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

¹Then, after fourteen years again I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken with me also Titus;

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.

²and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;

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

³but not even Titus, who [is] with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised —

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.

⁴and [that] because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

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

⁵to whom not even for an hour we gave place by subjection, that the truth of the good news might remain to you.

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.

⁶And from those who were esteemed to be something — whatever they were then, it maketh no difference to me — the face of man God accepteth not, for — to me those esteemed did add nothing,

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

⁷but, on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with [that] of the circumcision,

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

⁸for He who did work with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, did work also in me in regard to the nations,

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.

⁹and having known the grace that was given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, a right hand of fellowship they did give to me, and to Barnabas, that we to the nations, and they to the circumcision [may go],

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

¹⁰only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent — this very thing — to do.

¹¹Lakini Kefa alipofika Antiokia nilimpinga waziwazi maana alikuwa amekosea.

¹¹And when Peter came to Antioch, to the face I stood up against him, because he was blameworthy,

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.

¹²for before the coming of certain from James, with the nations he was eating, and when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision,

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

¹³and dissemble with him also did the other Jews, so that also Barnabas was carried away by their dissimulation.

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?"

¹⁴But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, `If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?

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

¹⁵we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,

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.

¹⁶having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.`

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!

¹⁷And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, [is] then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be!

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

¹⁸for if the things I threw down, these again I build up, a transgressor I set myself forth;

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

¹⁹for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;

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.

²⁰with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh — in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

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

²¹I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness [be] through law — then Christ died in vain.