Galatians 4
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World English Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,
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;
2but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
2Ka ʻoku moʻulaloa ia ki he kau takiaki mo e kau tauhi, kaeʻoua ke hokosia ʻae kuonga kuo kotofa ʻe he tamai.
3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental 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 fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to 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,
5that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children.
5Ke huhuʻi ʻakinautolu naʻe moʻulaloa ki he fono, koeʻuhi ke tau maʻu ai ʻae ohi ʻoe ngaahi foha.
6And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “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 bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
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.
8However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage 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 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 in bondage 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 observe days, months, seasons, and years.
10ʻOku mou tauhi ʻae ngaahi ʻaho, mo e ngaahi māhina, mo e ngaahi faʻahitaʻu, mo e ngaahi taʻu.
11I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
11ʻOku ou manavahē kiate kimoutolu, telia naʻa kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻeku ngāue kiate kimoutolu.
12I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did 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.
13but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.
13ʻOku mou ʻilo, naʻaku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei kiate kimoutolu ʻi muʻa ʻi he sino vaivai.
14That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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 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.
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.
16So then, have I 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?
17They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek 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.
18But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
18Ka ʻoku lelei ke fai feinga maʻuaipē ʻi he meʻa lelei, kaeʻoua naʻa ngata ʻi heʻeku ʻiate kimoutolu.
19My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—
19A ʻeku fānau siʻi, ʻaia ʻoku ou toe langā ai kaeʻoua ke tupu ʻa Kalaisi ʻiate kimoutolu,
20but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for 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 that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?
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 servant, and one 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.
23However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through 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 contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which 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.
25For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage 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 that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
26Ka ko Selūsalema ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga, ʻoku tauʻatāina ia, ʻaia ko e faʻē ʻatautolu kotoa pē.
27For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break out and shout, you who don’t travail. For the desolate women have more children than 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 we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
28Pea ko eni, ʻe kāinga, ko e fānau ʻae talaʻofa ʻakitautolu, ʻo hangē ko ʻAisake.
29But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.
29Kae hangē ko ʻena, ko ia naʻe tupu fakatangata pe, naʻa ne fakatanga ʻaia naʻe ʻoe Laumālie, pea ʻoku kei pehē ni.
30However, what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman.”
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.”
31So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant, 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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