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].
Ikabheje nne nguti nnei, alishi abhaga akanabhe kula, pakwibhela malinga ntumwa, nkali ali nnyene indu yowe.
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
Ikabhe bhaagoyanga indu ika mwana na kunnela, mpaka pushigaishile mobha gabhishilwe na ainagwe.
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].
Na uwe puyaliji nneyo peyo, putwaliji malinga bhana, nibha bhatumwa mmashili ga ikubho ya bhandunji bha pa shilambolyo.
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].
Ikabheje gakaishileje mobha gubhapanjile a Nnungu, gubhantumile Mwana gwabho, abhelekwe na jwankongwe, gwatemi kwa Shalia ja a Musha,
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].
nkupinga abhagombolanje bhene bhalinginji mmashili ga Shalia ja a Musha na uwe tubhe tubhana bha a Nnungu.
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 nneyo mmanganyanji nnaino pabha nshibhanganga bhana bha a Nnungu, bhai a Nnungu bhashikuntuma Mbumu juka Mwana gwabho mmitima jetu, Mbumu ashema alinkuti, “Abha” Malombolelo gakwe, “Atati”.
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].
Bhai monaga nneyo, mmwe nngabha mmatumwa kabhili, ikabhe mmana. Bhai ibhaga mmana, shimposhele yowe a Nnungu ibhaabhishilenje ashibhana bhabho.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Pabha bhukalago nkaamanyangaga a Nnungu, kwa nneyo mwashinkwaakamulilanga liengo ashimaoka bhalinginji nngabha a Nnungu bha kweli.
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]
Bhai pabha nnaino mwamanyinji a Nnungu, eu tujile nnimanyikanga na a Nnungu, igala nkukombolanga bhuli kugabhujila kabhili majiganyo gangali ga mmbone nkupinga mmanganje bhatumwa kabhili?
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.
Nnakagulilanga mobha na miei na malanga na yaka.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Nguna kwiijogopela kuti liengo lininkamulilenje linabha lyayoyo!
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].
Ashaalongo ajangunji nguna kunshondelesheyanga mmanganje malinga nne gwangali kamulila shalia ya Shiyaudi kabhili, pabha na nne puni malinga mmanganyanji kwa nngatama nshalia ya Shiyaudi. Mwangandendelanga shindu shoshowe sha nyata.
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].
Ikabhe mmumanyinji kuti gwantai nannungushiyenje Ngani ja Mmbone akuno nililwala.
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!
Mwashinkulingwanga kwa ligongo lya lwala kwangu, nkali nneyo mwanganyegayanga wala kungana, ikabhe nshinkumboshelanga malinga malaika jwa a Nnungu, eu malinga a Yeshu Kilishitu bhayene.
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]!
Shikoposhele nndi shantendilenje nnekanje nkali kuangalala kwenunnji? Pabha nne nguti nnei, gegala mobha gala kaliji nkaishoshiyenje nitenda indu kwa ligongo lyangu nne, nkakombolenje nkali kumba meyo genunji.
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.
Bhuli, nnaino njibha nampwai nnjenunji ga bheleketa ya kweli?
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].
Bhene bhananji bhanakwiitemba kumpinganga, nngabha kwa kumpinjilanga ya mmbone. Ikabhe bhanaapinganga kunnekanyanga na nne, nkupinga mwaatendelanje liengo bhene bhanganyabho.
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 shammbone mobha gowe kutenda ya mmbone, wala nngabha mobha gungubha na mmanganyanjipe.
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].
Ashibhanangu, inamboteka malinga bhakongwe bhakwete shitumbo, nneyo peyo shingupotekwa kwa ligongo lyenunji mpaka pushinnandananje na a Kilishitu mmitima jenunji.
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].
Kaliji nnaino ngaaliji na mmanganyanji, nkamweninji shinguti bheleketa! Pabha ngunakola lipamba kwa ligongo lyenunji!
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.
Nnugulilanje mmanganyanji Mmagalatia, nkupinganga kagulila Shalia ja a Musha, bhuli, nkapilikananga shijilugula Shaliajo?
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.
Pabha ishijandikwa kuti, a Bhulaimu bhashinkukola bhana bhabhili, jumo abhelekwe na bhakongwe bhaliji bhatumwa bhabho, na jwabhili abhelekwe na akongobhabho.
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].
Mwana abhelekwe na bhakongwe bhaliji bhatumwa bhala, pabhelekwe nngabha kwa miadi jojowe ja a Nnungu, ikabhe mwana abhelekwe na akongobhabho, pabhelekwe kwa miadi na a Nnungu.
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].
Genega gashibha nnandanyo, pabha bhene bhanabhakongwe bhabhilibha bhashibhanganga malinga malagano gabhili, limo kukoposhela kushitumbi sha Shinai, litepo lya a Ajili libhelekwele muutumwa.
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].
Pabha a Ajili pubhali malinga shitumbi sha ku Shinai sha ku Alabhia, gushilandana na ku Yelushalemu ja nnaino, pabha Shinai muuli muutumwa pamo na ashibhanagwe.
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].
Kwa nneyo Yelushalemu ja kunani ja ungwana, numbe ni anyina bhetu.
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].
Pabha ishijandikwa, “Mwinonyele mwe anannii, nkaabheleka bhana, nng'utiye lilobhe mwe nkanabhe kola shitumbo, pabha bhana bha bhakongwe bhaleshilwe, bhabhagwinjinji, kupunda bhakwete bhalume.”
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].
Bhai ashaalongo ajangunji, na uwe ni bhana a Nnungu kwa ligongo ja miadi malinga ja a Ishaka.
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].
Ikabheje ni malinga gene mobha gala, mwana abhelekwe na bhatumwa shanshimile jwene abhelekwe kwa Mbumu jwa a Nnungu, nneyo peyo shiili nnaino.
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].
Bhai majandiko gakuti bhuli? Gakuti “Mwaabhinganje bhakongwe bhatumwa naka mwana gwabho, pabha mwana jwa bhatumwa akaapata ulishi pamo naka mwana abhelekwe na bhakongwe bhangwana.”
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 nneyo ashaalongo ajangu, uwe nngabha bhana bha bhakongwe bhatumwa, ikabheje bhana bha bhakongwe bhangwana.
