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].
Nenga na Paulo mtume. Nenga mtume boka lii kwa mundu wala lii kwa bandu, lakinji boka kwa Yesu Kristo na Nnongo Tate aliyemfufua boka kwa nkiwo.
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].
Pamope na nnunangu boti nune, ninda kuwaandikiya makanisa ga Galatia.
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
Neema na ibe kwinu na amani boka kwa Nnongo Tate bitu na Ngwana Yesu Kristu,
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)
ywaipijite yeyipie mwene kwaajili yitu na dhambi yitu lenga wete atumbombwe na wakati wono uovu, bokana na mapenzi ya Nnongo witu na Tate. (aiōn g165)
Kachake ubi na utukufu milele na milele. (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.”
Ninda shangara kwamba garambuka kiyongoya kwenye injili yenge ninda shangara kwamba mbale boka kwake yembe ya akukemite kwa neema ya Kristo.
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].
Ntopo injili yenge, lakini babile babadhi ya bandu banda sababisha mwenga matatizo bakana badilidisha injili ya Kristu.
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].
Lakini hata mana itei twee ao malaika boka kunani abaya kwinu injili tofauti na yelo twaitangazie kwinu, na lanilwe.
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.
Kati ya twalongei mpolongoi na nambeyambe nilongela kati mana abile mundu apala longela kwinu injili tofauti na kati choo mupokile na aalanike.”
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.
Nambeambe nipala ushaidi wa mundu au Nnongo? mbala kuwapuraisha bandu? mana kama mbala yendele paya kuwapulahisha bandu nee na mtumishi lii wa Kristo.
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].
Nunango, nipala mwenga mutange kwamba injili yaa nibaya iboka lii kwa mundu.
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.
mbokii lii kwa mundu, wala nipundishilwe kwaa. Badala yake, yabile ni kwa ufunuo wa Kristo kwango nenga.
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.
Muyowine habari ya maisha gango gamchogo katika dini yakiyahudi, mwani litesage kanisa la Nnongo zaidi ya kalitenga na kulitiniya.
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].
Natiyendelia na dini yakiyahudi zaidi ya kinalongo bango bengi ayahudi. nabile na bidii muno katika tamaduni za tate bango.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
Lakini Nnongo atinogelelwa kunichawane boka ndumbo ya mao. Atinikema nee petiya neema yake.
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!]!
Ati kumnaya mwana wake kachango, lenga kwamba nimtangaze yembe katikati ya bandu bamataifa wala mbalike ushauri wa iyega na damu.
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].
Na niobwike lii yenda Yerusalem kwa wale babile mitume lii kabla ya nee. Badala yake nayei uarabuni na baadae buya Damesiki.
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].
ada ya miaka mitatu nati boka yenda Yerusalem kumlinga Kefa, natitama na kwe kwa machoba komi na tano.
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.
Lakini na bweni lii mitume yenge nimweni Yakobo, mnuna wee Nngwana.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
Lola, nnonge ya Nnongo, nimkenga lii cha niyandika kwinu.
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
Boka pa nayei mikoa ya Shamu nakilikia.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
ndopo ya nitangite kwa liyo kwa m, akanisa ya uyahudi yabile katika Kristo,
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)!”
Lakini bende niyowa tu, Ywembe yatutesite nambe yambe na atangaza imani ya iharibie.”
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
Bende kumsifu Nnongo kwa ajili ya nee.
