Galatians 4
1 Now I say that so long as an heir is a child, he in no respect differs from a slave, although he is the owner of everything,
Kinbꞌij xuqujeꞌ, ri echaꞌnel are kꞌa nitzꞌ na, xaq e junam rukꞌ ri patanijel ri kꞌo pa ri ja, pune ri akꞌal are ajchoqꞌe ronojel ri jastaq.
2 but he is under the control of guardians and trustees until the time his father has appointed.
Xane chajital kumal ri iꞌlol taq rech kꞌa jampaꞌ katzꞌaqat na ri junabꞌ ri karaj ri utat.
3 So we also, when spiritually we were children, were subject to the world's rudimentary notions, and were enslaved.
Je xuqujeꞌ uj, are majaꞌ qetaꞌm uwach ri Cristo, uj kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri jatꞌibꞌal rech ri uwachulew.
4 But, when the time was fully come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born subject to Law,
Are xtzꞌaqat ri qꞌotaj, ri Dios xutaq loq ri Ukꞌojol, ri xkꞌiyik che jun ixoq xuqujeꞌ chuxeꞌ ri taqanik.
5 in order to purchase the freedom of all who were subject to Law, so that we might receive recognition as sons.
Rech jeriꞌ kekꞌam apanoq ri e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri taqanik, rech kuꞌx alkꞌwaꞌlaxelabꞌ.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry "Abba! our Father!"
Rumal kꞌu che ri ixralkꞌwaꞌl chi ri Dios, ri Dios xutaq loq ri Uxlabꞌixel rech ri Ukꞌojol pa taq iwanimaꞌ rech jeriꞌ kixkwinik kibꞌij: ¡Tat!
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir also through God's own act.
Xaq jeriꞌ man at patanijel ta chik, xane at ralkꞌwaꞌl chi ri Dios, jeriꞌ rumal ri Dios xubꞌano echaꞌnel chawe.
8 But at one time, you Gentiles, having no knowledge of God, were slaves to gods which in reality do not exist.
Ojer are majaꞌ iwetaꞌm uwach ri Dios, are kipatanij ri man e dios taj.
9 Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved?
Kamik kꞌut chi iwetaꞌm chi uwach ri Dios, o pa juleꞌ taq tzij chik ri Dios xretaꞌmaj iwach, ¿jas kꞌu che kiwaj kixtzalij kanoq chuxeꞌ ri chuqꞌabꞌ ri karaj kubꞌan rech piꞌwiꞌ?
10 You scrupulously observe days and months, special seasons, and years.
Ri ix xaq jeꞌ nim tajin kiwil ri qꞌij, ri ikꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri junabꞌ rech taq ri nimaqꞌij.
11 I am alarmed about you, and am afraid that I have perhaps bestowed labour upon you to no purpose.
Kinxiꞌj wibꞌ are kinchomaj iwij, rukꞌ jubꞌiqꞌ man kꞌo ta xutayij ri xinchakuj iwukꞌ.
12 Brethren, become as I am, I beseech you; for I have also become like you. In no respect did you behave badly to me.
Wachalal kixinbꞌochiꞌj rech qas je kixuxik jetaq ri in, jeriꞌ rumal in xuqujeꞌ je xinuxik jetaq ri ix. Kinbꞌij we riꞌ, man xa ta rumal ibꞌanom kꞌax chwe.
13 And you know that in those early days it was on account of bodily infirmity that I proclaimed the Good News to you,
Jeriꞌ rumal iwetaꞌm chi rumal rech jun yabꞌil pa ri nutyoꞌjal, xintzijoj ri utz laj tzij chiꞌwe.
14 and yet the bodily infirmity which was such a trial to you, you did not regard with contempt or loathing, but you received me as if I had been an angel of God or Christ Jesus Himself!
Pune kꞌax xiriq wukꞌ rumal ri yabꞌilal ri kꞌo chwe, man xiniwetzelaj taj, xane je xibꞌan chinukꞌamawaꞌxik jetaq jun ángel rech ri Dios, jetaq ta ne ri Cristo Jesús.
15 I ask you, then, what has become of your self-congratulations? For I bear you witness that had it been possible you would have torn out your own eyes and have given them to me.
Je kꞌu riꞌ ¿jas kꞌu xkꞌulmatajik rukꞌ ri kiꞌkotemal ri xinaꞌo? Qas tzij wi, xinwilo chi we ta xixkwinik, xiwesaj ta riꞌ ri ibꞌoqꞌoch rech xiya chwe.
16 Can it be that I have become your enemy through speaking the truth to you?
¿La xa kꞌu xibꞌan ikꞌulel chwe rumal xinbꞌij ri qas tzij chiꞌwe?
17 These men pay court to you, but not with honourable motives. They want to exclude you, so that you may pay court to them.
