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;

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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!”

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.

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

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

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

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.

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?

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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