¹Then after a lapse of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with [me];

¹Baada ya miaka kumi na minne, nilikwenda tena Yerusalemu pamoja na Barnaba; nilimchukua pia Tito pamoja nami.

²and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous [among them], lest in any way I run or had run in vain;

²Kwenda kwangu kulitokana na ufunuo alionipa Mungu. Katika kikao cha faragha niliwaeleza hao viongozi ujumbe wa Habari Njema niliohubiri kwa watu wa mataifa. Nilifanya hivyo kusudi kazi yangu niliyokuwa nimefanya, na ile ninayofanya sasa isije ikawa bure.

³(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)

³Lakini, hata mwenzangu Tito, ambaye ni Mgiriki, hakulazimika kutahiriwa,

⁴and [it was] on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

⁴ingawa kulikuwa na ndugu wengine wa uongo waliotaka atahiriwe. Watu hawa walijiingiza kwa ujanja na kupeleleza uhuru wetu tulio nao katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu, ili wapate kutufanya watumwa.

⁵to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the glad tidings might remain with you.

⁵Hatukukubaliana nao hata kidogo ili ukweli wa Habari Njema ubaki nanyi daima.

⁶But from those who were conspicuous as being somewhat -- whatsoever they were, it makes no difference to me: God does not accept man's person; for to me those who were conspicuous communicated nothing;

⁶Lakini watu hawa wanaosemekana kuwa ni viongozi--kama kweli walikuwa hivyo au sivyo, kwangu si kitu, maana Mungu hahukumu kwa kuangalia mambo ya nje--watu hawa hawakuwa na kitu cha kuongeza katika Habari hii Njema kama niihubirivyo.

⁷but, on the contrary, seeing that the glad tidings of the uncircumcision were confided to me, even as to Peter that of the circumcision,

⁷Badala yake, walitambua kwamba Mungu alikuwa amenituma kuhubiri Habari Njema kwa watu wa mataifa mengine kama vile Petro alivyokuwa ametumwa kuihubiri kwa Wayahudi.

⁸(for he that wrought in Peter for [the] apostleship of the circumcision wrought also in me towards the Gentiles,)

⁸Maana, yule aliyemwezesha Petro kuwa mtume kwa Wayahudi, ndiye aliyeniwezesha nami pia kuwa mtume kwa watu wa mataifa mengine.

⁹and recognising the grace given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were conspicuous as being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas [the] right hands of fellowship, that *we* [should go] to the nations, and *they* to the circumcision;

⁹Basi, Yakobo, Kefa na Yohane, ambao waonekana kuwa viongozi wakuu, walitambua kwamba Mungu alinijalia neema hiyo, wakatushika sisi mkono, yaani Barnaba na mimi, iwe ishara ya ushirikiano. Sisi ilitupasa tukafanye kazi kati ya watu wa mataifa mengine, na wao kati ya Wayahudi.

¹⁰only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.

¹⁰Wakatuomba lakini kitu kimoja: tuwakumbuke maskini; jambo ambalo nimekuwa nikijitahidi kutekeleza.

¹¹But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to [the] face, because he was to be condemned:

¹¹Lakini Kefa alipofika Antiokia nilimpinga waziwazi maana alikuwa amekosea.

¹²for before that certain came from James, he ate with [those of] the nations; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those of [the] circumcision;

¹²Awali, kabla ya watu kadhaa waliokuwa wametumwa na Yakobo kuwasili hapo, Petro alikuwa akila pamoja na watu wa mataifa mengine. Lakini, baada ya hao watu kufika, aliacha kabisa kula pamoja na watu wa mataifa mengine, kwa kuogopa kikundi cha waliosisitiza tohara.

¹³and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation.

¹³Hata ndugu wengine Wayahudi walimuunga mkono Petro katika kitendo hiki cha unafiki, naye Barnaba akakumbwa na huo unafiki wao.

¹⁴But when I saw that they do not walk straightforwardly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before all, If *thou*, being a Jew, livest as the nations and not as the Jews, how dost thou compel the nations to Judaize?

¹⁴Basi, nilipoona kuwa msimamo wao kuhusu ukweli wa Habari Njema haukuwa umenyooka, nikamwambia Kefa mbele ya watu wote: "Ingawa wewe ni Myahudi, unaishi kama watu wa mataifa mengine na si kama Myahudi! Unawezaje, basi kujaribu kuwalazimisha watu wa mataifa mengine kuishi kama Wayahudi?"

¹⁵We, Jews by nature, and not sinners of [the] nations,

¹⁵Kweli, sisi kwa asili ni Wayahudi, na si watu wa mataifa mengine hao wenye dhambi!

¹⁶but knowing that a man is not justified on the principle of works of law [nor] but by the faith of Jesus Christ, *we* also have believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified on the principle of [the] faith of Christ; and not of works of law; because on the principle of works of law no flesh shall be justified.

¹⁶Lakini, tunajua kwa hakika kwamba mtu hawezi kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa kuitii Sheria, bali tu kwa kumwamini Yesu Kristo. Na sisi pia tumemwamini Yesu Kristo ili tupate kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya imani yetu kwa Kristo, na si kwa kuitii Sheria.

¹⁷Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then [is] Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought.

¹⁷Sasa, ikiwa katika kutafuta kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa kuungana na Kristo sisi tunaonekana kuwa wenye dhambi, je, jambo hili lina maana kwamba Kristo anasaidia utendaji wa dhambi? Hata kidogo!

¹⁸For if the things I have thrown down, these I build again, I constitute myself a transgressor.

¹⁸Lakini ikiwa ninajenga tena kile nilichokwisha bomoa, basi nahakikisha kwamba mimi ni mhalifu.

¹⁹For *I*, through law, have died to law, that I may live to God.

¹⁹Maana, kuhusu Sheria hiyo, mimi nimekufa; Sheria yenyewe iliniua, nipate kuishi kwa ajili ya Mungu. Mimi nimeuawa pamoja na Kristo msalabani,

²⁰I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, *I*, but Christ lives in me; but [in] that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the [faith] of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me.

²⁰na sasa naishi, lakini si mimi tena, bali Kristo anaishi ndani yangu. Maisha haya ninayoishi sasa naishi kwa imani, imani katika Mwana wa Mungu aliyenipenda hata akayatoa maisha yake kwa ajili yangu.

²¹I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness [is] by law, then Christ has died for nothing.

²¹Sipendi kuikataa neema ya Mungu. Kama mtu huweza kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa njia ya Sheria, basi, Kristo alikufa bure!