Galatians 4
1 And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant — being lord of all,
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;
2 but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father,
but he is vndur keperis and tutoris, in to the tyme determyned of the fadir.
3 so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,
So we, whanne we weren litle children, we serueden vndur the elementis of the world.
4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
But aftir that the fulfilling of tyme cam, God sente his sone,
5 that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;
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.
6 and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father!'
And for ye ben Goddis sones, God sente his spirit in to youre hertis, criynge, Abba, fadir.
7 so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
And so ther is not now a seruaunt, but a sone; and if he is a sone, he is an eir bi God.
8 But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,
But thanne ye vnknowynge God, serueden to hem that in kynde weren not goddis.
9 and now, having known God — and rather being known by God — how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?
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?
10 days ye observe, and months, and times, and years!
Ye taken kepe to daies, and monethis, and tymes, and yeris.
11 I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.
But Y drede you, lest without cause Y haue trauelid among you.
12 Become as I [am] — because I also [am] as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,
Be ye as Y, for Y am as ye. Britheren, Y biseche you, ye han hurt me no thing.
13 and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first,
But ye knowen, that bi infirmyte of fleisch Y haue prechid to you now bifore;
14 and my trial that [is] in my flesh ye did not despise nor reject, but as a messenger of God ye did receive me — as Christ Jesus;
and ye dispiseden not, nether forsoken youre temptacioun in my fleisch, but ye resseyueden me as an aungel of God, as `Crist Jhesu.
15 what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, ye would have given to me;
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.
16 so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?
Am Y thanne maad an enemye to you, seiynge to you the sothe?
17 they are zealous for you — [yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;
Thei louen not you wel, but thei wolen exclude you, that ye suen hem.
18 and [it is] good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;
But sue ye the good euermore in good, and not oneli whanne Y am present with you.
19 my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,
My smale children, whiche Y bere eftsoones, til that Crist be fourmed in you,
20 and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.
and Y wolde now be at you, and chaunge my vois, for Y am confoundid among you.
21 Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear?
Seie to me, ye that wolen be vndir the lawe, `han ye not red the lawe?
22 for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,
For it is writun, that Abraham hadde two sones, oon of a seruaunt, and oon of a fre womman.
23 but he who [is] of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who [is] of the free-woman, through the promise;
But he that was of the seruaunt, was borun after the flesh; but he that was of the fre womman, by a biheeste.
24 which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar;
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.
25 for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
For Syna is an hille that is in Arabie, which hille is ioyned to it that is now Jerusalem, and seruith with hir children.
26 and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,
But that Jerusalem that is aboue, is fre, whiche is oure modir.
27 for it hath been written, 'Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many [are] the children of the desolate — more than of her having the husband.'
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.
28 And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise,
For, britheren, we ben sones of biheeste aftir Isaac;
29 but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now;
but now as this that was borun after the fleisch pursuede him that was aftir the spirit, so now.
30 but what saith the Writing? 'Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;'
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.
31 then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's.
And so, britheren, we ben not sones of the seruaunt, but of the fre wijf, bi which fredom Crist hath maad vs fre.
