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.
NOW I affirm, that as long as the heir is an infant, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be master of all;
2 Ma ha ka nọ nʼokpuru ndị nlekọta na ndị e tinyere ya nʼaka ruo oge nna ya kwuru.
but is under tutors and trustees until the time fixed by his father.
3 Otu a ka ọnọdụ anyị dị, mgbe anyị bụ ụmụntakịrị. Anyị nọ dị ka ohu nʼokpuru mmụọ nke ụwa.
So we also, when we were infants, were in bondage under the first elementary principles 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 fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the law,
5 ka ọ gbapụta ndị nọ nʼokpuru iwu, ime anyị ndị a ga-agụ dị ka ụmụ a họpụtara.
that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 Ebe unu bụ ụmụ, Chineke zitere Mmụọ Ọkpara ya, ka ọ bịa biri nʼobi anyị, na-eti mkpu na-asị, “Abba, Nna.”
But because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, 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.
Therefore thou art no more a slave, but a son, and if a son, an heir also 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 at that time when ye knew not God, ye served those who 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 after having known God, or rather being known of God, how turn ye back again to those weak and beggarly elements, to which again a second time ye desire to be in bondage?
10 Unu na-edebe ụbọchị ụfọdụ, na ọnwa ụfọdụ, na oge ụfọdụ, na afọ ụfọdụ.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 Egwu na-atụ m na ọrụ niile m rụrụ nʼetiti unu abụrụla ihe efu.
I am afraid for you, lest haply I have bestowed on you labour in vain.
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 as I am, for I also am as ye are, brethren―this is my request to you: ye have not injured me in the least.
13 Unu maara na ọ bụ nʼime adịghị ike nke anụ ahụ ka m ji kwusaara unu oziọma a.
Ye know that with infirmity of flesh I preached to you the gospel 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 my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye despised not, nor rejected with disgust; but as an angel of God ye received me, even as Christ Jesus himself.
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 then was your blessedness, for I bear witness to you that, if it were possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes, and given them to me.
16 Ugbu a, aghọọla m onye iro unu, nʼihi na m na-agwa unu eziokwu?
Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
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 affect zeal for you, not honourably; but they wish to exclude us, that you may be zealously attached to them.
18 Maka ebumnuche dị mma, ọ dị mma inwe mmasị mgbe niile. Ọ bụghị naanị mgbe mụ na unu nọ.
It is good indeed to be zealously affected in a good cause always, and not only 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 little children of whom I travail in birth again, until 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.
I wish I could be with you now, and change my address; for I am in doubt about 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 desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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 sons, the one by a bondwoman, and the other by a free.
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.
Now the son of the bond-maid was born after the flesh, but that by the free woman was 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.
Which things are allegorical; for these are the two covenants, the one from mount Sinai, gendering unto bondage, which is represented by Agar.
25 Hega bụ Ugwu Saịnaị nke dị nʼArebịa. Ọ dabara nʼọnọdụ Jerusalem nke ugbu a, nʼihi na ya na ụmụ ya nọ nʼohu.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds with Jerusalem that now is, and 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 the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us 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, “Rejoice, thou barren who bearest not, cry out and shout for joy, thou that travailest not, for more are the children of her that was desolate, than of her which had an husband.”
28 Ugbu a, ụmụnna m, unu bụ ụmụ ahụ nke e kwere na nkwa, dị ka Aịzik.
So we, brethren, as Isaac, are the 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 he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so is it now.
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 saith the scripture? “Cast out the bond-woman and her son for the son of the bond-maid shall in no wise inherit with the son of the free woman.”
31 Ya mere, ụmụnna m, anyị abụghị ụmụ nke nwanyị ohu, kama anyị bụ ụmụ nke nwanyị nwere onwe ya.
So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
