¹Now I say, As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all;

¹Zvino ndinoti, mudyi wenhaka, kana achingori mwana chete, haatongosiyani nemuranda, kunyange ari ishe wezvose;

²but he is under guardians and stewards until the period fixed by the father.

²asi uri pasi pevarairidzi nevatariri kusvikira panguva yakatarwa nababa.

³So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;

³Saizvozvo nesu, apo takanga tichiri vana, taiva muuranda pasi pedzidziso dzekutanga dzenyika;

⁴but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law,

⁴Asi apo kuzara kwenguva kwakati kwasvika, Mwari wakatuma Mwanakomana wake, wakaitwa nemukadzi, wakaitwa pasi pemurairo,

⁵that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive sonship.

⁵kuti adzikunure vari pasi pemurairo, kuti tigamuchire kuitwa vanakomana.

⁶But because ye are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

⁶Uye nekuti muri vanakomana, Mwari wakatuma Mweya weMwanakomana wake mumoyo yenyu, achidanidzira achiti: Abha*, Baba!

⁷So thou art no longer bondman, but son; but if son, heir also through God.

⁷Saka iwe hausisiri muranda, asi mwanakomana; kana wava mwanakomana, wava mudyi wenhaka yaMwari kubudikidza naKristu.

⁸But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;

⁸Asi nenguva iyo, musati maziva Mwari, maiva varanda vaivo vasati vari vamwari pachisikigo;

⁹but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?

⁹asi ikozvino sezvo moziva Mwari, zvikuru zvamunozikamwa naMwari modzokerazve sei kuurongwa hwusina simba hweurombo, hwamunoshuvazve kuva muuranda hwahwo?

¹⁰Ye observe days and months and times and years.

¹⁰Munochengetedza misi, nemwedzi, nenguva, nemakore.

¹¹I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.

¹¹Ndinokutyirai, zvimwe ndakashingairira pasina kwamuri.

¹²Be as *I* [am], for *I* also [am] as *ye*, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.

¹²Ivai seni, nekuti ini ndakaitawo semwi, hama, ndinokukumbirisai. Hamuna kutombonditadzira chinhu;

¹³But ye know that in weakness of the flesh I announced the glad tidings to you at the first;

¹³zvino munoziva kuti nemuundonda panyama, ndakaparidza evhangeri kwamuri pakutanga,

¹⁴and my temptation, which [was] in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

¹⁴nemuedzo wangu waiva panyama yangu hamuna kuzvidza kana kuramba; asi makandigamuchira semutumwa waMwari, saKristu Jesu.

¹⁵What then [was] your blessedness? for I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your own eyes ye would have given [them] to me.

¹⁵Zvino kuropafadza kwenyu ndekupi? Nekuti ndinopupura nezvenyu, kuti kana zvichibvira, mutumbure meso enyu muape kwandiri.

¹⁶So I have become your enemy in speaking the truth to you?

¹⁶Zvino ndava muvengi wenyu nekukuuudzai chokwadi here?

¹⁷They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out [from us], that ye may be zealous after them.

¹⁷Vanokushingairirai nemutowo usakanaka; asi vanoda kukusiyai kunze, kuti imwi muvashingairire.

¹⁸But [it is] right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you --

¹⁸Asi zvakanaka kushingaira pachinhu chakanaka nguva dzose, uye kwete kana ndiripo nemwi chete.

¹⁹my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:

¹⁹Vana vangu vaduku, vandinorwadziwazve nemimba pakubereka, kusvikira Kristu aumbwa mamuri.

²⁰and I should wish to be present with you now, and change my voice, for I am perplexed as to you.

²⁰Ndinoshuva kuvapo nemwi ikozvino, uye kushandura inzwi rangu; nekuti ndiri mukukahadzika pamusoro penyu.

²¹Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to the law?

²¹Ndiudzei, imwi munoshuva kuva pasi pemurairo, hamunzwi murairo here?

²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons; one of the maid servant, and one of the free woman.

²²Nekuti kwakanyorwa kuti Abhurahamu wakange ane vanakomana vaviri, umwe nemurandakadzi, umwe nemukadzi wakasununguka.

²³But he [that was] of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he [that was] of the free woman through the promise.

²³Asi wemurandakadzi wakaberekwa nenzira yenyama; asi wemukadzi wakasununguka nechivimbiso.

²⁴Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.

²⁴Zvinhu izvi zvinofananidzira; nekuti ava isungano mbiri; imwe inobva pagomo reSinai, inobereka vana vevuranda, inova Agari.

²⁵For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which [is] now, for she is in bondage with her children;

²⁵Zvino Agari uyu ndiro gomo reSinai muArabhiya, rinomiririra Jerusarema razvino uye riri pauranda pamwe nevana varo.

²⁶but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

²⁶Zvino Jerusarema riri kumusoro rakasununguka rinova mai vedu tose.

²⁷For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than [those] of her that has a husband.

²⁷Nekuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi: Fara, iwe mhanje, usingazvari, Pururudza, udanidzire, iwe usingarwadziwi nemimba, nekuti musiiwa unavana vazhinji kunovaiye unomurume.

²⁸But *ye*, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.

²⁸Zvino isu, hama, saIsaka tiri vana vechivimbiso.

²⁹But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him [that was born] according to Spirit, so also [it is] now.

²⁹Asi sepanguva iyo, uyo wakaberekwa nemutowo wenyama wakamutambudza iye wemutovo weMweya, zvakadaro kunyange ikozvino.

³⁰But what says the scripture? Cast out the maid servant and her son; for the son of the maid servant shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.

³⁰Asi rugwaro runoti kudini? Dzinga murandakadzi nemwanakomana wake; nekuti mwanakomana wemurandakadzi haangavi mudyi wenhaka pamwe nemwanakomana wewakasununguka.

³¹So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but [children] of the free woman.

³¹Naizvozvo, hama, hatizi vana vemurandakadzi, asi vewakasununguka.