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;

¹Li nacuaj xyebal êre a'an a'in: nak toj ca'ch'in, li tâêchanînk re li jun cablal chanchan junak môs. Mâc'a' naru naxch'e' xban nak mâji' natz'akloc xchihab usta a'an laj êchal re chixjunil.

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

²Toj cuan rubel xcuanquil li na-iloc re ut li nataklan re toj tâtz'aklok ru lix chihab jo' quixye lix yucua'.

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

³Jo'can ajcui' lâo. Junxil chanchano coc'al. Cocuan rubel xcuanquil li najter na'leb nak toj mâji' nakanau bar cuan li yâl.

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

⁴Abanan nak quicuulac xk'ehil, li Dios quixtakla li Ralal chi yo'lâc sa' ruchich'och' riq'uin jun li ixk. Ut quicuan ajcui' rubel xcuanquil li najter chak'rab.

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

⁵Li Dios quixtakla li Ralal re nak a'an tâcolok reheb li cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li chak'rab. Quixbânu a'in re nak lâo naru to-oc chok' ralal xc'ajol.

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!”

⁶Re xc'utbal chiku nak lâo chic ralal xc'ajol, li Dios quixtakla li Santil Musik'ej re nak tâcuânk kiq'uin. Ut xban nak cuan li Santil Musik'ej kiq'uin, jo'can nak naru nakaye re li Dios, “at inYucua'.”

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

⁷Jo'can ut anakcuan mâcua'ex chic lok'bil môs. Lâex ban chic ralal li Dios. Ut xban nak lâex chic ralal li Dios, têrêchani ajcui' li yechi'inbil reheb li ralal xc'ajol xban nak jo'can quiraj li Dios.

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

⁸Nak toj mâji' nequepâb chak li Dios, quelok'oniheb li mâcua'eb tz'akal dios ut quexc'anjelac chak chiruheb.

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?

⁹Anakcuan ac xexpâban ut rehex chic li Dios. ¿C'a'ut nak têraj cui'chic suk'îc chi c'anjelac sa' lê najteril na'leb li mâc'a' na-oc cui'? Ut, ¿c'a'ut nak têraj cui'chic xq'uebal êrib rubel xcuanquil li najter chak'rab?

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

¹⁰Lâex yôquex cui'chic chixbânunquil lê najteril na'leb nak nequenink'ei eb li cutan, li po ut li chihab ut li c'a'ak chic re ru chi nink'ehil.

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

¹¹Nachal inc'a'ux êban. Mâre yal mâc'a' rajbal nak xinc'anjelac sa' êyânk.

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

¹²Ex inhermân, usta lâin aj judío, xcuisi cuib rubel xcuanquil li chak'rab. Nintz'âma chêru nak têbânu jo' xinbânu lâin. Mêq'ue chic êrib rubel xcuanquil li chak'rab. Lâex mâc'a' junak raylal xebânu cue.

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

¹³Lâex nequenau nak xban nak quinyajer, quincana Galacia. Jo'can nak quiru quinye resil li evangelio êre xbên cua.

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.

¹⁴Lâin ninnau nak ch'a'aj raj chok' êre cuilbal sa' lin yajel. Abanan inc'a' xinêtz'ektâna ut inc'a' xic' quinêril. Xinêril ban jo' junak x-ángel li Dios ut xinêc'ul jo' nak xec'ul raj li Jesucristo.

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.

¹⁵¿Bar cuan lix sahil sa' lê ch'ôl querec'a nak quincuan êriq'uin junxil? Li Dios naxnau nak cui ta quiru xbânunquil, querisi raj xnak' lê ru ut queq'ue raj cue.

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

¹⁶¿Ma xic' chic niquinêril anakcuan yal xban nak xinye êre lix yâlal chi jo'canan?

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

¹⁷Chanchan k'axal nequera eb laj balak'. Abanan mâcua' usilal li te'raj êriq'uin. Êbalak'inquil ban li te'raj. Eb a'an te'raj nak têrisi êrib cuiq'uin re nak eb a'an chic li têtâke.

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

¹⁸Us cui te'raj êtenk'anquil cui chi anchal xch'ôleb te'xbânu. Abanan tento te'xbânu chi junelic ut mâcua' ca'aj cui' nak cuanquin êriq'uin.

