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].
Zvino ndinoti, mudyi wenhaka, kana achingori mwana chete, haatongosiyani nemuranda, kunyange ari ishe wezvese;
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
asi ari pasi pevachengeti nevatariri kusvikira panguva yakatarwa nababa.
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].
Saizvozvo nesu, patakange tiri vana, taiva muuranda pasi pedzidziso dzekutanga dzenyika.
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].
Asi apo kuzara kwenguva kwasvika, Mwari wakatuma Mwanakomana wake, wakavapo kubva kumukadzi, wakavapo pasi pemurairo,
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].
kuti adzikunure vari pasi pemurairo, kuti tigamuchire kuitwa vanakomana.
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].
Uye nokuti muri vanakomana, Mwari wakatuma Mweya weMwanakomana wake mumoyo yenyu, achidanidzira achiti: Abha, Baba!
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].
Saka hausisiri muranda, asi mwanakomana; zvino kana wava mwanakomana, wavawo mudyi wenhaka yaMwari nemuna Kristu.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Asi nenguva iyo, musingazivi Mwari, maiva varanda vevasiri vamwari pachisikirwo;
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]
asi ikozvino sezvo moziva Mwari, zvikuru sei zvamunozikanwa naMwari, modzokerazve sei kudzidziso dzekutanga dzisina simba dzeurombo, dzamunoshuva kuva muuranda hwadzo zvekarezve?
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.
Munochengetedza misi, nemwedzi, nenguva, nemakore.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Ndinokutyirai, zvimwe ndakashingairira pasina kwamuri.
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].
Ivai seni, nokuti ini ndakaitawo semwi, hama, ndinokukumbirisai; hamuna kutombonditadzira chinhu;
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].
munozivawo kuti nemuundonda hwenyama, ndakaparidza evhangeri kwamuri pakutanga,
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!
nemuedzo wangu waiva panyama yangu hamuna kuzvidza kana kuramba, asi makandigamuchira semutumwa waMwari, saKristu Jesu.
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]!
Zvino ropafadzo yenyu chii? Nokuti ndinokupupurirai kuti, kana zvichibvira, mutumbure meso enyu mundipe.
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.
Naizvozvo ndava muvengi wenyu nekukuudzai chokwadi here?
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].
Vanokushingairirai zvisina kunaka; asi vanoda kukuvharirai kunze, kuti mushingairire ivo.
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.
Asi zvakanaka kushingairwa pachakanaka nguva dzese, uye kwete pakuvapo kwangu chete.
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].
Vana vangu vadiki, vandinorwadziwazve nemimba pakubereka, kusvikira Kristu aumbwa mamuri,
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].
asi ndaishuva kuvapo nemwi ikozvino, uye kushandura inzwi rangu; nokuti ndiri mukukanganiswa pamusoro penyu.
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.
Ndiudzei, imwi munoshuva kuva pasi pemurairo, hamunzwi murairo here?
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.
Nokuti kwakanyorwa kuti Abhurahama wakange ane vanakomana vaviri, umwe kubva kumurandakadzi, neumwe kubva kune wakasununguka.
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].
Asi wakabva kumurandakadzi wakaberekwa panyama, asi wakabva kune wakasununguka nechivimbiso.
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].
Zvinhu izvi zvinodimikira; nokuti ava isungano mbiri; imwe yepagomo reSinai, inoberekera uranda, inova Agari.
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].
Nokuti Agari ndiro gomo reSinai muArabhiya, rinomiririra Jerusarema raikozvino uye riri pauranda pamwe nevana varo.
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].
Asi Jerusarema riri kumusoro rakasununguka rinova mai vedu tese.
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].
Nokuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi: Fara, iwe mhanje isingazvari; pururudza, udanidzire, iwe usingarwadziwi nemimba, nokuti vana vemusiiwa vazhinji kwazvo kune veune murume.
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].
Asi isu, hama, saIsaka tiri vana vechivimbiso.
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].
Asi sepanguva iyo uyo wakaberekwa nemutoo wenyama wakamutambudza iye wemutoo weMweya, zvakadaro kunyange ikozvino.
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].
Asi rugwaro rwunoti kudini? Dzinga murandakadzi nemwanakomana wake; nokuti mwanakomana wemurandakadzi haangatongovi mudyi wenhaka pamwe nemwanakomana wewakasununguka.
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].
Naizvozvo, hama, hatisi vana vemurandakadzi, asi vewakasununguka.
