Galatians 4
1 Ǹjẹ́ ohun tí mo ń wí ni pé, níwọ̀n ìgbà tí àrólé náà bá wà ní èwe, kò yàtọ̀ nínú ohunkóhun sí ẹrú bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ Olúwa ohun gbogbo.
Now, I say, as long as the heir is a minor, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all.
2 Ṣùgbọ́n ó wà lábẹ́ olùtọ́jú àti ìríjú títí àkókò tí baba ti yàn tẹ́lẹ̀.
For he is under tutors and stewards, until the time before appointed by his father.
3 Gẹ́gẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwa, nígbà tí àwa wà ní èwe, àwa wà nínú ìdè lábẹ́ ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ayé.
So, also, we, whilst we were minors, were in bondage under the elements of the world.
4 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí àkókò kíkún náà dé, Ọlọ́run rán ọmọ rẹ̀ jáde wá, ẹni tí a bí nínú obìnrin tí a bí lábẹ́ òfin.
But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 Láti ra àwọn tí ń bẹ lábẹ́ òfin padà, kí àwa lè gba ìsọdọmọ.
that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 Àti nítorí tí ẹ̀yin jẹ́ ọmọ, Ọlọ́run sì ti rán Ẹ̀mí Ọmọ rẹ̀ wá sínú ọkàn yín, tí ń ké pé, “Ábbà, Baba.”
And because you are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Nítorí náà ìwọ kì í ṣe ẹrú, bí kò ṣe ọmọ; àti bí ìwọ bá ń ṣe ọmọ, ǹjẹ́ ìwọ di àrólé Ọlọ́run nípasẹ̀ Kristi.
So that you are no more a bondman, but a son, and if a son, then heir of God through Christ.
8 Tẹ́lẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, nígbà tí ẹ̀yin kò tí i mọ Ọlọ́run, ẹ̀yin ti ṣe ẹrú fún àwọn tí kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run nípa ìṣẹ̀dá.
But formerly indeed, when you knew not God, you served those, who by nature were not gods.
9 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, nígbà tí ẹ̀yin ti mọ Ọlọ́run tan tàbí kí a sá kúkú wí pé ẹ di mímọ́ fún Ọlọ́run, èéha ti rí tí ẹ tún fi yípadà sí aláìlera àti agbára ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ẹ̀dá, lábẹ́ èyí tí ẹ̀yin tún fẹ́ padà wá ṣe ẹrú?
But now, having acknowledged God, (or rather, being acknowledged by God, ) why do you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which again, a second time, you incline to be in bondage?
10 Ẹ̀yin ń kíyèsi ọjọ́ àti àkókò, àti ọdún.
You carefully observe days and moons, and seasons and years.
11 Ẹ̀rù yin ń bà mí, kí o má bà ṣe pé lásán ni mo ṣe làálàá lórí yín.
I am afraid of you, lest perhaps, I have labored in vain among you.
12 Ará, mo bẹ̀ yín, ẹ dàbí èmi: nítorí èmi dàbí ẹ̀yin: ẹ̀yin kò ṣe mí ní ibi kan.
Brethren, I pray you, be as I am: for I am you are. You have injured me in nothing.
13 Ẹ̀yin mọ̀ pé nínú àìlera ni mo wàásù ìyìnrere fún yín ní àkọ́kọ́.
You know, indeed, that in weakness of the flesh, I declared the gospel to you at first.
14 Èyí tí ó sì jẹ́ ìdánwò fún yín ní ara mi ni ẹ kò kẹ́gàn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ kò sì kọ̀; ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin gbà mí bí angẹli Ọlọ́run, àní bí Kristi Jesu.
Yet that trial of mine, which was in my flesh, you did not despise; neither did you reject me, but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
15 Ǹjẹ́ ayọ̀ yín ìgbà náà ha dà? Nítorí mo gba ẹ̀rí yín pé, bi o bá ṣe é ṣe, ẹ̀ ò bá yọ ojú yín jáde, ẹ̀ bá sì fi wọ́n fún mi.
What, then, was your happiness! for I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes, and given them to me.
16 Ǹjẹ́ mo ha di ọ̀tá yín nítorí mo sọ òtítọ́ fún yín bí?
Am I, then, become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17 Wọ́n ń fi ìtara wá yin, ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe fún rere; wọ́n ń fẹ́ já yin kúrò, kí ẹ̀yin lè máa wá wọn.
