Galatians 4
1 Now, I [will further] discuss [children and heirs]: [An heir is a person who will later] control all that his father has. But as long as that heir is a child, others [control] him, with the result that he is just like a slave [MET].
Tu in hibang i ci tu hi, tua ngamhlua pa sia na theampo ah to hi napi, patang a hi laiteng theampo, sal taw bangma ki tumdang ngawl hi;
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
Ahihang a pa i ciangtan hun a cin dong a keam te le a uk te nuai ah om hi.
3 Likewise, when we [(inc)] (OR, we [(exc) Jews]) were [like] young children [MET], we were controlled by the spiritual powers of this world. They controlled us like [masters control their slaves] [MET].
Tasia bangma in eite zong patang i hi lai in, leitung thu kipatna sal hina nuai ah i taang ngei hi:
4 But exactly at the time [MTY] [that God had previously determined], he sent [Jesus], who is (his Son/the man who is also God), into the world. Jesus was born to a [human] mother. He had to obey the laws [that God gave to Moses].
Ahihang a hun a cin ciang in, Pathian in a Tapa hongpaisak a, numei sung pan, thukham nuai ah hong suak hi,
5 God sent Jesus in order that he might redeem us who had to obey [God’s] laws. God wanted us all to receive from [God] the status of being his children [MET].
Tabang in thukham nuai ah a om eite hong tan tu a, ta hina i nga thei natu a hihi.
6 Furthermore, we know that we are God’s children because God sent the Spirit, who is intimately related to Jesus, to live in our (inner beings/hearts). [The Spirit enables us to] pray fervently, “Daddy, Father!” [This shows that we are God’s children].
Taciang tapa te nahi uhkom na thinsung uh ah Pathian in a Tapa Thaa hong pia a, Abba, Pa awng, ci in au hi.
7 So, [because of what God has done], no longer is [each of] you [like] a slave. Instead, [each of you is] a child [of God]. Furthermore, since [each of you is God’s] child, God has also made you his heir, [one who will receive all that he has promised].
Tua ahikom sal na hi nawn bua uh hi, tapa na hi uh hi, taciang tapa nahile, Christ tungtawn in Pathian ngamhlua pa na hihi.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Ahizong Pathian na heak uh ma in, Pathian a hi tatak ngawl te i na na seam ngei uh hi.
9 But now you have come to know God. Perhaps [it would be better to say that] now God knows you. [So now you are acting foolishly]! (You are again believing [that by obeying] rules and rites [you will benefit spiritually]! [RHQ] [Those rules are] ineffective and inadequate! You are wanting to [obey them] again [MET] like slaves obey their masters. [RHQ]
Ahihang tu in, Pathian na heak zawk uh ciang, a hibale Pathian in note hong heak zawkciang, thaneam, a kipat pan khutdaw ngen te le sal dinmun ah banghang in heakkik nuam nu ziam?
10 You [non-Jews] are carefully practicing [Jewish rules and rituals about what you should do] (on [Sabbaths/on Jewish days of rest]) and [on the first day of each] month and on [special] seasons and years.
Note in ni te, tha te, hun te le kum te na tang uh hi.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Note atu ka nasepna te sia a mannung ngawl lel a hi tu ka lau mama hi.
12 My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. [Stop thinking that you have to obey (Jewish rules and rituals/ceremonial laws]). [When I was with you], I [did not obey all the Jewish rules and rituals], just like you [did not obey them]. [At that time] you treated me entirely as you should have [LIT].
Suapui te awng, keima bang in om vun, ci in kong thum hi; banghangziam cile keima zong note bangma in ka om hi: note in kei tung ah nong takhial bua uh hi.
13 You know that the first time I preached to you, [I went to your area to regain my health, because I was physically weak].
Note tung ah amasabel lungdamna thupha ka hil lai in cilesa lam ah natna tungtawn in ka phuang hi, ci na he uh hi.
14 [Although] you might have [despised me because] I was physically weak, you did not despise me or act contemptuously/disrespectfully toward me. Instead, you welcomed me like [you would welcome] an angel from God. [You welcomed me] like [you would welcome] Christ Jesus!
Taciang ka pumpi sung ah a om ze-et na sia note in zawngsak in nong nial bua uh hi; ahihang Pathian vantungmi bang in ahizong, Christ Jesus bang in ahizong, nong sang uh hi.
15 (I am disappointed that you have forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]./Have you forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]?) [RHQ] I can testify that you [would have done anything to help me]. You would have gouged out your eyes [and] given them to me, [if that would have helped me]!
Tabang ahile na son uh thupha sia koisia ziam? banghangziam cile a suakthei tu hile note in na mittang te dong khel in hong pia nuam nu hi, ci sia keima in tetti ka pang hi.
16 So I am very disappointed that you [now] act as though [RHQ] I have become hostile to you [because I have kept] speaking the true [message about Christ] to you.
Tua ahikom, note thuman kong son hu in na ngal uh suak khi ziam?
17 Those [who are insisting on obeying Jewish rules] are eagerly [showing interest in] you, but [what they are doing is] not good. They even want you not to associate with [me and other true] believers, because they want you to eagerly show [interest in] them, [not in us].
Amate in thalawptak in hong thinbot hi, ahihang tua hong thinbot na sia pha ngawl hi; note in amate na thinbot thei natu uh in a tuam in hong koi nuam uh hi.
18 But [just like] it always feels good to have others show that they appreciate you, [I would like you] always [to appreciate me], and not only when I am with you.
Ahihang note kung ah ka om lai bek hi ngawl in, na pha sung ah a tawntung thalawptak in kideisak sia pha hi.
