Gálatas 4
1 Kinbꞌij xuqujeꞌ, ri echaꞌnel are kꞌa nitzꞌ na, xaq e junam rukꞌ ri patanijel ri kꞌo pa ri ja, pune ri akꞌal are ajchoqꞌe ronojel ri jastaq.
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;
2 Xane chajital kumal ri iꞌlol taq rech kꞌa jampaꞌ katzꞌaqat na ri junabꞌ ri karaj ri utat.
but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.
3 Je xuqujeꞌ uj, are majaꞌ qetaꞌm uwach ri Cristo, uj kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri jatꞌibꞌal rech ri uwachulew.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
4 Are xtzꞌaqat ri qꞌotaj, ri Dios xutaq loq ri Ukꞌojol, ri xkꞌiyik che jun ixoq xuqujeꞌ chuxeꞌ ri taqanik.
but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 Rech jeriꞌ kekꞌam apanoq ri e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri taqanik, rech kuꞌx alkꞌwaꞌlaxelabꞌ.
that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 Rumal kꞌu che ri ixralkꞌwaꞌl chi ri Dios, ri Dios xutaq loq ri Uxlabꞌixel rech ri Ukꞌojol pa taq iwanimaꞌ rech jeriꞌ kixkwinik kibꞌij: ¡Tat!
And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Xaq jeriꞌ man at patanijel ta chik, xane at ralkꞌwaꞌl chi ri Dios, jeriꞌ rumal ri Dios xubꞌano echaꞌnel chawe.
So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
8 Ojer are majaꞌ iwetaꞌm uwach ri Dios, are kipatanij ri man e dios taj.
Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:
9 Kamik kꞌut chi iwetaꞌm chi uwach ri Dios, o pa juleꞌ taq tzij chik ri Dios xretaꞌmaj iwach, ¿jas kꞌu che kiwaj kixtzalij kanoq chuxeꞌ ri chuqꞌabꞌ ri karaj kubꞌan rech piꞌwiꞌ?
but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
10 Ri ix xaq jeꞌ nim tajin kiwil ri qꞌij, ri ikꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri junabꞌ rech taq ri nimaqꞌij.
Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years.
11 Kinxiꞌj wibꞌ are kinchomaj iwij, rukꞌ jubꞌiqꞌ man kꞌo ta xutayij ri xinchakuj iwukꞌ.
I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
12 Wachalal kixinbꞌochiꞌj rech qas je kixuxik jetaq ri in, jeriꞌ rumal in xuqujeꞌ je xinuxik jetaq ri ix. Kinbꞌij we riꞌ, man xa ta rumal ibꞌanom kꞌax chwe.
I beseech you, brethren, become as I [am], for I also [am become] as ye [are]. Ye did me no wrong:
13 Jeriꞌ rumal iwetaꞌm chi rumal rech jun yabꞌil pa ri nutyoꞌjal, xintzijoj ri utz laj tzij chiꞌwe.
but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:
14 Pune kꞌax xiriq wukꞌ rumal ri yabꞌilal ri kꞌo chwe, man xiniwetzelaj taj, xane je xibꞌan chinukꞌamawaꞌxik jetaq jun ángel rech ri Dios, jetaq ta ne ri Cristo Jesús.
and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.
15 Je kꞌu riꞌ ¿jas kꞌu xkꞌulmatajik rukꞌ ri kiꞌkotemal ri xinaꞌo? Qas tzij wi, xinwilo chi we ta xixkwinik, xiwesaj ta riꞌ ri ibꞌoqꞌoch rech xiya chwe.
Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
16 ¿La xa kꞌu xibꞌan ikꞌulel chwe rumal xinbꞌij ri qas tzij chiꞌwe?
So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
17 Ri e winaq ri kakibꞌij chi kel kikꞌuꞌx chiꞌwe, man tzij taq chi qas are kakaj ri utzilal chiꞌwe. Are kakaj kixkiqꞌat chaqe rech kixeꞌ kukꞌ.
They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.
18 Utz riꞌ we amaqꞌel kel ukꞌuꞌx jun che jun chik, man xwi ta are in kꞌo iwukꞌ.
But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Alaj taq walkꞌwaꞌl, kinnaꞌ chi junmul qꞌoxom iwumal iwe jetaq ri jun nan ri kakꞌojiꞌ ral, kꞌa jampaꞌ katzꞌaqat na ri Cristo pa iwanimaꞌ.
My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—
20 Are kawaj we ta in kꞌo apanoq iwukꞌ rech qas ko kixinchꞌabꞌej, jeriꞌ rumal qas kinmayijanik rumal ri kixnoꞌjinik.
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
21 Chibꞌijmpe ix chwe, ri kiwaj kixkꞌojiꞌk chuxeꞌ ri taqanik: ¿La man kꞌu itatabꞌem ri kubꞌij ri taqanik?
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 Ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik kubꞌij chi ri Abraham xekꞌojiꞌ e kebꞌ ukꞌojol, jun rukꞌ ri patanijel xuqujeꞌ jun rukꞌ ri qas rixoqil.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
23 Ri ral ri patanijel xalaxik xaq pa ri tyoꞌjal, are kꞌu ri ral ri qas ixoqilom, xalaxik rumal jeriꞌ bꞌiꞌtal loq.
Howbeit the [son] by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise.
24 We xtzijox loq riꞌ, jun kꞌutbꞌal, jeriꞌ rumal we kebꞌ ixoqibꞌ riꞌ are ri kebꞌ chꞌekom tzij: jun kape je laꞌ puꞌwiꞌ ri juyubꞌ Sinaí, e kꞌo ral rech kuꞌx patanijelabꞌ, ri ubꞌiꞌ ri ixoq riꞌ are Agar.
Which things contain an allegory: for these [women] are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.
25 Jeriꞌ rumal ri Agar are karetwachij ri juyubꞌ ri kꞌo pa Arabia, are ri Jerusalén rech kamik. Jeriꞌ rumal areꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri e ral e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri taqanik.
Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.
26 Are kꞌu ri Sara are karetwachij ri kꞌakꞌ chꞌekom tzij, ri karetwachij ri Jerusalén ri kꞌo chikaj, are wa ri qatinimit uj ri man uj jatꞌital ta chik.
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.
27 Jeriꞌ rumal ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik kubꞌij: Chatkiꞌkotoq at ixoq ri man e kꞌolinaq taj awal pa ri uwachulew, at ri man xanaꞌ ta wi ri qꞌoxom jetaq ri kunaꞌ jun ixoq are kakꞌojiꞌ jun ral; Jeriꞌ rumal sibꞌalaj e kꞌi na ri awal kekꞌojiꞌ cho ri e ral ri kꞌulanik ixoq.
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.
28 Xaq jeriꞌ Qachalal, uj uj ralkꞌwaꞌl ri tzujtal loq, jetaq ri Isaac.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
29 Are kꞌu ri alkꞌwaꞌlaxel ri xkꞌiy pa ri tyoꞌjal, kubꞌan kꞌax che ri xkꞌiy pa ri Uxlabꞌal, xaq jeꞌ kakꞌulmataj we riꞌ kamik.
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, so also it is now.
30 ¿Jas kꞌu kubꞌij ri Tzꞌibꞌatalik? Chawesaj bꞌik ri patanijel rachiꞌl ri ral, jeriꞌ rumal man junam ta ri kechabꞌal, ri ral ri patanijel rukꞌ ri ral ri qas ixoqilom.
Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman.
31 Xaq jeriꞌ Qachalal, man uj ral ta ri ixoq patanijel xane uj ral ri qas ixoqilom.
Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.
