Bagalatia 4
1 Mme gakologelwang se, gore fa rrabana a a swa a bo a tlogelela morwawe yo mmotlana khumo e ntsi, ngwana yoo ga a botoka ka gope go na le motlhanka go fitlhelela a gola le fa tota sengwe le sengwe se rraagwe a neng a na naso e le sa gagwe.
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, though he is lord of all;
2 O tshwanetse go dira se batlhokomedi ba gagwe le batlamedi ba mmolelelang gore a se dire, go fitlhelela a nna dingwaga tse rraagwe a di beileng.
but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
3 Mme le mo go rona go ne go ntse fela jalo pele ga Keresete a tla. Re ne re le batlhanka ba melao ya Sejuta le mekgwa ya Sejuta gonne re ne re ithaya re re di ka re boloka.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
4 Mme erile fa nako e e tshwanetseng e sena go tla, nako e Modimo o neng o e beile, wa roma Morwaone, a tsetswe ke mosadi, a tsetswe e le Mojuta,
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
5 go re rekela kgololesego, rona ba re neng re le batlhanka ba molao gore a tle a re godise re le bana ba gagwe tota.
that he might redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 Mme e re ka re le bana ba one, Modimo o rometse Mowa wa Morwa-one mo dipelong tsa rona, gore re nne le tshiamelo ya go bua ka Modimo re re ke Rraa rona yo o rategang.
And because you are sons, God sent out the Ruach of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father."
7 Jaanong ga re sa tlhole re le batlhanka, re bana ba Modimo tota. Mme ere ka re le bana ba one, sengwe le sengwe se o nang naso ke sa rona, gonne ke ka fa go rulagantsweng ke Modimo ka teng.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.
8 Pele ga lona Badichaba lo itse Modimo lo ne lo le batlhanka ba medimo e le gone e iseng e ke e be e nne mo tlholegong.
However at that time, not knowing God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9 Mme jaanong ka lo bonye Modimo (kgotsa a ke re, ka Modimo o lo setse) go diragala jang gore lo batle go boela kwa morago gape go nna batlhanka mo tumelong nngwe ya lehuma, e e bokoa, e e senang molemo, ya go leka go ya legodimong ka go obamela melao ya Modimo?
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
10 Lo leka go nna botsalano le Modimo ka se lo se dirang kgotsa se lo sa se direng mo malatsing mangwe kgotsa mo dikgweding kgotsa mo dipa-keng tsa ngwaga kgotsa mo dingwageng.
You observe days, months, seasons, and years.
11 Ke a tshoga ka lona. Ke tshaba gore tiro ya me ya bonatla e ke e lo diretseng e ne e le lefela mo go lona.
I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
12 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ke a lo kopa gore lo nne fela jaaka nna kaga dilo tse, gonne ke gololesegile mo dikeetaneng tse jaaka lo kile lwa bo lo ntse. Ga lo a ka lwa nnyatsa ka lobaka loo fa ke lo rerela lwa ntlha,
I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
13 ntswa ke ne ke lwala fa ke simolola go lo rerela Mafoko a a Molemo a ga Keresete.
but you know that in physical weakness I preached the Good News to you the first time;
14 Mme le fa bolwetse jwa me bo ne bo lo tena, ga lo a ka lwa nkgana lwa nteleka. Nnyaa, lo ne lwa nkamogela lwa ba lwa ntlhokomela jaaka ekete ke moengele yo o tswang kwa Modimong, kgotsa Jesu Keresete ka sebele.
and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Messiah Yeshua.
15 Mowa ole wa boitumelo o re neng re na nao o kae jaanong? Gonne mo malatsing ao ke itse gore lo ka bo lo ne lwa ikgonya matlho ka boitumelo lwa a nnaya mo boemong jwa a me fa mo go ne go ka nthusa.
Where was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 Baruti bao ba tsietso ba ba ratang thata go lo gapa maikutlo ga ba dire jalo gore go lo solegele molemo. Se ba lekang go se dira ke go lo kgaoganya le nna gore lo tle lo beye maikutlo thata mo go bone.
They zealously seek you, but for no good purpose; they desire to alienate you, that you may be zealous for them.
