غَلاطِيَّة 2

١ 1 وَبَعْدَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، صَعِدْتُ مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِصُحْبَةِ بَرْنَابَا، وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ مَعِي تِيطُسَ أَيْضاً.

Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

٢ 2 وَإِنَّمَا صَعِدْتُ إِلَيْهَا اسْتِجَابَةً لِلْوَحْيِ؛ وَبَسَطْتُ أَمَامَهُمُ الإِنْجِيلَ الَّذِي أُبَشِّرُ بِهِ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، وَلَكِنْ عَلَى انْفِرَادٍ أَمَامَ الْبَارِزِينَ فِيهِمْ، لِئَلّا يَكُونَ مَسْعَايَ فِي الْحَاضِرِ وَالْمَاضِي بِلا جَدْوَى.

I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

٣ 3 وَلَكِنْ، حَتَّى تِيطُسُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُرَافِقُنِي وَهُوَ يُونَانِيٌّ، لَمْ يُضْطَرَّ أَنْ يُخْتَنَ.

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

٤ 4 إِنَّمَا أُثِيرَ الأَمْرُ بِسَبَبِ الإِخْوَةِ الْكَذَبَةِ الَّذِينَ أُدْخِلُوا بَيْنَنَا خُلْسَةً، فَانْدَسُّوا لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا حُرِّيَّتَنَا الَّتِي لَنَا فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، لَعَلَّهُمْ يُعِيدُونَنَا إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ؛

This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

٥ 5 فَلَمْ نَخْضَعْ لَهُمْ مُسْتَسْلِمِينَ وَلَوْ لِسَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، لِيَبْقَى حَقُّ الإِنْجِيلِ ثَابِتاً عِنْدَكُمْ.

We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

٦ 6 أَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُعْتَبَرُونَ مِنَ الْبَارِزِينَ، وَلا فَرْقَ عِنْدِي مَهْمَا كَانَتْ مَكَانَتُهُمْ مَادَامَ اللهُ لَا يُحَابِي إِنْسَاناً، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزِيدُوا شَيْئاً عَلَى مَا أُبَشِّرُ بِهِ.

But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism —those leaders added nothing to me.

٧ 7 بَلْ بِالْعَكْسِ، رَأَوْا أَنَّهُ عُهِدَ إِلَيَّ بِالإِنْجِيلِ لأَهْلِ عَدَمِ الْخِتَانِ، كَمَا عُهِدَ بِهِ إِلَى بُطْرُسَ لأَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ.

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

٨ 8 لأَنَّ الَّذِي اسْتَخْدَمَ بُطْرُسَ فِي رَسُولِيَّتِهِ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ، اسْتَخْدَمَنِي أَيْضاً بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ.

For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

٩ 9 فَلَمَّا اتَّضَحَتِ النِّعْمَةُ الْمَوْهُوبَةُ لِي عِنْدَ يَعْقُوبَ وَبُطْرُسَ وَيُوحَنَّا، وَهُمُ الْبَارِزُونَ بِاعْتِبَارِهِمْ أَعْمِدَةً، مَدُّوا إِلَيَّ وَإِلَى بَرْنَابَا أَيْدِيَهُمُ الْيُمْنَى إِشَارَةً إِلَى الْمُشَارَكَةِ، فَنَتَوَجَّهُ نَحْنُ إِلَى غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ وَهُمْ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ،

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

١٠ 10 عَلَى أَلّا نُغْفِلَ أَمْرَ الْفُقَرَاءِ، وَطَالَمَا اجْتَهَدْتُ فِي عَمَلِ ذَلِكَ.

They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

١١ 11 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا جَاءَ بُطْرُسُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ أَنْطَاكِيَةَ، قَاوَمْتُهُ وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْتَحِقُّ أَنْ يُلامَ.

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.

١٢ 12 إِذْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ يَعْقُوبَ، كَانَ بُطْرُسُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَ الإِخْوَةِ الَّذِينَ مِنَ الأُمَمِ؛ وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا أَتَى أُولئِكَ، انْسَحَبَ وَعَزَلَ نَفْسَهُ، خَوْفاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ.

For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

١٣ 13 وَجَارَاهُ فِي نِفَاقِهِ بَاقِي الإِخْوَةِ الَّذِينَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ. حَتَّى إِنَّ بَرْنَابَا أَيْضاً انْسَاقَ إِلَى نِفَاقِهِم.

The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

١٤ 14 فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْلُكُونَ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ تُوَافِقُ حَقَّ الإِنْجِيلِ، قُلْتُ لِبُطْرُسَ أَمَامَ الْحَاضِرِينَ جَمِيعاً: «إِنْ كُنْتَ وَأَنْتَ يَهُودِيٌّ تَعِيشُ كَالأُمَمِ لَا كَالْيَهُودِ، فَكَيْفَ تُجْبِرُ الأُمَمَ أَنْ يَعِيشُوا كَالْيَهُودِ؟»

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

١٥ 15 نَحْنُ يَهُودٌ بِالْوِلادَةِ، وَلَسْنَا أُمَماً خَاطِئِينَ.

We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”

١٦ 16 وَلَكِنَّنَا، إِذْ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ لَا يَتَبَرَّرُ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَطْلُوبَةِ فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ بَلْ فَقَطْ بِالإِيمَانِ بِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، آمَنَّا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، لِنَتَبَرَّرَ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ بِهِ، لَا عَلَى أَسَاسِ أَعْمَالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، لأَنَّهُ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ الشَّرِيعَةِ لَا يُبَرَّرُ أَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ.

know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

١٧ 17 وَلَكِنْ، إِنْ كُنَّا وَنَحْنُ نَسْعَى أَنْ نَتَبَرَّرَ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، قَدْ وُجِدْنَا خَاطِئِينَ أَيْضاً، فَهَلْ يَكُونُ الْمَسِيحُ خَادِماً لِلْخَطِيئَةِ؟ حَاشَا!

But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

١٨ 18 فَإِذَا عُدْتُ أَبْنِي مَا قَدْ هَدَمْتُهُ، فَإِنِّي أَجْعَلُ نَفْسِي مُخَالِفاً.

If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

١٩ 19 فَإِنَّنِي، بِالشَّرِيعَةِ، قَدْ مُتُّ عَنِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، لِكَيْ أَحْيَا لِلهِ.

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

٢٠ 20 مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ صُلِبْتُ، فَأَحْيَا لا أَنَا بَلِ الْمَسِيحُ يَحْيَا فِيَّ. أَمَّا الْحَيَاةُ الَّتِي أَحْيَاهَا الآنَ فِي الْجَسَدِ، فَإِنَّمَا أَحْيَاهَا بِالإِيمَانِ فِي ابنِ اللهِ، الَّذِي أَحَبَّنِي وَبَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِّي.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

٢١ 21 إِنِّي لَا أُبْطِلُ فَاعِلِيَّةَ نِعْمَةِ اللهِ، إِذْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبِرُّ بِالشَّرِيعَةِ، لَكَانَ مَوْتُ الْمَسِيحِ عَمَلاً لَا دَاعِيَ لَهُ.

I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.