Abaggalatiya 4
1 Naye ŋŋamba nti omusika bw’aba ng’akyali mwana muto, tayawulwa na muddu, newaakubadde nga ye mukama wa byonna.
Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2 Afugibwa abasigire n’abawanika okutuusa lw’akula n’atuuka ku kigero kitaawe, kye yategeka.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 Era naffe bwe tutyo bwe twali tukyali bato, twafugibwanga obulombolombo obw’ensi.
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4 Naye ekiseera bwe kyatuuka, Katonda n’atuma Omwana we
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 eyazaalibwa omukazi ng’afugibwa amateeka, tulyoke tufuuke abaana.
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 Era kubanga tuli baana, Katonda yatuma Omwoyo w’Omwana we okubeera mu mitima gyaffe, era kaakano tuyinza okwogera mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka nti, “Aba, Kitaffe.”
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Kale kaakano tokyali muddu, wabula oli mwana; era nga bw’oli omwana oli musika ku bwa Katonda.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
8 Mmwe bwe mwali temunnamanya Katonda mwabanga baddu ba bitali Katonda.
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
9 Naye kaakano mutegedde Katonda era naye abategedde, kale muyinza mutya okukyuka, ne mugoberera obulombolombo obunafu obutalina maanyi ne mwagala okufuuka abaddu baabwo?
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
10 Mukwata ennaku, n’emyezi, n’ebiro, n’emyaka;
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 neeraliikirira si kulwa ng’omulimu omunene gwe nakola mu mmwe gwali gwa bwereere.
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
12 Abooluganda, mbeegayirira mubeere nga nze, kubanga nange ndi nga mmwe. Temulina kabi ke mwankola;
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all.
13 era mumanyi nga mu bunafu obw’omubiri, mmwe be nasooka okubuulira Enjiri.
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
14 Naye newaakubadde nga mwandinnyomye olw’obulwadde bwange, temwangobaganya, wabula mwansembeza nga malayika wa Katonda, nga Yesu Kristo.
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.
15 Kale essanyu lyammwe lyadda wa? Kubanga ndi mujulirwa wammwe nti, mwali musobola okuggyamu amaaso gammwe ne mugampa okunnyamba singa kyali kyetaagisa.
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16 Kale kaakano nfuuse omulabe wammwe olw’okubategeeza amazima?
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17 Abo abalabika ng’abaabassaako ennyo omwoyo tebabaagaliza birungi, okuggyako okwagala okubaggalira ebweru, mulyoke mudde ku luuyi lwabwe.
They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18 Naye kirungi okunyiikiranga okukola ebirungi bulijjo, naye si lwe mbeera nammwe lwokka.
But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.
19 Baana bange be nnumirwa nate ng’alumwa okuzaala, okutuusa Kristo lw’alibumbibwa mu mmwe,
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20 nandyagadde okubeera nammwe kaakano, n’okukyusa eddoboozi lyange kubanga ndi mweraliikirivu ku lwammwe.
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21 Mumbulire, mmwe abaagala okufugibwa amateeka, lwaki temuwulira mateeka?
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 Kubanga kyawandiikibwa nti Ibulayimu yazaala abaana babiri aboobulenzi, omu yamuzaala mu mukazi omuddu, n’omulala n’amuzaala mu mukazi ow’eddembe.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 Omwana ow’omukazi omuddu yazaalibwa nga wa mubiri, naye omwana ow’omukazi ow’eddembe yazaalibwa lwa kusuubiza.
But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by promise.
24 Ebyo biri nga bya lugero; kubanga ezo ndagaano bbiri. Emu yava ku Lusozi Sinaayi, ye yazaala abaana ab’obuddu, ye yava mu Agali.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 Agali lwe Lusozi Sinaayi oluli mu Buwalabu, era afaananyirizibwa ne Yerusaalemi eya kaakano kubanga ye ne bazzukulu be bali mu buddu.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 Naye Yerusaalemi eky’omu ggulu ye mukazi ow’eddembe, era ye nnyaffe.
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 Kubanga kyawandiikibwa nti, “Sanyuka ggwe omugumba atazaala. Leekaanira waggulu mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka newaakubadde nga tozaalanga ku mwana. Kubanga ndikuwa abaana bangi, abaana abangi okusinga omukazi alina omusajja b’alina.”
For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Naye mmwe abooluganda muli baana abaasuubizibwa, nga Isaaka bwe yali.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 Naye mu biro biri ng’eyazaalibwa omubiri bwe yayigganya oyo eyazaalibwa Omwoyo, ne kaakano bwe kiri.
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
30 Naye Ebyawandiikibwa bigamba bitya? Bigamba nti, “Goba omukazi omuddu n’omwana we, kubanga omwana w’omukazi omuddu talisikira wamu n’omwana w’omukazi ow’eddembe.”
Nevertheless what saith 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 Noolwekyo abooluganda tetuli baana ba mukazi omuddu naye tuli baana ab’omukazi ow’eddembe.
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
