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 the heir, as long as he is a minor, differs in no respect from a servant, though he is owner 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 managers till the time appointed by the father.
3 Je xuqujeꞌ uj, are majaꞌ qetaꞌm uwach ri Cristo, uj kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri jatꞌibꞌal rech ri uwachulew.
So, also, we, when we were minors, were 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 fullness 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 buy off those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption.
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 you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your 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, then, you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God, through Christ.
8 Ojer are majaꞌ iwetaꞌm uwach ri Dios, are kipatanij ri man e dios taj.
But, then, because you knew not God, you were enslaved to those who, by nature, are not 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?
now, however, after having known God, rather indeed having been known by God, how is it that you are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments, to which you desire again to be in bondage, as at first?
10 Ri ix xaq jeꞌ nim tajin kiwil ri qꞌij, ri ikꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri junabꞌ rech taq ri nimaqꞌij.
You observe days and months and times and years.
11 Kinxiꞌj wibꞌ are kinchomaj iwij, rukꞌ jubꞌiqꞌ man kꞌo ta xutayij ri xinchakuj iwukꞌ.
fear for you, lest 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.
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; because I was as you are. You have injured me in nothing.
13 Jeriꞌ rumal iwetaꞌm chi rumal rech jun yabꞌil pa ri nutyoꞌjal, xintzijoj ri utz laj tzij chiꞌwe.
You know that through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first:
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 my trial, which was in my flesh, you did not despise or loathe; but you received me as an angel of God, 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.
How great, then, was your blessedness! For I testify for you, that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes, and have given them to me.
16 ¿La xa kꞌu xibꞌan ikꞌulel chwe rumal xinbꞌij ri qas tzij chiꞌwe?
Have I then become your enemy, because I tell 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 are ardently attached to you, but not honorably; indeed, they desire to exclude us, that you may be ardently attached to them.
18 Utz riꞌ we amaqꞌel kel ukꞌuꞌx jun che jun chik, man xwi ta are in kꞌo iwukꞌ.
It is honorable to be ardently attached always, in what is honorable, 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, for whom I again suffer the pains of gestation, till 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.
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in doubt concerning you.
21 Chibꞌijmpe ix chwe, ri kiwaj kixkꞌojiꞌk chuxeꞌ ri taqanik: ¿La man kꞌu itatabꞌem ri kubꞌij ri taqanik?
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not understand 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 a bondmaid, and one by a free woman.
23 Ri ral ri patanijel xalaxik xaq pa ri tyoꞌjal, are kꞌu ri ral ri qas ixoqilom, xalaxik rumal jeriꞌ bꞌiꞌtal loq.
But the one by the bondmaid was born according to the flesh; the other, by the free woman, was by 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.
These things are allegorized: for these women are the two covenants; the one from the Mount Sinai that brings forth for 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.
For Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, 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 Jerusalem which is above is free; and she is the mother of us all.
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 you barren, that do not bear: break forth and cry aloud, you that travail not: for many more are the children of the deserted, than of her that had the husband of the deserted.
28 Xaq jeriꞌ Qachalal, uj uj ralkꞌwaꞌl ri tzujtal loq, jetaq ri Isaac.
We, indeed, brethren, like Isaac, 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 according to the flesh persecuted him that was born according to the Spirit, so even 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.
But 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 free-woman.
31 Xaq jeriꞌ Qachalal, man uj ral ta ri ixoq patanijel xane uj ral ri qas ixoqilom.
Therefore, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free-woman.
