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.
Nya si gblɔm mele lae nye be zi ale si domenyila aɖe nye ɖevi ko la, vovototo aɖeke mele eya kple kluvi dome o, evɔ eyae nye nuwo katã ƒe aƒetɔ hafi.
2 But he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
Ele na ɖevi la be wòawɔ nu si edzikpɔlawo ɖo nɛ la va se ɖe esime wòaxɔ ƒe si fofoa ɖo da ɖi la.
3 So also, when we were children, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world.
Nenema ke esi míawo hã míenye ɖeviwo la, míenɔ xexe sia me ƒe gɔmedzenuwo kple gbɔgbɔ siwo kpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe xexe sia me dzi la ƒe kluvinyenye te.
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.
Ke esi ɣeyiɣi nyuitɔ va ɖo la, Mawu dɔ Via si nyɔnu aɖe dzi le se la te la ɖa
5 He did this to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
be wòaɖe ame siwo le se la te la, be wòate ŋu axɔ mí abe eya ŋutɔ ƒe viwo ene.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
Esi mienye viawo ta la, Mawu dɔ Via ƒe Gbɔgbɔ ɖe miaƒe dziwo me, eya ta azɔ la, miate ŋu ayɔ Mawu dzideƒotɔe be, “Abba, Fofo.”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then you are also an heir through God.
Eya ta mèganye kluvi azɔ o, ke boŋ ènye Mawu ŋutɔ ƒe vi; azɔ esi nènye via ta la, Mawu wɔ wò eƒe domenyilae.
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.
Tsã la, esi mienya Mawu o la, mienye kluvi na nu siwo menye mawuwo tso dzɔdzɔme o la.
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?
Ke azɔ esi mienya Mawu alo magblɔ be Mawu boŋ nya mi la, nu ka ta miagadi be yewoagbugbɔ ayi subɔsubɔ gbɔdzɔ, dahe, dzodzrowo gbɔ ɖo? Ɖe miedi be yewoaganye kluvi na wo akea?
10 You observe days and new moons and seasons and years!
Miewɔna ɖe ŋkekewo kple ɣletiwo, azãgbewo kple ƒewo ƒe ɖoɖo tɔxɛwo dzi.
11 I am afraid for you that somehow my work with you may have been for nothing.
Mele vɔvɔ̃m ɖe mia nu be agbagba siwo katã dzem mele ɖe mia ta la zu dzodzro mahĩ.
12 I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I also have become like you. You did me no wrong.
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, mele kuku ɖem na mi be miwɔ nu abe nye ene, elabena nye hã mezu abe miawo ene. Miewɔ vɔ̃ aɖeke ɖe ŋunye o.
13 But you know that it was because of a physical illness that I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time.
Abe ale si mienyae ene la, menɔ dɔ lém esi metsɔ nyanyui la vɛ na mi zi gbãtɔ.
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.
Togbɔ be nye dɔléle la nye nuɖiaɖia hã la, miegbe nu le gbɔnye alo do vlom o, ke boŋ miexɔm, eye miekpɔ dzinye abe mawudɔla aɖe menye alo Yesu Kristo ŋutɔ ene.
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.
Azɔ afi ka miaƒe dzidzɔ ƒe kafukafu la le? Elabena mate ŋu agblɔe be, ɖe miete ŋui la, ne mieho miaƒe ŋkuwo le to me hetsɔ nam.
16 So then, have I become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?
Ke azɔ la, ɖe mezu miaƒe futɔ, elabena megblɔ nyateƒe la na mia?
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.
Aʋatsonufiala mawo le didim vevie be yewoadze mia ŋu, ke menye ɖe miaƒe nyonyo ta o. Nu si wole didim be yewoawɔ lae nye be yewoɖe mi ɖe aga tso gbɔnye, ale be miaɖo to yewo wu.
18 It is always good to be zealous for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you.
Enyo ne amewo ve mia nu kple tameɖoɖo nyui ɖaa, ke menye le ɣeyiɣi si me mele mia gbɔ ko o.
19 My little children, again I am in the pains of childbirth for you until Christ is formed in you.
Vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, megale veve sem ɖe mia nu abe funɔ si le ku lém la ene va se ɖe esime Kristo ƒe gbɔgbɔ ayɔ mia me mlɔeba.
20 I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
Medi vevie be manɔ mia gbɔ fifia, ne nyemanɔ nu siawo ŋlɔm na mi o hafi; ke esi mía dome didi ta la, maʋu eme be nyemenya nu si tututu mawɔ o.
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
Migblɔe nam, mi ame siwo di be yewoanɔ se la te la, mienya nu si se la gblɔ oa?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave girl and one by the free woman.
Elabena woŋlɔ ɖi be viŋutsu eve nɔ Abraham si; ɖeka dada nye kosi, ke evelia dada ya nye ablɔɖenyɔnu.
23 One was born by the slave girl according to the flesh, but the other was born by the free woman through promise.
Abraham ƒe viŋutsu si dada nye kosi la, wodzii le ŋutilã la nu, ke viŋutsu si dada nye ablɔɖenyɔnu la, wodzii le ŋugbedodo la nu.
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.
Nu siawo nye lododo ko, elabena nyɔnu eveawo sɔ kple nubabla eve. Nubabla ɖeka la, woxɔe le Sinai to dzi, eye eyae dzi ɖevi siwo nye kluviwo. Esia nye Hagar.
25 Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia; and she represents the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
Eya ta Hagar nye Sinai to si le Arabia, eye wòsɔ kple egbegbe Yerusalem du, elabena eya kple viawo le kluvinyenye me.
26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
Ke Yerusalem si le dziƒo la vo, menye kluvi o, eye eyae nye mía dada.
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.”
Elabena woŋlɔ ɖi bena, “Dzi nedzɔ wò, O konɔ, wò nyɔnu si medzi vi kpɔ o; do ɣli sesĩe nàtso aseye, wò ame si melé ku kpɔ o; viwo le nyɔnu si tsi akogo la si wu nyɔnu si si srɔ̃ le la gɔ̃ hã.”
28 But you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
Azɔ nɔviwo, abe Isak ene la, miawo la, mienye ŋugbedodo la ƒe viwo.
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.
Abe ale si viŋutsu, si wodzi le ŋutilã la nu ti viŋutsu, si wodzi tso Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la me yome va yi ene la, nenema tututu wògale fifia hã.
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.”
Ke nu ka Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ? Egblɔ be, “Nya kosi la kple via, elabena kosi la ƒe vi mate ŋu anyi Abraham ƒe dome kple ablɔɖenyɔnu la ƒe vi gbeɖe o.”
31 Therefore, brothers, we are not children of a slave girl, but of the free woman.
Eya ta nɔviwo, menye kosi la ƒe viwo míenye o, ke boŋ míenye ablɔɖenyɔnu la ƒe viwo.
