Ndị Galeshịa 4
1 Isiokwu m bụ nke a, mgbe nwa bụ onye ga-eketa ihe nna ya ka dị na nwata, ọnọdụ ya akaghị mma karịa nke ohu, ọ bụ ezie na akụ ahụ niile bụ nke ya.
Then I say, that the heire as long as hee is a childe, differeth nothing from a seruant, though he be Lord of all,
2 Ma ha ka nọ nʼokpuru ndị nlekọta na ndị e tinyere ya nʼaka ruo oge nna ya kwuru.
But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father.
3 Otu a ka ọnọdụ anyị dị, mgbe anyị bụ ụmụntakịrị. Anyị nọ dị ka ohu nʼokpuru mmụọ nke ụwa.
Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.
4 Ma mgbe oge a kara aka ruru, Chineke zitere Ọkpara ya, bụ onye amụrụ site na nwanyị, onye amụrụ nʼokpuru iwu,
But when the fulnesse of time was come, God sent forth his Sonne made of a woman, and made vnder the Lawe,
5 ka ọ gbapụta ndị nọ nʼokpuru iwu, ime anyị ndị a ga-agụ dị ka ụmụ a họpụtara.
That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.
6 Ebe unu bụ ụmụ, Chineke zitere Mmụọ Ọkpara ya, ka ọ bịa biri nʼobi anyị, na-eti mkpu na-asị, “Abba, Nna.”
And because ye are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the Spirit of his Sonne into your heartes, which crieth, Abba, Father.
7 Ugbu a, ị bụkwaghị ohu, kama ị bụ nwa. Ebe ị bụ nwa, e meekwala ka ị bụrụ onye nketa site na Chineke.
Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.
8 Nʼoge gara aga, mgbe unu na-amaghị Chineke, unu bụ ohu nye chi niile nke na-abụghị dịka ha si pụta ụwa.
But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:
9 Ma ugbu a, unu matarala Chineke, ka m ga-asị na Chineke amatala ndị unu bụ, gịnị mere unu ji chọọ ịtụgharị azụ laghachi nʼokpukpe ndị ahụ na-enweghị isi, nke ike ọbụla na-adịghị nʼime ha? Unu chọrọ ka ha mee unu ndị ohu ha ọzọkwa?
But now seeing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerly rudiments, whereunto as from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?
10 Unu na-edebe ụbọchị ụfọdụ, na ọnwa ụfọdụ, na oge ụfọdụ, na afọ ụfọdụ.
Ye obserue dayes, and moneths, and times and yeeres.
11 Egwu na-atụ m na ọrụ niile m rụrụ nʼetiti unu abụrụla ihe efu.
I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vaine.
12 Ezi ụmụnna m, arịọọ m unu, meenụ onwe unu dị ka mụ onwe m, nʼihi na mụ onwe m emela onwe m ka m dị ka unu. O nweghị ihe ọjọọ ọbụla unu mere m.
Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.
13 Unu maara na ọ bụ nʼime adịghị ike nke anụ ahụ ka m ji kwusaara unu oziọma a.
And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.
14 Ọ bụ ezie, ọnọdụ m nʼoge ahụ bụ ọnwụnwa nʼebe unu nọ, unu eledaghị m anya, maọbụ jụ ige m ntị. Kama unu nabatara m, dị ka mmụọ ozi Chineke, maọbụ dị ka a ga-asị na m bụ Jisọs Kraịst nʼonwe ya.
And the trial of me which was in my flesh, ye despised not, neither abhorred: but ye receiued me as an Angel of God, yea, as Christ Iesus.
15 Ebee ka mmụọ nke obi ụtọ ahụ unu nwere nọ? Nʼihi na m na-agba ama, na-asị na ọ bụrụ ihe a pụrụ ime, unu gaara aghụpụta anya unu nye m.
What was then your felicitie? for I beare you recorde, that if it had bene possible, ye would haue plucked out your owne eyes, and haue giuen them vnto me.
16 Ugbu a, aghọọla m onye iro unu, nʼihi na m na-agwa unu eziokwu?
Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?
