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;

¹ነገር ግን እላለሁ፥ ወራሹ ሕፃን ሆኖ ባለበት ዘመን ሁሉ፥ ምንም የሁሉ ጌታ ቢሆን ከቶ ከባሪያ አይለይም፥

²but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.

²ነገር ግን አባቱ እስከ ቀጠረለት ቀን ድረስ ከጠባቂዎችና ከመጋቢዎች በታች ነው።

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

³እንዲሁ እኛ ደግሞ ሕፃናት ሆነን ሳለን ከዓለም መጀመሪያ ትምህርት በታች ተገዝተን ባሪያዎች ነበርን፤

⁴But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

⁴ነገር ግን የዘመኑ ፍጻሜ በደረሰ ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር ከሴት የተወለደውን ከሕግም በታች የተወለደውን ልጁን ላከ፤

⁵that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

⁵እንደ ልጆች እንሆን ዘንድ፥ ከሕግ በታች ያሉትን ይዋጅ ዘንድ።

⁶And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way. Father!”

⁶ልጆችም ስለ ሆናችሁ እግዚአብሔር አባ አባት ብሎ የሚጮኽ የልጁን መንፈስ በልባችሁ ውስጥ ላከ።

⁷So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

⁷ስለዚህ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ልጅ ነህ እንጂ ባሪያ አይደለህም፤ ልጅም ከሆንህ ደግሞ በክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ወራሽ ነህ።

⁸However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

⁸ነገር ግን በዚያን ጊዜ እግዚአብሔርን ሳታውቁ በባሕርያቸው አማልክት ለማይሆኑ ባሪያዎች ሆናችሁ ተገዛችሁ፤

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?

⁹አሁን ግን እግዚአብሔርን ስታውቁ ይልቅስ በእግዚአብሔር ስትታወቁ እንደ ገና ወደ ደካማ ወደሚናቅም ወደ መጀመሪያ ትምህርት እንዴት ትመለሳላችሁ? እንደ ገና ባሪያዎች ሆናችሁ ዳግመኛ ለዚያ ልትገዙ ትወዳላችሁን?

¹⁰You observe days, months, seasons, and years.

¹⁰ቀንንና ወርን ዘመንንም ዓመትንም በጥንቃቄ ትጠብቃላችሁ።

¹¹I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

¹¹ምናልባት በከንቱ ለእናንተ ደክሜአለሁ ብዬ እፈራችኋለሁ።

¹²I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

¹²ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ደግሞ እንደ እናንተ ሆኜአለሁና። እንደ እኔ ሁኑ ብዬ እለምናችኋለሁ። አንዳችም አልበደላችሁኝም።

¹³but you know that because of weakness of the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.

¹³በመጀመሪያ ወንጌልን በሰበክሁላችሁ ጊዜ ከሥጋ ድካም የተነሣ እንደ ነበረ ታውቃላችሁ፥

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.

¹⁴በሥጋዬም ፈተና የሆነባችሁን ነገር አልናቃችሁትምና አልተጸየፋችሁትም ነገር ግን እንደ እግዚአብሔር መልአክ አዎን እንደ ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ተቀበላችሁኝ።

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.

¹⁵እንግዲህ ደስ ማሰኘታችሁ ወዴት አለ? ቢቻልስ ዓይኖቻችሁን አውጥታችሁ በሰጣችሁኝ ብዬ እመሰክርላችኋለሁ።

¹⁶So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

¹⁶እንኪያስ እውነቱን ስለ ነገርኋችሁ ጠላት ሆንሁባችሁን?

¹⁷They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

¹⁷በብርቱ ይፈልጉአችኋል፥ ለመልካም አይደለም ነገር ግን በብርቱ ትፈልጉአቸው ዘንድ በውጭ ሊያስቀሩአችሁ ይወዳሉ።

¹⁸But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.

¹⁸ነገር ግን ከእናንተ ዘንድ በምኖርበት ጊዜ ብቻ ሳይሆን ሁልጊዜ በመልካም ነገር ተፈላጊ ብትሆኑ መልካም ነው።

¹⁹My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

¹⁹ልጆቼ ሆይ፥ ክርስቶስ በእናንተ እስኪሣል ድረስ ዳግመኛ ስለ እናንተ ምጥ ይዞኛል።

²⁰but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

²⁰ስለ እናንተ አመነታለሁና አሁን በእናንተ ዘንድ ሆኜ ድምፄን ልለውጥ በወደድሁ።

²¹Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?

²¹እናንተ ከሕግ በታች ልትኖሩ የምትወዱ፥ ሕጉን አትሰሙምን? እስኪ ንገሩኝ።

²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.

²²አንዱ ከባሪያይቱ አንዱም ከጨዋይቱ የሆኑ ሁለት ልጆች ለአብርሃም እንደ ነበሩት ተጽፎአልና።

²³However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

²³ነገር ግን የባሪያይቱ ልጅ እንደ ሥጋ ተወልዶአል፥ የጨዋይቱ ግን በተስፋው ቃል ተወልዶአል።

²⁴These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

²⁴ይህም ነገር ምሳሌ ነው፤ እነዚህ ሴቶች እንደ ሁለቱ ኪዳኖች ናቸውና። ከደብረ ሲና የሆነችው አንዲቱ ለባርነት ልጆችን ትወልዳለች፥ እርስዋም አጋር ናት።

²⁵For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

²⁵ይህችም አጋር በዓረብ ምድር ያለችው ደብረ ሲና ናት፤ አሁንም ያለችውን ኢየሩሳሌምን ትመስላለች፥ ከልጆችዋ ጋር በባርነት ናትና።

²⁶But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

²⁶ላይኛይቱ ኢየሩሳሌም ግን በነጻነት የምትኖር ናት እርስዋም እናታችን ናት።

²⁷For it is written, “Rejoice, you barren who don’t bear. Break forth and shout, you that don’t travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband.” Isaiah 54:1

²⁷አንቺ የማትወልጅ መካን፥ ደስ ይበልሽ፤ አንቺ አምጠሽ የማታውቂ፥ እልል በዪና ጩኺ፤ ባል ካላቱ ይልቅ የብቸኛይቱ ልጆች በዝተዋልና ተብሎ ተጽፎአል።

²⁸Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

²⁸እኛም፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እንደ ይስሐቅ የተስፋ ቃል ልጆች ነን።

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.

²⁹ነገር ግን እንደ ሥጋ የተወለደው እንደ መንፈስ የተወለደውን በዚያን ጊዜ እንዳሳደደው ዛሬም እንዲሁ ነው።

³⁰However what does the Scripture say? “Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman.” Genesis 21:10

³⁰ነገር ግን መጽሐፍ ምን ይላል? የባሪያይቱ ልጅ ከጨዋይቱ ልጅ ጋር አይወርስምና ባሪያይቱን ከልጅዋ ጋር አውጣት።

³¹So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.

³¹ስለዚህ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ የጨዋይቱ ልጆች ነን እንጂ የባሪያይቱ አይደለንም።