Galatians 4
1 I am saying that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is owner of the entire estate.
Rhopangkung te cahmang la a om khui boeih atah sal khaw, boei khaw, aka om boeih te a tanglue tloe moenih ka ti coeng.
2 But he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
Tedae pa kah a tuetang duela imtawt neh hnokhoem kut hmuiah a om sak.
3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world.
Te dongah mamih khaw cahmang la n'om uh vaengah Diklai kah a niing hmuiah sal aka bi la n'om?
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.
Tedae a tue a soepnah loh ha pawk vaengah Pathen loh a capa te han tueih. Huta lamloh om tih olkhueng hmuiah phoe.
5 He did this to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
Te daengah ni olkhueng hmuikah rhoek te a tlan eh. Te daengah ni a. cacah la m'phaeng eh.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
Te dongah ca rhoek la na om uh coeng. Abba apa tila aka pang a capa kah Mueihla te Pathen loh mamih thinko ah han tueih.
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then you are also an heir through God.
Te dongah sal voel pawt tih ca la na om uh coeng. Ca tah Pathen rhangneh rhopangkung la om van.
8 But at that time, when you did not know God, you were made to be slaves to those who are, by their natural powers, not gods at all.
Tedae Pathen ana ming pawt vaengah a coengnah loh pathen la aka om pawt rhoek kah sal na bi uh.
9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather that you are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to the weak and worthless elemental principles? Do you want to be enslaved all over again?
Tedae Pathen te mingpha coeng ta. Te dongah Pathen loh lat m'ming ta. Metlae tattloel neh a niing aka khodaeng taengla koep na mael uh. Te rhoek taengah salbi ham koekhoek koep na ngaih uh.
10 You observe days and new moons and seasons and years!
Khohnin khaw, hla khaw, khoning khaw, kum khaw na yaeh uh coeng.
11 I am afraid for you that somehow my work with you may have been for nothing.
Nangmih ham ka thakthae he a hoeihae pawt khaming tila nangmih taengah ka birhih.
12 I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I also have become like you. You did me no wrong.
Kai bangla om uh lah. Kai khaw nangmih vanbang ni tila manuca rhoek nangmih te kan hloep. Kai nan veet uh moenih.
13 But you know that it was because of a physical illness that I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time.
Tedae a cuekca kah nangmih taengah ka phong te pumsa kah vawtthoek dongah tila na ming uh.
14 Though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
Ka pumsa ah nangmih ham noemcainah om cakhaw nan hnaelcoe uh pawt tih nan tuei uh moenih. Tedae Pathen kah puencawn bangla, Jesuh Khrih bangla kai nan doe uh.
15 Where, then, is your blessing now? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me.
Te koinih nangmih kah yoethennah tah menim? A phoeng mai koinih na mik te na koeih uh tih kai nan paek uh mako tila nangmih taengah ka laipai.
16 So then, have I become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?
Nangmih ham oltak ka thui dongah nangmih kah rhal la ka coeng a?
17 They are zealous to win you over, but for no good. They want to shut you out, so you may be zealous for them.
Nangmih taengah a thatlai uh te thuem pawh. Tedae nangmih te khoe a ngaih uh daengah amih te na thatlai thil uh mako.
18 It is always good to be zealous for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you.
Tedae a then la thatlai ham tah then yoeyah ngawn. Te dongah nangmih taengkah ka om rhuet bueng moenih.
19 My little children, again I am in the pains of childbirth for you until Christ is formed in you.
Ka ca rhoek nangmih ah Khrih a kap duela u ham nim ka bung a tloh bal.
20 I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
Te dongah nangmih taengah om laeh ka ngaih coeng. Ka ol te thovael ham khaw nangmih soah ka ingang coeng.
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
Kai taengah thui uh lah. Olkhueng hmuiah om ham aka ngaih rhoek, olkhueng te na ya uh mahnim?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave girl and one by the free woman.
Abraham loh capa panit a khueh te a daek coeng ta. Pakhat te salnu kah tih pakhat te aka loeih nu kah ta.
23 One was born by the slave girl according to the flesh, but the other was born by the free woman through promise.
Tedae salnu kah te tah pumsa la a cun. Aka loeih nu kah te tah olkhueh lamloh a cun.
24 These things may be interpreted as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One of them is from Mount Sinai and she gives birth to children who are slaves. This is Hagar.
Amih rhoi loh a tueng sak te om. Amih rhoi tah paipi panit la om. Pakhat tah Sinai tlang lamkah tih sal la a cun. Anih tah Hagar ni.
25 Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia; and she represents the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
Hagar tah Arabia kah Sinai tlang coeng ni. Tahae kah Jerusalem banghui la, a ca rhoek taengah sal a bi.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Tedae soben Jerusalem tah aka loeih ni. Anih tah mamih kah manu ni.
27 For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren one who does not give birth; cry out and shout for joy, you who are not suffering the pains of childbirth; because the children of the abandoned woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.”
A daek coeng te ta, Cakol la cacun mueh aw uum khungdaeng lamtah bung aka tlo pawt aw tamhoe lah. Va aka khueh lakah khosoek kah camoe tah taoe ping ta.
28 But you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Manuca rhoek nangmih ngawn tah Isaak bangla olkhueh kah ca rhoek la na om uh.
29 At that time the one who was born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit. It is the same now.
Tedae pumsa la a cun loh mueihla la cun te a hnaemtak vanbangla tahae ah khaw om van tangloeng.
30 But what does the scripture say? “Send away the slave girl and her son. For the son of the slave girl will not share in the inheritance with the son of the free woman.”
Tedae cacim loh, “Salnu neh a capa te haek laeh. Salnu kah a capa te aka loeih nu kah capa taengah phaeng loengloeng boel saeh,” a ti te ta.
31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of a slave girl, but of the free woman.
Te dongah manuca rhoek salnu kah voel pawt tih aka loeih kah ca rhoek la n'om uh.
