Galatians 2
1 Fourteen years afterward I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me.
Depois, passados quatorze annos, subi outra vez a Jerusalem com Barnabé, levando tambem comigo Tito.
2 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.
E subi por uma revelação, e lhes expuz o evangelho, que prégo entre os gentios, e particularmente aos que estavam em estima; para que de maneira alguma não corresse ou houvesse corrido em vão
3 Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.
Porém nem ainda Tito, que estava comigo, sendo grego, foi constrangido a circumcidar-se;
4 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 –
E isto por causa dos falsos irmãos que se tinham entremettido, e secretamente entraram a espiar a nossa liberdade, que temos em Christo Jesus, para nos pôrem em servidão:
5 Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, so that the truth of the good news might be yours always!
Aos quaes nem ainda por uma hora cedemos com sujeição, para que a verdade do evangelho permanecesse entre vós,
6 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.
E, quanto áquelles que pareciam ser alguma coisa (quaes tenham sido n'outro tempo, não se me dá; Deus não acceita a apparencia do homem) esses, digo, que pareciam ser alguma coisa, nada me communicaram;
7 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.
Antes, pelo contrario, quando viram que o evangelho da incircumcisão me estava confiado, como a Pedro o da circumcisão
8 For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.
(Porque aquelle que operou efficazmente em Pedro para o apostolado da circumcisão esse operou tambem em mim com efficacia para com os gentios),
9 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.
E conhecendo Thiago, Cephas e João, que eram considerados como as columnas, a graça que se me havia dado, deram as dextras de parceria comigo, e a Barnabé, para que nós fossemos aos gentios, e elles á circumcisão;
10 Only we were to remember the poor – the thing I was myself anxious to do.
Recommendando-nos sómente que nos lembrassemos dos pobres: o que tambem procurei fazer com diligencia.
11 But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned.
E, chegando Pedro a Antiochia, lhe resisti na cara, porque era reprehensivel.
12 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.
Porque, antes que alguns tivessem chegado da parte de Thiago, comia com os gentios; mas, depois que chegaram, se retirou, e se apartou d'elles, temendo aos que eram da circumcisão.
13 The rest of the Jewish converts were guilty of the same hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led away by it.
E os outros judeos consentiam tambem na sua dissimulação, de maneira que até Barnabé se deixou levar pela sua dissimulação.
14 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?”
Mas, quando vi que não andavam bem e direitamente conforme a verdade do evangelho, disse a Pedro na presença de todos: Se tu, sendo judeo, vives como os gentios, e não como judeo, porque obrigas os gentios a viverem como judeos?
15 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.
Nós somos judeos por natureza e não peccadores d'entre os gentios.
16 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.
Sabendo que o homem não é justificado pelas obras da lei, mas pela fé de Jesus Christo, havemos tambem crido em Jesus Christo, para sermos justificados pela fé de Christo, e não pelas obras da lei; porquanto pelas obras da lei nenhuma carne será justificada.
17 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!
Pois, se nós que procuramos ser justificados em Christo, nós mesmos tambem somos achados peccadores, é porventura Christo ministro do peccado? De maneira nenhuma.
18 For, if I rebuild the things that I pulled down, I prove myself to have done wrong.
Porque, se torno a vivificar as coisas que já destrui, constituo-me a mim mesmo transgressor.
19 I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God.
Porque eu pela lei estou morto para a lei, para viver para Deus.
20 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.
Já estou crucificado com Christo; e vivo, não mais eu, mas Christo vive em mim; e a vida que agora vivo na carne vivo a na fé do Filho de Deus, o qual me amou, e se entregou a si mesmo por mim.
21 I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!
Não aniquilo a graça de Deus; porque, se a justiça provém da lei, segue-se que Christo morreu debalde.
