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].
Pablo, un apóstol no por hombres ni por medio de hombre, sino por medio de Jesucristo y de Dios Padre, Quien lo resucitó de entre [los] muertos,
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].
y todos los hermanos que están conmigo, a las iglesias de Galacia.
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
Gracia a ustedes, y paz de Dios nuestro Padre y del Señor Jesucristo,
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)
Quien se dio por nuestros pecados para librarnos de la presente era perversa, según la voluntad de nuestro Dios y Padre, (aiōn g165)
a Quien sea la gloria por los siglos de los siglos. Amén. (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.”
Estoy asombrado de que tan pronto se apartaron del que los llamó por gracia de Cristo hacia un evangelio diferente.
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].
No digo que hay otro, sino hay algunos que los perturban y que quieren pervertir las Buenas Noticias de Cristo.
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].
Pero si aun nosotros, o un ángel del cielo, se presenta con un evangelio contrario al que les proclamamos, sea una maldición.
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.
Como dije, también digo ahora otra vez: Si alguno les proclama otro evangelio contrario al que recibieron, sea una maldición.
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.
Porque, ¿trato ahora de convencer a seres humanos, o a Dios? ¿O busco agradar a seres humanos? Si aún complazco a seres humanos, no me sometería como esclavo de Cristo.
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].
Les informo, hermanos, que las Buenas Noticias proclamadas por mí no son según un ser humano,
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.
pues yo no las recibí ni fui enseñado por un ser humano, sino por una revelación de Jesucristo.
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.
Porque [ustedes] oyeron que según mi conducta anterior en el judaísmo, perseguía excesivamente a la iglesia de Dios y la destrozaba,
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].
y en el judaísmo iba adelante de muchos de los contemporáneos en mi nación, pues era mucho más celoso de las tradiciones de mis antepasados.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
Pero cuando agradó [a Dios] (Quien me apartó desde [el] vientre de mi madre y [me] llamó por su gracia),
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!]!
revelar a su Hijo en mí para que lo proclame entre los gentiles, no consulté inmediatamente a seres humanos,
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].
ni fui a Jerusalén, a los que eran apóstoles antes de mí, sino fui a Arabia, y regresé a Damasco.
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].
Luego, después de tres años, subí a Jerusalén a visitar a Cefas, y permanecí con él 15 días.
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.
No vi a otro de los apóstoles sino a Jacobo, el hermano del Señor.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
Observen que no miento delante de Dios en lo que les escribo.
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
Después fui a las regiones de Siria y de Cilicia,
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
y era desconocido personalmente por las iglesias cristianas de Judea.
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)!”
Solo oían: El que en un tiempo nos perseguía, ahora predica la fe que en otro tiempo destruía.
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
Glorificaban a Dios por mí.
