Galatiatɔwo 4
1 Nya si gblɔm mele lae nye be zi ale si domenyila aɖe nye ɖevi ko la, vovototo aɖeke mele eya kple kluvi dome o, evɔ eyae nye nuwo katã ƒe aƒetɔ hafi.
What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
2 Ele na ɖevi la be wòawɔ nu si edzikpɔlawo ɖo nɛ la va se ɖe esime wòaxɔ ƒe si fofoa ɖo da ɖi la.
He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
3 Nenema ke esi míawo hã míenye ɖeviwo la, míenɔ xexe sia me ƒe gɔmedzenuwo kple gbɔgbɔ siwo kpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe xexe sia me dzi la ƒe kluvinyenye te.
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
4 Ke esi ɣeyiɣi nyuitɔ va ɖo la, Mawu dɔ Via si nyɔnu aɖe dzi le se la te la ɖa
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 be wòaɖe ame siwo le se la te la, be wòate ŋu axɔ mí abe eya ŋutɔ ƒe viwo ene.
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
6 Esi mienye viawo ta la, Mawu dɔ Via ƒe Gbɔgbɔ ɖe miaƒe dziwo me, eya ta azɔ la, miate ŋu ayɔ Mawu dzideƒotɔe be, “Abba, Fofo.”
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
7 Eya ta mèganye kluvi azɔ o, ke boŋ ènye Mawu ŋutɔ ƒe vi; azɔ esi nènye via ta la, Mawu wɔ wò eƒe domenyilae.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
8 Tsã la, esi mienya Mawu o la, mienye kluvi na nu siwo menye mawuwo tso dzɔdzɔme o la.
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 Ke azɔ esi mienya Mawu alo magblɔ be Mawu boŋ nya mi la, nu ka ta miagadi be yewoagbugbɔ ayi subɔsubɔ gbɔdzɔ, dahe, dzodzrowo gbɔ ɖo? Ɖe miedi be yewoaganye kluvi na wo akea?
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
10 Miewɔna ɖe ŋkekewo kple ɣletiwo, azãgbewo kple ƒewo ƒe ɖoɖo tɔxɛwo dzi.
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
11 Mele vɔvɔ̃m ɖe mia nu be agbagba siwo katã dzem mele ɖe mia ta la zu dzodzro mahĩ.
I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
12 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, mele kuku ɖem na mi be miwɔ nu abe nye ene, elabena nye hã mezu abe miawo ene. Miewɔ vɔ̃ aɖeke ɖe ŋunye o.
I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
13 Abe ale si mienyae ene la, menɔ dɔ lém esi metsɔ nyanyui la vɛ na mi zi gbãtɔ.
You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
14 Togbɔ be nye dɔléle la nye nuɖiaɖia hã la, miegbe nu le gbɔnye alo do vlom o, ke boŋ miexɔm, eye miekpɔ dzinye abe mawudɔla aɖe menye alo Yesu Kristo ŋutɔ ene.
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
15 Azɔ afi ka miaƒe dzidzɔ ƒe kafukafu la le? Elabena mate ŋu agblɔe be, ɖe miete ŋui la, ne mieho miaƒe ŋkuwo le to me hetsɔ nam.
What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
16 Ke azɔ la, ɖe mezu miaƒe futɔ, elabena megblɔ nyateƒe la na mia?
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 Aʋatsonufiala mawo le didim vevie be yewoadze mia ŋu, ke menye ɖe miaƒe nyonyo ta o. Nu si wole didim be yewoawɔ lae nye be yewoɖe mi ɖe aga tso gbɔnye, ale be miaɖo to yewo wu.
Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
18 Enyo ne amewo ve mia nu kple tameɖoɖo nyui ɖaa, ke menye le ɣeyiɣi si me mele mia gbɔ ko o.
Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
19 Vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, megale veve sem ɖe mia nu abe funɔ si le ku lém la ene va se ɖe esime Kristo ƒe gbɔgbɔ ayɔ mia me mlɔeba.
My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
20 Medi vevie be manɔ mia gbɔ fifia, ne nyemanɔ nu siawo ŋlɔm na mi o hafi; ke esi mía dome didi ta la, maʋu eme be nyemenya nu si tututu mawɔ o.
how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
21 Migblɔe nam, mi ame siwo di be yewoanɔ se la te la, mienya nu si se la gblɔ oa?
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
22 Elabena woŋlɔ ɖi be viŋutsu eve nɔ Abraham si; ɖeka dada nye kosi, ke evelia dada ya nye ablɔɖenyɔnu.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
23 Abraham ƒe viŋutsu si dada nye kosi la, wodzii le ŋutilã la nu, ke viŋutsu si dada nye ablɔɖenyɔnu la, wodzii le ŋugbedodo la nu.
His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
24 Nu siawo nye lododo ko, elabena nyɔnu eveawo sɔ kple nubabla eve. Nubabla ɖeka la, woxɔe le Sinai to dzi, eye eyae dzi ɖevi siwo nye kluviwo. Esia nye Hagar.
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
25 Eya ta Hagar nye Sinai to si le Arabia, eye wòsɔ kple egbegbe Yerusalem du, elabena eya kple viawo le kluvinyenye me.
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
26 Ke Yerusalem si le dziƒo la vo, menye kluvi o, eye eyae nye mía dada.
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
27 Elabena woŋlɔ ɖi bena, “Dzi nedzɔ wò, O konɔ, wò nyɔnu si medzi vi kpɔ o; do ɣli sesĩe nàtso aseye, wò ame si melé ku kpɔ o; viwo le nyɔnu si tsi akogo la si wu nyɔnu si si srɔ̃ le la gɔ̃ hã.”
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
28 Azɔ nɔviwo, abe Isak ene la, miawo la, mienye ŋugbedodo la ƒe viwo.
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
29 Abe ale si viŋutsu, si wodzi le ŋutilã la nu ti viŋutsu, si wodzi tso Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la me yome va yi ene la, nenema tututu wògale fifia hã.
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
30 Ke nu ka Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ? Egblɔ be, “Nya kosi la kple via, elabena kosi la ƒe vi mate ŋu anyi Abraham ƒe dome kple ablɔɖenyɔnu la ƒe vi gbeɖe o.”
But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
31 Eya ta nɔviwo, menye kosi la ƒe viwo míenye o, ke boŋ míenye ablɔɖenyɔnu la ƒe viwo.
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
