Galatians 1
1 [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].
Surat ini berasal dari Paulus, seorang rasul yang bukan diutus oleh manusia. Tetapi atas perintah Yesus Kristus dan Allah Bapa yang sudah membangkitkan Yesus dari antara orang mati.
2 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].
Saudara-saudari di sini bersama saya bergabung untuk mengirimkan surat ini ke gereja-gereja di Galatia.
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
Semoga berkat dan damai sejahtera dari Allah Bapa dan Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus menyertai kamu!
4 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)
Yesus menyerahkan diri-Nya untuk dosa-dosa kita untuk membebaskan kita dari dunia yang jahat saat ini, sesuai dengan kehendak Allah dan Bapa kita. (aiōn g165)
Bagi Allah sajalah kemuliaan untuk selama-lamanya! Amin. (aiōn g165)
6 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.”
Saya merasa heran karena terlalu cepat kamu meninggalkan Allah yang oleh kasih karunia Kristus sudah memanggilmu. Dan sekarang kamu sudah mengikuti suatu “kabar baik” yang berbeda
7 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].
itu sama sekali bukan kabar baik! Beberapa orang di sana sudah membuat kamu bingung. Mereka ingin memutarbalikkan Kabar Baik tentang Kristus.
8 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].
Tetapi jika seseorang, bahkan kita sendiri, atau bahkan malaikat dari surga, harus memberitakan suatu kabar baik yang lain dari apa yang sudah kami beritahukan kepadamu, maka biarlah mereka dihukum!
9 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.
Saya ulangi apa yang sudah kami katakan sebelumnya: jika ada yang memberitakan kabar baik yang berbeda selain yang sudah kamu terima dari kami, maka biarlah mereka dihukum!
10 [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.
Sekarang apakah menurutmu, persetujuan siapa yang saya inginkan — dari orang-orang, atau dari Allah? Apakah kamu pikir saya mencoba menyenangkan orang lain? Jika saya ingin menyenangkan orang, saya tidak akan menjadi hamba Kristus!
11 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].
Izinkan saya menjelaskan kepadamu saudara-saudari, bahwa Kabar Baik yang saya beritakan, bukan berasal dari manusia.
12 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.
Saya tidak menerimanya dari siapa pun, dan tidak ada yang mengajarkannya kepada saya — Yesus Kristus yang menyatakannya kepada saya.
13 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.
Kamu sudah mendengar bagaimana hidup saya dulu sebagai pengikut agama Yahudi — bagaimana saya secara fanatik menganiaya gereja Allah, dengan kejam dan mencoba menghancurkannya.
14 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].
Saya melampaui orang-orang sezaman saya dalam praktik agama Yahudi karena saya sangat setia pada tradisi nenek moyang saya.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
Tetapi ketika Allah (yang mempunyai rencana yang khusus bagi saya sebelum saya lahir), memanggil saya melalui kasih karunia-Nya, dan merasa senang
16 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!]!
untuk menyatakan Anak-Nya kepada saya sehingga saya dapat memberitakan Kabar Baik kepada bangsa-bangsa, saya tidak membicarakan hal ini dengan siapa pun.
17 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].
Saya tidak pergi ke Yerusalem untuk berbicara dengan mereka yang sudah menjadi rasul sebelum saya; tetapi saya pergi ke Arab, dan kemudian kembali ke Damaskus.
18 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].
Sesudah tiga tahun saya pergi ke Yerusalem untuk mengunjungi Petrus. Saya tinggal bersamanya selama dua minggu.
19 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.
Pada waktu itu saya tidak melihat rasul-rasul yang lain, kecuali Yakobus, saudara laki-laki Tuhan Yesus.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
(Izinkan saya meyakinkan kamu di hadapan Allah bahwa saya tidak berbohong tentang apa yang saya tulis untuk kamu!)
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
Kemudian saya pergi ke Syria dan Kilikia.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
Meski begitu, wajah saya tidak diketahui orang-orang di gereja-gereja Yudea.
23 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)!”
Mereka hanya mendengar orang berkata, “Orang yang dulu menganiaya kami sekarang menyebarkan kepercayaan yang pernah dia coba untuk menghancurkannya!”
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
Dan mereka memuji Allah karena apa yang Allah lakukan dalam hidup saya.
