Galatians 4
1 Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he is lord of all;
Tala ndimbola ya makambo oyo nazali koloba: soki mokitani ya libula azali nanu mwana moke, akeseni te na mowumbu, atako ye nde azali nkolo ya biloko nyonso.
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed by the father.
Akozala na se ya bokonzi ya babokoli mpe ya babateli bomengo kino tango akokokisa mibu oyo tata na ye akataki.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Ezali mpe ndenge moko mpo na biso: wana tozalaki nanu bana mike, tozalaki bawumbu ya makambo oyo etambolisaka mokili.
4 But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Kasi tango ngonga oyo Nzambe akataki ekokaki, atindaki Mwana na Ye, oyo abotamaki na mwasi mpe na se ya bokonzi ya Mobeko,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
mpo na kosikola bato oyo bazali na se ya bokonzi ya Mobeko, mpe mpo na kopesa biso makoki ya kokoma bana na Nzambe.
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Mpe mpo ete bozali penza bana, Nzambe atindaki Molimo ya Mwana na Ye kati na mitema na biso, Molimo oyo agangaka: « Aba, » elingi koloba: « Tata! »
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Boye, ozali lisusu mowumbu te, kasi mwana. Mpe mpo ete ozali mwana, Nzambe okomisi yo mokitani ya libula na Ye.
8 However then, when ye knew not God, ye did service to them which by nature are no gods.
Wuta kala, wana boyebaki nanu Nzambe te, bozalaki bawumbu ya banzambe oyo, na bosolo, bazali penza banzambe te.
9 But now, after ye have known God, or rather are known by God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage?
Kasi awa boyebi sik’oyo Nzambe to lokola sik’oyo Nzambe ayebi bino, ndenge nini bozongeli lisusu makambo oyo etambolisaka mokili, makambo oyo ezanga nguya mpe tina? Bolingi lisusu komizongisa na se ya bowumbu na yango?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Bozali kotosa mikolo, basanza, bileko mpe mibu!
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.
Ah! Nazali penza kobanga ete pasi oyo namiyokisaki mpo na bino ekende pamba.
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all.
Nabondeli bino bandeko na ngai: Bozala lokola ngai, pamba te ngai mpe namikomisaki lokola bino. Bosalaki ngai mabe moko te.
13 Ye know that in infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first.
Boyebi malamu ete ezali bokono na ngai nde epesaki ngai libaku ya koteya bino Sango Malamu mpo na mbala ya liboso.
14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.
Atako bongo, botiolaki ngai te mpe boboyaki ngai te mpo na bokono na ngai; nzokande, boyambaki ngai lokola Anjelu na Nzambe, lokola Yesu-Klisto Ye moko.
15 What then was the blessedness ye spoke of; for I bear you testimony, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Esengo na bino ekeyi wapi? Nakoki ata kopesa litatoli oyo na tina na bino: Soki ekokaki kosalema, bolingaki ata kolongola miso na bino mpo na kopesa ngai yango.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
Boni, nakomi sik’oyo monguna na bino mpo ete nazali koloba na bino solo?
17 They zealously affect you, [but] not well; for, they would exclude you, that ye may affect them.
Bato wana balingi bino makasi, kasi makanisi na bango ezali ya malamu te; bazali na posa ya kokabola bino na ngai mpo ete bokangama na bango.
18 But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.
Ezali malamu kozalaka tango nyonso na bolingo eleka ndelo mpo na likambo ya malamu, kasi ezala kaka te tango nazali elongo na bino.
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,
Bana na ngai, lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota, nazali lisusu koyoka pasi mpo na bino, kino tango Klisto akosalema kati na bino.
20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
Nazali na posa makasi ya kozala sik’oyo elongo na bino mpe koloba na bino na lolenge mosusu, pamba te nayebi lisusu te eloko ya kosala mpo na bino!
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Bino oyo bolingi kozala na se ya bokonzi ya Mobeko, boyebisa ngai nanu, bososolaka na bino te makambo oyo Mobeko elobaka?
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.
Ekomama kati na yango ete Abrayami azalaki na bana mibali mibale: mwasi mowumbu abotelaki ye mwana moko, mpe mwasi nsomi abotelaki ye mwana moko.
23 But he [who was] of the bond-woman, was born according to the flesh; but he of the free-woman [was] by promise.
Mwana oyo mwasi mowumbu abotelaki Abrayami abotamaki na lolenge ya bomoto, kasi mwana oyo mwasi nsomi abotelaki ye abotamaki kolanda elaka ya Nzambe.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Makambo oyo epesami lokola ndakisa: Basi oyo mibale bazali kotalisa boyokani mibale. Moko ewutaki na ngomba Sinai mpe ebotaki bawumbu; yango nde Agari azali kotalisa.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Agari azali ngomba Sinai kati na Arabi, akokani na Yelusalemi ya sik’oyo, pamba te ezali kati na bowumbu elongo na bana na yango.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Kasi Yelusalemi ya Likolo ezali nsomi, mpe yango nde ezali mama na biso;
27 For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she who hath a husband.
pamba te ekomama: « Sepela, mwasi ekomba, yo oyo obotaka te! Sepela makasi mpe ganga na esengo, yo mwasi oyo oyoki nanu pasi ya kobota te! Pamba te bana ya mwasi oyo asundolama bakozala ebele koleka bana ya mwasi oyo azali na mobali. »
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Nzokande bino bandeko na ngai, bozali bana ya elaka, lokola Izaki.
29 But as then he that was born according to the flesh persecuted him [that was born] according to the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
Kasi ndenge kaka mwana mobali oyo abotamaki na lolenge ya bomoto azalaki na kala konyokola mwana mobali oyo abotamaki na nzela ya nguya ya Molimo, ndenge wana mpe ezali kosalema sik’oyo.
30 Nevertheless, what saith the scripture? Cast out the bond-woman and her son: for the son of the bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman.
Nzokande Makomi ezali koloba nini? « Bengana mwasi mowumbu elongo na mwana na ye ya mobali, pamba te mwana ya mwasi mowumbu akoki te kokabola libula elongo na mwana mobali ya mwasi nsomi. »
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free.
Yango wana bandeko na ngai, biso tozali bana ya mwasi mowumbu te, kasi bana ya mwasi nsomi.
