Wagalatia 4
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Berean Standard Bible
1Basi, nasema hivi: mrithi, akiwa bado mtoto, hawi tofauti na mtumwa ingawaje mali yote ni yake.
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.
2Wakati huo wote yuko chini ya walezi na wadhamini mpaka wakati ule uliowekwa na baba yake.
2He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
3Hali kadhalika na sisi tulipokuwa bado watoto, tulikuwa watumwa wa pepo watawala wa ulimwengu.
3So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
4Lakini wakati ule maalumu ulipotimia, Mungu alimtuma Mwanawe aliyezaliwa na mwanamke, akaishi chini ya Sheria
4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5apate kuwakomboa wale waliokuwa chini ya Sheria ili sisi tufanywe wana wa Mungu.
5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
6Kwa vile sasa ninyi ni wana, Mungu amemtuma Roho wa Mwanae mioyoni mwenu, Roho ambaye hulia “Aba,” yaani “Baba.”
6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
7Basi, wewe si mtumwa tena, bali mwana. Na ikiwa ni mwana, basi, wewe utapokea yote Mungu aliyowawekea watoto wake.
7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
8Zamani hamkumjua Mungu na hivyo mkatumikia miungu isiyo miungu kweli.
8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
9Lakini sasa, kwa vile mnamjua Mungu, au tuseme mnajulikana na Mungu, mnawezaje tena kurudi kwa wale pepo maskini na dhaifu hata kutaka kuwatumikia tena?
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?
10Bado mnaadhimisha siku, miezi na miaka!
10You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
11Nahofu kwamba labda kazi niliyoifanya kwa ajili yenu imepotea bure!
11I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
12Ndugu, nawasihi muwe kama mimi, kwa vile hata mimi nimekuwa kama ninyi. Hamkunitendea ubaya wowote.
12I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
13Mnajua kwamba ugonjwa wangu ndio ulionipatia fursa ya kuwahubirieni Habari Njema kwa mara ya kwanza.
13You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
14Hata hivyo, wakati ule hamkunidharau wala kunikataa kwa sababu ya udhaifu wangu ingawa mlishawishiwa kufanya hivyo; lakini mlinipokea kama malaika wa Mungu, kama vile ningekuwa Kristo Yesu mwenyewe.
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.
15Mlikuwa wenye furaha; sasa kumetokea nini? Naapa kwamba wakati ule mngaliweza hata kuyang'oa macho yenu na kunipa mimi.
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.
16Je, sasa nimekuwa adui yenu kwa sababu ya kuwaambieni ukweli?
16Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17Hao watu wengine wanawahangaikia ninyi, lakini nia zao si njema. Wanataka kuwatenganisha nami ili ninyi muwahangaikie wao.
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.
18Kwa kweli ni jambo jema daima kuwahangaikia wengine katika mambo mema, na si tu wakati mimi nipo pamoja nanyi.
18Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.
19Watoto wangu, kama vile mama mja mzito anavyotaabika wakati wa kujifungua, mimi nataabika tena kwa ajili yenu mpaka hapo hali yake Kristo itakapoundwa ndani yenu.
19My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
20Laiti ningekuwa pamoja nanyi sasa, maana ningalipata msimamo ufaao juu yenu! Nina wasiwasi sana nanyi!
20how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.
21Niambieni, enyi mnaopenda kutawaliwa na sheria: Je, mnasikia isemavyo Sheria?
21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
22Imeandikwa katika Maandiko Matakatifu kwamba Abrahamu alikuwa na watoto wawili: mmoja kwa mwanamke mtumwa, na wa pili kwa mwanamke huru.
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
23Yule wa mwanamke mtumwa alizaliwa kama kawaida, lakini yule wa mwanamke huru alizaliwa kutokana na ahadi ya Mungu.
23His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
24Mambo hayo yamekuwa mfano; mama hao wawili ni mfano wa maagano mawili; la kwanza ni lile lililofanyika mlimani Sinai, mwakilishi wake ni Hagari, na watoto wake wanazaliwa utumwani.
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.
25Hagari anawakilisha mlima Sinai ulioko Arabia, na ni mfano wa Yerusalemu ya sasa, ulio mtumwa pamoja na watoto wake.
25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
26Lakini Yerusalemu ya juu mbinguni ni mji ulio huru, nao ni mama yetu.
26But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
27Maana imeandikwa: “Furahi, ewe uliye tasa usiyezaa; paaza sauti wewe usiyepata kujifungua mtoto; maana watoto wa yule aliyeachwa ni wengi zaidi kuliko wa yule aliye na mume.”
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.”
28Sasa, basi, ndugu zangu, ninyi ni watoto wa Mungu kutokana na ahadi yake kama alivyokuwa Isaka.
28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
29Lakini kama vile siku zile yule mtoto aliyezaliwa kwa njia ya kawaida alimdhulumu yule aliyezaliwa kwa uwezo wa Roho wa Mungu, vivyo hivyo na siku hizi.
29At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
30Lakini Maandiko Matakatifu yasemaje? Yasema: “Mfukuze mama mtumwa pamoja na mwanawe; maana mtoto wa mtumwa hatarithi pamoja na mtoto wa mama huru.”
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.”
31Kwa hiyo, basi, ndugu, sisi si watoto wa mtumwa bali wa mama huru.
31Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
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