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].
Nijobha ndabha ya maadamu mrithi ndo muana hata kujobhela mmiliki wa mali syoa.
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
Badala yaki, ayele pasi pabhaangalizi ni bhazamini hadi mmagono ghaabhekibhu ni Dadi wa muene.
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].
Kabhele ni tete, patayele take bhana, twa kamulibhu mu utumwa wa kanuni sa kuanza sa ulimwengu.
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].
Magono sahihi paghasikai, K'yara an'tumili mwanamunu, yaahogolikai kwa mwanadala, yaahogolikai pasi pa sheria.
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].
Aketili naa kwa kubhakombola bhala bhabhayele pasi ni sheria, ili ndabha tuyopai hali ya kuya katya bhana.
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].
Kwa ndabha muenga ni bhana, K'yara an'tumili Roho wa mwanamunu mugati mwa miteema ya yhoto, Roho yaikuta, “Abba, Dadi”
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].
Kwa ndabha eye bhebhe n'tumwa nee bali muana. Katya muana, kabhele bhebhe wandisi kup'etela K'yara.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Hata kabla, wakati hamkumjua Mungu, mlikuwa watumwa kwa wale ambao kwa asili si miungu kabisa.
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]
Lakini henu ya ndabha mu mmanyili K'yara, au ndabha maimanyikana kwa K'yara, kwa ndaya kiki mwikelebhuka kabhele mu kanuni sinofu lepi sya kwanza na siyelepi vai usamani bhuobhola? Ko mwilonda kabhele kuya bhatumwa?
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.
Mwikamula kiuangalifu magono maalumu, mandamano gha miezi majira ni kaghatila kwajia ya yhomo.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Nitila ya ndabha kwa namuna fulani nijitaabishi mebhwa.
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].
Nikabhasii, bhalongo, muyela katya kaniyele, kwa ndabha kabhele niyele Katya kamyele. Mwanikosili hee.
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].
Ndabha mmanyili yakuwa yayele ugonjwa wa mbhele ni ndabha na hubilili injili kwa muenga yaiyele awamu ya kuanza.
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!
Kup'etelahali ya mumbhele yabhabhekili mmajalibu, mwanizalewe lepi hata kunibela. Badala yaki mwanipokili katya malaika wa K'yara, yabhonekene kujo ndo na Yesu Kristu na yhoni.
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]!
Kwa ele, iyele ndaku henu furaha ya yhomo? kwa ndabha nishuhudila kwa yhomo kuwa, Ikabhwesekanai, mmbhosyai mihu gha yhomo ni kunipela nene.
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.
Henu, ko niyele adui wa yhomo kwa ndabha na bhajobhili ukueli?
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].
akabhalonda kishauku, kabhele so kwa bhuema. bhilonda kubhatenganisya muenga ni nene ili mmbhafuatayi.
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.
Ni vyema kuya daima nishauku sa siyele ni mana, ni si magono ghani ya pamonga ni muenga.
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].
Bhanabhangu bhadebe, nilwaala uchungu kwajia ya yhomo kabhele mpaka Kristu abhombekai mugati mwa yhomo.
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].
Nikaganili kuya pamonga ni muenga pala henu ni kugeusya sauti iyangu, kwa ndabha niyele ni mashaka ni muenga.
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.
Mnijobhelai, muenga ya mwitamani kuya pasi musheria, mwip'eleka lepi sheria kayijobha?
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.
Kwa ndabha iyandikibhu kuwa Abrahamu ayele ni bhana bhakigosi bhabhele, mmonga kwa mwanadala n'tumwa ni yhongi kwa mwanadala huru.
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].
Hata naha ghwa n'tumwa ahogoliki kwa mb'hele tu, bali j'hola ghwa n'dala huru ahogoliki kwa ahadi.
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].
Mambo agha ghibhuesya kujobhibhwa kwa mfuano, kwa ndabha bhanadala abha bhifuanana mmaagano mabhele. Mojawapo ndo kuhomela mukid'oonda Kya Sinai. Bhihogola bhana bha bhayele bhatumwa. Oyho ndo Hajiri.
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].
Henu Hajiri ndo kid'onda Sinai wauyele Uarabuni wawisananishiwa ni Yerusalemu ya henu, kwa ndabha ndo n'tumwa nibhana munu bhaki.
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].
Bali Yerusalemu yaiyele panani na ni huru, na eye ndo mabhu was yhoto.
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].
Kwa ndabha iyandikibhu, “Muhobholelai, bhebhe mwanadala yawiho gola lepi, bhebhe yawihogola lepi, pazai sauti ni kupiga njoghoyo kwa muhobholelai, bhebhe yya uyelepi ni uzoefu wa kuhogola. Kwa mana bhingi ndo bheyele bhana ya ihogola lepi, kuzidi ya bhala bha bha yhola ya ayele ni n'gosi.”
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].
Henu ndongho, Katya Isaka, muenga bhana bha ahadi.
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].
Kwa magono ghala munu yaahogolikai mujibu was mbhele an'tesyai munu ya ahogoliki mujibu wa roho ni henu ndo mebhwa.
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].
Mayandiku ghijobhaa naa? “Umbhosyai mwanadala wakitumwa pamonga ni bhana munu bha kigosi. “Kwa ndabha bhana bha mabhu n'tumwa. Bila lisi lepi pamonga ni bhana bhana mwanadala huru.”
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].
Kwa ele, ndhongo, tete so bhana bha mwanadala n'tumwa, bali ni bha mwanadala huru.
