Galaatiya 4
1 Ta geyssi hayssa. Laattey na7aa gidi de7ishe, shalo ubbay iyabaa gidikkoka, I ayllefe aykkoka dummatenna.
Now, I [will further] discuss [children and heirs]: [An heir is a person who will later] control all that his father has. But as long as that heir is a child, others [control] him, with the result that he is just like a slave [MET].
2 Shin iya aaway gida wodey gakkanaw I hadara ekkidayssata kusheninne naageyssata kushen de7ees.
Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
3 Hessadakka, nuuni na7atethan de7iya wode alamiya wogaas ayllettidi de7ida.
Likewise, when we [(inc)] (OR, we [(exc) Jews]) were [like] young children [MET], we were controlled by the spiritual powers of this world. They controlled us like [masters control their slaves] [MET].
4 Shin wodey gakkida wode Xoossay higgefe garssan, maccasappe yelettida ba na7aa kiittis.
But exactly at the time [MTY] [that God had previously determined], he sent [Jesus], who is (his Son/the man who is also God), into the world. Jesus was born to a [human] mother. He had to obey the laws [that God gave to Moses].
5 I hessa oothiday, higges haarettidi de7eyssata wozanawunne nuna ba nayta oothanaassa.
God sent Jesus in order that he might redeem us who had to obey [God’s] laws. God wanted us all to receive from [God] the status of being his children [MET].
6 Nu Xoossaa nayta gidiya gisho, “Abbaa, Aawaw” gidi xeegiya ba Na7aa Ayyaana nu wozanaa giddo kiittis.
Furthermore, we know that we are God’s children because God sent the Spirit, who is intimately related to Jesus, to live in our (inner beings/hearts). [The Spirit enables us to] pray fervently, “Daddy, Father!” [This shows that we are God’s children].
7 Hessa gisho, hizappe neeni Xoossaa na7appe attin aylle gidakka. Neeni iya na7a gidikko, Xoossaa laatteyssa gidadasa.
So, [because of what God has done], no longer is [each of] you [like] a slave. Instead, [each of you is] a child [of God]. Furthermore, since [each of you is God’s] child, God has also made you his heir, [one who will receive all that he has promised].
8 Hintte kase Xoossaa eronna wode xoosse gidonnayssatas aylle gididi haarettideta.
When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
9 Shin ha77i hintte Xoossaa erideta; ubbarakka Xoossan erettideta. Yaatin pathonnanne go77onna alame wogatakko guye waanidi simmeetii? Wodhdhi eqqidi, waanidi enttaw aylle gidanaw koyeetii?
But now you have come to know God. Perhaps [it would be better to say that] now God knows you. [So now you are acting foolishly]! (You are again believing [that by obeying] rules and rites [you will benefit spiritually]! [RHQ] [Those rules are] ineffective and inadequate! You are wanting to [obey them] again [MET] like slaves obey their masters. [RHQ]
10 Dumma gidida gallasata, ageenata, wodetanne laythata hintte loythi bonchcheta.
You [non-Jews] are carefully practicing [Jewish rules and rituals about what you should do] (on [Sabbaths/on Jewish days of rest]) and [on the first day of each] month and on [special] seasons and years.
11 Tana hinttebay yashshees; ta hinttew coo daaburadinaashsha?
I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
12 Ta ishato, ta hintteda hanida gisho, hintteka taada hanite gada hinttena woossays. Hintte tana aybinkka qohibeekketa.
My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. [Stop thinking that you have to obey (Jewish rules and rituals/ceremonial laws]). [When I was with you], I [did not obey all the Jewish rules and rituals], just like you [did not obey them]. [At that time] you treated me entirely as you should have [LIT].
13 Taani koyro harggettashe hinttew Wonggelaa odidayssa hintte ereeta.
You know that the first time I preached to you, [I went to your area to regain my health, because I was physically weak].
14 Ta harggey hinttew paace gidikkoka, tana saletibekketa; ixxibeeketa. Shin tana Xoossaa kiitanchcho woykko Kiristtoos Yesuusa mokkeyssada mokkideta.
[Although] you might have [despised me because] I was physically weak, you did not despise me or act contemptuously/disrespectfully toward me. Instead, you welcomed me like [you would welcome] an angel from God. [You welcomed me] like [you would welcome] Christ Jesus!
15 Yaatin, he hinttew de7iya ufayssay ubbay aw bidee? Hinttew dandda7ettidaakko, hintte taw, hintte ayfiyaa kessidi immiyako ixxonnayssa ta markkattays.
(I am disappointed that you have forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]./Have you forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]?) [RHQ] I can testify that you [would have done anything to help me]. You would have gouged out your eyes [and] given them to me, [if that would have helped me]!
16 Yaatin, ta hinttew tuma odida gisho hinttew morkke gidadinaayye?
So I am very disappointed that you [now] act as though [RHQ] I have become hostile to you [because I have kept] speaking the true [message about Christ] to you.
17 He asati hinttena banttako zaaranaw koyoosona, shin entta qofay lo77ossa gidenna. Entta qofay hinttena shaakkanaassanne hintte enttaw qoppana mela oothanaassa.
Those [who are insisting on obeying Jewish rules] are eagerly [showing interest in] you, but [what they are doing is] not good. They even want you not to associate with [me and other true] believers, because they want you to eagerly show [interest in] them, [not in us].
18 Lo77obaa oothanaw amottiko lo77o, shin hessi ta hinttera de7iya wode xalaala gidonnashin ubba wode gido.
But [just like] it always feels good to have others show that they appreciate you, [I would like you] always [to appreciate me], and not only when I am with you.