Ri e winaq ri kakibꞌij chi kel kikꞌuꞌx chiꞌwe, man tzij taq chi qas are kakaj ri utzilal chiꞌwe. Are kakaj kixkiqꞌat chaqe rech kixeꞌ kukꞌ.
18 It is always an honourable thing to be courted in an honourable cause; always, and not only when I am with you, my children--
Utz riꞌ we amaqꞌel kel ukꞌuꞌx jun che jun chik, man xwi ta are in kꞌo iwukꞌ.
19 you for whom I am again, as it were, undergoing the pains of childbirth, until Christ is fully formed within you.
Alaj taq walkꞌwaꞌl, kinnaꞌ chi junmul qꞌoxom iwumal iwe jetaq ri jun nan ri kakꞌojiꞌ ral, kꞌa jampaꞌ katzꞌaqat na ri Cristo pa iwanimaꞌ.
20 Would that I were with you and could change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Are kawaj we ta in kꞌo apanoq iwukꞌ rech qas ko kixinchꞌabꞌej, jeriꞌ rumal qas kinmayijanik rumal ri kixnoꞌjinik.
21 Tell me--you who want to continue to be subject to Law--will you not listen to the Law?
Chibꞌijmpe ix chwe, ri kiwaj kixkꞌojiꞌk chuxeꞌ ri taqanik: ¿La man kꞌu itatabꞌem ri kubꞌij ri taqanik?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl and one by the free woman.
Ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik kubꞌij chi ri Abraham xekꞌojiꞌ e kebꞌ ukꞌojol, jun rukꞌ ri patanijel xuqujeꞌ jun rukꞌ ri qas rixoqil.
23 But we see that the child of the slave-girl was born in the common course of nature; but the child of the free woman in fulfilment of the promise.
Ri ral ri patanijel xalaxik xaq pa ri tyoꞌjal, are kꞌu ri ral ri qas ixoqilom, xalaxik rumal jeriꞌ bꞌiꞌtal loq.
24 All this is allegorical; for the women represent two Covenants. One has its origin on Mount Sinai, and bears children destined for slavery.
We xtzijox loq riꞌ, jun kꞌutbꞌal, jeriꞌ rumal we kebꞌ ixoqibꞌ riꞌ are ri kebꞌ chꞌekom tzij: jun kape je laꞌ puꞌwiꞌ ri juyubꞌ Sinaí, e kꞌo ral rech kuꞌx patanijelabꞌ, ri ubꞌiꞌ ri ixoq riꞌ are Agar.
25 This is Hagar; for the name Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, which is in bondage together with her children.
Jeriꞌ rumal ri Agar are karetwachij ri juyubꞌ ri kꞌo pa Arabia, are ri Jerusalén rech kamik. Jeriꞌ rumal areꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri e ral e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri taqanik.
26 But the Jerusalem which is above is free, and she is our mother.
Are kꞌu ri Sara are karetwachij ri kꞌakꞌ chꞌekom tzij, ri karetwachij ri Jerusalén ri kꞌo chikaj, are wa ri qatinimit uj ri man uj jatꞌital ta chik.
27 For it is written, "Rejoice, thou barren woman that bearest not, break forth into a joyful cry, thou that dost not travail with child. For the desolate woman has many children--more indeed than she who has the husband."
Jeriꞌ rumal ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik kubꞌij: Chatkiꞌkotoq at ixoq ri man e kꞌolinaq taj awal pa ri uwachulew, at ri man xanaꞌ ta wi ri qꞌoxom jetaq ri kunaꞌ jun ixoq are kakꞌojiꞌ jun ral; Jeriꞌ rumal sibꞌalaj e kꞌi na ri awal kekꞌojiꞌ cho ri e ral ri kꞌulanik ixoq.
28 But you, brethren, like Isaac, are children born in fulfilment of a promise.
Xaq jeriꞌ Qachalal, uj uj ralkꞌwaꞌl ri tzujtal loq, jetaq ri Isaac.
29 Yet just as, at that time, the child born in the common course of nature persecuted the one whose birth was due to the power of the Spirit, so it is now.
Are kꞌu ri alkꞌwaꞌlaxel ri xkꞌiy pa ri tyoꞌjal, kubꞌan kꞌax che ri xkꞌiy pa ri Uxlabꞌal, xaq jeꞌ kakꞌulmataj we riꞌ kamik.
30 But what says the Scripture? "Send away the slave-girl and her son, for never shall the slave-girl's son share the inheritance with the son of the free woman."
¿Jas kꞌu kubꞌij ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik? Chawesaj bꞌik ri patanijel rachiꞌl ri ral, jeriꞌ rumal man junam ta ri kechabꞌal, ri ral ri patanijel rukꞌ ri ral ri qas ixoqilom.
31 Therefore, brethren, since we are not the children of a slave-girl, but of the free woman--
Xaq jeriꞌ Qachalal, man uj ral ta ri ixoq patanijel xane uj ral ri qas ixoqilom.