18 Ke selo se se molemo fa batho ba go siametse ka maikaelelo a a molemo le dipelo tse di ikanyegang, segolo bogolo fa ba sa dire fela jalo fa ke na le lona.
But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Ao, bana ba me, kana lo nkutlwisa-botlhoko thata jang! Ke sa ntse ke lo bogela gape ke le mo ditlha-bing tse di tshwanang le tsa mmangwana a letile ngwana wa gagwe go tsholwa, ke tlhologeletswe lobaka lo mo go lone e tlaa reng lwa bofelo lo bo lo tladitswe ka Keresete.
My children, of whom I am again in travail until Messiah is formed in you—
20 Ke eletsa thata jang ekete ke ka bo ke na le lona koo gone gompieno, ke sa akantshanye le lona jaana, gonne ka ntlha ya go katologana mo ga rona, ga ke itse gore ke ka reng.
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
21 Ntheetsang, lona ditsala tse di gopolang gore lo tshwanetse go obamela melao ya Sejuta gore lo bolokwe: ke eng fa lo sa batlisise tota se se rerwang ke melao eo?
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
22 Gonne go kwadilwe gore Aberahame o ne a na le bana ba basimane ba le babedi, yo mongwe o ne a tsetswe ke mosadi wa gagwe wa lelata mme yo mongwe o ne a tshotswe ke mosadi wa gagwe yo e leng ngwana wa motse.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman, and one by the free woman.
23 Go ne go sena sepe se se sa tlwaelesegang kaga go tsholwa ga losea lwa mosadi wa lelata. Mme losea lwa mosadi yo e leng ngwana wa motse lo ne lwa tsholwa fela morago ga Modimo o solofetsa tota gore lo tlaa tsholwa.
However, the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
24 Jaanong polelo e e boammaaruri e, ke setshwantsho kaga ditsela tse pedi tsa Modimo tsa go thusa batho. Tsela e nngwe e ne e le go ba neela melao ya one gore ba e obamele. O dirile jaana mo Thabeng ya Senai, fa o neela Moshe Melao e e Some. Thaba ya Senai, kana tota, e bidiwa “Thaba ya Hagare” ka Searabia,
These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to slavery, which is Hagar.
25 mme mo setshwantshong se ke se ntshitseng mosadi wa ga Aberahame Hagare, wa lelata, o emetse Jerusalema, mma-motse wa Bajuta, modi wa tsela ele ya go leka go itumedisa Modimo ka go leka go obamela Melao; mme Bajuta, ba ba lekang go sala morago tsela eo, ke bana ba one ba batlhanka.
For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in slavery with her children.
26 Mme mma-motse wa rona ke Jerusalema wa selegodimo, ebile ga se motlhanka wa melao ya Sejuta.
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
27 Ke sone se Isaia a neng a se raya fa a porofesa a re, “Jaanong o ka itumela, wena mosadi yo o senang le fa e le ngwana; o ka goeletsa ka boitumelo le fa o ise o ke o nne le ngwana pele. Gonne ke ya go go naya bana le ba bantsi, ba le bantsi go gaisa ba mosadi wa lelata.”
For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
28 Nna le lona, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, re bana ba Modimo o ba solofeditseng, fela jaaka Isake a ne a solofeditswe.
Now you, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
29 Jalo he, rona ba re tsetsweng ke Mowa O O Boitshepo re a bogisiwa jaanong ke ba ba batlang re tshegetsa melao ya Sejuta, fela jaaka Isake ngwana wa tsholofetso a ne a bogisiwa ke Ishemaele ngwana wa mosadi wa lelata.
But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Ruach, so also it is now.
30 Mme Dikwalo tsa re Modimo o ne wa raya Aberahame wa re a leleke mosadi wa gagwe wa lelata le morwawe, gonne ngwana wa mosadi wa lelata o ne a ka seka a rua boswa jwa ga Aberahame ebong legae le masimo mmogo le ngwana wa mosadi wa motse.
However what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not inherit with the son of the free woman."
31 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ga re bana ba batlhanka, ba ba golegeletsweng mo melaong ya Sejuta, re bana ba mosadi yo e leng ngwana wa motse, re amogelesega kwa Modimong ka ntlha ya tumelo.
So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.
