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;
And I say, now as much time as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a servant, [though] being 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 under tutors and stewards until 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:
so we also, when we were children, were in servitude under the elements 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,
and when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,
5 Hei hoko i te hunga i raro i te ture, kia whiwhi ai tatou ki te whakatamarikitanga.
that He may redeem those under law, that we may receive the adoption as sons;
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 you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, “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.
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir 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 then, indeed, having not known God, you were in servitude to those [that are] not by nature 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?
and now, having known God—and rather being known by God—how [do] you turn again to the weak and poor elements to which you desire anew to be in servitude?
10 E mau ana koutou ki nga ra, ki nga marama, ki nga wa, ki nga tau.
You observe days, and months, and times, and years!
11 E manawapa ana ahau ki a koutou, kei kore he hua mo taku i mahi ai i roto i a koutou.
I am afraid for you, lest I labored in vain for you.
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.
I implore you, brothers, become as I [am]—because I also [am] as you; you did not hurt me;
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 you have known that through weakness of the flesh I proclaimed good news to 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 you did not despise nor reject my trial that [is] in my flesh, but you received me as a messenger of God—as Christ Jesus;
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 then was your blessedness? For I testify to you, that if possible, having plucked out your eyes, you would have given [them] to me;
16 Koia, kua hoariritia ranei ahau ki a koutou, moku i korero i te pono ki a koutou?
so have I become your enemy, being true to you?
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 zealous for you—[yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that you may be zealous for 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.
and [it is] good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being 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 little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ may 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.
indeed I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about 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, you who are willing to be under law, do you not hear the Law?
22 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, tokorua nga tama a Aperahama, kotahi na te wahine pononga, kotahi na te wahine rangatira.
For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the maidservant and one by the 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 who [is] of the maidservant has been according to flesh, but he who [is] of the free [woman], through the 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.
which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, bringing forth to servitude, which is Hagar;
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 this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,
26 Tena ko te Hiruharama i runga he mea herekore, ko ia to tatou whaea.
and the Jerusalem above is the free [woman], which is mother of us 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 has been written: “Rejoice, O barren, who is not bearing; break forth and cry, you who are not travailing, because many [are] the children of the desolate—more than of her having the husband.”
28 Na, ko tatou nei, e oku teina, e rite ana ki a Ihaka, he tamariki na te kupu whakaari.
And we, brothers, as Isaac, are children of 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 he then who was born according to the flesh persecuted him [born] according to the Spirit, so also now;
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 does the Writing say? “Cast forth the maidservant and her son, for the son of the maidservant may not be heir with the son of the free [woman]”;
31 Na, ehara tatou, e oku teina, i te tamariki na te wahine pononga, engari na te wahine rangatira.
then, brothers, we are not a maidservant’s children, but the free [woman’s].
