Galatians 2
1 Then, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
十四年之后，我与巴拿巴一起返回耶路撒冷，还带上提多与我同行。
2 And I went up according to revelation; and communicated to them the gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles, but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run, or had run in vain.
我去那里是顺应上帝的启示。在那里，我私下与有声望的教会领袖见面，解释我向异族人所传的福音。我不希望自己追随并为之奋斗的一切付诸东流。
3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled to be circumcised.
但事实证明，尽管与我一起的提多是希腊人，并没有人坚持他应该接受割礼。
4 But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude.
（之所以会出现这个问题，是因为一些假基督徒偷偷溜进来，窥探我们与基督耶稣同在所获得的自由，试图让我们成为奴隶。
5 To whom we yielded not by subjection, no not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
我们绝不屈服于他们，哪怕只是片刻。我们想确保为你们守住这福音的真相。）
6 But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time, it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man, ) for to me they that seemed to be some thing added nothing.
但我并不想在此谈论那些被视为重要的人物。（我不关心他们是什么样的领袖，因为上帝不会像我们那样判断人。）
7 But contrariwise, when they had seen that to me was committed the gospel of the uncircumcision, as to Peter was that of the circumcision.
相反，一旦他们意识到，我被赋予与异族人分享福音的责任，就像彼得被赋予与犹太人分享福音的责任，
8 (For he who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among the Gentiles.)
（这责任都来自于上帝，他通过彼得为使徒向犹太人传递福音，通过我为使徒向异族人传递福音），
9 And when they had known the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship: that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision:
当他们意识到，我以及雅各、彼得和约翰都获得了恩典，承担了教会领导的职责，于是就握住我和巴拿巴的右手，表示接纳我们作为他们的一员。
10 Only that we should be mindful of the poor: which same thing also I was careful to do.
我们将为异族人工作，他们将为犹太人工作。他们唯一的指示就是记住要去照顾穷人，事实上我已经在努力这样做。
11 But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
然而，当彼得来到安提阿时，我不得不直接批评他，因为很显然他的行为是错误的。
12 For before that some came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision.
在雅各的一些朋友来之前，彼得经常与异族人一起用餐。但是当这些人到来之后，他就不再这样做了，并且远离了异族人。他害怕那些坚持认为男人必须割礼的人批评他。
13 And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented, so that Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation.
和彼得一样，其他犹太基督徒也开始装假，甚至连巴拿巴也受了影响，跟着他们一起装假。
14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
我意识到他们并没有坚守福音的真相，于是就在所有人面前对彼得说：“如果你是犹太人，却像异族人而非犹太人那样生活，为什么要强迫异族人像犹太人一样生活？
15 We by nature are Jews, and not of the Gentiles sinners.
我们可能生来就是犹太人，而不是像异族人那样的‘罪人’，
16 But knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ; we also believe in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
但我们知道，任何人都不能通过遵守律法而被视为正直善良，只有通过相信耶稣基督才可以。我们已经相信基督耶稣，因此我们可以通过相信基督而非遵循律法成为正直善良之人，没有人通过遵守律法要求做到正直良善。”
17 But if while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners; is Christ then the minister of sin? God forbid.
正因为如此，如果我们希望在基督那里成为正义之人，但却自证为罪人，难道这意味着基督服务于罪？当然不是！
18 For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make myself a prevaricator.
因为如果我要重建被自己摧毁的东西，这只能证明我在违背律法。
19 For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God: with Christ I am nailed to the cross.
通过律法，我因律法而死，这是为了上帝而活。
20 And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me.
我已经与基督一起钉上十字架，所以活着的人不再是我，而是基督活在我的身体里。我在这个身体中拥有的生命，是因为信那爱我、且为我舍弃自己的上帝之子。
21 I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.
我怎么能拒绝上帝的恩典？如果我们可以通过遵守律法而成为正直善良之人，那么基督之死就毫无意义！
