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

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;

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

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

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

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

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

A, 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,

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

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

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

Na, 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.

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

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

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

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.

9 b ut 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?

Inaianei 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?

10 Y e observe days and months and times and years.

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

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

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

12 B e as I, for I also as ye, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.

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.

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

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

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

Heoi 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.

15 W hat then your blessedness? for I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your own eyes ye would have given to me.

Kei 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.

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

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

17 T hey are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out, that ye may be zealous after them.

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.

18 B ut right to be zealous at all times in what is right, and not only when I am present with you—

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

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

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

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

Ko 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.

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

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?

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

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

23 B ut he of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he of the free woman through the promise.

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

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

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

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

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

26 b ut the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

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

27 F or 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 of her that has a husband.

Kua 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.

28 B ut ye, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.

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

29 B ut as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him according to Spirit, so also now.

Engari 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.

30 B ut 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.

Heoi 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.

31 S o then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but of the free woman.

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