Galatifoɔ 4
1 Asɛm a mereka ne sɛ, mpɛn dodoɔ a ɔdedifoɔ no yɛ abɔfra no, ɛwom sɛ agyapadeɛ no nyinaa hyɛ ne nsa deɛ, nanso nsonsonoeɛ biara nna ɔno ne akoa ntam.
Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth in no respect from a bond-servant, though he is lord of all;
2 Esiane sɛ ɔnnyiniiɛ no enti, nnipa bi wɔ hɔ a wɔhwɛ toto nneɛma ma no kɔsi ɛberɛ a nʼagya ahyɛ sɛ wɔnnane agyapadeɛ no mma no no.
but is under guardians and stewards, until the time appointed by the father.
3 Saa ara na na yɛn nso yɛteɛ. Na yɛte sɛ mmɔfra a ewiase ahonhom dii yɛn so.
So also we, when we were children, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world;
4 Nanso, mmerɛ pa no duruiɛ no, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba a ɔbaa woo no Mmara ase
but when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
5 sɛ ɔmmɛgye wɔn a wɔhyɛ Mmara ase sɛdeɛ wɔbɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
to redeem those under the Law, that we might be adopted as sons.
6 Esiane sɛ moyɛ mma enti, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba no Honhom baa yɛn akoma mu, Honhom a ɛfrɛ “Agya, Agya.”
And to show that ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father!
7 Enti, wonyɛ akoa bio, na mmom woyɛ ɔba. Esiane sɛ woyɛ ne ba enti, Onyankopɔn de deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa bɛma ne mma.
So then thou art no longer a bond-servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
8 Mmerɛ bi a atwam no, na monnim Onyankopɔn, enti na moyɛ nkoa ma wɔn a wɔnyɛ anyame.
But at that time, indeed, when ye knew not God, ye were in slavery to those who in their nature are not gods;
9 Nanso, afei a moahunu Onyankopɔn anaasɛ Onyankopɔn ahunu mo yi, adɛn enti na mopɛ sɛ modane mo ho ma nkyerɛkyerɛ a aba nni mu no? Adɛn enti na mopɛ sɛ wɔde mo yɛ nkoa bio?
but now, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that ye are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments to which ye wish to be again in bondage?
10 Modi nna, abosome, nnapɔnna ne mfeɛ bi.
Do ye observe days, and months, and times, and years?
11 Mesuro sɛ, ɛkwan bi so, masɛe mʼahoɔden wɔ mo ho.
I fear for you, lest I may have bestowed upon you labor in vain.
12 Mesrɛ mo, me nuanom, monyɛ sɛ me, ɛfiri sɛ meyɛɛ sɛ mo. Monyɛɛ me bɔne biara.
Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, for I also have become as ye are; ye injured me in nothing.
13 Sɛdeɛ monim no, ɛberɛ a mebɛkaa Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ mo no, mede yadeɛ na ɛbaeɛ.
Nay, ye know that it was on account of an infirmity of the flesh that I preached the gospel to you the former time,
14 Ɛwom sɛ na me yadeɛ no ha mo deɛ, nanso moampo me. Mmom, mogyee me sɛdeɛ mobɛgye Onyankopɔn ɔbɔfoɔ; mogyee me sɛdeɛ mobɛgye Kristo Yesu.
and my trial which was in my flesh ye did not despise nor spurn; but received me as an angel of God, yea, as Christ Jesus.
15 Anigyeɛ a mowɔ no nyinaa afa he? Mɛtumi aka sɛ, sɛ mobɛtumi a, anka mobɛtutu mo ani de ama me.
How great then was your boasting of happiness! for I bear you witness, that if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes, and have given them to me.
16 Nokorɛ a meka kyerɛ mo enti na afei mabɛyɛ mo ɔtamfoɔ yi?
So then, have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
17 Saa nnipa no pɛ sɛ wɔtwe mo ba wɔn nkyɛn, nanso wɔnni adwene pa. Wɔhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛtete me ne mo ntam na ama mo ani aku wɔn ho sɛdeɛ wɔn ani ku mo ho no.
They show a zeal for you, but not in honesty; yea, they wish to exclude you, that ye may be zealous for them.
18 Ɛyɛ sɛ mobɛyɛ nsi ɛberɛ biara, ɛberɛ a mewɔ mo nkyɛn ne ɛberɛ a menni mo nkyɛn mpo.
But it is good to be an object of zeal in what is good always, and not only when I am present with you.
19 Me mma pa, mo a mo enti merehunu awoyea bio kɔsi sɛ Kristo bɛda ne ho adi wɔ mo mu no,
My children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you, —
20 mepɛ sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn, na anka masesa kwan a me fa so kasa, ɛfiri sɛ me tirim ntene me wɔ mo ho.
I could wish indeed to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am in perplexity about you.
21 Monka nkyerɛ me, mo a mopɛ sɛ mohyɛ Mmara no ase no, monnim deɛ Mmara no ka no anaa?
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the Law, do ye not hear the Law?
22 Wɔatwerɛ sɛ, na Abraham wɔ mma baanu. Ɔne afenaa bi woo baako na ɔne ɔbaa bi a ɔde ne ho nso woo baako.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by the bondwoman, the other by the freewoman.
23 Afenaa ba no, wɔwoo no honam kwan so, ɛnna ɔbaa a ɔde ne ho no nso, Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ enti na ɔwoo ne ba no.
But the one by the bondwoman was born after the flesh; while the one by the freewoman was through the promise.
24 Saa asɛm yi yɛ mfatoho ɛfiri sɛ, saa mmaa baanu yi gyina hɔ ma apam mmienu. Apam baako firi bepɔ Sinai so, na ɛgyina hɔ ma mma a wɔbɛyɛ nkoa: Ɔno ne Hagar.
Which things are written allegorically; for these women are two covenants; the one from Mount Sinai, who beareth children into bondage, which is Hagar;
25 Hagar gyina hɔ ma bepɔ Sinai a ɛwɔ Arabia na ɛte sɛ kuropɔn Yerusalem, ɛfiri sɛ ɔne ne mma wɔ nkoasom mu.
for the word Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; and she corresponds to the Jerusalem now existing, for she is in bondage with her children;
26 Nanso, Yerusalem a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no deɛ, ɛde ne ho na ɔyɛ yɛn maame.
but the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
27 Ɛfiri sɛ wɔatwerɛ sɛ, “Ao ɔbaa a woyɛ obonini, di ahurisie, wo a wonnwoo da; ma wo nne so na team, wo a awoɔ nkaa wo da, ɛfiri sɛ ɔbaa a woannya awoɔ da no mma dɔɔso sene deɛ ɔwɔ kunu.”
For it is written: “Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not; for many are the children of the desolate one, rather than of her who hath the husband.”
28 Me nuanom mmaa ne mmarima, bɔhyɛ no enti na wɔwoo mo sɛdeɛ wɔwoo Isak no.
But ye, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of a promise.
29 Saa ɛberɛ no na ɔba a wɔnam honam kwan so woo no no taa deɛ wɔnam Honhom no tumi mu woo no no. Na ɛnnɛ yi nso, ɛte saa.
But as at that time he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born through the Spirit, so it is now.
30 Na Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛn? “Pam afenaa no ne ne babarima yi firi ha; ɛfiri sɛ, afenaa babarima no ne ɔdehyeɛ no renkyɛ agyapadeɛ no.”
But what saith the scripture? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son; for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”
31 Enti, anuanom, yɛnyɛ afenaa no mma, na mmom, yɛyɛ ɔbaa a ɔde ne ho no mma.
So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the freewoman.
