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.
Engikutshoyo yikuthi nxa indlalifa isesengumntwana, kayehlukananga lesigqili lanxa nje ingumnikazi welifa lonke.
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.
Ingaphansi kwabaphathi lababambeli kuze kufike isikhathi esabekwa nguyise.
3 Saa ara na na yɛn nso yɛteɛ. Na yɛte sɛ mmɔfra a ewiase ahonhom dii yɛn so.
Ngokunjalo lathi ngesikhathi sisesengabantwana sasiyizigqili ngaphansi kwempi yemimoya yalumhlaba.
4 Nanso, mmerɛ pa no duruiɛ no, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba a ɔbaa woo no Mmara ase
Kodwa kwathi lapho isikhathi sesifike ngokupheleleyo, uNkulunkulu wathuma iNdodana yakhe, yazalwa ngowesifazane, izalwa ngaphansi komthetho,
5 sɛ ɔmmɛgye wɔn a wɔhyɛ Mmara ase sɛdeɛ wɔbɛyɛ Onyankopɔn mma.
ukuba ihlenge abangaphansi komthetho, ukuze sithole amalungelo apheleleyo amadodana atholakeleyo.
6 Esiane sɛ moyɛ mma enti, Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba no Honhom baa yɛn akoma mu, Honhom a ɛfrɛ “Agya, Agya.”
Njengokuba lingamadodana, uNkulunkulu wathumela uMoya weNdodana yakhe enhliziyweni zenu, omemezayo usithi, “Abha, Baba.”
7 Enti, wonyɛ akoa bio, na mmom woyɛ ɔba. Esiane sɛ woyɛ ne ba enti, Onyankopɔn de deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa bɛma ne mma.
Ngakho kawuseyiso isigqili kodwa indodana kaNkulunkulu; njalo njengoba usuyindodana, uNkulunkulu usekwenze waba yindlalifa futhi.
8 Mmerɛ bi a atwam no, na monnim Onyankopɔn, enti na moyɛ nkoa ma wɔn a wɔnyɛ anyame.
Ekuqaleni, lingakamazi uNkulunkulu laliyizigqili zalabo abangayisibo onkulunkulu ngemvelo.
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?
Kodwa khathesi uNkulunkulu selimazi, loba ngithi uNkulunkulu uselazi, pho kungani libuyela emuva empini yemimoya yalumhlaba ebuthakathaka leyize na? Liyafisa ukuthi ligqilazwe yiyo njalo na?
10 Modi nna, abosome, nnapɔnna ne mfeɛ bi.
Lina ligcina insuku ezithile lezinyanga, izikhathi zomnyaka kanye leminyaka!
11 Mesuro sɛ, ɛkwan bi so, masɛe mʼahoɔden wɔ mo ho.
Ngiyalesabela, ukuthi ngenye indlela sengichithe imizamo yami kini.
12 Mesrɛ mo, me nuanom, monyɛ sɛ me, ɛfiri sɛ meyɛɛ sɛ mo. Monyɛɛ me bɔne biara.
Ngiyalincenga bazalwane, wobani njengami, ngoba lami ngaba njengani. Kalingenzelanga lutho olubi.
13 Sɛdeɛ monim no, ɛberɛ a mebɛkaa Asɛmpa no kyerɛɛ mo no, mede yadeɛ na ɛbaeɛ.
Njengoba lisazi, ngatshumayela ivangeli kini kuqala ngenxa yomkhuhlane.
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.
Lanxa isimo somzimba wami sasiyisilingo kini, kalizange lingeyise kumbe lingihleke. Kodwa langamukela sengathi ngangiyingilosi kaNkulunkulu, sengathi nganginguKhristu uJesu yena ngokwakhe.
15 Anigyeɛ a mowɔ no nyinaa afa he? Mɛtumi aka sɛ, sɛ mobɛtumi a, anka mobɛtutu mo ani de ama me.
Intokozo yenu yonke isiyengaphi na? Ngingafakaza ukuthi aluba lalingenzanjalo, lalingakopola amehlo enu linginike wona.
