Galatia 4
1 Kuligitya kina kunsoko umusali inge ng'wana, mugila ikilo nu mutugwa, anga itule ga nu mukola hiu nua nsao yihi.
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, though he is lord of all;
2 Badala akwe, ukoli pihi a mugozeli nu mukuiili kupikiila itungo nai liikilwe n Tata nu akwe.
but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
3 Ga ni iti ga nu sese, nai katulaa kiang'inya, ai kuambiiwe mu utung'wa nua malagiilyo na ng'wandyo na unkumbigulu.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
4 Kuiti itungo ni lizipie nai lipikile, Itunda ai umutumile ung'wana akwe, mutugwa nu a musungu, mutugwa pihi ilagiilyo.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
5 Ai witumile izi iti kuaguna awo nai akoli pihi ilagiilyo, iti kina kusingiilya i hali akutula anga ana.
that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
6 Kunsoko unyenye inge mi ana, Itunda ai umulagiiye ung'wau ng'welu nua ng'wana nu akwe mukati a nkolo yitu. Ng'wau ng'welu nuitangaa, ''Abba, Baba''.
And because you are children, God sent out the Rukha of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father."
7 Kunsoko iyiy uewe shanga wi mutugwa hangi ila ng'wana. Anga ize inge ng'wana, uu gwa uewe inge wi musali kkiila Itunda.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.
8 Ze ikili ga, itungo shanga ai mumulingile Itunda, ai mutuile mi atungwa ku awo niiza ku upuumoo shanga alungu nangaluu.
However at that time, not knowing God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 Ku iti ingili kina mumulingile Itunda, ang'wi kina mulingikile ni Itunda, kuniki mukusuka hangi mumalaagiilyo ni manementaalu ni ng'wandyo ni magila anga kinya uwai? Iti muloilwe kutula atung'wa hangi?
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
10 Muambile ku ukendegeeli lihiku ni menso lukulu, upumili nua mieli, matungo, ni miaka. Nikenda itumba kunsoko anyu.
You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
11 Nikenda itumba kina ku kinya kituunga ni agilye nankanda.
I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
12 Kumupepeelya, aluna, mutule anga ni nili, kunsoko ga natuilee anga ni mili. Shanga ai muntumuie.
I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
13 Ila mulingile kina, ai itulikile inge kunsoko a ulwae nua muili kina ai ntanantilye nkani ninza kitalanyu ku nkua a ng'wandyo.
but you know that in physical weakness I preached the Good News to you the first time;
14 Ga ni iti i hali ane a muili ai imukile mu ugeng'wa, Shanga ai mumeile ng'wi kuni hita. Badala akwe ai munsingiiye anga u malaika nunang'wi Itunda, anga ai matulaa Kristo Yesu mukola.
and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Meshikha Yeshua.
15 Ku lulo, ukoli pii itungili uulowa nu anyu? Kunsoko kukiila kitalanyu kina, anga ihumikile, ai muzee komola imiho anyu nu kumpa unene.
Where was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
16 Iti itungili, itii natulaa ni mulugu wanyu kunsoko kumuila itai?
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 Akuduma ku nsula, inge shanga ku ukende, aloilwe kumutemanula unyenye nu nene iti muatyate.
They zealously seek you, but for no good purpose; they desire to alienate you, that you may be zealous for them.
18 Inge iziza ikali kutula ni nsula kunsoko ni yili nziza, hangi shanga udu matungo ni nize nkoli palung'wi nu nyenye.
But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Ana ane aniino, kulwala uwai kunsoko anyu hangi kupikiila Kristo wiumbe mukati anyu.
My children, of whom I am again in travail until Meshikha is formed in you?
20 Aza nzee lowa aza ize nkoli pang'wanso palung'wi nu nyenye itungili nu kupiula ululi nu lane. Kunsoko nkete witumbi migulya anyu.
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
21 Ntambuili unyenye naza mukete isula kutula pihi ilagiilyo, shanga migulye ilagiilyo nili ligitilye?
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
22 Kunsoko ikilisigwe kina Abrahamu ai ukete ana akigoha abiili, ung'wi ku musungu uyo nu mutugwaa nu muya nu musungu ni mulyuuku.
For it is written that Avraham had two sons, one by the slave woman, and one by the free woman.
23 Ga ni iti, uyo nua mutugwa ai utugilwe ku muili udu, ila uyo nua musungu nu mulyuuku ku wigombya.
However, the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
24 Makani aya ahumile kuganulwa kutumila mpyani, kunsoko asungu awa impyani ni malago abiili, Ung'wi ao kupuma kulugulu nula Sinai. Witugaa ana ni atugwa. Uyu inge Hajiri.
These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to slavery, which is Haygar.
25 Itungili u Hajiri inge lugulu nu la Sinai ukoli ku Arabuni. Wimpuanigwa ni Yerusalemu ni itungili, kunsoko inge mutugwa palung'wi ni ana akwe.
For this Haygar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents Urishlim that exists now, for she is in slavery with her children.
26 Ila Yerusalemu niiza ikoli migulya inge ndyuuku, hangi iyi yiyo nyinya nu itu.
But the Urishlim that is above is free, and she is our mother.
27 Kunsoko ikilisigwe, ''Lowa uewe musungu nuili wimugumba, uewe ni shanga witugaa. Nyansula ululi hangi ukue iyogo ku ulowa uewe niiza wimugila u wizeeli nua kutuga kundogoelyo idu inge ana ang'wa nu aileemugumba, kukulinkiila ni awo ni ang'wa uyo niiza ukete mugoha''.
For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
28 Itungili aluna, anga u Isaka, unyenye inge ana a wigombya.
Now you, brothers, as Iskhaq was, are children of promise.
29 Ku itungo nilanso naza u muntu naiza ai atugilwe ku ngulu nia muili ai umagilye uyo nai utugilwe ku ngulu nia ng'wau ng'welu, ku itungili inge lulo luuloo.
But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Rukha, so also it is now.
30 Ukilisigwa wiligitya uli, ''Muheje umusungu mutugwa palung'wi nu ng'wana nu akwe nua kigoha, kunsoko ung'wana nu a musungu nu mutugwa shanga ukusala palung'wi nu ng'wana nua musungu nu mulyuuku''.
However what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not inherit with the son of the free woman."
31 Ku lulo, aluna, Usese shanga ana nua musungu nu mutugwa, ila inge nua musungu nu mulyuuku.
So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.
