Agalatiya 2
1 Kenaka, patatha zaka khumi ndi zinayi, ndinapitanso ku Yerusalemu, nthawi iyi ndinapita ndi Barnaba. Ndinatenganso Tito kuti apite nafe.
Fourteen years afterward I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me.
2 Ine ndinapita chifukwa Mulungu anachita kundionetsera kuti ndipite ndipo ndinakakumana ndi atsogoleri mu msonkhano mwamseri ndi kuwafotokozera Uthenga Wabwino umene ndimalalikira pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina. Ndinachita zimenezi kuti ndikhale ndi chitsimikizo kuopa kuti mwina ndinathamanga kapena ndimathamanga liwiro pachabe.
It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the apostles the good news that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of because I was afraid that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.
3 Komatu ngakhale Tito, amene anali nane sanakakamizidwe kuti achite mdulidwe, ngakhale iyeyo anali Mgriki.
Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.
4 Nkhani iyi inayambika chifukwa abale ena achinyengo amene analowerera pakati pathu kuti adzaone za ufulu umene tili nawo mwa Khristu Yesu ndikuti atisandutse akapolo.
But, because of those who pretended to be followers who had stolen in, the intruders who had crept in to spy on the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery –
5 Ife sitinawagonjere ndi pangʼono pomwe, nʼcholinga chakuti choonadi cha Uthenga Wabwino chikhalebe ndi ife.
Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, so that the truth of the good news might be yours always!
6 Koma kunena za aja ankaoneka ngati ofunika kwambiri, chimene iwo anali sichisintha kanthu kwa ine; chifukwa Mulungu alibe tsankho, iwowo sanawonjezepo kanthu pa uthenga wanga.
Of those who are thought somewhat highly of – what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognize human distinctions – those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my message.
7 Makamaka anaona kuti ine ndinapatsidwa ntchito yolalikira Uthenga Wabwino kwa anthu a mitundu ina monga momwe Petro anapatsidwa ntchito yolalikira Uthenga Wabwino kwa Ayuda.
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the good news for the Gentiles, just as Peter had been for the Jews.
8 Pakuti Mulungu, amene amagwira ntchito mu utumiki wa Petro monga mtumwi kwa Ayuda, amagwiranso ntchito mu utumiki wanga monga mtumiki kwa anthu a mitundu ina.
For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.
9 Yakobo, Petro ndi Yohane, amene ankatengedwa ngati mizati, atazindikira chisomo chimene chinapatsidwa kwa ine, anagwirana chanza ndi ine ndi Barnaba kusonyeza chiyanjano chathu. Iwo anavomereza kuti ife tipite kwa anthu a mitundu ina ndipo iwo apite kwa Ayuda.
Recognizing the charge entrusted to me, James, Peter, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the church, openly acknowledged Barnabas and me as fellow workers, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.
10 Chimene iwo anapempha ndi chakuti ife tipitirize kukumbukira osauka, chinthu chimene ine ndinali okonzeka kuchichita.
Only we were to remember the poor – the thing I was myself anxious to do.
11 Petro atafika ku Antiokeya, ine ndinamudzudzula pa gulu chifukwa anapezeka wolakwa.
But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned.
12 Pakuti asanafike anthu otumidwa ndi Yakobo, iye ankadya pamodzi ndi anthu a mitundu ina. Koma atafika, iyeyo anachoka pakati pa anthuwo nakakhala pa yekha chifukwa ankaopa anthu a mʼgulu la mdulidwe.
Before certain persons came from James, he had been in the habit of eating with the Gentile converts; but, when they came, he began to withdraw and hold aloof, because he was afraid of offending those who still held to circumcision.
13 Ayuda enanso anamutsata pochita zachinyengozi, kotero kuti ngakhale Barnaba anasocheretsedwa chifukwa cha chinyengo chawocho.
The rest of the Jewish converts were guilty of the same hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led away by it.
14 Koma nditaona kuti iwo sankachita molingana ndi choonadi cha Uthenga Wabwino, ndinawuza Petro pamaso pa anthu onse kuti, “Iwe ndiwe Myuda koma ukukhala ngati munthu wa mtundu wina, osati Myuda. Nanga nʼchifukwa chiyani ukukakamiza anthu a mitundu ina kuti akhale ngati Ayuda?
But, when I saw that they were not dealing straightforwardly with the truth of the good news, I said to Peter, before them all, “If you, who were born a Jew, adopt Gentile customs, instead of Jewish, why are you trying to compel the Gentile converts to adopt Jewish customs?”
15 “Ife amene ndife Ayuda mwachibadwa, osati anthu a mitundu ina ochimwa,
We, though we are Jews by birth and not sinners of Gentile origin, know that no one is pronounced righteous as the result of obedience to Law, but only through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 tikudziwa kuti munthu salungamitsidwa pochita ntchito za lamulo koma ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Yesu Khristu. Chomwecho, ifenso tinakhulupirira Khristu Yesu kuti tilungamitsidwe mwachikhulupiriro mwa Khristu ndipo osati pochita ntchito za lamulo, chifukwa palibe amene adzalungamitsidwa pochita ntchito za lamulo.
So we placed our faith in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be pronounced righteous, as the result of faith in Christ, and not of obedience to Law; for such obedience will not result in even one soul’s being pronounced righteous.
17 “Tsono ngati ife, pamene tikufuna kulungamitsidwa mwa Khristu, zikuonekeratu poyera kuti ndifenso ochimwa, kodi zikutanthauza kuti Khristu amalimbikitsa uchimo? Ayi. Nʼkosatheka!
If, while seeking to be pronounced righteous through union with Christ, we were ourselves seen to be sinners, would that make Christ an agent of sin? Heaven forbid!
18 Ngati ine ndimanganso chimene ndinachigumula, ndikuonetsa kuti ndine wophwanya lamulo.
For, if I rebuild the things that I pulled down, I prove myself to have done wrong.
19 “Pakuti pamene ndinayesera kutsatira lamulo, lamulolo linandionetsa kuti ndine wochimwa. Choncho ndinasiya kutsatira lamulo kuti ndikhale ndi moyo kwa Mulungu.
I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God.
20 Ndinapachikidwa pa mtanda pamodzi ndi Khristu, kotero kuti sindinenso amene ndili ndi moyo, koma ndi Khristu amene ali ndi moyo mwa ine. Moyo umene ndili nawo tsopano mʼthupi lino, ndi moyo mwachikhulupiriro mwa Mwana wa Mulungu, amene anandikonda nadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha ine.
I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21 Ine sindikukankhira kumbali chisomo cha Mulungu, chifukwa ngati chilungamo chikanapezeka pochita ntchito za lamulo, ndiye kuti Khristu anafa pachabe.”
I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!
