Ŵagalatia 1
1 Une che Paolo, jundi nduna ngaŵa kwa kusagulikwa ni ŵandu atamuno ngaŵa kwa ukombole wa ŵandu, nambo sagulikwe ni Che Yesu Kilisito ni Akunnungu Atati, ŵaŵansyusisye Che Yesu,
[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].
2 ni achapwetu wose ŵaali pamo ni une tukunkomasya mwanya mipingo ja ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito jajili ku chilambo cha ku Galatia.
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].
3 Tukummendela upile ni chitendewele kutyochela kwa Akunnungu Atati ŵetu ni kwa Ambuje Che Yesu Kilisito.
[I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
4 Kilisito ŵalityosisye asyene kuŵa mbopesi kwa ligongo lya sambi syetu kuti atukulupusye pachilambo changalumbana cha sambano chi, kwa usache wa Akunnungu ŵetu ni Atati. (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)
[I pray that people will] praise God forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
6 Nkusimosya inkuti pakwaleka chitemape Akunnungu ŵammilasile kwa upile wa Kilisito ni nkujikuya ngani jambone jine jine.
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.”
7 Isyene ngapagwa Ngani Jambone jine. Nambo apali ŵandu ŵakuntindanya ŵanyamwe, ŵandu ŵakusaka kujigalausya Ngani Jambone ja Kilisito.
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].
8 Nambo, iŵaga jumo jwetu pane achikatumetume ŵa kwinani, channalichile ngani jine jine jangajikulandana ni ajila jitwannalichile uweji, alwesechekwe ni Akunnungu!
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].
9 Twamasile kuŵecheta, ni sambano nguujila nguŵecheta, iŵaga chachinnalichila mundu jwine Ngani Jambone jine, jangajikulandana ni jejila jimwamasile kupochela, alwesechekwe ni Akunnungu!
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.
10 Sambano ngusaka nanonyelesye ŵaani! Nanonyelesye ŵandu, pane Akunnungu? Ngasachile kwanonyelesya ŵandu, ngangaŵe kose jwakutumichila jwa Kilisito.
[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.
11 Achalongo achinjangu, ngusaka mmanyilile kuti Ngani Jambone jinanlalichile jila nganijiŵa ngani ja kutyochela kwa mundu.
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].
12 Nipele une nganinajipochela kutyochela kwa mundu jwalijose atamuno nganapagwa mundu juŵanyigenye. Che Yesu Kilisito asyene ni jwamunukulile une.
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.
13 Usyene mwamasile kupilikana indite pakutama kalakala kwa kulikuya litala lya Chiyahudi lya kwapopelela Akunnungu ni indite pakwalagasya kwa nnope mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito ni kusaka kwajonanga pangali chanasa.
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.
14 Elo, une naapundile Ŵayahudi achinjangu achajinji ŵa lisusa limo ni une kwa kulikuya litala lya Chiyahudi lya kwapopelela Akunnungu, ni nachalile kuchikamulisya chisyoŵelo cha achambuje ŵetu.
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].
15 Nambo Akunnungu, kwa upile wao ŵasagwile une namose ngunaŵe kupagwa, ŵamilasile naatumichile.
Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
16 Paŵasachile kuumunukulila Mwanagwe munkati mwangu kuti nalichile Ngani Jambone nkati Che Yesu Kilisito kwa ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi, nganinyaula kukwausya ŵandu ŵane yakuti kuganisya,
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!]!
17 namose nganinyaula ku Yelusalemu kukuwonegana ni aŵala ŵaŵaliji achinduna kabula nganime nduna nambo najawile kaje ku Alabia, nipele nausile sooni ku Damesiki.
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].
18 Payapite yaka itatu pe, nipele nakwesile kwaula ku Yelusalemu kukuwonegana ni che Kefa jwakumanyika kwa liina lya che Petulo, nalonjele nawo kwa moŵa likumi ni nsano.
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].
19 Nambo nganinaawona achinduna ŵane ikaŵe che Yakobo, apwao Ambuje.
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.
20 Gelega gingunnembela gali ga isyene, Akunnungu akumanyilila kuti nganguŵecheta ya unami.
God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
21 Kanyuma najawile ku chilambo cha Silia ni Kilikia.
After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
22 Nambo katema ko, mipingo ja ŵandu ŵakunkukulupilila Kilisito ŵa chilambo cha ku Yudea ŵaliji nganamone une.
[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
23 Chiŵachimanyaga ni chechila pe chiŵachipilikene, “Jwejula mundu juŵatusawisye uwe kalakala, sambano akulalichila chikulupi chilachila cha Ngani Jambone chiŵalingaga kuchijonanga kalakala chila.”
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)!”
24 Nipele, ŵaakusisye Akunnungu kwa ligongo lyangu une.
And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
