1Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
1በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከሙታንም ባነሣው በእግዚአብሔር አብ ሐዋርያ የሆነ እንጂ ከሰዎች ወይም በሰው ያልሆነ ጳውሎስ ከእኔም ጋር ያሉት ወንድሞች ሁሉ፥ ወደ ገላትያ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት፤
2and all the brothers The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:
3ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታችንም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።
3Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
4ክፉ ከሆነ ከአሁኑ ዓለም ያድነን ዘንድ እንደ አምላካችንና እንደ አባታችን ፈቃድ ስለ ኃጢአታችን ራሱን ሰጠ።
4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—
5ለአብ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም ክብር ይሁን፤ አሜን።
5to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6በክርስቶስ ጸጋ እናንተን ከጠራችሁ ከእርሱ ወደ ልዩ ወንጌል እንዲህ ፈጥናችሁ እንዴት እንዳለፋችሁ እደነቃለሁ፤
6I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”;
7እርሱ ግን ሌላ ወንጌል አይደለም፤ የሚያናውጡአችሁ የክርስቶስንም ወንጌል ሊያጣምሙ የሚወዱ አንዳንዶች አሉ እንጂ።
7and there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.
8ነገር ግን እኛ ብንሆን ወይም ከሰማይ መልአክ፥ ከሰበክንላችሁ ወንጌል የሚለይ ወንጌልን ቢሰብክላችሁ፥ የተረገመ ይሁን።
8But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.
9አስቀድመን እንዳልን እንዲሁ አሁን ሁለተኛ እላለሁ፥ ከተቀበላችሁት የተለየውን ማንም ቢሰብክላችሁ የተረገመ ይሁን።
9As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.
10ሰውን ወይስ እግዚአብሔርን አሁን እሺ አሰኛለሁን? ወይም ሰውን ደስ ላሰኝ እፈልጋለሁን? አሁን ሰውን ደስ ባሰኝ የክርስቶስ ባሪያ ባልሆንሁም።
10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
11ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በእኔ የተሰበከ ወንጌል እንደ ሰው እንዳይደለ አስታውቃችኋለሁ፤
11But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.
12ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ገልጦልኛል እንጂ እኔ ከሰው አልተቀበልሁትም አልተማርሁትምም።
12For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
13በአይሁድ ሥርዓት በፊት እንዴት እንደ ኖርሁ ሰምታችኋልና፤ የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ ክርስቲያን ያለ ልክ አሳድድና አጠፋ ነበር፥
13For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.
14ለአባቶችም ወግ ከመጠን ይልቅ እየቀናሁ በወገኔ ዘንድ በዘመኔ ካሉት ብዙዎችን በአይሁድ ሥርዓት እበልጥ ነበር።
14I advanced in the Jews’ religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
15ነገር ግን በእናቴ ማኅፀን ሳለሁ የለየኝ በጸጋውም የጠራኝ እግዚአብሔር በአሕዛብ መካከል ስለ እርሱ ወንጌልን እሰብክ ዘንድ ልጁን በእኔ ሁኔታ ሊገልጥ በወደደ ጊዜ፥ ወዲያው ከሥጋና ከደም ጋር አልተማከርሁም፥
15But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
17ከእኔም በፊት ሐዋርያት ወደ ነበሩት ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም አልወጣሁም፥ ነገር ግን ወደ ዓረብ አገር ሄድሁ እንደ ገናም ወደ ደማስቆ ተመለስሁ።
16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,
18ከዚህ ወዲያ ከሦስት ዓመት በኋላ ኬፋን ልጠይቅ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጥቼ ከእርሱ ጋር አሥራ አምስት ቀን ሰነበትሁ፤
17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.
19ነገር ግን ከጌታ ወንድም ከያዕቆብ በቀር ከሐዋርያት ሌላ አላየሁም።
18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days.
20ስለምፅፍላችሁም ነገር፥ እነሆ፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሐሰት አልናገርም።
19But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James, the Lord’s brother.
21ከዚያ ወዲያ ወደ ሶርያና ወደ ኪልቅያ አገር መጣሁ።
20Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.
22በክርስቶስም ያሉት የይሁዳ ማኅበሮች ፊቴን አያውቁም ነበር፤
21Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
23ነገር ግን። ቀድሞ እኛን ያሳድድ የነበረ፥ እርሱ በፊት ያጠፋው የነበረውን ሃይማኖት አሁን ይሰብካል ተብሎ ሲነገር ይሰሙ ነበር፤
22I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ,
24ስለ እኔም እግዚአብሔርን ያከብሩ ነበር።
23but they only heard: “He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.”
24And they glorified God in me.