19 Ta siiqo nayto, Kiristtoosi hinttenan misilettana gakkanaw yelos maccasi miixotteyssada ta hintte gisho miixottays.
You [who are like] my children, [once] again I am very worried/concerned about you [MET], [and I will continue to] be worried/concerned until Christ’s [nature becomes developed] in you [completely and wholeheartedly] [MET] [as a child] becomes developed [in his mother’s womb].
20 Hinttebay taw haddirssi gidin ta un77ettas; ha77i hintte giddon ta benttada shenetada odiyakko ay mela dosaynashin.
But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk [more gently with you], because I do not know [what to do about] you [while we are apart].
21 Muse higgen haarettidi daanaw koyeyssato, ane taw odite; higgey ay giyakko erekketii?
Some of you desire [to obey all the laws] that God gave Moses. [I say that] you [should] consider [RHQ] [the implications of what Moses wrote in] the Scriptures.
22 Geeshsha Maxaafay, “Abrahames ayllefenne godattefe yelettida nam77u nayti de7oosona” yaagees.
[He] wrote that Abraham became the father of two sons. His female slave, [Hagar], bore one son, and his [wife Sarah], who was not a slave, bore the other.
23 Aylle na7ay asi na7a yeliya maaran yelettis, shin godatte na7ay Xoossaa ufayssa qaalan yelettis.
Also, [the sons differed. Ishmael], the [son born by] the female slave, was conceived naturally. But [Isaac], the [son born by] his wife who was not a slave, was conceived [miraculously] as a result of what [God] had promised [Abraham].
24 Ha maccasati nam77u caaqotas leemiso gididi ekettoosona. Enttafe issinniya, Siina Deriyappe yidaara, ba nayta aylletethas yelasu; iyakka Aggaaro.
[I am telling you this] as an illustration. These [two women] symbolize two agreements. [God made] the first [agreement, which involved obeying the laws that God gave to Moses] at Sinai Mountain. [Because that agreement forces those who accept it to keep obeying all its rules] [MET], [it is like a slave mother who] gives birth to slaves. [So] Hagar, [the female slave, symbolizes] that [agreement].
25 Aggaara Arabe biittan de7iya Siina Deriyan leemisettada ha77i de7iya Yerusalaame daanawusu. Ays giikko, iya ba naytara aylletethan de7awusu.
Also, the [word] ‘Hagar’ is [associated with] Sinai Mountain, [which is] in Arabia [land. Hagar, the female slave, also] represents Jerusalem as it is today. Jerusalem is [like] [MET] a slave [mother, and those who live there] [PRS] [are like] her slave children [MET] [because they all must obey the laws that God gave to Moses].
26 Shin salon de7iya Yerusalaamey aylletethan de7ukku; iya nu ubbaas aayo.
But there will be a [new] Jerusalem in heaven [MTY], and we [who will go there] are free [from having to obey Jewish laws]. We [who belong to that city consider it to be] our mother [MET] [city because we are God’s true children].
27 Geeshsha Maxaafay, “Naatte, yelonna maynthete ufaytta; naatte miixotta eronnaree ilila. Azinara de7iya maccaseeppe, azini baynna maccasees nayti daro” yaagees.
[Our new city will have more people than those who live in Jerusalem now. It will be just like] Isaiah foretold about [the people whom he expected would come back to Jerusalem from exile. He expected that they would be more numerous than those who] were taken into exile. He wrote: [You who live in Jerusalem, you will] rejoice! Now you have no children, like a barren [woman] who does not give birth to [children! But some day you will] shout [joyfully], (without restraint/as loudly as you can), [even though now you are few in number, like a woman who] cannot give birth [to children, and you] feel deserted. [You will be very happy] because [you will have many children who will come to you. Those children will be] more than [the children] any woman with a husband [could have borne].
28 Ta ishato, hintte Yisaaqada Xoossaa ufayssa qaalan yelettida nayta.
Now, [my] fellow believers, you have become children [of God as a result of believing God’s] promise to us, as Isaac [was born as a result of Abraham believing what God promised to him] [MET].
29 Shin he wode asa maarada yelettidayssi, Ayyaana wolqqan yelettidayssa goodis. Hachchika hessa mela.
[Also, long ago Abraham’s son] Ishmael, the one who was conceived naturally, caused trouble for [Abraham’s son] Isaac, who [was conceived] supernaturally [MET]. Similarly, now [those who think that we must obey the laws that God gave Moses in order that God will save us are causing trouble for those who are trusting Abraham’s descendant, Christ].
30 Shin Geeshsha Maxaafay woygi? “Aylle na7ay godatte na7aara issife laattonna gisho, aylliw I na7aara wolla kessa yedda” yaagees.
But these are [RHQ] the words in the Scriptures [PRS]: “The son of the [woman] who was not a slave will inherit [what his father has]. The female slave’s son will certainly not inherit those things. So send away from [this place] the female slave and her son [MET]!” [That means that you should certainly expel from your groups those who insist that we obey all the laws God gave Moses] [MET].
31 Hessa gisho, ta ishato, nuuni godattee naytappe attin ayllee nayta gidokko.
[My] fellow believers, [Hagar symbolizes the laws that God gave to Moses. But we are not those who must obey all the laws that God gave to Moses] [MET]. [So] we are not [the] female slave [Hagar’s spiritual] descendants [MET]. But [Sarah’s descendants are those who were born as a result of believing what God promised to Abraham. So we are] the [spiritual] descendants of [Sarah, the woman] who was not a slave [MET].
