Galatifo 4
1 Asɛm a mereka ne sɛ, mpɛn dodow a ɔdedifo no yɛ abofra no, ɛwɔ mu sɛ agyapade no nyinaa hyɛ ne nsa de, nanso nsonoe biara nna ɔno ne akoa ntam.
I am saying that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is owner of the entire estate.
2 Esiane sɛ onnyinii no nti, nnipa bi wɔ hɔ a wɔhwɛ toto nneɛma ma no kosi bere a nʼagya ahyɛ sɛ wɔnnan agyapade no mma no no.
But he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
3 Saa ara na na yɛn nso yɛte. Na yɛte sɛ mmofra a wiase ahonhom dii yɛn so.
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world.
4 Nanso bere pa no dui no, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba a ɔbea woo no wɔ Mmara ase
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.
5 sɛ ommegye wɔn a wɔhyɛ Mmara ase, sɛnea wɔbɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
He did this to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
6 Esiane sɛ moyɛ mma nti, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba no Honhom baa yɛn koma mu, Honhom a ɛfrɛ “Agya, Agya.”
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
7 Enti wonyɛ akoa bio, na mmom woyɛ ɔba. Esiane sɛ woyɛ ne ba nti, Onyankopɔn de nea ɔwɔ nyinaa bɛma ne mma.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then you are also an heir through God.
8 Mmere bi a atwam no, na munnim Onyankopɔn, enti na moyɛ nkoa ma wɔn a wɔnyɛ anyame.
But at that time, when you did not know God, you were made to be slaves to those who are, by their natural powers, not gods at all.
9 Nanso afei a moahu Onyankopɔn anaasɛ Onyankopɔn ahu mo yi, adɛn nti na mopɛ sɛ modan mo ho ma nkyerɛkyerɛ a aba nni mu no? Adɛn nti na mopɛ sɛ wɔde mo yɛ nkoa bio?
But now that you have come to know God, or rather that you are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to the weak and worthless elemental principles? Do you want to be enslaved all over again?
10 Mudi nna, asram, nnapɔnna ne mfe bi.
You observe days and new moons and seasons and years!
11 Misuro sɛ ɔkwan bi so, masɛe mʼahoɔden wɔ mo ho.
I am afraid for you that somehow my work with you may have been for nothing.
12 Mesrɛ mo, me nuanom, monyɛ sɛ me, efisɛ meyɛɛ sɛ mo. Monyɛɛ me bɔne biara.
I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I also have become like you. You did me no wrong.
13 Sɛnea munim no, bere a mebɛkaa Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ mo no, mede ɔyare na ɛbae.
But you know that it was because of a physical illness that I proclaimed the gospel to you the first time.
14 Ɛwɔ mu sɛ na me yare no haw mo de, nanso moampo me. Mmom, mugyee me sɛnea mubegye Onyankopɔn bɔfo; mugyee me sɛnea mubegye Kristo Yesu.
Though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
15 Anigye a mowɔ no nyinaa afa he? Metumi aka se, sɛ mubetumi a anka mubetutu mo ani de ama me.
Where, then, is your blessing now? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me.
16 Nokware a meka kyerɛ mo nti na afei mabɛyɛ mo tamfo yi?
So then, have I become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?
17 Saa nnipa no pɛ sɛ wɔtwe mo ba wɔn nkyɛn, nanso wonni adwene pa. Wɔhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛtetew me ne mo ntam na ama mo ani aku wɔn ho.
They are zealous to win you over, but for no good. They want to shut you out, so you may be zealous for them.
18 Eye sɛ mobɛyɛ nsi bere biara, bere a mewɔ mo nkyɛn ne bere a minni mo nkyɛn mpo.
It is always good to be zealous for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Me mma pa, mo a mo nti merehu awoyaw bio kosi sɛ Kristo bɛda ne ho adi wɔ mo mu no,
My little children, again I am in the pains of childbirth for you until Christ is formed in you.
20 mepɛ sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn, na anka masakra ɔkwan a mefa so kasa, efisɛ me tirim ntew me wɔ mo ho.
I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
21 Monka nkyerɛ me, mo a mopɛ sɛ mohyɛ mmara no ase no, munnim nea mmara no ka no ana?
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
22 Wɔakyerɛw se, na Abraham wɔ mma baanu. Ɔne afenaa bi woo ɔbaako na ɔne ɔbea bi a ɔde ne ho nso woo ɔbaako.
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave girl and one by the free woman.
23 Wɔwoo afena ba no wɔ ɔhonam kwan so, na Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ nti na ɔbea a ɔde ne ho no nso woo ne ba no.
One was born by the slave girl according to the flesh, but the other was born by the free woman through promise.
24 Saa asɛm yi yɛ mfatoho efisɛ saa mmea baanu yi gyina hɔ ma apam abien. Apam baako fi bepɔw Sinai so, na egyina hɔ ma mma a wɔbɛyɛ nkoa: Ɔno ne Hagar.
These things may be interpreted as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One of them is from Mount Sinai and she gives birth to children who are slaves. This is Hagar.
25 Hagar gyina hɔ ma bepɔw Sinai a ɛwɔ Arabia na ɛte sɛ kuropɔn Yerusalem, efisɛ ɔne ne mma wɔ nkoasom mu.
Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia; and she represents the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
26 Nanso Yerusalem a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no de, ɛde ne ho na ɔyɛ yɛn na.
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
27 Efisɛ wɔakyerɛw se, “Ao ɔbea a woyɛ obonin, di ahurusi, wo a wonwoo da; ma wo nne so na teɛ mu, wo a awo nkaa wo da, efisɛ ɔbea a wannya awo da no mma dɔɔso sen nea ɔwɔ kunu.”
For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren one who does not give birth; cry out and shout for joy, you who are not suffering the pains of childbirth; because the children of the abandoned woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.”
28 Me nuanom mmea ne mmarima, bɔhyɛ no nti na wɔwoo mo sɛnea wɔwoo Isak no.
But you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
29 Saa bere no na ɔba a wɔnam honam kwan so woo no no taa nea wɔnam Honhom no tumi mu woo no no. Na nnɛ yi nso ɛte saa.
At that time the one who was born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit. It is the same now.
30 Na Kyerɛwsɛm no ka dɛn? “Pam afenaa no ne ne babarima yi fi ha; efisɛ afenaa babarima no ne ɔdehye no renkyɛ agyapade no.”
But what does the scripture say? “Send away the slave girl and her son. For the son of the slave girl will not share in the inheritance with the son of the free woman.”
31 Enti anuanom, yɛnyɛ afenaa no mma, na mmom yɛyɛ ɔbea a ɔde ne ho no mma.
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of a slave girl, but of the free woman.
