غَلاطِيَّة 1

١ 1 بُولُسُ، رَسُولٌ لَا مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا بِإِنْسَانٍ، بَلْ بِيَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ وَٱللهِ ٱلْآبِ ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ،

[I], Paul, [write this letter to you. I remind you that I am] an apostle. That is not because a group of people [appointed me], nor because a human being [sent me to be an apostle]. Instead, Jesus Christ and God [our heavenly] Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have [appointed and] sent [me to be an apostle].

٢ 2 وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعِي، إِلَى كَنَائِسِ غَلَاطِيَّةَ:

All the fellow believers [who are here] with me [approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter] to the congregations that [are] in Galatia [province].

٣ 3 نِعْمَةٌ لَكُمْ وَسَلَامٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ ٱلْآبِ، وَمِنْ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ،

[I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.

٤ 4 ٱلَّذِي بَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَجْلِ خَطَايَانَا، لِيُنْقِذَنَا مِنَ ٱلْعَالَمِ ٱلْحَاضِرِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ حَسَبَ إِرَادَةِ ٱللهِ وَأَبِينَا، (aiōn g165)

Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)

٥ 5 ٱلَّذِي لَهُ ٱلْمَجْدُ إِلَى أَبَدِ ٱلْآبِدِينَ. آمِينَ. (aiōn g165)

[I pray that people will] praise God forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)

٦ 6 إِنِّي أَتَعَجَّبُ أَنَّكُمْ تَنْتَقِلُونَ هَكَذَا سَرِيعًا عَنِ ٱلَّذِي دَعَاكُمْ بِنِعْمَةِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ إِلَى إِنْجِيلٍ آخَرَ!

I am very disappointed [IRO] that so soon [after you trusted in Christ] you have turned away from [God]. He chose you in order that [you might have what] Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different [message which some say is] “good news.”

٧ 7 لَيْسَ هُوَ آخَرَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ قَوْمٌ يُزْعِجُونَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُحَوِّلُوا إِنْجِيلَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

Their message is not a true message. [What is happening is that] certain persons are confusing your [minds]. They are desiring to change the good message (that Christ [revealed/about] Christ) [and are creating another message].

٨ 8 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ بَشَّرْنَاكُمْ نَحْنُ أَوْ مَلَاكٌ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ بِغَيْرِ مَا بَشَّرْنَاكُمْ، فَلْيَكُنْ «أَنَاثِيمَا»!

But even if we [(exc) apostles] or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you [before], I [appeal to God] that [he] punish such a person [forever].

٩ 9 كَمَا سَبَقْنَا فَقُلْنَا أَقُولُ ٱلْآنَ أَيْضًا: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يُبَشِّرُكُمْ بِغَيْرِ مَا قَبِلْتُمْ، فَلْيَكُنْ «أَنَاثِيمَا»!

As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you [what he says is] a good message, but it is a message that is different from [the good message] that I gave you. So I [appeal to God] that [he] severely punish that person.

١٠ 10 أَفَأَسْتَعْطِفُ ٱلْآنَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَمِ ٱللهَ؟ أَمْ أَطْلُبُ أَنْ أُرْضِيَ ٱلنَّاسَ؟ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ بَعْدُ أُرْضِي ٱلنَّاسَ، لَمْ أَكُنْ عَبْدًا لِلْمَسِيحِ.

[I said that] because [RHQ] I do not desire that people approve me, [contrary to what some have said about me]. It is God whom I desire to approve me. [Specifically, I do not say and do] [RHQ] things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who [willingly and completely] serves Christ.

١١ 11 وَأُعَرِّفُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ ٱلْإِنْجِيلَ ٱلَّذِي بَشَّرْتُ بِهِ، أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِحَسَبِ إِنْسَانٍ.

My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person [created/thought up].

١٢ 12 لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَقْبَلْهُ مِنْ عِنْدِ إِنْسَانٍ وَلَا عُلِّمْتُهُ. بَلْ بِإِعْلَانِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

I did not receive this message from a human [messenger], and no [human being] taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me.

١٣ 13 فَإِنَّكُمْ سَمِعْتُمْ بِسِيرَتِي قَبْلًا فِي ٱلدِّيَانَةِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ، أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَضْطَهِدُ كَنِيسَةَ ٱللهِ بِإِفْرَاطٍ وَأُتْلِفُهَا.

People have told you how I used to behave when [I practiced] the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God [established], and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people.

١٤ 14 وَكُنْتُ أَتَقَدَّمُ فِي ٱلدِّيَانَةِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ عَلَى كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ أَتْرَابِي فِي جِنْسِي، إِذْ كُنْتُ أَوْفَرَ غَيْرَةً فِي تَقْلِيدَاتِ آبَائِي.

I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many [other Jews] who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors [kept].

١٥ 15 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا سَرَّ ٱللهَ ٱلَّذِي أَفْرَزَنِي مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي، وَدَعَانِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ،

Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.

١٦ 16 أَنْ يُعْلِنَ ٱبْنَهُ فِيَّ لِأُبَشِّرَ بِهِ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، لِلْوَقْتِ لَمْ أَسْتَشِرْ لَحْمًا وَدَمًا،

He wanted me to know that Jesus is (his Son/the man who is also God), so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings [SYN] in order to gain [an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!]!

١٧ 17 وَلَا صَعِدْتُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَبْلِي، بَلِ ٱنْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ أَيْضًا إِلَى دِمَشْقَ.

I did not [immediately] leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem [for that purpose] to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia [region, a desert area]. Later I returned once more to Damascus [city].

١٨ 18 ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ صَعِدْتُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِأَتَعَرَّفَ بِبُطْرُسَ، فَمَكَثْتُ عِنْدَهُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا.

Then three years after [God revealed this good message to me], I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for [only] 15 days, [which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ].

١٩ 19 وَلَكِنَّنِي لَمْ أَرَ غَيْرَهُ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا يَعْقُوبَ أَخَا ٱلرَّبِّ.

I also saw James, the brother of our Lord [Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but] I did not see any other apostle.

٢٠ 20 وَٱلَّذِي أَكْتُبُ بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ هُوَذَا قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ أَنِّي لَسْتُ أَكْذِبُ فِيهِ.

God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!

٢١ 21 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ جِئْتُ إِلَى أَقَالِيمِ سُورِيَّةَ وَكِيلِيكِيَّةَ.

After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.

٢٢ 22 وَلَكِنَّنِي كُنْتُ غَيْرَ مَعْرُوفٍ بِٱلْوَجْهِ عِنْدَ كَنَائِسِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.

٢٣ 23 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَسْمَعُونَ: «أَنَّ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَضْطَهِدُنَا قَبْلًا، يُبَشِّرُ ٱلْآنَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ قَبْلًا يُتْلِفُهُ».

They only heard [others say about me] repeatedly, “[Paul], the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the [same message] which we believe and which formerly he was trying (to destroy/to cause people to stop believing)!”

٢٤ 24 فَكَانُوا يُمَجِّدُونَ ٱللهَ فِيَّ.

And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.

The Conversion of Saul