1 ¶ Now I say That the heir, as long as he is a child differs in nothing from a slave, 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 is under the hand of tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

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

3 E ven so we, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements 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 fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the 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 o redeem those that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

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

6 A nd because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your 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 t herefore, thou art no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

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 ¶ However then, when ye did not know God, ye did service unto 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, having known God, or rather being known of God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, in which ye desire again to be in slavery?

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 for you, lest I have bestowed labour upon you in vain.

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

12 ¶ Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are; ye have not injured me at all.

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 Y e know how through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel unto 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 affliction which was in my flesh ye did not despise, nor reject but ye received me as an angel of God, even 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 here is then the blessedness ye spoke of? for I bear you record that if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes and have given them 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 A m I, therefore, become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

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

17 ¶ They are zealous after you, but not for good; they would exclude you from us, that ye might 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 I t is good to be always zealous to do good, 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 ¶ My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ is 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 I desire to be present with you now and to change my voice, for I stand in doubt of 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 ¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, have ye not heard 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, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

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

23 B ut he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, but he of the freewoman was born 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 are an allegory; for these women are the two covenants: the one from the Mount Sinai, which begat unto slavery, 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 this Hagar or Sinai is a mount in Arabia, which corresponds to the one that is now Jerusalem, which together with her children is in slavery.

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 of above is free, which is the mother of us all.

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 forth into praise and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate has many more children than she who 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 S o that we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the 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 the flesh persecuted him that was born according to the Spirit, even so it is 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 N evertheless what does the scripture say? Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

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 children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

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