Galatians 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
1Ko eni, ʻoku ou pehē, Ko e foha hoko ʻi heʻene kei tamasiʻi, neongo ʻoku ʻeiki ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi fai kehekehe ia mo e tamaioʻeiki;
2He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
2Ka ʻoku moʻulaloa ia ki he kau takiaki mo e kau tauhi, kaeʻoua ke hokosia ʻae kuonga kuo kotofa ʻe he tamai.
3So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
3ʻOku pehē pe ʻakitautolu, naʻa tau kei siʻi, pea tau nofo tokilalo ki he ngaahi ʻuluaki meʻa ʻoe māmani:
4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
4Ka ʻi he hokosia mai hono kakato ʻoe kuonga, naʻe tuku atu ai ʻe he ʻOtua hono ʻAlo, ke fanauʻi ʻe he fefine, pea fanauʻi ia ʻo moʻulaloa ʻi he fono,
5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
5Ke huhuʻi ʻakinautolu naʻe moʻulaloa ki he fono, koeʻuhi ke tau maʻu ai ʻae ohi ʻoe ngaahi foha.
6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
6Pea koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi foha ʻakimoutolu, kuo fekau atu ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae Laumālie ʻo hono ʻAlo ki homou loto, ʻoku tangi, “ʻAapa, Tamai.”
7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
7Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai te ke kei tamaioʻeiki, ka ko e foha; pea kapau ko e foha, ko e foha hoko ʻoe ʻOtua ʻia Kalaisi.
8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
8Ka ʻi he kuonga ko ia naʻe ʻikai te mou ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua, naʻa mou tauhi ʻakinautolu ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ko e ʻotua moʻoni.
9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
9Ka ko eni, hili hoʻomou ʻilo ʻae ʻOtua, pe ko e ʻilo ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻOtua, ʻoku fēfē hoʻomou toe tafoki ki he ngaahi ʻuluaki meʻa vaivai mo masiva, ʻaia ʻoku mou holi ke mou toe pōpula ki ai?
10You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
10ʻOku mou tauhi ʻae ngaahi ʻaho, mo e ngaahi māhina, mo e ngaahi faʻahitaʻu, mo e ngaahi taʻu.
11I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
11ʻOku ou manavahē kiate kimoutolu, telia naʻa kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻeku ngāue kiate kimoutolu.
12I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
12E kāinga, ʻoku ou fakakolekole kiate kimoutolu, ke mou hangē ko au; he ʻoku ou hangē ko kimoutolu: ʻoku ʻikai siʻi te mou fai ha kovi kiate au.
13You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
13ʻOku mou ʻilo, naʻaku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei kiate kimoutolu ʻi muʻa ʻi he sino vaivai.
14And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
14Pea ko hoku ʻahiʻahi, ʻaia naʻe ʻi hoku sino, naʻe ʻikai te mou fehiʻa pe siʻaki ai au; ka naʻa mou maʻu au ʻo hangē ko e ʻāngelo ʻae ʻOtua, pea hangē ko Kalaisi Sisu.
15What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
15Pea kofaʻā ai ʻae monūʻia naʻa mou lea ki ai? He ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni kiate kimoutolu, ka ne faʻa fai, pehē, ne mou toʻo mai homou mata, ke foaki kiate au.
16Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
16Pea kuo u hoko au ko homou fili koā, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku tala ʻae moʻoni kiate kimoutolu?
17Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
17ʻOku nau ʻofa feinga kiate kimoutolu, ka ʻoku ʻikai lelei; ʻio, ko honau loto ke fakamavae ʻakimoutolu, ka mou ʻofa feinga pe kiate kinautolu.
18Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
18Ka ʻoku lelei ke fai feinga maʻuaipē ʻi he meʻa lelei, kaeʻoua naʻa ngata ʻi heʻeku ʻiate kimoutolu.
19My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
19A ʻeku fānau siʻi, ʻaia ʻoku ou toe langā ai kaeʻoua ke tupu ʻa Kalaisi ʻiate kimoutolu,
20how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
20ʻAmusiaange eni kuo u ʻiate kimoutolu, pea ke u liliu hoku leʻo; he ʻoku ou puputuʻu telia ʻakimoutolu.
21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
21Tala mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku holi ke mou moʻulaloa ki he fono, ʻikai ʻoku mou fanongo ki he fono?
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
22He kuo tohi, naʻe toko ua ʻae foha ʻo ʻEpalahame, ko e tokotaha ʻi he fefine pōpula, pea ko e tokotaha ʻi he fefine tauʻatāina.
23His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
23Ka ko ia naʻe ʻoe fefine pōpula, naʻe tupu ia fakatangata pe; ka ko ia ʻoe fefine tauʻatāina, naʻe ʻi he talaʻofa ia.
24These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
24Ko e fakatātā ʻae ongo meʻa ko ia: he ko e fuakava eni ʻe ua; ko e taha mei he moʻunga ko Sainai, ʻaia ʻoku fānau ki he pōpula, ko Ekaa ia.
25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
25He ko e Ekaa ni, ko e moʻunga ko Sainai ia ʻi ʻAlepea, pea ʻoku hangē ko Selūsalema ʻaia ʻoku ai ni, pea ʻoku pōpula ia mo ʻene fānau.
26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
26Ka ko Selūsalema ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga, ʻoku tauʻatāina ia, ʻaia ko e faʻē ʻatautolu kotoa pē.
27For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
27He kuo tohi, “Fiefia, ʻa koe ko e paʻa, naʻe ʻikai ke fānau; ke hiki ho leʻo ʻo kalanga, ʻa koe naʻe ʻikai ke langā he ʻoku tokolahi ʻaupito ʻae fānau ʻo ia naʻe siʻaki ʻiate ia ʻoku ai hono husepāniti.”
28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
28Pea ko eni, ʻe kāinga, ko e fānau ʻae talaʻofa ʻakitautolu, ʻo hangē ko ʻAisake.
29At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
29Kae hangē ko ʻena, ko ia naʻe tupu fakatangata pe, naʻa ne fakatanga ʻaia naʻe ʻoe Laumālie, pea ʻoku kei pehē ni.
30But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
30Ka ko e hā ʻae lea ʻoe tohi? “Kapusi kituʻa ʻae fefine pōpula mo ʻene tama: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai hoko fakataha ʻae tama ʻae fefine pōpula mo e tama ʻae fefine ʻoku tauʻatāina.”
31Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
31Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ʻoku ʻikai ko e fānau ʻakitautolu ʻae fefine pōpula, ka ko e tauʻatāina.
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