Galati 4
1 Diidi, n yedi yi hali ke yua n baa je li faali da tie bonwaaga yaa yogunu, waa paadi leni o yonbo, baa ke o die li bonla kuli.
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 Wan da tie biwaaga yaa yogunu, pia yaaba n die o ki go gobidi o piama hali o baa n den bili ya yogunu n pundi.
Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
3 Li den tie yeni leni tinba tin den tie a bila yaa yogunu ke handuna bogida den die ti.
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 Ama U Tienu n den bili yaa yogunu n den pundi, o den soani o Bijua handuna nni ke o pua mali o, ke li balimaama die o.
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 Ke wa fabi li balimaama n die yaaba kuli, ke tin tua U Tienu ki baa mu bimoanmu ya bali.
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 Lani yaapo, ke yi tua U Tienu bijaba, wani U Tienu n den soani o Bijua Fuoma ti pala nni ke o kpaani ki tua U Tienu N baa N Baa.
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 Lanwani haa go tie yonbo, a ji tie U Tienu bijua. Han tie U Tienu bijua yeni, o baa pa ha wan bili o bila po yaa halimani.
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 Yaa yogunu n pendi, yin ki den bani U Tienu yaa yogunu, yi den hua i buli yi n ki tie U Tienu yeni, ki go tie li yonbi.
When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
9 Ama moala ke yi bandi U Tienu, bi ke U Tienu bani yi, be n teni ke yi lebidi ki hua bi nisaaliba bogida ya n tadi kaa pia mayuli, ki bua ki go tua laa bonla yonbi?
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 Yi gagidi danaba leni hmaaliba leni yoginiba leni binaba ke li tua yi jaanma yogini.
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 N jie ke daalinba min soani yaala yi siiga n da ti tua fanma fanma.
I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
12 N kpiiba, n mia yi ke yin tua nani mini yeni, kelima n moko tie nani yinba n tie maama yeni. Yii tudi npo baa waamu.
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 Yi bani ke li tie n yianu po yo ke n den kpa waani yi o laabaalihamo.
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 Baa ke n tadingu yeni den tie yipo mi biigima, yii den fali nni ki sengi nni. Yi den ga n cangu nani n tie U Tienu maleki yeni, nani n tie Jesu Kilisiti yeni.
[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 Yin pia yapamancianli yeni kua le? N tieni yipo seedi ke laa yogunu, li yaa den baa tuo yi den baa logidi yi nunceli ki pa nni.
(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 Naani min maadi yi i moamoanin yeni n teni ke n ji tua yi yibali bi?
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 Yaaba n kpali ke bi bua yi yeni, yanjaga ki hani. Bi ua yin paadi leni nni ki hoadi bane.
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 To, li hani ke yin yaa pia li yankuali yaala n hani boncianla po yogunu kuli, laa tie min ye leni yi yaa yogunu bebe ka.
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 N bila, n go baa laadi yipo ya fala n tie nani u maditugiyianu hali yin baa baa Kilsiti tagu buolu yi niinni.
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 Min bua yaala tie ke n bi baa ye leni yi moala ki lebidi mataali leni yi, kelima n yama yagi yipo.
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 Waani nni mani, yinba yaaba n bua ke li balimaama n ya die yi, yii gbadi li balimaama n yedi yaala yoo?
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 Li diani lienni ke Abalahama den pia bonjala lie, o potuado Agala den mali opo yendo, yua n ki tie yonbo Sala yeni mo den mali opo yendo.
[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 O potuado n mali yua den mali nani bi nisaaliba kuli n maa maama, yua n ki tie yonbo n mali yua den mali kelima U Tienu ñoanianu yaapo.
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 Laa poliediba maama tie nani mi kpanjama ki doagidi U Tienu hantaadiliedi. O hantaadiyendo yua n den kua Sinayi juali kani naani leni Agala. Wani n mali yaaba ite i yonbi.
[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 Agala yeni tie Sinayi juali yaali n ye Alabi diema nni ki naani leni ya Jelusalema dogu n ye moala, yua n ye ti yonbidi nni leni o bila kuli.
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 Ama Jelusalema dogu yu n ye tanpoli die u yuli, wuni n tie ti ya naa.
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 Kelima li diani: Fini ki hoaliga, yua n ki mali yaa ye leni li pamancianli, yeni de, yua n daa bani u maditugiyianu, han yaa kpaani kelima a pamanli po, kelima ya pua n kaa ye leni o calo ya bila baa yabi ki cie ya pua n ye leni o calo ya bila.
[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 N kpiib, yinba n tie u ñoanianu bila nani Isaaka yeni.
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 Nani yua n den mali nani bi nisaaliba kuli n maa maama n den wangi yua n den mali kelima m Fuoma paalu fala maama, li go tie yeni moala.
[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 Ama i diani yedi lede? Li yedi: Deli o potuado leni o biga kuli, kelima o bijua kan taani ki je li faali leni yua n ki tie yonbo yaa bijua.
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 Lanwani, n kpiiba tii tie o potuado yaa bila ka, ti tie yua n ki tie yonbo yaa bila.
[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].