19 You [who are like] my children, [once] again I am very worried/concerned about you [MET], [and I will continue to] be worried/concerned until Christ’s [nature becomes developed] in you [completely and wholeheartedly] [MET] [as a child] becomes developed [in his mother’s womb].
Ka tano te awng, nau tun nat thuak bang in kong nei na hi uh a, Christ lim le meal na nei uh dong nau tun nat ka thuak lai tu hi,
20 But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk [more gently with you], because I do not know [what to do about] you [while we are apart].
Tu in ka aw sua lai tu in note kung ah ka om nuam hi; banghangziam cile note kong muan ngawl hang a hihi.
21 Some of you desire [to obey all the laws] that God gave Moses. [I say that] you [should] consider [RHQ] [the implications of what Moses wrote in] the Scriptures.
No thukham nuai ah a om nuam te, hong son tavun, note thukham thu za ngawl nu ziam?
22 [He] wrote that Abraham became the father of two sons. His female slave, [Hagar], bore one son, and his [wife Sarah], who was not a slave, bore the other.
Banghangziam cile, Abraham in tapa ni nei hi, khat sia a sila nu i tapa hi a, a dang khat sia a suakta nu i tapa a hihi, ci ki at hi.
23 Also, [the sons differed. Ishmael], the [son born by] the female slave, was conceived naturally. But [Isaac], the [son born by] his wife who was not a slave, was conceived [miraculously] as a result of what [God] had promised [Abraham].
Sila nu i tapa sia cilesa ngeina bang in piang hi; ahihang a suakta nu i tapa sia kamciam tungtawn in a piang a hihi.
24 [I am telling you this] as an illustration. These [two women] symbolize two agreements. [God made] the first [agreement, which involved obeying the laws that God gave to Moses] at Sinai Mountain. [Because that agreement forces those who accept it to keep obeying all its rules] [MET], [it is like a slave mother who] gives birth to slaves. [So] Hagar, [the female slave, symbolizes] that [agreement].
Hi thu te sia telsakna hi a: hi nupi ni te sia thukham ni te a hihi; khat sia Sinai mual pan hi a, sila hina a piangsak Hagar a hihi.
25 Also, the [word] ‘Hagar’ is [associated with] Sinai Mountain, [which is] in Arabia [land. Hagar, the female slave, also] represents Jerusalem as it is today. Jerusalem is [like] [MET] a slave [mother, and those who live there] [PRS] [are like] her slave children [MET] [because they all must obey the laws that God gave to Moses].
Banghangziam cile Hagar sia Arabia ngam a om Sinai mual hi a, tu in Jerusalem taw a kibang a hihi, taciang a tate taw sila hina sung ah om hi.
26 But there will be a [new] Jerusalem in heaven [MTY], and we [who will go there] are free [from having to obey Jewish laws]. We [who belong to that city consider it to be] our mother [MET] [city because we are God’s true children].
Ahihang vantung Jerusalem ah a suakta nu hi a, ama sia eite theampo i nu a hihi.
27 [Our new city will have more people than those who live in Jerusalem now. It will be just like] Isaiah foretold about [the people whom he expected would come back to Jerusalem from exile. He expected that they would be more numerous than those who] were taken into exile. He wrote: [You who live in Jerusalem, you will] rejoice! Now you have no children, like a barren [woman] who does not give birth to [children! But some day you will] shout [joyfully], (without restraint/as loudly as you can), [even though now you are few in number, like a woman who] cannot give birth [to children, and you] feel deserted. [You will be very happy] because [you will have many children who will come to you. Those children will be] more than [the children] any woman with a husband [could have borne].
Banghangziam cile, nang nau nei ngei ngawl numei ciing awng, lungdam in; nang nau tun thuak ngei ngawl nu, mun theampo thawn in au in: banghangziam cile pasal nei nupi sang in a ki hamsiat nupi in ta tamzaw nei hi, ci in ki at hi.
28 Now, [my] fellow believers, you have become children [of God as a result of believing God’s] promise to us, as Isaac [was born as a result of Abraham believing what God promised to him] [MET].
Tu in, suapui te awng, eite sia Isaac bang in kamciam tate i hihi.
29 [Also, long ago Abraham’s son] Ishmael, the one who was conceived naturally, caused trouble for [Abraham’s son] Isaac, who [was conceived] supernaturally [MET]. Similarly, now [those who think that we must obey the laws that God gave Moses in order that God will save us are causing trouble for those who are trusting Abraham’s descendant, Christ].
Ahihang cilesa ngeina bang in a piangpa in Thaa ngeina taw a piang pa sia vawtsia hi, tuzong in tabangma hi lai hi.
30 But these are [RHQ] the words in the Scriptures [PRS]: “The son of the [woman] who was not a slave will inherit [what his father has]. The female slave’s son will certainly not inherit those things. So send away from [this place] the female slave and her son [MET]!” [That means that you should certainly expel from your groups those who insist that we obey all the laws God gave Moses] [MET].
Ahihang laithiangtho in bang ci ziam? Sila nu le a tapa hawlkhia in: banghangziam cile sila nu i tapa le a suakta nu i tapa te sia ngamh lua khawm thei ngawl tu hi.
31 [My] fellow believers, [Hagar symbolizes the laws that God gave to Moses. But we are not those who must obey all the laws that God gave to Moses] [MET]. [So] we are not [the] female slave [Hagar’s spiritual] descendants [MET]. But [Sarah’s descendants are those who were born as a result of believing what God promised to Abraham. So we are] the [spiritual] descendants of [Sarah, the woman] who was not a slave [MET].
Tua ahikom, suapui te awng, eite sia sila nu i tate i hi bua hi, ahihang a suakta nu i tate i hihi.
