Galatians 4
1 But Y seie, as long tyme as the eir is a litil child, he dyuersith no thing fro a seruaunt, whanne he is lord of alle thingis;
Then I say, that the heire as long as hee is a childe, differeth nothing from a seruant, though he be Lord of all,
2 but he is vndur keperis and tutoris, in to the tyme determyned of the fadir.
But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father.
3 So we, whanne we weren litle children, we serueden vndur the elementis of the world.
Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.
4 But aftir that the fulfilling of tyme cam, God sente his sone,
But when the fulnesse of time was come, God sent forth his Sonne made of a woman, and made vnder the Lawe,
5 maad of a womman, maad vndur the lawe, that he schulde ayenbie hem that weren vndur the lawe, that we schulden vnderfonge the adopcioun of sones.
That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.
6 And for ye ben Goddis sones, God sente his spirit in to youre hertis, criynge, Abba, fadir.
And because ye are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the Spirit of his Sonne into your heartes, which crieth, Abba, Father.
7 And so ther is not now a seruaunt, but a sone; and if he is a sone, he is an eir bi God.
Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.
8 But thanne ye vnknowynge God, serueden to hem that in kynde weren not goddis.
But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:
9 But now whanne ye han knowe God, and ben knowun of God, hou ben ye turned eftsoone to the febil and nedi elementis, to the whiche ye wolen eft serue?
But now seeing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerly rudiments, whereunto as from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?
10 Ye taken kepe to daies, and monethis, and tymes, and yeris.
Ye obserue dayes, and moneths, and times and yeeres.
11 But Y drede you, lest without cause Y haue trauelid among you.
I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vaine.
12 Be ye as Y, for Y am as ye. Britheren, Y biseche you, ye han hurt me no thing.
Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.
13 But ye knowen, that bi infirmyte of fleisch Y haue prechid to you now bifore;
And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.
14 and ye dispiseden not, nether forsoken youre temptacioun in my fleisch, but ye resseyueden me as an aungel of God, as `Crist Jhesu.
And the trial of me which was in my flesh, ye despised not, neither abhorred: but ye receiued me as an Angel of God, yea, as Christ Iesus.
15 Where thanne is youre blessyng? For Y bere you witnesse, that if it myyte haue be don. ye wolden haue put out youre iyen, and haue yyuen hem to me.
What was then your felicitie? for I beare you recorde, that if it had bene possible, ye would haue plucked out your owne eyes, and haue giuen them vnto me.
16 Am Y thanne maad an enemye to you, seiynge to you the sothe?
Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?
17 Thei louen not you wel, but thei wolen exclude you, that ye suen hem.
They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.
18 But sue ye the good euermore in good, and not oneli whanne Y am present with you.
But it is a good thing to loue earnestly alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you,
19 My smale children, whiche Y bere eftsoones, til that Crist be fourmed in you,
My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.
20 and Y wolde now be at you, and chaunge my vois, for Y am confoundid among you.
And I would I were with you nowe, that I might change my voyce: for I am in doubt of you.
21 Seie to me, ye that wolen be vndir the lawe, `han ye not red the lawe?
Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?
22 For it is writun, that Abraham hadde two sones, oon of a seruaunt, and oon of a fre womman.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.
23 But he that was of the seruaunt, was borun after the flesh; but he that was of the fre womman, by a biheeste.
But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.
24 The whiche thingis ben seid bi an othir vndirstonding. For these ben two testamentis; oon in the hille of Synai, gendringe in to seruage, which is Agar.
By the which things another thing is meant: for these mothers are the two testaments, the one which is Agar of mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage.
25 For Syna is an hille that is in Arabie, which hille is ioyned to it that is now Jerusalem, and seruith with hir children.
(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.
26 But that Jerusalem that is aboue, is fre, whiche is oure modir.
But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.
27 For it is writun, Be glad, thou bareyn, that berist not; breke out and crye, that bringist forth no children; for many sones ben of hir that is left of hir hosebonde, more than of hir that hath an hosebonde.
For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, and cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.
28 For, britheren, we ben sones of biheeste aftir Isaac;
Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promise.
29 but now as this that was borun after the fleisch pursuede him that was aftir the spirit, so now.
But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe.
30 But what seith the scripture? Caste out the seruaunt and hir sone, for the sone of the seruaunt schal not be eir with the sone of the fre wijf.
But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.
31 And so, britheren, we ben not sones of the seruaunt, but of the fre wijf, bi which fredom Crist hath maad vs fre.
Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.