17 Ha na-ezipụta mmasị nʼebe unu nọ, ma ọ bụghị maka ọdịmma unu. Ha chọrọ ikewapụ unu nʼebe m nọ, ka unu nwee mmasị nʼebe ha nọ.
They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.
18 Maka ebumnuche dị mma, ọ dị mma inwe mmasị mgbe niile. Ọ bụghị naanị mgbe mụ na unu nọ.
But it is a good thing to loue earnestly alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you,
19 Ụmụntakịrị m, ndị m kwe maka ha nọdụ nʼọnọdụ ihe mgbu nke ọmụmụ nwa ọzọ, na-eche ụbọchị ahụ a ga-eme ka ụdịdị Kraịst dị nʼime unu.
My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.
20 Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na m nọ nʼetiti unu ugbu a, nwee ike ịmata otu m ga-esi gbanwee olu okwu m, nʼihi na-amaghị m ihe m kwesiri ime nʼihi ọnọdụ unu.
And I would I were with you nowe, that I might change my voyce: for I am in doubt of you.
21 Gwanụ m, unu ndị na-eche na ọ dị mkpa idebe iwu, unu agaghị aṅaa ntị na ihe iwu ahụ kwuru?
Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?
22 Nʼihi na e dere ya nʼakwụkwọ nsọ na Ebraham nwere ụmụ nwoke abụọ. Otu nʼime ha bụ nwa nke ohu ya nwanyị mụrụ, nke ọzọ bụ nke nwunye ya na-abụghị ohu mụtara.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.
23 Nwa ahụ nke ohu nwanyị ahụ mụrụ bụ onye amụrụ site na anụ ahụ. Ma nwa ahụ nwunye ya na-abụghị ohu mụtara bụ onye a mụrụ site na nkwa.
But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.
24 Anyị ga-ewere ihe ndị a dị ka ihe ịmaatụ, nʼihi na ụmụ nwanyị abụọ ndị a nọchiri anya ọgbụgba ndụ abụọ. Otu ọgbụgba ndụ sitere nʼUgwu Saịnaị ma mụọkwa ụmụ ndị bụ ohu: nke a bụ Hega.
By the which things another thing is meant: for these mothers are the two testaments, the one which is Agar of mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage.
25 Hega bụ Ugwu Saịnaị nke dị nʼArebịa. Ọ dabara nʼọnọdụ Jerusalem nke ugbu a, nʼihi na ya na ụmụ ya nọ nʼohu.
(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.
26 Ma nwanyị nke ọzọ nọ ọnọdụ Jerusalem nke dị nʼelu, nke nwe onwe ya. Ọ bụkwa ya bụ nne anyị.
But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.
27 Nʼihi na e dere ya, “Ṅụrịa ọṅụ, gị nwanyị aga, onye na-amụtaghị nwa. Tie mkpu ọṅụ, tisiekwa mkpu akwa ike gị onye ime nwa na-emetụbeghị, nʼihi na ụmụ nwanyị ahụ a hapụrụ naanị ya ga-adị ọtụtụ karịa ụmụ nke nwanyị nwere dị.”
For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, and cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.
28 Ugbu a, ụmụnna m, unu bụ ụmụ ahụ nke e kwere na nkwa, dị ka Aịzik.
Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promise.
29 Nʼoge ahụ, nwa ahụ a mụrụ nʼụzọ anụ ahụ kpagburu nwa ahụ a mụrụ site nʼike nke Mmụọ Nsọ. Otu a ka ọ dịkwa nʼoge a.
But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe.
30 Ma gịnị ka akwụkwọ nsọ kwuru? “Chụpụ ohu nwanyị a na nwa ya, nʼihi na nwa nwoke ohu nwanyị a apụghị isoro nwa nke nwanyị na-abụghị ohu kerikọta oke.”
But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.
31 Ya mere, ụmụnna m, anyị abụghị ụmụ nke nwanyị ohu, kama anyị bụ ụmụ nke nwanyị nwere onwe ya.
Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.
