¹¶ Ko taku kupu ia tenei, I te mea he tamariki tonu te tangata mona te kainga, kahore ia e rere ke i te pononga, ahakoa ko te rangatira ia o nga mea katoa;

¹And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant — being lord of all,

²Engari e meatia ana e nga kaitohutohu, e nga kaititiro, kia taea ra ano te wa i whakaritea e te papa.

²but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father,

³Waihoki ko tatou, i te mea e tamariki ana, he pononga tatou na nga mea timatanga o te ao:

³so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,

⁴A, no ka tutuki te taima, ka tonoa mai e te Atua tana Tama, i whanau i te wahine, i whanau i raro i te ture,

⁴and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

⁵Hei hoko i te hunga i raro i te ture, kia whiwhi ai tatou ki te whakatamarikitanga.

⁵that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;

⁶Na, i te mea he tamariki koutou, kua tonoa mai e te Atua te Wairua o tana Tama ki roto ki o koutou ngakau, e karanga ana, E Apa, e Pa.

⁶and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!`

⁷Heoi kua mutu tou ponongatanga, engari kua tama koe; a, ki te mea he tama, na mou nga mea i roto i te Atua.

⁷so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.

⁸¶ Heoi i reira, i te mea kihai koutou i matau ki te Atua, he pononga koutou na nga mea ehara nei i te atua tupu.

⁸But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,

⁹Inaianei ia, i te mea ka matau nei koutou ki te Atua, ara ka matauria nei koutou e te Atua, he aha koutou ka tahuri ai ano ki aua mea ngoikore, rawakore, ki nga mea timatanga, e hokia na e to koutou hiahia, kia waiho koutou hei pononga ma aua mea?

⁹and now, having known God — and rather being known by God — how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?

¹⁰E mau ana koutou ki nga ra, ki nga marama, ki nga wa, ki nga tau.

¹⁰days ye observe, and months, and times, and years!

¹¹E manawapa ana ahau ki a koutou, kei kore he hua mo taku i mahi ai i roto i a koutou.

¹¹I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.

¹²¶ E oku teina, ko taku tohe tenei ki a koutou, kia rite ki ahau; e rite ana hoki ahau ki a koutou: kahore a koutou mahi he ki ahau.

¹²Become as I [am] — because I also [am] as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,

¹³E matau ana koutou he mea na te ngoikore e toku kikokiko taku kauwhau i te rongopai ki a koutou i te tuatahi.

¹³and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first,

¹⁴Heoi kihai koutou i whakahawea, i whakakino ki toku whakamatautauranga i toku kikokiko: na, tahuri mai ana koutou ki ahau, ano he anahera ahau na te Atua, me te mea ano ko Ihu Karaiti.

¹⁴and my trial that [is] in my flesh ye did not despise nor reject, but as a messenger of God ye did receive me — as Christ Jesus;

¹⁵Kei hea ra tera hari o koutou? He kaiwhakaatu hoki ahau mo ta koutou, me i taea kua tikarohia e koutou o koutou kanohi, a kua homai ki ahau.

¹⁵what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, ye would have given to me;

¹⁶Koia, kua hoariritia ranei ahau ki a koutou, moku i korero i te pono ki a koutou?

¹⁶so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?

¹⁷¶ Ko ta ratou whaiwhai i a koutou ehara i te pai: engari e mea ana ratou kia tutakina mai koutou, kia whai ai ko koutou ki a ratou.

¹⁷they are zealous for you — [yet] not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;

¹⁸He mea pai ia kia matenuitia i runga i te pai i nga wa katoa, kauaka hoki i toku nohoanga anake ki a koutou.

¹⁸and [it is] good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;

¹⁹¶ E aku tamariki, ka mamae nei ano ahau mo koutou, kia whai ahua ra ano a te Karaiti i roto i a koutou,

¹⁹my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,

²⁰Ko taku hiahia me i kona ahau i a koutou na aianei, kia puta ke ano toku reo; no te mea e ruarua ana ahau ki a koutou.

²⁰and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you.

²¹¶ Ki mai ki ahau, e te hunga e hiahia ana kia noho i raro i te ture, kahore ianei koutou e rongo ki ta te ture?

²¹Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear?

²²Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, tokorua nga tama a Aperahama, kotahi na te wahine pononga, kotahi na te wahine rangatira.

²²for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,

²³Ko ta te pononga no te kikokiko tona whanautanga: ko ta te wahine rangatira ia he mea korero mai i mua.

²³but he who [is] of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who [is] of the free-woman, through the promise;

²⁴He mea whakarite aua mea: ko nga wahine nei nga kawenata e rua; kotahi no Maunga Hinai, whanau ake ana hei taurekareka, ko Hakara tenei.

²⁴which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar;

²⁵Na ko tenei Hakara ko Maunga Hinai i Arapia, e rite ana hoki ki Hiruharama onaianei, he pononga nei hoki ia, ratou ko ana tamariki.

²⁵for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,

²⁶Tena ko te Hiruharama i runga he mea herekore, ko ia to tatou whaea.

²⁶and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

²⁷Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, Kia hari, e te pakoko kahore nei e whanau; hamama, karanga, e te mea kahore nei kia whakamamae; he tini ke hoki nga tamariki a te mea mahue i a te mea whai tane.

²⁷for it hath been written, `Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many [are] the children of the desolate — more than of her having the husband.`

²⁸Na, ko tatou nei, e oku teina, e rite ana ki a Ihaka, he tamariki na te kupu whakaari.

²⁸And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise,

²⁹Engari e rite ana ano ki to mua, ko te mea no te kikokiko nei tona whanautanga, whakatoia ana e ia te tama no te Wairua nei tona; e pera ana ano inaianei.

²⁹but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now;

³⁰Heoi e pehea ana ta te karaipiture? Peia atu te wahine pononga raua ko tana tama: e kore hoki te tama a te wahine pononga e whiwhi tahi me te tama a te wahine rangatira ki te taonga.

³⁰but what saith the Writing? `Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;`

³¹Na, ehara tatou, e oku teina, i te tamariki na te wahine pononga, engari na te wahine rangatira.

³¹then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant`s children, but the free-woman`s.