¹Mimi Paulo mtume,

¹Paul, an apostle — not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who did raise him out of the dead —

²na ndugu wote walio pamoja nami, tunayaandikia makanisa yaliyoko Galatia. Mimi nimepata kuwa mtume si kutokana na mamlaka ya binadamu, wala si kwa nguvu ya mtu, bali kwa uwezo wa Yesu Kristo na wa Mungu Baba aliyemfufua Yesu kutoka wafu.

²and all the brethren with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:

³Tunawatakieni neema na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kutoka kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.

³Grace to you, and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴Kristo alijitoa mwenyewe kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu kufuatana na mapenzi ya Mungu wetu na Baba, ili apate kutuokoa katika ulimwengu huu mbaya wa sasa.

⁴who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

⁵Kwake yeye uwe utukufu milele! Amina.

⁵to whom [is] the glory to the ages of the ages. Amen.

⁶Nashangaa kwamba muda mfupi tu umepita, nanyi mnamwasi yule aliyewaita kwa neema ya Kristo, mkafuata Habari Njema ya namna nyingine.

⁶I wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news;

⁷Lakini hakuna "Habari Njema" nyingine. Ukweli ni kwamba wako watu wanaowavurugeni, watu wanaotaka kuipotosha Habari Njema ya Kristo.

⁷that is not another, except there be certain who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of the Christ;

⁸Lakini, hata kama mmoja wetu au malaika kutoka mbinguni, atawahubirieni Habari Njema tofauti na ile tuliyowahubirieni sisi, basi huyo na alaaniwe!

⁸but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you — anathema let him be!

⁹Tulikwisha sema, na sasa nasema tena: kama mtu yeyote anawahubirieni Habari Njema ya aina nyingine, tofauti na ile mliyokwisha pokea, huyo na alaaniwe!

⁹as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive — anathema let him be!

¹⁰Sasa nataka kibali cha nani: cha binadamu, ama cha Mungu? Au je, nataka kuwapendeza watu? Kama ningefanya hivyo, mimi singekuwa kamwe mtumishi wa Kristo.

¹⁰for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please — Christ`s servant I should not be.

¹¹Ndugu, napenda mfahamu kwamba ile Habari Njema niliyoihubiri si ujumbe wa kibinadamu.

¹¹And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that were proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man,

¹²Wala mimi sikuipokea kutoka kwa binadamu, wala sikufundishwa na mtu. Yesu Kristo mwenyewe ndiye aliyenifunulia.

¹²for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught [it], but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,

¹³Bila shaka mlikwisha sikia jinsi nilivyokuwa ninaishi zamani kwa kuzingatia dini ya Kiyahudi, na jinsi nilivyolitesa kanisa la Mungu kupita kiasi na kutaka kuliharibu kabisa.

¹³for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

¹⁴Naam, mimi niliwashinda wengi wa wananchi wenzangu wa rika langu katika kuizingatia dini ya Kiyahudi, nikajitahidi sana kuyashika mapokeo ya wazee wetu.

¹⁴and I was advancing in Judaism above many equals in age in mine own race, being more abundantly zealous of my fathers` deliverances,

¹⁵Lakini Mungu, kwa neema yake, alikuwa ameniteua hata kabla sijazaliwa, akaniita nimtumikie.

¹⁵and when God was well pleased — having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called [me] through His grace —

¹⁶Mara tu alipoamua kunifunulia Mwanae kusudi niihubiri Habari Njema yake kwa watu wa mataifa mengine, bila kutafuta maoni ya binadamu,

¹⁶to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

¹⁷na bila kwenda kwanza Yerusalemu kwa wale waliopata kuwa mitume kabla yangu, nilikwenda kwanza Arabia, kisha nikarudi tena Damasko.

¹⁷nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus,

¹⁸Ilikuwa tu baada ya miaka mitatu, ndipo nilipokwenda Yerusalemu kuonana na Kefa; nilikaa kwake siku kumi na tano.

¹⁸then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to enquire about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days,

¹⁹Lakini sikuwaona mitume wengine isipokuwa Yakobo, ndugu yake Bwana.

¹⁹and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.

²⁰Haya ninayowaandikieni, Mungu anajua; sisemi uongo.

²⁰And the things that I write to you, lo, before God — I lie not;

²¹Baadaye nilikwenda katika tarafa za Siria na Kilikia.

²¹then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

²²Wakati huo, mimi binafsi sikujulikana kwa jumuiya za Wakristo kule Yudea.

²²and was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea, that [are] in Christ,

²³Walichokuwa wanajua ni kile tu walichosikia: "Mtu yule aliyekuwa akitutesa hapo awali, sasa anaihubiri imani ileile aliyokuwa anajaribu kuiangamiza."

²³and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news — the faith that then he was wasting;`

²⁴Basi, wakamtukuza Mungu kwa sababu yangu.

²⁴and they were glorifying God in me.