16 Nokorɛ a meka kyerɛ mo enti na afei mabɛyɛ mo ɔtamfoɔ yi?
Khathesi sengibe yisitha senu ngokulitshela iqiniso na?
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.
Labobantu batshisekela ukulenza abazalwane babo, kodwa hatshi ngobuhle. Abakufunayo yikulehlukanisa lathi ukuze litshisekele bona.
18 Ɛyɛ sɛ mobɛyɛ nsi ɛberɛ biara, ɛberɛ a mewɔ mo nkyɛn ne ɛberɛ a menni mo nkyɛn mpo.
Ukutshiseka kulungile nxa injongo inhle, lokuba kube njalo kokuphela, hatshi kuphela nxa ngilani.
19 Me mma pa, mo a mo enti merehunu awoyea bio kɔsi sɛ Kristo bɛda ne ho adi wɔ mo mu no,
Bantwabami abathandekayo, lina engilomhelo ngani futhi uKhristu aze abunjwe phakathi kwenu,
20 mepɛ sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn, na anka masesa kwan a me fa so kasa, ɛfiri sɛ me tirim ntene me wɔ mo ho.
ngiyafisa kakhulu ukuba lani khathesi ngiguqule isimo sami, ngoba ngikhathazekile ngani!
21 Monka nkyerɛ me, mo a mopɛ sɛ mohyɛ Mmara no ase no, monnim deɛ Mmara no ka no anaa?
Ngitshelani lina elifuna ukuba ngaphansi komthetho, kalikwazi yini ukuthi umthetho uthini?
22 Wɔatwerɛ sɛ, na Abraham wɔ mma baanu. Ɔne afenaa bi woo baako na ɔne ɔbaa bi a ɔde ne ho nso woo baako.
Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi u-Abhrahama wayelamadodana amabili, enye ingeyesigqilikazi lenye ingeyowesifazane okhululekileyo.
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.
Indodana yakhe yesigqilikazi yazalwa ngokwenyama; kodwa indodana yakhe yowesifazane okhululekileyo yazalwa kulandela isithembiso.
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.
Izinto lezi zingathathwa njengomzekeliso; ngoba abesifazane ababili bamele izivumelwano ezimbili. Esinye isivumelwano sivela eNtabeni yeSinayi e-Arabhiya njalo sizala abantwana abazakuba yizigqili: Lo nguHagari.
25 Hagar gyina hɔ ma bepɔ Sinai a ɛwɔ Arabia na ɛte sɛ kuropɔn Yerusalem, ɛfiri sɛ ɔne ne mma wɔ nkoasom mu.
UHagari umele iNtaba yeSinayi e-Arabhiya njalo uhambelana ledolobho lakhathesi eleJerusalema, ngoba lisebugqilini kanye labantwana balo.
26 Nanso, Yerusalem a ɛwɔ ɔsoro no deɛ, ɛde ne ho na ɔyɛ yɛn maame.
Kodwa iJerusalema ephezulu ikhululekile, njalo ingumama wethu.
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.”
Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Thokoza mfazi oyinyumba, wena ongazange uzale umntwana; umemeze ngenjabulo ukhale kakhulu, wena ongakaze uhelelwe; ngoba abantwana bomfazi olahliweyo banengi kulabalowo olendoda.”
28 Me nuanom mmaa ne mmarima, bɔhyɛ no enti na wɔwoo mo sɛdeɛ wɔwoo Isak no.
Ngakho lina bazalwane, njengo-Isaka, lingabantwana besithembiso.
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.
Ngalesosikhathi indodana eyazalwa ngokwenyama yahlukuluza indodana eyazalwa ngamandla kaMoya. Kunjalo lakhathesi.
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.”
Kodwa umbhalo uthini na? Uthi: “Susa isigqilikazi lendodana yaso, ngoba indodana yesigqilikazi kayiyikwabelana ilifa lendodana yowesifazane okhululekileyo.”
31 Enti, anuanom, yɛnyɛ afenaa no mma, na mmom, yɛyɛ ɔbaa a ɔde ne ho no mma.
Ngakho, bazalwane, thina kasisibo bantwana besigqilikazi, kodwa abowesifazane okhululekileyo.
