Kaletia 4
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
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;
1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2Ka ʻoku moʻulaloa ia ki he kau takiaki mo e kau tauhi, kaeʻoua ke hokosia ʻae kuonga kuo kotofa ʻe he tamai.
2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3ʻOku pehē pe ʻakitautolu, naʻa tau kei siʻi, pea tau nofo tokilalo ki he ngaahi ʻuluaki meʻa ʻoe māmani:
3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
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,
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5Ke huhuʻi ʻakinautolu naʻe moʻulaloa ki he fono, koeʻuhi ke tau maʻu ai ʻae ohi ʻoe ngaahi foha.
5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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.”
6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
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.
7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
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.
8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
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?
9But 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?
10ʻOku mou tauhi ʻae ngaahi ʻaho, mo e ngaahi māhina, mo e ngaahi faʻahitaʻu, mo e ngaahi taʻu.
10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11ʻOku ou manavahē kiate kimoutolu, telia naʻa kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻeku ngāue kiate kimoutolu.
11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
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.
12Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all.
13ʻOku mou ʻilo, naʻaku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei kiate kimoutolu ʻi muʻa ʻi he sino vaivai.
13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
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.
14And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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.
15Where 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.
16Pea kuo u hoko au ko homou fili koā, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku tala ʻae moʻoni kiate kimoutolu?
16Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17ʻOku nau ʻofa feinga kiate kimoutolu, ka ʻoku ʻikai lelei; ʻio, ko honau loto ke fakamavae ʻakimoutolu, ka mou ʻofa feinga pe kiate kinautolu.
17They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18Ka ʻoku lelei ke fai feinga maʻuaipē ʻi he meʻa lelei, kaeʻoua naʻa ngata ʻi heʻeku ʻiate kimoutolu.
18But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing , and not only when I am present with you.
19A ʻeku fānau siʻi, ʻaia ʻoku ou toe langā ai kaeʻoua ke tupu ʻa Kalaisi ʻiate kimoutolu,
19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
20ʻAmusiaange eni kuo u ʻiate kimoutolu, pea ke u liliu hoku leʻo; he ʻoku ou puputuʻu telia ʻakimoutolu.
20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21Tala mai kiate au, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku holi ke mou moʻulaloa ki he fono, ʻikai ʻoku mou fanongo ki he fono?
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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.
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23Ka ko ia naʻe ʻoe fefine pōpula, naʻe tupu ia fakatangata pe; ka ko ia ʻoe fefine tauʻatāina, naʻe ʻi he talaʻofa ia.
23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
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.
24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
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.
25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26Ka ko Selūsalema ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga, ʻoku tauʻatāina ia, ʻaia ko e faʻē ʻatautolu kotoa pē.
26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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.”
27For 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.
28Pea ko eni, ʻe kāinga, ko e fānau ʻae talaʻofa ʻakitautolu, ʻo hangē ko ʻAisake.
28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29Kae hangē ko ʻena, ko ia naʻe tupu fakatangata pe, naʻa ne fakatanga ʻaia naʻe ʻoe Laumālie, pea ʻoku kei pehē ni.
29But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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.”
30Nevertheless 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.
31Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, ʻoku ʻikai ko e fānau ʻakitautolu ʻae fefine pōpula, ka ko e tauʻatāina.
31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
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