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;
But I say: —for as long a time as, the heir, is an infant, he differeth, nothing, from a servant, though, 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 guardians, and stewards, until the [day] fore-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 also, we, when we were infants, under the elementary principles of the world, were held in servitude;
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 fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, who came to be of a woman, who came to be under law, —
5 Hei hoko i te hunga i raro i te ture, kia whiwhi ai tatou ki te whakatamarikitanga.
That, them who were under law, he might redeem, that, the sonship, we might duly receive; —
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 sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, exclaiming, Abba! Oh 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, no longer, art thou a servant, but a son; and, if a son, an heir also, through God.
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, at that time—not knowing God, ye were in servitude unto them who, 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?
Whereas, now, having acknowledged God, —or rather, having been acknowledged by God, how turn ye back again unto the weak and beggarly elementary principles, unto which, over again, ye are wishing, to come into servitude?
10 E mau ana koutou ki nga ra, ki nga marama, ki nga wa, ki nga tau.
Days, ye do narrowly observer, and months, and seasons, 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 of you—lest by any means, in vain, I should have toiled 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.
Become ye as, I, because, I also, [was] as, ye, —brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged 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.
Howbeit ye know that, by reason of a weakness of the flesh, I myself announced the glad-message unto you, formerly;
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, your trial, in my flesh, ye despised not, neither spat ye [in disgust], but, as a messenger of God, ye welcomed me—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.
Where, then, is the happiness ye accounted yours? For I bear you witness—that, if possible, your eyes, ye would have dug out, and given unto me.
16 Koia, kua hoariritia ranei ahau ki a koutou, moku i korero i te pono ki a koutou?
So then, your enemy, have I become, by dealing truthfully with 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 shew a zeal for you, not honourably, but wish, to shut you out, in order that ye 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.
Howbeit it is, honourable, to show zeal in what is honourable at all times, and not only 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 dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within 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.
I could wish, however, to be present with you, even now, and to change my voice, —because I am perplexed regarding 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 who, under law, are wishing to be: The law, do ye not hear?
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 sons—one by the bondmaid, 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 that was of the bondmaid, after the flesh, had been born, whereas, he that was of the free woman, through means of a 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, indeed, may bear another meaning; for, the same, are two covenants, —one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, into bondage, bringing forth, the 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.
And, the Hagar, is Mount Sinai, in Arabia, —she answereth, however, unto the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children;
26 Tena ko te Hiruharama i runga he mea herekore, ko ia to tatou whaea.
But, the Jerusalem above, is free, —the which is our mother;
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—Be gladdened, O barren one! that wast not giving birth, break forth and shout, thou that wast not in birth-pains, —because, more, are the children of the deserted one, than of her that had the husband.
28 Na, ko tatou nei, e oku teina, e rite ana ki a Ihaka, he tamariki na te kupu whakaari.
And, we, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of a 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, just as, then, he that after the manner of the flesh had been born, did persecute him who [had been born] after the manner of the Spirit, thus, 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 saith the scripture? Cast out the serving woman and her son; for in nowise shall the son of the serving woman inherit with the son of the free.
31 Na, ehara tatou, e oku teina, i te tamariki na te wahine pononga, engari na te wahine rangatira.
Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a serving woman, but of the free: —
