Karatia 4
1 Ko taku kupu ia tenei, I te mea he tamariki tonu te tangata mona te kainga, kahore ia e rere ke i te pononga, ahakoa ko te rangatira ia o nga mea katoa;
Then I say, that the heire as long as hee is a childe, differeth nothing from a seruant, though he be Lord of all,
2 Engari e meatia ana e nga kaitohutohu, e nga kaititiro, kia taea ra ano te wa i whakaritea e te papa.
But is vnder tutours and gouernours, vntil the time appointed of the Father.
3 Waihoki ko tatou, i te mea e tamariki ana, he pononga tatou na nga mea timatanga o te ao:
Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.
4 A, no ka tutuki te taima, ka tonoa mai e te Atua tana Tama, i whanau i te wahine, i whanau i raro i te ture,
But when the fulnesse of time was come, God sent forth his Sonne made of a woman, and made vnder the Lawe,
5 Hei hoko i te hunga i raro i te ture, kia whiwhi ai tatou ki te whakatamarikitanga.
That hee might redeeme them which were vnder the Law, that we might receiue the adoption of the sonnes.
6 Na, i te mea he tamariki koutou, kua tonoa mai e te Atua te Wairua o tana Tama ki roto ki o koutou ngakau, e karanga ana, E Apa, e Pa.
And because ye are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the Spirit of his Sonne into your heartes, which crieth, Abba, Father.
7 Heoi kua mutu tou ponongatanga, engari kua tama koe; a, ki te mea he tama, na mou nga mea i roto i te Atua.
Wherefore, thou art no more a seruant, but a sonne: now if thou be a sone, thou art also the heire of God through Christ.
8 Heoi i reira, i te mea kihai koutou i matau ki te Atua, he pononga koutou na nga mea ehara nei i te atua tupu.
But euen then, when ye knewe not God, yee did seruice vnto them, which by nature are not gods:
9 Inaianei ia, i te mea ka matau nei koutou ki te Atua, ara ka matauria nei koutou e te Atua, he aha koutou ka tahuri ai ano ki aua mea ngoikore, rawakore, ki nga mea timatanga, e hokia na e to koutou hiahia, kia waiho koutou hei pononga ma aua mea?
But now seeing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerly rudiments, whereunto as from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?
10 E mau ana koutou ki nga ra, ki nga marama, ki nga wa, ki nga tau.
Ye obserue dayes, and moneths, and times and yeeres.
11 E manawapa ana ahau ki a koutou, kei kore he hua mo taku i mahi ai i roto i a koutou.
I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vaine.
12 E oku teina, ko taku tohe tenei ki a koutou, kia rite ki ahau; e rite ana hoki ahau ki a koutou: kahore a koutou mahi he ki ahau.
Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.
13 E matau ana koutou he mea na te ngoikore e toku kikokiko taku kauwhau i te rongopai ki a koutou i te tuatahi.
And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.
14 Heoi kihai koutou i whakahawea, i whakakino ki toku whakamatautauranga i toku kikokiko: na, tahuri mai ana koutou ki ahau, ano he anahera ahau na te Atua, me te mea ano ko Ihu Karaiti.
And the trial of me which was in my flesh, ye despised not, neither abhorred: but ye receiued me as an Angel of God, yea, as Christ Iesus.
15 Kei hea ra tera hari o koutou? He kaiwhakaatu hoki ahau mo ta koutou, me i taea kua tikarohia e koutou o koutou kanohi, a kua homai ki ahau.
What was then your felicitie? for I beare you recorde, that if it had bene possible, ye would haue plucked out your owne eyes, and haue giuen them vnto me.
16 Koia, kua hoariritia ranei ahau ki a koutou, moku i korero i te pono ki a koutou?
Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?
17 Ko ta ratou whaiwhai i a koutou ehara i te pai: engari e mea ana ratou kia tutakina mai koutou, kia whai ai ko koutou ki a ratou.
They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.
18 He mea pai ia kia matenuitia i runga i te pai i nga wa katoa, kauaka hoki i toku nohoanga anake ki a koutou.
But it is a good thing to loue earnestly alwayes in a good thing, and not onely when I am present with you,
19 E aku tamariki, ka mamae nei ano ahau mo koutou, kia whai ahua ra ano a te Karaiti i roto i a koutou,
My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill Christ be formed in you.
20 Ko taku hiahia me i kona ahau i a koutou na aianei, kia puta ke ano toku reo; no te mea e ruarua ana ahau ki a koutou.
And I would I were with you nowe, that I might change my voyce: for I am in doubt of you.
21 Ki mai ki ahau, e te hunga e hiahia ana kia noho i raro i te ture, kahore ianei koutou e rongo ki ta te ture?
Tell me, ye that will be vnder the Law, doe ye not heare the Lawe?
22 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, tokorua nga tama a Aperahama, kotahi na te wahine pononga, kotahi na te wahine rangatira.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.
23 Ko ta te pononga no te kikokiko tona whanautanga: ko ta te wahine rangatira ia he mea korero mai i mua.
But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.
24 He mea whakarite aua mea: ko nga wahine nei nga kawenata e rua; kotahi no Maunga Hinai, whanau ake ana hei taurekareka, ko Hakara tenei.
By the which things another thing is meant: for these mothers are the two testaments, the one which is Agar of mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage.
25 Na ko tenei Hakara ko Maunga Hinai i Arapia, e rite ana hoki ki Hiruharama onaianei, he pononga nei hoki ia, ratou ko ana tamariki.
(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.
26 Tena ko te Hiruharama i runga he mea herekore, ko ia to tatou whaea.
But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.
27 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, Kia hari, e te pakoko kahore nei e whanau; hamama, karanga, e te mea kahore nei kia whakamamae; he tini ke hoki nga tamariki a te mea mahue i a te mea whai tane.
For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, and cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.
28 Na, ko tatou nei, e oku teina, e rite ana ki a Ihaka, he tamariki na te kupu whakaari.
Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promise.
29 Engari e rite ana ano ki to mua, ko te mea no te kikokiko nei tona whanautanga, whakatoia ana e ia te tama no te Wairua nei tona; e pera ana ano inaianei.
But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe.
30 Heoi e pehea ana ta te karaipiture? Peia atu te wahine pononga raua ko tana tama: e kore hoki te tama a te wahine pononga e whiwhi tahi me te tama a te wahine rangatira ki te taonga.
But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.
31 Na, ehara tatou, e oku teina, i te tamariki na te wahine pononga, engari na te wahine rangatira.
Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.
