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Galatians 4

Ge'ez original · 31 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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4:1

ወባሕቱ እብል አምጣነሰ ሕፃን ውእቱ ወራሲ አልቦ ዘይኄይስ እምነባሪ እንዘ እግዚእ ውእቱ ለኵሉ።

But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all,

我說那承受產業的，雖然是全業的主人，但為孩童的時候卻與奴僕毫無分別，

4:2

ወባሕቱ ላዕለ እምሔው ወላዕለ መገብት ይትዐቀብ እስከ ይበጽሕ ዕድሜ ዘዐደሞ አቡሁ።

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

乃在師傅和管家的手下，直等他父親預定的時候來到。

4:3

ከማሁ ንሕነኒ አመ ሕፃናት ንሕነ ተቀነይነ ለስሒተ ዝንቱ ዓለም።

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

我們為孩童的時候，受管於世俗小學之下，也是如此。

4:4

ወአመ በጽሐ ዕድሜሁ ፈነወ እግዚአብሔር ወልዶ ወተወልደ እምብእሲት ወገብረ በሕገ ኦሪት።

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

及至時候滿足，上帝就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法以下，

4:5

ከመ ይሣየጦሙ ለእለ ውስተ ኦሪት ከመ ንርከብ ትርሲተ ውሉድ።

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

要把律法以下的人贖出來，叫我們得着兒子的名分。

4:6

ወከመሰ ውሉድ አንትሙ ናሁ ፈነወ እግዚአብሔር መንፈሰ ወልዱ ውስተ ልብክሙ ውእቱ ዘትጼውዑ ወትብሉ አባ ወአቡየ።

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

你們既為兒子，上帝就差他兒子的靈進入你們的心，呼叫：「阿爸！父！」

4:7

እንከሰኬ ውሉድ አንትሙ ወኢኮንክሙ አግብርተ ወእመሰኬ ውሉድ አንትሙ ወራስያኒሁኬ ለእግዚአብሔር አንትሙ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ።

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

可見，從此以後，你不是奴僕，乃是兒子了；既是兒子，就靠着上帝為後嗣。

4:8

ወባሕቱ ትካትሰ በኢያምሮትክሙ ተቀነይክሙ ለእለ ኢኮኑ አማልክተ።

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

但從前你們不認識上帝的時候，是給那些本來不是神的作奴僕；

4:9

ወይእዜሰ አእመርክምዎ ለእግዚአብሔር ወፈድፋደ ውእቱ አእመረክሙ እፎ ካዕበ ኀበ ዝኩ ድኩም ወጽኑስ ጣዖተ ዝ ዓለም ትፈቅዱ ፈጠራ ትትቀነዩ ሎሙ።

But 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?

現在你們既然認識上帝，更可說是被上帝所認識的，怎麼還要歸回那懦弱無用的小學，情願再給他作奴僕呢？