Wagalatia 4
1 Ninasema kwamba maadamu mrithi ni mtoto, hana tofauti na mtumwa, hata ingawa ni mmiliki wa mali yote.
But I say the heir, for as long a time as he is a child, differs nothing from a bondman though he is lord of all.
2 Badala yake, yuko chini ya waangalizi na wadhamini mpaka wakati uliowekwa na baba yake.
Instead he is under stewards and managers until the time appointed from the father.
3 Kadhalika pia na sisi, tulipokuwa watoto, tulishikiliwa katika utumwa wa kanuni za kwanza za ulimwengu.
And so when we were children, we were in bondage under the rudiments of the world.
4 Lakini wakati sahihi ulipofika, Mungu alimtuma mwanawe, mzaliwa wa mwanamke, mzaliwa chini ya sheria.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born from a woman, born under law,
5 Alifanya hivi ili kuwakomboa wale waliokuwa chini ya sheria, ili kwamba tupokee hali ya kuwa kama wana.
so that he might redeem those under law, so that we might receive the sonship.
6 Kwa sababu ninyi ni wana, Mungu alimtuma Roho wa mwanawe ndani ya mioyo yetu, Roho aitaye, “Abba, Baba.”
And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Kwa sababu hii wewe si mtumwa tena bali mwana. Kama ni mwana, basi wewe pia ni mrithi kupitia Mungu.
So that thou are no longer a bondman but a son, and if a son, then an heir through Christ.
8 Hata kabla, wakati hamkumjua Mungu, mlikuwa watumwa kwa wale ambao kwa asili si miungu kabisa.
But of course not knowing God then, ye were in bondage to those in nature who are not gods,
9 Lakini sasa kwamba mnamjua Mungu, au kwamba mnajulikana na Mungu, kwa nini mnarudi tena kwenye kanuni dhaifu za kwanza na zisizo za thamani? Je mnataka kuwa watumwa tena?
but now knowing God, but rather being known by God, how is it ye turn again to the weak and destitute elements to which ye desire again to be in bondage anew?
10 Mnashika kwa uangalifu siku maalumu, miandamo ya miezi, majira, na miaka. Ninaogopa kwa ajili yenu.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 Ninaogopa kwamba kwa namna fulani nimejitaabisha bure.
I am afraid of you, lest somehow I have labored toward you in vain.
12 Ninawasihi, ndugu, muwe kama nilivyo, kwa kuwa pia nimekuwa kama mlivyo. Hamkunikosea.
I beseech you, brothers, become like me, because I also am like ye. Ye wronged me in nothing.
13 Bali mnajua kwamba ilikuwa ni kwa sababu ya ugonjwa wa mwili kwamba nilihubiri injili kwenu kwa mara ya kwanza.
But ye know that through a weakness of the flesh I preached the good news to you the first time.
14 Ingawa hali yangu ya mwili iliwaweka katika jaribu, hamkunidharau au kunikataa. Badala yake mlinipokea kama malaika wa Mungu, kana kwamba nilikuwa Kristo Yesu mwenyewe.
And ye did not disdain, nor did ye reject my trial in my flesh, but ye received me as an agent of God, as Christ Jesus.
15 Kwa hiyo, iko wapi sasa furaha yenu? kwa kuwa ninashuhudia kwenu kwamba, ikiwezekana, mungelin'goa macho yenu na kunipa mimi.
Where then is your satisfaction? For I testify to you, that if possible, having plucked your eyes out, ye would have given them to me.
16 Hivyo sasa, je nimekuwa adui yenu kwa sababu ninawaambia ukweli?
So then have I become your enemy telling you the truth?
17 Wanawatafuta kwa shauku, bali si kwa mema. Wanataka kuwatenganisha ninyi na mimi ili muwafuate.
They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them.
18 Ni vyema daima kuwa na shauku kwa sababu zilizo njema, na si tu wakati ninapokuwa pamoja nanyi.
But to be zealous of is always good in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Wanangu wadogo, ninaumwa uchungu kwa ajili yenu tena mpaka Kristo aumbike ndani yenu.
My little children, of whom I suffer birth pains again until Christ is formed in you.
20 Ningependa kuwepo pale pamoja nanyi sasa na kugeuza sauti yangu, kwa sababu ninamashaka juu yenu.
But I was wishing to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed at you.
21 Niambieni, ninyi ambao mnatamani kuwa chini ya sheria, hamsikii sheria isemavyo?
Tell me those desiring to be under law, do ye not hear the law?
22 Kwa kuwa imeandikwa kwamba Abrahamu alikuwa na wana wa kiume wawili, mmoja kwa yule mwanamke mtumwa na mwingine kwa mwanamke huru.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one from the servant girl, and one from the freewoman.
23 Hata hivyo, yule wa mtumwa alizaliwa kwa mwili tu, bali yule wa mwanamke huru alizaliwa kwa ahadi.
But in fact, the man from the servant girl was born according to flesh, but the man from the freewoman through promise.
24 Mambo haya yanaweza kuelezwa kwa kutumia mfano, kwa kuwa wanawake hawa wanafanana na maagano mawili. Mojawapo kutoka katika mlima Sinai. Huzaa watoto ambao ni watumwa. huyu ni Hajiri.
Which things are allegorized, for these are two covenants, indeed one from mount Sinai giving birth for bondage, which is Hagar.
25 Sasa Hajiri ni mlima Sinai ulioko Arabuni. Hufananishwa na Yerusalem ya sasa, kwa kuwa ni mtumwa pamoja na watoto wake.
For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and it corresponds to the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children.
26 Bali Yerusalemu ambayo iko juu ni huru, na hii ndiyo mama yetu.
But the Jerusalem above is free, which is mother of us all.
27 Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Furahi, wewe mwanamke uliye tasa, wewe usiye zaa. Paza sauti na upige kelele kwa furaha, wewe ambaye huna uzoefu wa kuzaa. kwa maana wengi ni watoto wa aliye tasa, zaidi ya wale wa yule ambaye ana mume.”
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren woman not giving birth. Burst forth and shout, thou not suffering birth pains, because many more are the children of the desolate than of her who has the husband.
28 Sasa ndugu, kama Isaka, ninyi ni watoto wa ahadi.
Now we, brothers, who correspond to Isaac, are children of promise.
29 Kwa wakati ule ambao mtu ambaye alizaliwa kwa mujibu wa mwili alimtesa yule aliyezaliwa kwa mujibu wa Roho. Kwa sasa ni vilevile.
But just as then, the man who was born according to flesh persecuted the man according to Spirit, so also now.
30 Maandiko husemaje? “Muondoe mwanamke mtumwa pamoja na mwanawe wa kiume. Kwa kuwa mtoto wa mwanamke mtumwa hatarithi pamoja na mtoto wa mwanamke huru.”
Nevertheless, what does the scripture say? Send away the servant girl and her son, for the son of the servant girl will, no, not inherit with the son of the freewoman.
31 Kwa hiyo, ndugu, sisi si watoto wa mwanamke mtumwa, bali ni wa mwanamke huru.
So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant girl, but of the freewoman.
