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].
அஹம்’ வதா³மி ஸம்பத³தி⁴காரீ யாவத்³ பா³லஸ்திஷ்ட²தி தாவத் ஸர்வ்வஸ்வஸ்யாதி⁴பதி: ஸந்நபி ஸ தா³ஸாத் கேநாபி விஷயேண ந விஸி²ஷ்யதே
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
கிந்து பித்ரா நிரூபிதம்’ ஸமயம்’ யாவத் பாலகாநாம்’ த⁴நாத்⁴யக்ஷாணாஞ்ச நிக்⁴நஸ்திஷ்ட²தி|
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].
தத்³வத்³ வயமபி பா³ல்யகாலே தா³ஸா இவ ஸம்’ஸாரஸ்யாக்ஷரமாலாயா அதீ⁴நா ஆஸ்மஹே|
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].
அநந்தரம்’ ஸமயே ஸம்பூர்ணதாம்’ க³தவதி வ்யவஸ்தா²தீ⁴நாநாம்’ மோசநார்த²ம்
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].
அஸ்மாகம்’ புத்ரத்வப்ராப்த்யர்த²ஞ்சேஸ்²வர: ஸ்த்ரியா ஜாதம்’ வ்யவஸ்தா²யா அதி⁴நீபூ⁴தஞ்ச ஸ்வபுத்ரம்’ ப்ரேஷிதவாந்|
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].
யூயம்’ ஸந்தாநா அப⁴வத தத்காரணாத்³ ஈஸ்²வர: ஸ்வபுத்ரஸ்யாத்மாநாம்’ யுஷ்மாகம் அந்த: கரணாநி ப்ரஹிதவாந் ஸ சாத்மா பித: பிதரித்யாஹ்வாநம்’ காரயதி|
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].
அத இதா³நீம்’ யூயம்’ ந தா³ஸா: கிந்து: ஸந்தாநா ஏவ தஸ்மாத் ஸந்தாநத்வாச்ச க்²ரீஷ்டேநேஸ்²வரீயஸம்பத³தி⁴காரிணோ(அ)ப்யாத்⁴வே|
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
அபரஞ்ச பூர்வ்வம்’ யூயம் ஈஸ்²வரம்’ ந ஜ்ஞாத்வா யே ஸ்வபா⁴வதோ(அ)நீஸ்²வராஸ்தேஷாம்’ தா³ஸத்வே(அ)திஷ்ட²த|
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]
இதா³நீம் ஈஸ்²வரம்’ ஜ்ஞாத்வா யதி³ வேஸ்²வரேண ஜ்ஞாதா யூயம்’ கத²ம்’ புநஸ்தாநி விப²லாநி துச்சா²நி சாக்ஷராணி ப்ரதி பராவர்த்திதும்’ ஸ²க்நுத²? யூயம்’ கிம்’ புநஸ்தேஷாம்’ தா³ஸா ப⁴விதுமிச்ச²த²?
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.
யூயம்’ தி³வஸாந் மாஸாந் திதீ²ந் ஸம்’வத்ஸராம்’ஸ்²ச ஸம்மந்யத்⁴வே|
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
யுஷ்மத³ர்த²ம்’ மயா ய: பரிஸ்²ரமோ(அ)காரி ஸ விப²லோ ஜாத இதி யுஷ்மாநத்⁴யஹம்’ பி³பே⁴மி|
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].
ஹே ப்⁴ராதர: , அஹம்’ யாத்³ரு’ஸோ²(அ)ஸ்மி யூயமபி தாத்³ரு’ஸா² ப⁴வதேதி ப்ரார்த²யே யதோ(அ)ஹமபி யுஷ்மத்துல்யோ(அ)ப⁴வம்’ யுஷ்மாபி⁴ ர்மம கிமபி நாபராத்³த⁴ம்’|
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].
பூர்வ்வமஹம்’ கலேவரஸ்ய தௌ³ர்ப்³ப³ல்யேந யுஷ்மாந் ஸுஸம்’வாத³ம் அஜ்ஞாபயமிதி யூயம்’ ஜாநீத²|
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!
ததா³நீம்’ மம பரீக்ஷகம்’ ஸா²ரீரக்லேஸ²ம்’ த்³ரு’ஷ்ட்வா யூயம்’ மாம் அவஜ்ஞாய ரு’தீயிதவந்தஸ்தந்நஹி கிந்த்வீஸ்²வரஸ்ய தூ³தமிவ ஸாக்ஷாத் க்²ரீஷ்ட யீஸு²மிவ வா மாம்’ க்³ரு’ஹீதவந்த: |
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]!
அதஸ்ததா³நீம்’ யுஷ்மாகம்’ யா த⁴ந்யதாப⁴வத் ஸா க்க க³தா? ததா³நீம்’ யூயம்’ யதி³ ஸ்வேஷாம்’ நயநாந்யுத்பாட்ய மஹ்யம்’ தா³தும் அஸ²க்ஷ்யத தர்ஹி தத³ப்யகரிஷ்யதேதி ப்ரமாணம் அஹம்’ த³தா³மி|
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.
