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].
Hagi nagra anage hu'na nehue, nefa fenozama erisantihare ne'mo'ma osi mofavrema mani'nenuno'a, maka'zana agri'za megahianagi, kazokzo eri'za vahekna huno manigahie.
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
Hianagi ana mofavremo'a fenozama kegava hu'naza vahe'ene, agri'ma kegava hu'naza vahe'mofo agorga'a mani'nenigeno, nefa'ma fenozama erisanti haregahane hunte'nesia kna efore hugahie.
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].
Anahukna kante tagranena mofavrema mani'neta, ama mopama kegava hu'naza avamutamimofo zmagorga'a mani'neta kazokzo hu'nonane.
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].
Hianagi humante'nea kna fatgoma egeno'a, Anumzamo'a Mofavre'a huntegeno, a'mo ana Mofavre kasentegeno, kasegemofo agorga efore hu'ne.
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].
Ana hu'negu kasegemofo agorga mani'naza vahera, Agra mizaseranteno tamavresigeta, avreno kri'nea vahekna huta, Agri mofavre manigahune.
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].
Na'ankure tamagra mofavre'a mani'nageno, Anumzamo'a Mofavre'amofo Avamu huntegeno, tagu'afi emani'neno tazeri otino, Aba, Nafa'o huno nehie.
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].
E'ina hu'negu mago'ene kazokzo eri'za vahera tamagra omani'naze. Hianagi Anumzamofona mofavrerami mani'naze. Ana hu'nazagu fenozama'a erisantihare vahe mani'naze.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Hagi tamagra korapara Anumzana keta antahita osu'neta, amne zanku, anumzantie huta nehazageno, kina reramantegeta anazamofo kazokzo vahe mani'nazane.
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]
Hianagi menina Anumzamofona keta antahita hazageno, Anumzamo'enena tamagrira tamegeno antahino hu'neanki, nahigeta tamagena hunemita, haviza huno hanave'a omne avamute nehuta, mago'ane kazokzo eri'za vahe'a manisune huta nehazo?
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.
Tamagra Anumzamo'ma muse huramante kazigati, mago knazupo, ikantero, kafurero, knane knanena makazana huge, osugera nehaze.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Tamagrikura tusi'za hu'na eri'zana eri'noankino, ana eri'zamo amnezankna huzankura nagra tusiza hu'na kore hue.
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].
Nafuheta nagrama hu'noankna hutma, tamagra Jiu vahe'mokizmi kasegemofo kinafina omanihogu navenesige'na tamantahinegoe, hanage'na nagranena tamagrikna hanuegu nehue. Tamagra mago hazenkea nagrira huonante'naze.
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].
Hianagi tamagra antahita keta hu'naze. Navufafina kri me'nege'na, Knare Musenkea huama hu'na ese knazupa tamasami'noe.
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!
Nagri krimo'a knaza tamagrira tami'ne, hianagi ana krima eri'noazankura tamagra tamavugosa huonantege, tamagena huonami'naze. Hianagi tamagra nagrira Anumzamofo ankero avreankna huge, Krais Jisasima avreankna hutma navre'naze.
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]!
Hianagi ana musezantamia iga menina me'ne? Nagra tamage hu'na tamagrikura huama nehue. Tamagra ana knazupa tusiza huta nazahunaku hu'nazankita, tamagrama tamavuma tagatita nazamahugama huneresina, amne anara hazasine.
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.
Tamage kema neramasamuazamo, tamagri ha' vahera nemanufi?
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].
Antahiho, e'i ana vahe'mo'za tamagrira masavenke hu'za tamavrenaku nehazanagi, tamagrira tamaza hunakura anara nosaze. Zamagra nagriteti tamavazu hu'za zamagrarega antesageta zamaza hanazegu anara nehaze.
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.
Hianagi nagrama omanisua knafine, maka zupa knare tamavutmava'ma huzanku'ma hanavematisazana, e'i knare zantfa hugahie.
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].
Mofavre'nimote Anumzamofo mofavre'manita, Kraisimpina nena vahekna hutma manisazegu'ma tamagri'ma tamaza hunaku'ma nehugeno'a a'nemo mofavre kasente'naku nehigeno ata negriankna nata negrie.
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].
Hianagi nagrama nagesa antahuana tamagrane menina umani'ne'na, fruhuna kea hu'naku nehue. Na'ankure nagra nankna hu'na tamaza hugahue, antahintahinimo'a savri nehie.
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.
Hagi tamagra nasmiho, kasegemofo agorga'a manize nehaze vahe'mota, tamagra kasegemo'ma hu'nea kea ontahinazo?
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.
Na'ankure anage huno avontafepina krente'ne, Abrahamuna tare ne' mofavre'a mani'na'e, mago mofavrea kazokzo a'mofo mofavregi, magora kazokzo osu a'mofo ne' mofavre mani'ne. (Jen-Agf 16:15, 21:2)
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].
Hianagi kato a'mo Haga ne' mofavrema kasente'neana mopafi vahe'mo'za nehazaza huno ksentegeno, Sera'a kazokzo osu a'mo'a Anumzamo huvempa hu'nea ne' mofavre kasente'ne.
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].
Ama ana a'tremokizni kemo'a Anumzamo'ma Agra'a vahe'enema hagerafino manizamofo kemofo erinte'ama hu'ne. Haga'a kazokzo a'mo'a Sainai agonafima Anumzamo'ma huhagerafi'nea kemofo hu avame huno mani'ne. Agri nagapinti'ma fore'ma haza naga'mo'za kasegemofona kazokzo naga mani'naze.
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].
Hega'a Arabia kaziga Sainai agonane, menima me'nea Jerusalemi rankuma huvame huno mani'ne. Na'ankure agrane mofavre'araminena kazokzo naga mani'naze.
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].
Hianagi anagamu monafi me'nea Jerusalea, tagri nerarera kazokzo osu a'mo hu avame huno mani'ne.
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].
Na'ankure anage huno avontafepina krente'ne, Muse huo mofavre kase onte a'moka, mofavre antezampi katama nogrimoka, ranke hunka kezatio. Na'ankure mofavrema kase onte a'moka nevema mani'nea ara agaterenka, rama'a mofavre kasentegahane hu'ne. (Ais 54:1.)
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].
Hagi nenafugata, tamagra Anumzamo Abrahamu huvempa hunte'nea mofavre Aisakinkna hutma mani'naze.
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].
Hianagi vahe'mo'za mofavrema erifore nehaza kantetima kasema ante'nea mofavremo'a, Avamumofo kanteti'ma fore'ma hu'nea mofavrea hazenke ami'ne. Meninena anahu avu'ava zana me'ne. (Jen-Agf 21:9)
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].
Hianagi avontafemo'a na'ane huno hu'ne? Kazokzo a'ene mofavre'anena avare atro hu'ne. Agra mago'azana e'origahianki, kazokzo osu a'mofo ne' mofavremo maka'zana erisinti haregahie huno hu'ne. (Jen-Agf 21:10-12)
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].
E'ina hu'negu nenafugata, tagra kazokzo a'mofo mofavrea omani'nonanki, kazokzo osu a'mofo mofavre'rami mani'none.