They love you ardently, not honorably. Yes, they wish to exclude us, that you may love them ardently.
18 Ṣùgbọ́n ó dára láti máa fi ìtara wá ni fún ohun rere nígbà gbogbo, kì í sì í ṣe nígbà tí mo wà pẹ̀lú yín nìkan.
But it is honorable to be ardently in love with a good man at all times, and not merely when I am present with you.
19 Ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi kéékèèké, ẹ̀yin tí mo tún ń rọbí títí a ó fi ṣe ẹ̀dá Kristi nínú yín.
My little children, for whom I travail in birth again till Christ be formed in you;
20 Ìbá wù mí láti wà lọ́dọ̀ yín nísinsin yìí, kí èmi sì yí ohùn mi padà nítorí pé mo dààmú nítorí yín.
I could wish, indeed, to be present with you now, and to change my speech; for I am exceedingly in doubt concerning you.
21 Ẹ wí fún mi, ẹ̀yin tí ń fẹ́ wà lábẹ́ òfin, ẹ ko ha gbọ́ òfin ohun ti òfin sọ.
Tell me, you who wish to be under the law, do you hear the law?
22 Nítorí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, Abrahamu ní ọmọ ọkùnrin méjì, ọ̀kan láti ọ̀dọ̀ ẹrúbìnrin, àti ọ̀kan láti ọ̀dọ̀ òmìnira obìnrin.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons: one by the bondmaid, and one by the free woman.
23 Ṣùgbọ́n a bí èyí tí ṣe ti ẹrúbìnrin nípa ti ara, ṣùgbọ́n èyí ti òmìnira obìnrin ni a bí nípa ìlérí.
But he, indeed, who was of the bondmaid, was begotten according to the flesh; but he who was of the free woman, was through the promise.
24 Nǹkan wọ̀nyí jẹ́ àpẹẹrẹ: nítorí pé àwọn obìnrin wọ̀nyí ní májẹ̀mú méjèèjì; ọ̀kan láti orí òkè Sinai wá, tí a bí lóko ẹrú, tí í ṣe Hagari.
Which things are allegorized: for these women are two institutions; the one, indeed, from Mount Sinai, bringing forth children into bondage, which is Hagar,
25 Nítorí Hagari yìí ni òkè Sinai Arabia, tí ó sì dúró fún Jerusalẹmu tí ó wà nísinsin yìí, tí ó sì wà lóko ẹrú pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀.
(for the name of Hagar denotes Mount Sinai, in Arabia, ) and she answers to the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children.
26 Ṣùgbọ́n Jerusalẹmu ti òkè jẹ́ òmìnira, èyí tí í ṣe ìyá wa.
But the Jerusalem above, is the free woman, who is our mother.
27 Nítorí a ti kọ ọ́ pé, “Máa yọ̀, ìwọ obìnrin àgàn tí kò bímọ, bú sí ayọ̀ kí o sì kígbe sókè, ìwọ tí kò rọbí rí; nítorí àwọn ọmọ obìnrin náà tí a kọ̀sílẹ̀ yóò pọ̀ ju ti obìnrin tó ní ọkọ lọ.”
For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman, who didst not bring forth! Break out and cry, thou who travailest not in birth; for more are the children of the deserted, than of her who had the husband."
28 Ǹjẹ́ ará, ọmọ ìlérí ni àwa gẹ́gẹ́ bí Isaaki.
We, therefore, brethren, like Isaac, are children by promise.
29 Ṣùgbọ́n bí èyí tí a bí nípa ti ara ti ṣe inúnibíni nígbà náà sí èyí tí a bí nípa ti Ẹ̀mí, bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni nísinsin yìí.
But even as then, he who was begotten according to the flesh, persecuted him who was begotten according to the Spirit: so also now.
30 Ṣùgbọ́n ìwé mímọ́ ha ti wí, “Lé ẹrúbìnrin yìí àti ọmọ rẹ̀ jáde, nítorí ọmọ ẹrúbìnrin kì yóò bá ọmọ òmìnira obìnrin jogún pọ̀.”
But what says the scripture? "Cast out the bondmaid and her son; for the son of the bondmaid shall not inherit with the son of the free woman."
31 Nítorí náà, ará, àwa kì í ṣe ọmọ ẹrúbìnrin bí kò ṣe ti òmìnira obìnrin.
Well, then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondmaid, but of the free woman.