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

¹⁹Ex inhermân, chanchanex incoc'al nak nequexcuil. C'ajo' nak nayot'e' inch'ôl sa' êc'aba' lâex. Chanchan li raylal li naxc'ul li ixk li cuânc re xc'ula'al. C'ajo' naraho' inch'ôl nak toj mâji' nequek'axtesi êrib chi tz'akal rubel rok ruk' li Cristo.

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

²⁰Nacuaj ta ac cuanquin êriq'uin anakcuan re nak tinnau chanru tinâtinak êriq'uin. C'ajo' inc'a'ux chêrix xban nak inc'a' ninnau chanru cuanquex.

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

²¹Lâex li toj têraj cuânc rubel xcuanquil li najter chak'rab, ¿c'a'ut nak inc'a' nequeq'ue retal li c'a'ru naxye?

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

²²Tz'îbanbil retalil nak laj Abraham quicuan cuib li ralal, jun riq'uin li lok'bil môs ut li jun chic riq'uin li tz'akal rixakil. (Gén. 21:2-9)

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

²³Ut li ralal laj Abraham li quicuan riq'uin li lok'bil môs, a'an moco yechi'inbil ta xban li Dios. Quiyo'la jo' neque'yo'la chixjunileb sa' ruchich'och'. Abanan li ralal li quiyo'la riq'uin li tz'akal rixakil, a'an quiyo'la xban nak yechi'inbil reheb xban li Dios.

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

²⁴Cuan xyâlal nak quixc'ul chi jo'ca'in laj Abraham. A'an a'in lix yâlal: Li cuib chi ixk, a'aneb retalil li cuib chi contrato li quixbânu li Dios riq'uineb laj Abraham ut laj Moisés. Lix Agar, li lok'bil môs, a'an retalil li contrato quixbânu li Dios sa' li tzûl Sinaí. Ut li toj cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li najter chak'rab chanchaneb li lok'bil môs jo' li ralal xc'ajol lix Agar.

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

²⁵Lix Agar, a'an retalil li tzûl Sinaí li cuan Arabia. A'an ajcui' retalil li tenamit Jerusalén. Ut eb laj Jerusalén chanchaneb li lok'bil môs nak cuanqueb, xban nak toj cuanqueb rubel xcuanquil li najter chak'rab.

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

²⁶Abanan lix Sara, a'an retalil li Jerusalén li cuan sa' choxa. Ut lâo ralal xc'ajol a'an.

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

²⁷Jo'ca'in tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu: Chisahok' taxak sa' âch'ôl, at ixk, li inc'a' nacatq'uiresin. Jap âcue xban xsahil âch'ôl lâat li inc'a' âcuec'ahom xrahil li alânc, lâat li tz'ektânanbilat xban lâ bêlom. Chisahok' taxak sa' âch'ôl xban nak k'axal nabal cui'chic lâ cualal âc'ajol tâcuânk chiruheb li ralal xc'ajol li lok'bil môs. (Isa. 54:1)

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

²⁸Ex inhermân, lâo jo' laj Isaac. Lâo chic ralal xc'ajol li Dios xban li c'a'ru quiyechi'îc re laj Abraham xban li Dios.

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.

²⁹Najter li alalbej li quiyo'la riq'uin li môs, a'an quirahobtesin re li alalbej li quiyo'la xban xcuanquil li Santil Musik'ej. Ut chalen anakcuan jo'can ajcui' nac'ulman.

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

³⁰Aban, ¿c'a'ru naxye sa' li Santil Hu? Naxye chi jo'ca'in: Isi li lok'bil môs rochben lix yum xban nak li alalbej a'an inc'a' naru natz'ak lix jun cablal li yucua'bej. A' ban li alalbej li quiyo'la riq'uin li tz'akal ixakilbej, a'an li tâêchanînk re. (Gén. 21:10)Jo'can ut, ex inhermân, lâo mâcua'o ralal xc'ajol li lok'bil môs. Lâo ban ralal xc'ajol li tz'akal ixakilbej.

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

³¹Jo'can ut, ex inhermân, lâo mâcua'o ralal xc'ajol li lok'bil môs. Lâo ban ralal xc'ajol li tz'akal ixakilbej.