1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Lakini nasema ya kuwa mrithi, wakati wote awapo mtoto, hana tofauti na mtumwa, angawa ni bwana wa yote;
2 but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
bali yu chini ya mawakili na watunzaji, hata wakati uliokwisha kuamriwa na baba.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Kadhalika na sisi, tulipokuwa watoto, tulikuwa tukitumikishwa na kawaida za kwanza za dunia.
4 but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Hata ulipowadia utimilifu wa wakati, Mungu alimtuma Mwanawe ambaye amezaliwa na mwanamke, amezaliwa chini ya sheria,
5 to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
kusudi awakomboe hao waliokuwa chini ya sheria, ili sisi tupate kupokea hali ya kuwa wana.
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Na kwa kuwa ninyi mmekuwa wana, Mungu alimtuma Roho wa Mwanawe mioyoni mwetu, aliaye, Aba, yaani, Baba.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Kama ni hivyo, wewe si mtumwa tena bali u mwana; na kama u mwana, basi, u mrithi kwa Mungu.
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Lakini wakati ule, kwa kuwa hamkumjua Mungu, mliwatumikia wao ambao kwa asili si miungu.
9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Bali sasa mkiisha kumjua Mungu, au zaidi kujulikana na Mungu, kwa nini kuyarejea tena mafundisho ya kwanza yaliyo manyonge, yenye upungufu, ambayo mnataka kuyatumikia tena?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Mnashika siku, na miezi, na nyakati, na miaka.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Nawachelea, isiwe labda nimejitaabisha bure kwa ajili yenu.
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all.
Ndugu zangu, nawasihi, iweni kama mimi, maana mimi ni kama ninyi. Hamkunidhulumu kwa lo lote.
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
Lakini mwajua ya kuwa naliwahubiri Injili mara ya kwanza kwa sababu ya udhaifu wa mwili;
14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
na jaribu lililowapata katika mwili wangu hamkulidharau wala kulikataa, bali mlinipokea kama malaika wa Mungu, kama Kristo Yesu.
15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Ku wapi, basi, kule kujiita heri? Maana nawashuhudu kwamba, kama ingaliwezekana, mngaling'oa macho yenu, mkanipa mimi.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Je! Nimekuwa adui wenu kwa sababu nawaambia yaliyo kweli?
17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
Hao wana shauku nanyi, lakini si kwa njia nzuri, bali wanataka kuwafungia nje, ili kwamba ninyi mwaonee wao shauku.
18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing , and not only when I am present with you.
Navyo ni vizuri kuonewa shauku katika neno jema sikuzote, wala si wakati nikiwapo mimi pamoja nanyi tu.
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Vitoto vyangu, ambao kwamba nawaonea utungu tena mpaka Kristo aumbike ndani yenu;
20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
laiti ningekuwapo pamoja nanyi sasa, na kuigeuza sauti yangu! Maana naona shaka kwa ajili yenu.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Niambieni, ninyi mnaotaka kuwa chini ya sheria, je! Hamwisikii sheria?
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Kwa maana imeandikwa ya kuwa, Ibrahimu alikuwa na wana wawili mmoja kwa mjakazi, na mmoja kwa mwungwana.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Lakini yule wa mjakazi alizaliwa kwa mwili, yule wa mwungwana kwa ahadi.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Mambo haya husemwa kwa mfano; kwa maana hawa ndio kama maagano mawili, moja kutoka mlima Sinai, lizaalo kwa utumwa, ambalo ni Hajiri.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Maana Hajiri ni kama mlima Sinai ulioko Arabuni, umelingana na Yerusalemu wa sasa; kwa kuwa anatumika pamoja na watoto.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Bali Yerusalemu wa juu ni mwungwana, naye ndiye mama yetu sisi.
27 For it is written,
Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;
Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not:
For the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Kwa maana imeandikwa, Furahi, wewe uliye tasa, usiyezaa; Paza sauti, ulie, wewe usiye na utungu; Maana watoto wake aliyeachwa pekee ni wengi Kuliko wa huyo aliye na mume.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Basi, ndugu zangu, kama Isaka sisi tu watoto wa ahadi.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Lakini kama vile siku zile yule aliyezaliwa kwa mwili alivyomwudhi yule aliyezaliwa kwa Roho, ndivyo ilivyo na sasa.
30 Nevertheless 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.
Lakini lasemaje andiko? Mfukuze mjakazi na mwanawe, kwa maana mwana wa mjakazi hatarithi kabisa pamoja na mwana wa mwungwana.
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Ndiposa, ndugu zangu, sisi si watoto wa mjakazi, bali tu watoto wa huyo aliye mwungwana.
