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].
Sinasabi ko na hanggang ang tagapagmana ay bata pa, wala siyang pinagkaiba sa isang alipin, kahit na siya pa ang nagmamay-ari ng buong lupain.
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
Sa halip, nasa ilalim pa siya ng kaniyang mga tagapangalaga at mga katiwala hanggang sa dumating ang panahon na itinakda ng kaniyang ama.
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].
Kaya ganoon din tayo, noong tayo ay mga bata pa, sakop tayo ng pagkaalipin sa mga alituntunin ng daigdig.
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].
Ngunit nang dumating ang takdang panahon, ipinadala ng Diyos ang kaniyang Anak, ipinanganak ng isang babae, ipinanganak sa ilalim ng kautusan.
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].
Ginawa niya ito upang tubusin ang mga nasa ilalim ng kautusan, upang matanggap natin ang pagkukupkop bilang mga anak.
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].
Dahil kayo ay mga anak, ipinadala ng Diyos ang Espiritu ng kaniyang Anak sa ating mga puso, ang Espiritu na tumatawag ng, “Abba, Ama.”
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].
Sa kadahilanang ito, hindi na kayo mga alipin kundi mga anak. Kung kayo ay mga anak, kaya kayo rin ay tagapagmana sa pamamagitan ng Diyos.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Bago pa, nang hindi pa ninyo kilala ang Diyos, kayo ay mga alipin sa mga bagay na likas na hindi talaga diyos.
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]
Ngunit ngayon na kilala na ninyo ang Diyos, o higit na mabuting sabihin, ngayon na kilala na kayo ng Diyos, bakit kayo muling bumabalik sa mahina at walang silbing mga pasimulang tuntunin? Gusto niyo bang maging mga alipi muli?
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.
Mahigpit ninyo ipinagdiriwang ang mga natatanging araw, mga bagong buwan, mga panahon, at mga taon.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Natatakot ako para sa inyo. Natatakot ako na anumang paraan ay naghirap ako sa inyo ng walang kabuluhan.
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].
Nakikiusap ako sa inyo, mga kapatid, maging katulad ninyo ako, sapagkat ako ay naging katulad rin ninyo. Wala kayong ginawang mali sa akin.
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].
Ngunit alam ninyo na dahil sa sakit na pisikal kaya ko ipinahayag ang ebanghelyo sa inyo sa unang pagkakataon.
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!
Kahit na inilagay kayo ng aking pisikal na kalagayan sa pagsubok, hindi ninyo ako hinamak o tinanggihan. Sa halip tinanggap ninyo ako tulad ng anghel ng Diyos, na para bang ako mismo si Cristo Jesus.
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]!
Saan, samakatuwid, na ngayon ang inyong kaligayahan? Sapagkat aking pinatotohanan sa inyo na, kung maaari, dinukot na ninyo ang inyong mga sariling mga mata at ibinigay ang mga ito sa akin.
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.
Kaya noon, naging kaaway na ba ninyo ako dahil sinasabi ko ang katotohanan sa inyo?
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].
Nagmamalasakit sila inyo, ngunit hindi sa ikabubuti. Gusto nila kayong ihiwalay sa akin para sumunod kayo sa kanila.
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.
Laging mabuti ang magmalasakit para sa mga mabubuting dahilan, at hindi lang kung ako ay nariyan na kasama ninyo.
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].
Maliliit kong mga Anak, ako ay nagdaranas muli ng sakit tulad ng babaing nanganganak para sa inyo hanggang si Cristo ay mabuo sa inyo.
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].
Gusto kong nariyan ako ngayon kasama ninyo at baguhin ang aking tono, dahil ako ay naguguluhan tungkol sa inyo.
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.
Sabihin ninyo sa akin, kayo na gustong magpasailalim sa kautusan, hindi ba ninyo narinig kung ano ang sinasabi ng kautusan?
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.
Sapagkat nasusulat na si Abraham ay nagkaroon ng dalawang anak, ang isa ay sa aliping babae at ang isa ay sa malayang babae.
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].
Gayunpaman, ang anak ng alipin ay ipinanganak sa laman, ngunit ang ipinanganak ng malayang babae ay ipinanganak sa pamamagitan ng isang pangako.
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].
Ang mga bagay na ito ay maipapaliwanag gamit ang talinghaga, sapagkat ang dalawang babaeng ito ay katulad ng dalawang kasunduan. Ang isa sa kanila ay mula sa Bundok ng Sinai. Ipinanganak niya ang kaniyang mga anak na mga alipin. Ito ay si Hagar.
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].
Ngayon ang Hagar ay Bundok ng Sinai sa Arabia. Isinisimbolo niya ang kasalukuyang Jerusalem, sapagkat siya ay nasa pagkaalipin kasama ng kaniyang mga anak.
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].
Ngunit ang Jerusalem na nasa taas ay malaya, iyon ay, ang ating ina.
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].
Sapagkat nasusulat, “Magalak ka, ikaw na babaeng baog, ikaw na hindi nanganganak. Humiyaw ka at sumigaw sa kagalakan, ikaw na hindi pa nakakaranas ng panganganak. Sapagkat marami ang mga anak ng baog na babae, higit pa sa kaniya na may asawa.”
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].
Ngayon, mga kapatid, katulad ni Isaac, ay mga anak ng pangako.
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].
Sa panahong iyon, siyang ipinanganak ayon sa laman ay inuusig siyang ipinanganak ayon sa Espiritu. Ganoon din ito ngayon.
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].
Ano ang sinasabi ng kasulatan? “Palayasin mo ang aliping babae at ang kaniyang anak. Sapagkat ang anak ng aliping babae ay hindi kasamang magmamana sa anak ng malayang babae.”
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].
Samakatuwid, mga kapatid, tayo ay hindi mga anak ng isang aliping babae, ngunit, sa halip ng isang malayang babae.
