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].
Sumbu didi ti mutu wumvinginani kuika bu kakidi muana lezi buna kasi luviakunu ayi mvika ko; ka diambu ko niandi pfumu yi bima bioso.
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
Muana beni kafueti tuama ba ku tsi minsua mi minsungi ayi minkebi nate mu thangu yizenga dise diandi.
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].
Beto mamveto, mu thangu tuba bana, tuba ku tsi kivika ki ziphevi ziozi zi ntuadisanga nza.
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].
Vayi thangu bu yifuana, Nzambi wufidisa Muanꞌandi, wubutu kuidi nketo, mu thangu Mina,
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].
muingi kakula batu bobo baba ku tsi kivika ki Mina mu diambu tukituka bana ba Nzambi.
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].
Sumbu luidi bana bandi, diawu Nzambi katumina Pheve yi Muanꞌandi mu mintima mieto; Pheve yoyi yeta tuba: “Aba” bu dinsundula “Tata”.
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].
Buabu wusiedi diaka mvika ko vayi weka muana. Sumbu widi muana buna Nzambi wela kukitula mvingidi wu kiuka mu nlemvo andi.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Mu thama, bu lusia zaba Nzambi ko, luba bavika ba zinzambi ziozi zilendi dedokoso banga Nzambi ko.
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]
Vayi buabu luzebi Nzambi, voti Nzambi wuluzebi; buna buevi lufueti buela vutukila diaka ziphevi ziozi zikambulu lulendo ayi mfunu muingi lukituka diaka bavika baawu e?
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.
Lueti kinzikanga bilumbu, zingonda, zitsungi ayi mimvu.
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Tsisi ndilembo moni mu diambu dieno tala kisalu kioso kioki ndisedi mu beno kiedi ba kisalu kiphamba.
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].
Bakhomba baama, ndikululeba lukituka banga minu bila minu veka ndidi banga beno. Lusia kuphangila kadi mbimbi yimosi ko.
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].
Keti luzebi ti kimbevo kiphana diluaku di kulusamunina Nsamu Wumboti mu khumbu yitheti.
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!
Ka diambu ko kimbevo kiama kiba kuluyamisanga vayi lusia ku ndenza ko ayi lusia ku ndoza ko. Vayi beno luthambula banga mbasi yi Nzambi, voti banga niandi veka Klisto Yesu.
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]!
Buna kuevi kutadisidi khini yoyi yibedi mu beno e? Bila ndilenda telama kimbangi mu diambu dieno ti enati baka bubela, nganu ludovula meso meno mu diambu luphana mawu.
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.
Vayi buabu ndieka mbeniꞌeno, bila ndilukembi mambu ma kiedika e?
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].
Batu bobo bammonisa bufula bunneni va meso meno vayi zikhanu ziawu zisi ko zimboti. Batidi luvambisa kaka ayi minu mu diambu luluta ba bufula mu diambu diawu.
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.
Didi diambu dimboti mu ba bufula mu zikhanu zimboti, bika sia ti b ndidi kaka yeno va kimosi vayi bufueni kaka mu banga bufula mu zithangu zioso.
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].
Bana bama ba luzolo, ndieka mona ziphasi zingolo mu diambu dieno. Banga mianga mi nketo weka buta; nate Klisto kela vangama mu beno.
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].
Muaki buabu, tsatu yiba va luidi ndidi ayi viakisa thubulu ama bila simina ndilembo simina mu diambu dieno.
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.
Bika lukhamba, beno lutidi zingila ku tsi minsua mi Mina; Lusudikanga ko mambu mavanga Mina e?
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.
Muawu musonama ti Abalahami wubuta bana buadi babakala, wumosi mu nketo wu mvika, wunkaka mu nketo wu kiphuanza.
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].
Muana wubutuka mu nketo wu mvika, wubutukila mu kinsuni. Vayi muana wubutuka mu nketo wu kiphuanza wubutukila mu tsila yi Nzambi.
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].
Mambu mama madi banga nongo, baketo baba buadi balembo monisa zinguizani zizole. Nguizani yivangulu va mongo Sinayi ayi yibuta bana ba mvika. Angali niandi nguizani beni.
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].
Bosi Angali widi mongo wu Sinayi, wowo widi mu tsi yi Alabi. Niandi dedikini banga divula di Yelusalemi di thangu yayi bila wulembo zingila mu buvika va kimosi ayi bana bandi boso.
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].
Muaki Yelusalemi didi ku Diyilu dibeki kiphuanza, diawu ngudi eto.
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].
Bila masonama: Ngeyo nketo wusita, bika wumona khini; Mona khini yiwombo ayi yamikina Ngeyo nketo wunkambu monanga mianga mibuta. Bila bana ba nketo wowo wu baloza, bela ba bawombo viokila bana ba nketo wukuelo.
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].
Vayi beno bakhomba, luidi banga Isaki, bana babutukila mu tsila.
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].
Mu thangu yina, muana wubutukila mu kinsuni wuyamisa muana wubutukila mu lulendo lu Pheve. Buawu bobo buididi mu thangu yayi.
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].
Vayi masonoko mbi malembo tubi e? Botula mvika ayi muanꞌandi bila muana wu mvika kalendi kabula ko kiuka va kimosi ayi muana wu nketo wu kiphuanza.
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].
Diawu bakhomba ziama, beto tuisi bana ba nketo wu mvika ko vayi tuidi bana ba nketo wu kiphuanza.