ஸாம்ப்ரதமஹம்’ ஸத்யவாதி³த்வாத் கிம்’ யுஷ்மாகம்’ ரிபு ர்ஜாதோ(அ)ஸ்மி?
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].
தே யுஷ்மத்க்ரு’தே ஸ்பர்த்³த⁴ந்தே கிந்து ஸா ஸ்பர்த்³தா⁴ குத்ஸிதா யதோ யூயம்’ தாநதி⁴ யத் ஸ்பர்த்³த⁴த்⁴வம்’ தத³ர்த²ம்’ தே யுஷ்மாந் ப்ரு’த²க் கர்த்தும் இச்ச²ந்தி|
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.
கேவலம்’ யுஷ்மத்ஸமீபே மமோபஸ்தி²திஸமயே தந்நஹி, கிந்து ஸர்வ்வதை³வ ப⁴த்³ரமதி⁴ ஸ்பர்த்³த⁴நம்’ ப⁴த்³ரம்’|
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].
ஹே மம பா³லகா: , யுஷ்மத³ந்த ர்யாவத் க்²ரீஷ்டோ மூர்திமாந் ந ப⁴வதி தாவத்³ யுஷ்மத்காரணாத் புந: ப்ரஸவவேத³நேவ மம வேத³நா ஜாயதே|
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].
அஹமிதா³நீம்’ யுஷ்மாகம்’ ஸந்நிதி⁴ம்’ க³த்வா ஸ்வராந்தரேண யுஷ்மாந் ஸம்பா⁴ஷிதும்’ காமயே யதோ யுஷ்மாநதி⁴ வ்யாகுலோ(அ)ஸ்மி|
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.
ஹே வ்யவஸ்தா²தீ⁴நதாகாங்க்ஷிண: யூயம்’ கிம்’ வ்யவஸ்தா²யா வசநம்’ ந க்³ரு’ஹ்லீத²?
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.
தந்மாம்’ வத³த| லிகி²தமாஸ்தே, இப்³ராஹீமோ த்³வௌ புத்ராவாஸாதே தயோரேகோ தா³ஸ்யாம்’ த்³விதீயஸ்²ச பத்ந்யாம்’ ஜாத: |
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].
தயோ ர்யோ தா³ஸ்யாம்’ ஜாத: ஸ ஸா²ரீரிகநியமேந ஜஜ்ஞே யஸ்²ச பத்ந்யாம்’ ஜாத: ஸ ப்ரதிஜ்ஞயா ஜஜ்ஞே|
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].
இத³மாக்²யாநம்’ த்³ரு’ஷ்டந்தஸ்வரூபம்’| தே த்³வே யோஷிதாவீஸ்²வரீயஸந்தீ⁴ தயோரேகா ஸீநயபர்வ்வதாத்³ உத்பந்நா தா³ஸஜநயித்ரீ ச ஸா து ஹாஜிரா|
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].
யஸ்மாத்³ ஹாஜிராஸ²ப்³தே³நாரவதே³ஸ²ஸ்த²ஸீநயபர்வ்வதோ போ³த்⁴யதே, ஸா ச வர்த்தமாநாயா யிரூஸா²லம்புர்ய்யா: ஸத்³ரு’ஸீ²| யத: ஸ்வபா³லை: ஸஹிதா ஸா தா³ஸத்வ ஆஸ்தே|
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].
கிந்து ஸ்வர்கீ³யா யிரூஸா²லம்புரீ பத்நீ ஸர்வ்வேஷாம் அஸ்மாகம்’ மாதா சாஸ்தே|
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].
யாத்³ரு’ஸ²ம்’ லிகி²தம் ஆஸ்தே, "வந்த்⁴யே ஸந்தாநஹீநே த்வம்’ ஸ்வரம்’ ஜயஜயம்’ குரு| அப்ரஸூதே த்வயோல்லாஸோ ஜயாஸ²ப்³த³ஸ்²ச கீ³யதாம்’| யத ஏவ ஸநாதா²யா யோஷித: ஸந்ததே ர்க³ணாத்| அநாதா² யா ப⁴வேந்நாரீ தத³பத்யாநி பூ⁴ரிஸ²: || "
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].
ஹே ப்⁴ராத்ரு’க³ண, இம்ஹாக் இவ வயம்’ ப்ரதிஜ்ஞயா ஜாதா: ஸந்தாநா: |
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].
கிந்து ததா³நீம்’ ஸா²ரீரிகநியமேந ஜாத: புத்ரோ யத்³வத்³ ஆத்மிகநியமேந ஜாதம்’ புத்ரம் உபாத்³ரவத் ததா²து⁴நாபி|
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].
கிந்து ஸா²ஸ்த்ரே கிம்’ லிகி²தம்’? "த்வம் இமாம்’ தா³ஸீம்’ தஸ்யா: புத்ரஞ்சாபஸாரய யத ஏஷ தா³ஸீபுத்ர: பத்நீபுத்ரேண ஸமம்’ நோத்தராதி⁴காரீ ப⁴விய்யதீதி| "
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].
அதஏவ ஹே ப்⁴ராதர: , வயம்’ தா³ஸ்யா: ஸந்தாநா ந பூ⁴த்வா பாத்ந்யா: ஸந்தாநா ப⁴வாம: |
