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;
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be mstr of all;
2 but he is vndur keperis and tutoris, in to the tyme determyned of the fadir.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 So we, whanne we weren litle children, we serueden vndur the elementis of the world.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4 But aftir that the fulfilling of tyme cam, God sente his sone,
But when the fulness of the time was come, YHWH sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
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.
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 And for ye ben Goddis sones, God sente his spirit in to youre hertis, criynge, Abba, fadir.
And because ye are sons, YHWH hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, 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 servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of YHWH through the Messiah.
8 But thanne ye vnknowynge God, serueden to hem that in kynde weren not goddis.
Howbeit then, when ye knew not YHWH, ye did service unto them which by nature are no 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, after that ye have known YHWH, or rather are known of YHWH, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Ye taken kepe to daies, and monethis, and tymes, and yeris.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 But Y drede you, lest without cause Y haue trauelid among you.
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
12 Be ye as Y, for Y am as ye. Britheren, Y biseche you, ye han hurt me no thing.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
13 But ye knowen, that bi infirmyte of fleisch Y haue prechid to you now bifore;
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the glad tidings unto 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 my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of Elohim, even as the Messiah Yahushua.
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.
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16 Am Y thanne maad an enemye to you, seiynge to you the sothe?
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17 Thei louen not you wel, but thei wolen exclude you, that ye suen hem.
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18 But sue ye the good euermore in good, and not oneli whanne Y am present with you.
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19 My smale children, whiche Y bere eftsoones, til that Crist be fourmed in you,
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until the Messiah be formed in you,
20 and Y wolde now be at you, and chaunge my vois, for Y am confoundid among you.
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand 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 desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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 sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
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 who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was 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.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Hagar.
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 this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But that Jerusalem that is aboue, is fre, whiche is oure modir.
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us 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, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 For, britheren, we ben sones of biheeste aftir Isaac;
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 but now as this that was borun after the fleisch pursuede him that was aftir the spirit, so now.
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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.
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31 And so, britheren, we ben not sones of the seruaunt, but of the fre wijf, bi which fredom Crist hath maad vs fre.
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
