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 say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differs nothing from a servant, 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 under tutors and governors until 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.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements 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 fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 ka ọ gbapụta ndị nọ nʼokpuru iwu, ime anyị ndị a ga-agụ dị ka ụmụ a họpụtara.
To redeem them that 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.”
And because all of you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit (pneuma) 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.
Wherefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir 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.
Nevertheless then, when all of you knew not God, all of you did service unto them which by nature are no 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 that all of you have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn all of you again to the weak and beggarly elements, unto which all of you desire again to be in bondage?
10 Unu na-edebe ụbọchị ụfọdụ, na ọnwa ụfọdụ, na oge ụfọdụ, na afọ ụfọdụ.
All of you 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 of you, lest I have bestowed upon 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.
Brethren, I plead to you, be as I am; for I am as all of you are: all of you have not injured me at all.
13 Unu maara na ọ bụ nʼime adịghị ike nke anụ ahụ ka m ji kwusaara unu oziọma a.
All of you know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto 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 my temptation which was in my flesh all of you despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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.
Where is then the blessedness all of you spoke of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, all of you would have plucked out your own eyes, and have 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 zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that all of you might affect them.
18 Maka ebumnuche dị mma, ọ dị mma inwe mmasị mgbe niile. Ọ bụghị naanị mgbe mụ na unu nọ.
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, 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 desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand 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, all of you that desire to be under the law, do all of you 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 bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
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 who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman 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 an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which genders to bondage, which is 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 answers to Jerusalem which 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 Jerusalem which is 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, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that travail not: for the desolate has many more children than she which has an husband.
28 Ugbu a, ụmụnna m, unu bụ ụmụ ahụ nke e kwere na nkwa, dị ka Aịzik.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of 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, (pneuma) even so it is 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.”
Nevertheless what says the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
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 children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
