¹Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

¹ከዚያ ወዲያ ከአሥራ አራት ዓመት በኋላ ከበርናባስ ጋር ቲቶን ደግሞ ይዤ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሁለተኛ ወጣሁ፤

²I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, 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 not even 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፤

⁴This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in 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 no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.

⁵የወንጌልም እውነት በእናንተ ዘንድ ጸንቶ እንዲኖር ለአንድ ሰዓት እንኳ ለቅቀን አልተገዛንላቸውም።

⁶But from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man)—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,

⁶አለቆች የመሰሉት ግን፥ በፊት ማን እንደ ነበሩ አይገደኝም፤ እግዚአብሔር የሰውን ፊት አይቶ አያደላም፤ አለቆች የመሰሉት አንዳች እንኳ አልጨመሩልኝምና፥

⁷but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcision

⁷ተመልሰው ግን ጴጥሮስ ለተገረዙት የሆነው ወንጌል አደራ እንደ ተሰጠው እንዲሁ ለእኔ ላልተገረዙት የሆነው ወንጌል አደራ እንደ ተሰጠኝ አዩ፤

⁸(for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);

⁸ለተገረዙት ሐዋርያ እንዲሆን ለጴጥሮስ የሠራለት፥ ለእኔ ደግሞ ለአሕዛብ ሐዋርያ እንድሆን ሠርቶአልና።

⁹and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to 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፤

¹⁰They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

¹⁰ድሆችን እናስብ ዘንድ ብቻ ለመኑን፥ ይህንም ደግሞ ላደርግ ተጋሁ።

¹¹But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.

¹¹ነገር ግን ኬፋ ወደ አንጾኪያ በመጣ ጊዜ ፊት ለፊት ተቃወምሁት፥ ይፈረድበት ዘንድ ይገባ ነበርና።

¹²For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who 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 rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

¹³የቀሩትም አይሁድ ደግሞ፥ በርናባስ ስንኳ በግብዝነታቸው እስከ ተሳበ ድረስ፥ ከእርሱ ጋር አብረው ግብዞች ሆኑ።

¹⁴But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

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።

¹⁵“We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,

¹⁵እኛ በፍጥረት አይሁድ ነን ኃጢአተኞችም የሆኑ አሕዛብ አይደለንም፤

¹⁶yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

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 sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

¹⁷ነገር ግን በክርስቶስ ልንጸድቅ የምንፈልግ ስንሆን ራሳችን ደግሞ ኃጢአተኞች ሆነን ከተገኘን፥ እንግዲያስ ክርስቶስ የኃጢአት አገልጋይ ነዋ? አይደለም።

¹⁸For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

¹⁸ያፈረስሁትን ይህን እንደ ገና የማንጽ ከሆንሁ ራሴ ሕግ ተላላፊ እንድሆን አስረዳለሁና።

¹⁹For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.

¹⁹እኔ ለእግዚአብሔር ሕያው ሆኜ እኖር ዘንድ በሕግ በኩል ለሕግ ሞቼ ነበርና።

²⁰I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up 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 don’t make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

²¹የእግዚአብሔርን ጸጋ አልጥልም፤ ጽድቅስ በሕግ በኩል ከሆነ እንኪያስ ክርስቶስ በከንቱ ሞተ።