Galatiana 4
1 Ary hoy izaho: Raha mbola zaza ny mpandova, dia tsy hafa noho ny andevo izy, na dia tompon’ ny zavatra rehetra aza;
But I say that, during the time an heir is a child, he is no different from a servant, even though he is the owner of everything.
2 fa fehezin’ izay mpitondra sy mpitaiza azy izy mandra-pahatongan’ ny fetr’ andro voatendrin’ ny rainy.
For he is under tutors and caretakers, until the time which was predetermined by the father.
3 Dia tahaka izany koa isika, fony mbola zaza, dia nandevozin’ ny abidim-pianaran’ izao tontolo izao;
So also we, when we were children, were subservient to the influences of the world.
4 fa rehefa tonga ny fotoan’ andro, dia nirahin’ Andriamanitra ny Zanany, nateraky ny vehivavy, nateraka tao ambanin’ ny lalàna,
But when the fullness of time arrived, God sent his Son, formed from a woman, formed under the law,
5 hanavotany izay ambanin’ ny lalàna, mba handraisantsika ny fananganan’ anaka.
so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 Ary satria zanaka ianareo, dia nirahin’ Andriamanitra ho ato am-pontsika ny Fanahin’ ny Zanany, miantso hoe: Aba, Ray ô.
Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: “Abba, Father.”
7 Ka dia tsy mpanompo intsony ianao, fa zanaka: ary raha zanaka, dia mpandova koa noho ny ataon’ Andriamanitra.
And so now he is not a servant, but a son. But if he is a son, then he is also an heir, through God.
8 Kanefa tamin’ izany, fony mbola tsy nahalala an’ Andriamanitra ianareo, dia nanompo izay andriamani-tsi-izy;
But then, certainly, while ignorant of God, you served those who, by nature, are not gods.
9 fa ankehitriny, rehefa mahalala an’ Andriamanitra ianareo ― nefa tsy izany, fa Izy no mahalala anareo ― nahoana ianareo no dia miverina indray ho amin’ ny abidim-pianarana malemy sady tsy misy na inona na inona, nefa tianareo hotompoina indray?
But now, since you have known God, or rather, since you have been known by God: how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences, which you desire to serve anew?
10 Andro sy volana sy fotoana ary taona no tandremanareo fatratra.
You serve the days, and months, and times, and years.
11 Matahotra ny aminareo aho, fandrao dia nisasatra foana taminareo.
I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you.
12 Ry rahalahy, mangataka aminareo aho, aoka ho tonga tahaka ahy ianareo, fa izaho kosa mba efa tonga tahaka anareo. Tsy naninona ahy akory ianareo;
Brothers, I beg you. Be as I am. For I, too, am like you. You have not injured me at all.
13 nefa fantatrareo fa noho ny fahalemen’ ny nofo no nitoriako ny filazantsara taminareo tamin’ ilay voalohany;
But you know that, in the weakness of the flesh, I have preached the Gospel to you for a long time, and that your trials are in my flesh.
14 ary ny teo amin’ ny nofoko izay tonga fakam-panahy anareo dia tsy mba nohamavoinareo na nolavinareo; fa nandray ahy tahaka ny mandray anjelin’ Andriamanitra ianareo, eny, dia tahaka an’ i Kristy Jesosy aza.
You did not despise or reject me. But instead, you accepted me like an Angel of God, even like Christ Jesus.
15 Aiza ary ilay nataonareo ho fahasambarana? Fa vavolombelonareo aho fa raha azo atao, na dia ny masonareo aza dia ho nesorinareo ka nomenareo ahy.
Therefore, where is your happiness? For I offer to you testimony that, if it could be done, you would have plucked out your own eyes and would have given them to me.
16 Koa efa tonga fahavalonareo va aho, satria milaza ny marina aminareo?
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 Mazoto mila fitia aminareo izy ireo, nefa tsy araka ny mety; fa izy ta-hanidy anareo any ivelany, mba hampahazoto anareo hila fitia aminy kosa.
They are not imitating you well. And they are willing to exclude you, so that you might imitate them.
18 Fa tsara raha ilam-pitia amin’ ny tsara mandrakariva, na dia sendra tsy eo aminareo aza aho.
But be imitators of what is good, always in a good way, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Anaka, izay aharariako indray amin’ ny fiterahana mandra-paharin’ i Kristy ao anatinareo,
My little sons, I am giving birth to you again, until Christ is formed in you.
20 enga anie ka ho tonga eo aminareo aho ankehitriny ka hanova ny feoko; fa misalasala aho ny aminareo.
And I would willingly be present with you, even now. But I would alter my voice: for I am ashamed of you.
21 Milazà amiko, ianareo izay te-ho ambanin’ ny lalàna: tsy renareo va ny lalàna?
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?
22 fa voasoratra hoe: Abrahama nanana zanaka roa lahy, ny anankiray tamin’ ny andevovavy, ary ny anankiray tamin’ ny tsy andevo.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a servant woman, and one by a free woman.
23 Kanefa ilay tamin’ ny andevovavy dia nateraka araka ny nofo; fa ilay tamin’ ny tsy andevo kosa dia nateraka tamin’ ny teny fikasana.
And he who was of the servant was born according to the flesh. But he who was of the free woman was born by the promise.
24 Ary izany dia azo atao fanoharana; fa izy roa vavy ireo dia fanekena roa; ny anankiray avy tamin’ ny tendrombohitra Sinay ka miteraka ho amin’ ny fahandevozana, dia Hagara izany.
These things are said through an allegory. For these represent the two testaments. Certainly the one, on Mount Sinai, gives birth unto servitude, which is Hagar.
25 Ary ny hoe Hagara dia ny tendrombohitra Sinay any Arabia ka mifamaly amin’ i Jerosalema ankehitriny; fa andevo izy mbamin’ ny zanany.
For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, which is related to the Jerusalem of the present time, and it serves with her sons.
26 Fa Jerosalema any ambony kosa, izay renintsika, dia tsy mba andevo.
But that Jerusalem which is above is free; the same is our mother.
27 Fa voasoratra hoe: Mifalia, ramomba, izay tsy miteraka; Miantsoa sy minanananà, ianao izay tsy mbola mihetsi-jaza; Fa ny zanaky ny mpitondratena dia maro noho ny an’ ny manana-bady.
For it was written: “Rejoice, O barren one, though you do not conceive. Burst forth and cry out, though you do not give birth. For many are the children of the desolate, even more than of her who has a husband.”
28 Fa isika, ry rahalahy, dia zanaky ny teny fikasana tahaka an’ isaka.
Now we, brothers, like Isaac, are sons of the promise.
29 Kanefa tahaka ny tamin’ izany andro izany, ilay teraka araka ny nofo dia nanenjika ilay araka ny Fanahy, dia tahaka izany koa ankehitriny.
But just as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
30 Nefa ahoana no lazain’ ny Soratra Masìna? Roahy io andevovavy io sy ny zananilahy; fa ny zanaky ny andevo tsy hiray lova amin’ ny zanaky ny tsy andevo.
And what does Scripture say? “Cast out the woman servant and her son. For the son of a servant women shall not be an heir with the son of a free woman.”
31 Ary amin’ izany, ry rahalahy, tsy zanak’ andevovavy isika, fa zanaky ny tsy andevo.
And so, brothers, we are not the sons of the servant woman, but rather of the free woman. And this is the freedom with which Christ has set us free.
