1Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
1ከዚያ ወዲያ ከአሥራ አራት ዓመት በኋላ ከበርናባስ ጋር ቲቶን ደግሞ ይዤ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሁለተኛ ወጣሁ፤
2And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
2እንደ ተገለጠልኝም ወጣሁ፤ ምናልባትም በከንቱ እንዳልሮጥ ወይም በከንቱ ሮጬ እንዳልሆን በአሕዛብ መካከል የምሰብከውን ወንጌል አስታወቅኋቸው፤ ዋኖች ግን መስለው ለሚታዩ ለብቻቸው አስታወቅኋቸው።
3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
3ነገር ግን ከእኔ ጋር የነበረ ቲቶ እንኳ የግሪክ ሰው ሲሆን ይገረዝ ዘንድ ግድ አላሉትም፤
4And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
4ነገር ግን ባሪያዎች ሊያደርጉን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ያለንን አርነታችንን ይሰልሉ ዘንድ ሾልከው በስውር ስለ ገቡ ስለ ሐሰተኞች ወንድሞች ነበረ።
5To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
5የወንጌልም እውነት በእናንተ ዘንድ ጸንቶ እንዲኖር ለአንድ ሰዓት እንኳ ለቅቀን አልተገዛንላቸውም።
6But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
6አለቆች የመሰሉት ግን፥ በፊት ማን እንደ ነበሩ አይገደኝም፤ እግዚአብሔር የሰውን ፊት አይቶ አያደላም፤ አለቆች የመሰሉት አንዳች እንኳ አልጨመሩልኝምና፥
7But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
7ተመልሰው ግን ጴጥሮስ ለተገረዙት የሆነው ወንጌል አደራ እንደ ተሰጠው እንዲሁ ለእኔ ላልተገረዙት የሆነው ወንጌል አደራ እንደ ተሰጠኝ አዩ፤
8(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
8ለተገረዙት ሐዋርያ እንዲሆን ለጴጥሮስ የሠራለት፥ ለእኔ ደግሞ ለአሕዛብ ሐዋርያ እንድሆን ሠርቶአልና።
9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
9ደግሞ የተሰጠኝን ጸጋ አውቀው፥ አዕማድ መስለው የሚታዩ ያዕቆብና ኬፋ ዮሐንስም እኛ ወደ አሕዛብ እነርሱም ወደ ተገረዙት ይሄዱ ዘንድ ለእኔና ለበርናባስ ቀኝ እጃቸውን ሰጡን፤
10Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
10ድሆችን እናስብ ዘንድ ብቻ ለመኑን፥ ይህንም ደግሞ ላደርግ ተጋሁ።
11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
11ነገር ግን ኬፋ ወደ አንጾኪያ በመጣ ጊዜ ፊት ለፊት ተቃወምሁት፥ ይፈረድበት ዘንድ ይገባ ነበርና።
12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
12አንዳንድ ከያዕቆብ ዘንድ ሳይመጡ ከአሕዛብ ጋር አብሮ ይበላ ነበርና፤ በመጡ ጊዜ ግን ከተገረዙት ወገን ያሉትን ፈርቶ ያፈገፍግ ነበርና ከእነርሱ ተለየ።
13And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
13የቀሩትም አይሁድ ደግሞ፥ በርናባስ ስንኳ በግብዝነታቸው እስከ ተሳበ ድረስ፥ ከእርሱ ጋር አብረው ግብዞች ሆኑ።
14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
14ነገር ግን እንደ ወንጌል እውነት በቅንነት እንዳልሄዱ ባየሁ ጊዜ በሁሉ ፊት ኬፋን። አንተ አይሁዳዊ ሳለህ በአይሁድ ኑሮ ያይደለ በአሕዛብ ኑሮ ብትኖር፥ አሕዛብ በአይሁድ ኑሮ ሊኖሩ እንዴት ግድ አልሃቸው? አልሁት።
15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
15እኛ በፍጥረት አይሁድ ነን ኃጢአተኞችም የሆኑ አሕዛብ አይደለንም፤
16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
16ነገር ግን ሰው በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በማመን እንዲጸድቅ እንጂ በሕግ ሥራ እንዳይሆን አውቀን፥ ሥጋን የለበሰ ሁሉ በሕግ ሥራ ስለማይጸድቅ፥ እኛ ራሳችን በሕግ ሥራ ሳይሆን በክርስቶስ እምነት እንጸድቅ ዘንድ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ አምነናል።
17But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
17ነገር ግን በክርስቶስ ልንጸድቅ የምንፈልግ ስንሆን ራሳችን ደግሞ ኃጢአተኞች ሆነን ከተገኘን፥ እንግዲያስ ክርስቶስ የኃጢአት አገልጋይ ነዋ? አይደለም።
18For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
18ያፈረስሁትን ይህን እንደ ገና የማንጽ ከሆንሁ ራሴ ሕግ ተላላፊ እንድሆን አስረዳለሁና።
19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
19እኔ ለእግዚአብሔር ሕያው ሆኜ እኖር ዘንድ በሕግ በኩል ለሕግ ሞቼ ነበርና።
20I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
20ከክርስቶስ ጋር ተሰቅዬአለሁ፤ እኔም አሁን ሕያው ሆኜ አልኖርም ክርስቶስ ግን በእኔ ይኖራል፤ አሁንም በሥጋ የምኖርበት ኑሮ በወደደኝና ስለ እኔ ራሱን በሰጠው በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ላይ ባለ እምነት የምኖረው ነው።
21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
21የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ አልጥልም፤ ጽድቅስ በሕግ በኩል ከሆነ እንኪያስ ክርስቶስ በከንቱ ሞተ።