Galatians 2
1 Then fourteene yeeres after, I went vp againe to Hierusalem with Barnabas, and tooke with me Titus also.
Baada ya miaka kumi na minne, nilikwenda tena Yerusalemu pamoja na Barnaba; nilimchukua pia Tito pamoja nami.
2 And I went vp by reuelation, and declared vnto them that Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but particularly to them that were the chiefe, least by any meanes I should runne, or had runne in vaine:
Kwenda kwangu kulitokana na ufunuo alionipa Mungu. Katika kikao cha faragha niliwaeleza hao viongozi ujumbe wa Habari Njema niliohubiri kwa watu wa mataifa. Nilifanya hivyo kusudi kazi yangu niliyokuwa nimefanya, na ile ninayofanya sasa isije ikawa bure.
3 But neither yet Titus which was with me, though he were a Grecian, was compelled to be circumcised,
Lakini, hata mwenzangu Tito, ambaye ni Mgiriki, hakulazimika kutahiriwa,
4 To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.
ingawa kulikuwa na ndugu wengine wa uongo waliotaka atahiriwe. Watu hawa walijiingiza kwa ujanja na kupeleleza uhuru wetu tulio nao katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu, ili wapate kutufanya watumwa.
5 To whom we gaue not place by subiection for an houre, that the trueth of the Gospel might continue with you.
Hatukukubaliana nao hata kidogo ili ukweli wa Habari Njema ubaki nanyi daima.
6 But by them which seemed to be great, I was not taught (whatsoeuer they were in time passed, I am nothing the better: God accepteth no mans person) for they that are the chiefe, did adde nothing to me aboue that I had.
Lakini watu hawa wanaosemekana kuwa ni viongozi—kama kweli walikuwa hivyo au sivyo, kwangu si kitu, maana Mungu hahukumu kwa kuangalia mambo ya nje—watu hawa hawakuwa na kitu cha kuongeza katika Habari hii Njema kama niihubirivyo.
7 But contrariwise, when they saw that ye Gospel ouer ye vncircumcision was comitted vnto me, as the Gospel ouer ye circumcision was vnto Peter:
Badala yake, walitambua kwamba Mungu alikuwa amenituma kuhubiri Habari Njema kwa watu wa mataifa mengine kama vile Petro alivyokuwa ametumwa kuihubiri kwa Wayahudi.
8 (For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)
Maana, yule aliyemwezesha Petro kuwa mtume kwa Wayahudi, ndiye aliyeniwezesha nami pia kuwa mtume kwa watu wa mataifa mengine.
9 And when Iames, and Cephas, and Iohn, knew of the grace that was giuen vnto me, which are counted to be pillars, they gaue to me and to Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should preach vnto the Gentiles, and they vnto the Circumcision,
Basi, Yakobo, Kefa na Yohane, ambao waonekana kuwa viongozi wakuu, walitambua kwamba Mungu alinijalia neema hiyo, wakatushika sisi mkono, yaani Barnaba na mimi, iwe ishara ya ushirikiano. Sisi ilitupasa tukafanye kazi kati ya watu wa mataifa mengine, na wao kati ya Wayahudi.
10 Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.
Wakatuomba lakini kitu kimoja: tuwakumbuke maskini; jambo ambalo nimekuwa nikijitahidi kutekeleza.
11 And when Peter was come to Antiochia, I withstood him to his face: for he was to be condemned.
Lakini Kefa alipofika Antiokia nilimpinga waziwazi maana alikuwa amekosea.
12 For before that certaine came from Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision.
Awali, kabla ya watu kadhaa waliokuwa wametumwa na Yakobo kuwasili hapo, Petro alikuwa akila pamoja na watu wa mataifa mengine. Lakini, baada ya hao watu kufika, aliacha kabisa kula pamoja na watu wa mataifa mengine, kwa kuogopa kikundi cha waliosisitiza tohara.
13 And the other Iewes played the hypocrites likewise with him, in so much that Barnabas was led away with them by that their hypocrisie.
Hata ndugu wengine Wayahudi walimuunga mkono Petro katika kitendo hiki cha unafiki, naye Barnaba akakumbwa na huo unafiki wao.
14 But when I saw, that they went not ye right way to the trueth of ye Gospel, I sayd vnto Peter before all men, If thou being a Iewe, liuest as the Gentiles, and not like the Iewes, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to doe like the Iewes?
Basi, nilipoona kuwa msimamo wao kuhusu ukweli wa Habari Njema haukuwa umenyooka, nikamwambia Kefa mbele ya watu wote: “Ingawa wewe ni Myahudi, unaishi kama watu wa mataifa mengine na si kama Myahudi! Unawezaje, basi kujaribu kuwalazimisha watu wa mataifa mengine kuishi kama Wayahudi?”
15 We which are Iewes by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Kweli, sisi kwa asili ni Wayahudi, na si watu wa mataifa mengine hao wenye dhambi!
16 Knowe that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, and not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.
Lakini, tunajua kwa hakika kwamba mtu hawezi kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa kuitii Sheria, bali tu kwa kumwamini Yesu Kristo. Na sisi pia tumemwamini Yesu Kristo ili tupate kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya imani yetu kwa Kristo, na si kwa kuitii Sheria.
17 If then while we seeke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sinne? God forbid.
Sasa, ikiwa katika kutafuta kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa kuungana na Kristo sisi tunaonekana kuwa wenye dhambi, je, jambo hili lina maana kwamba Kristo anasaidia utendaji wa dhambi? Hata kidogo!
18 For if I build againe the things that I haue destroyed, I make my selfe a trespasser.
Lakini ikiwa ninajenga tena kile nilichokwisha bomoa, basi nahakikisha kwamba mimi ni mhalifu.
19 For I through the Lawe am dead to the Lawe, that I might liue vnto God.
Maana, kuhusu Sheria hiyo, mimi nimekufa; Sheria yenyewe iliniua, nipate kuishi kwa ajili ya Mungu. Mimi nimeuawa pamoja na Kristo msalabani,
20 I am crucified with Christ, but I liue, yet not I any more, but Christ liueth in me: and in that that I now liue in the flesh, I liue by the faith in the Sonne of God, who hath loued me, and giuen him selfe for me.
na sasa naishi, lakini si mimi tena, bali Kristo anaishi ndani yangu. Maisha haya ninayoishi sasa naishi kwa imani, imani katika Mwana wa Mungu aliyenipenda hata akayatoa maisha yake kwa ajili yangu.
21 I doe not abrogate the grace of God: for if righteousnes be by the Lawe, then Christ dyed without a cause.
Sipendi kuikataa neema ya Mungu. Kama mtu huweza kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa njia ya Sheria, basi, Kristo alikufa bure!
