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].
Hiti lam hin gel uvin. Mipa khat chu athia chule achate neo nalai ho dinga goulo ding adalhah peh tah a ahi jongleh, hiche chapang ho chu apau nei jouse chu chang diu hinama jongleh, ahung letdoh kahse uva chu soh ho sanga achungnun johnau ima chom aum deh pouve.
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
Amaho chu apauvin ateppeh-u kum alhin kahse uva aching hoiyuva pangho thu thua chu nung ding ahiuve.
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].
Eiho dinmun jong Christa ahung masanga chutobangma chu inahiu ahi. Eiho hi chapang ho banga chu hiche vannoiya hi lhagao thubul ho thudol a soh changa ina hiuve.
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].
Hinlah aphat chet chu ahung hi phat in, Pathen in Achapa chu numeiya kona hungpeng din, danthu noiya kipelut din ahinsol tan ahi.
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].
Eiho Dan-thua sohchangsa ho hi Achatea eisem uva, chamlhat ihina dingun, Pathen in Achapa ahinsol tai.
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].
Chule eiho Achate ihitah jeh uvin, Pathen in Achapa Lhagao chu ilung sung uva ahinsolin, Abba Pa tia koutheina einei sah tauve.
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].
Tun nang chu soh nahi tapon, Pathen Cha tahbeh nahi ahitai. Chule nangma Acha nahitah jeh a, Pathen in agoulo dinga nasem ahitai.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Chidang namdang nanghon Pathen nahet masang uva, auma jong hilou pathen ho soh a chu napanu anahi.
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]
Hiti chun tun Pathen nahe tauvin (ahiloule Pathen het nahi tauve tileng), iti dana chu nangho avela hiche vannoiya lhinlelna le lhagao thubul ho pannabei thudola sohchang kit dinga naki pehlut dingu ham?
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.
Nanghon Pathen lunglhaisahna dinga nikho ho ahiloule lhaho ahiloule kum kihei chin ahiloule kum ho geiya nanit u ahi.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Nangho katijat peh uhi, ijemtia nangho chunga katohgim nau jouse hi mohseh hibep a hitam tihi ahi.
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].
Sopi deitahte, kangeh nomnau chu nangho hicheho a kona na chamlhatna ding uva, keima tah jong nangho chidang namdang te banga kaum hi, hiche danho a kon in keima bang hin ongtholun. Keiman nangho henga Pathen Thu kahung seiphong masat chun alam louvin neibolse pouve.
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].
Keiman naheng uva Kipana Thupha kahin poh chun keima kana dampoi ti na geldoh jing diu ka gingchai.
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!
Ahin kadin mun umdan chun neisan louna ding uva lhep patepna nato jeng vangun, nang hon nei nahsahmo bol pouvin ahilouleh keiya konin nakihei mang pouve. Chuti louvin neina sanguvin, nanghon neina lhunsah uvin, chule Pathen vantil khat bangin ahilouleh Christa Yeshua Amatah nasan diu bangtah chun neibol phauvin ahi.
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]!
Chuche pet a nakipa nau le na thanop nau lungthim chu tua hoilamba hitam? Hithei bon henlang hileh namit u chu nakaldoh uva keima neipeh jeng thei diuva kaginchat nahiuvin ahi.
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 hi keiman thutah kaseipeh jeh uva namelma uva kapan hitam?
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].
Chuche thuhil dihlou ho chun nangho lung lhaisahna dingin akiha bol uvin, hinla alunggon'u apha ahipoi. Amaho chun nangho keima a kona nachom khen jeng got uhi, nang hon amaho bou najuina dingu ageljeh u ahi.
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.
Mi khat touvin nangho dinga thilpha bolnomna aneiya ahileh, apha jenge; keiman nangho kaumpi pet jeng bou hilouvin aman boljing hen.
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].
Vo kacha deitahte! Keiman nangho dinga naosonat thohlel banga kathoh gim kit hi nanghoa Christa lim asodoh kahsea ding hiya ahi.
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].
Keima hi nangho toh tupet'a kaum khom hileh kati lheh e, chule kapao awcheng kakhel nome. Hinlah hitobanga kigamlatna hin ipi lamsanga kakithopi thei dingu kahe jengpoi.
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.
Danthu noiya umnom hon neiseipeh un, Danthun ipi mong asei nahet chet mong hinam?
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.
Pathen Lekhabun aseiye: Abraham'in chapa ni aneiyin, khat chu sohnu akon ahin chule khat chu numei ongthol nua kon ahi.
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].
Sohnu chapa chu mihem lungtup a Pathen thutep suh bulhit gotna ahi. Hinla aji tahbeh nu chapa chu Pathen thutep dungjuiya guilhungah ahi.
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].
Hiche numei teni hi Pathen kitepna ni vetsahna ahi lhone. Numei masanu Hagar hi Sinai Mol'a kona Danthua asohchan nau chu vetsahna ahi.
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].
Chule tun Jerusalem hi Arabia gam'a Sinai Mol tobang hiya ahi, ajeh chu ama le achate Danthua soh changin aumun ahi.
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].
Hinlah numei chom dang nu, Sarah chu Van Jerusalem vetsahna ahi. Ama numei ongthol ahin, eiho nu ahi.
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].
Isaiah themgaovin, “Vo chaneilou numei kipah thanomin, cha hing khalouhela, naosonat thoh khalouhelnu, kipah tah in awthong jejun samin! Ajeh chu numei chahinglou nun ajipato umkhomnu sangin chate ahaojo tai,” ati.
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].
Chule kasopite, nangho Isaac banga chu thutep chate nahiu ahi.
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].
Hinlah tun nanghon danthu najui dingu deisah ho chun, Ishmael-mihem kibol hat'a hungpeng cha chun, Isaac–Lhagaova hungpeng cha chu agimbol tobanga nagimbolu ahi.
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].
Hinlah Pathen Thubun hiche thua hi ipi asei em? “Sohnu le acha chu nodoh tha tan, ajeh iham itileh soh numei cha chun ongtholnu cha chuto gou lokhom thei ponte” ati.
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].
Hijeh chun sopi deitahte, eiho hi sohnu cha ihipouve, ongtholnu chate joh ihiu ahiye.
