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.
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, though he is lord of all;
2 Ṣùgbọ́n ó wà lábẹ́ olùtọ́jú àti ìríjú títí àkókò tí baba ti yàn tẹ́lẹ̀.
but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
3 Gẹ́gẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwa, nígbà tí àwa wà ní èwe, àwa wà nínú ìdè lábẹ́ ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ayé.
So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles 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 came, God sent out his Son, born to 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 who were under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as 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 sent out the Spirit of his Son into our 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 you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.
8 Tẹ́lẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, nígbà tí ẹ̀yin kò tí i mọ Ọlọ́run, ẹ̀yin ti ṣe ẹrú fún àwọn tí kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run nípa ìṣẹ̀dá.
However at that time, not knowing God, you were slaves to those who by nature are 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 that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
10 Ẹ̀yin ń kíyèsi ọjọ́ àti àkókò, àti ọdún.
You observe days, months, 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 for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
12 Ará, mo bẹ̀ yín, ẹ dàbí èmi: nítorí èmi dàbí ẹ̀yin: ẹ̀yin kò ṣe mí ní ibi kan.
I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
13 Ẹ̀yin mọ̀ pé nínú àìlera ni mo wàásù ìyìnrere fún yín ní àkọ́kọ́.
but you know that in physical weakness I preached the Good News to you the first time;
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.
and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you 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.
Where was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you 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?
So then, have I become your enemy by telling 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 zealously seek you, but for no good purpose; they desire to alienate you, that you may be zealous for them.
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 always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only 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 children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is 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.
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about 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 that desire to be under the law, do you not listen to 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 slave woman, 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.
However, the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through 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.
These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to slavery, 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 this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in slavery with her children.
26 Ṣùgbọ́n Jerusalẹmu ti òkè jẹ́ òmìnira, èyí tí í ṣe ìyá wa.
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she 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, you barren who do not bear. Break forth and shout, you that do not travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."
28 Ǹjẹ́ ará, ọmọ ìlérí ni àwa gẹ́gẹ́ bí Isaaki.
Now you, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of 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 as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is 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.”
However what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will 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.
So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.
