ʻoku ai hono husepāniti.”
28 Now you, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
Pea ko eni, ʻe kāinga, ko e fānau ʻae talaʻofa ʻakitautolu, ʻo hangē ko ʻAisake.
29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
Kae hangē ko ʻena, ko ia naʻe tupu fakatangata pe, naʻa ne fakatanga ʻaia naʻe ʻoe Laumālie, pea ʻoku kei pehē ni.
30 However what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not inherit with the son of the free woman."
Ka ko e hā ʻae lea ʻoe tohi? “Kapusi kituʻa ʻae fefine pōpula mo ʻene tama: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai hoko fakataha ʻae tama ʻae fefine pōpula mo e tama ʻae fefine ʻoku tauʻatāina.”
31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.
Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ʻoku ʻikai ko e fānau ʻakitautolu ʻae fefine pōpula, ka ko e tauʻatāina.