Galatians 2
1 After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.
Kum sawm le kum li zawkciang Barnabas taw Jerusalem ah ka heak kik uh a, Titus zong ka tonpui uh hi.
2 But [I tell you that] I went up there because of what God revealed to me. [It was not because someone there asked me to come]. I told people what was the good message that I was preaching in regions where non-Jews live. But I talked privately to those whom your new teachers highly respect. I did that in order that what I was doing and what I had done [MET] might not become useless [MET] [as a result of people rejecting my message because they thought that I was teaching something that was not true].
Pathian i thu pualakna hang in ka pai hi, taciang Gentile mite tung ah ka hil lungdamna thupha sia amate tung ah ka hil hi, ahihang ka sepnasa ahizong, ka sep lai tu ahizong, mannung ngawl a suak tu ka dei ngawl hu in, lampui te samtuam in ka son hi.
3 But [even though the leaders of the believers usually insisted that when non-Jews trusted in Christ someone must circumcise them], they did not even insist that Titus be circumcised, even though he was a Greek man who was with me.
Ahihang ka kung a om Greek minam Titus zong vunteap tan tu in zawthawkthu taw ka sawl bua uh hi:
4 [I talked to them privately] because some people [successfully] pretended that they were fellow believers and associated with the true believers. They did that in order that they might observe closely what we do because we are free [from having to obey all the Jewish laws and rituals] because of our close relationship with Christ Jesus [MET]. Those people wanted to make us [like] slaves [MET] [of those rituals by convincing us that we cannot trust Christ solely but that we must also obey all the Jewish rituals].
Christ Jesus sung ah ka nei uh suatakna thu dawpku tu in hongpai a pai khial suapui te in sal hi na sung ah hongpaipui thei natu in hong tumpui ku uh hang a hihi:
5 But not even briefly did we [(exc)] do what they wanted [about circumcision. We(exc) resisted them] in order that the truth of the message about Christ might continue to [benefit] you.
Lungdamna thupha sia note tung ah tatsat ngawl a om thei natu in a paikhial suapui te tawmvei sung zong a thu ngai in mun ka pia bua uh hi.
6 The [leaders in Jerusalem], whom your new teachers respect, did not add anything to what I preach. [And I would add that] what status those leaders had did not influence me, because God does not favor certain/important persons [IDM] more than others.
Ahizong hi lampui bang in a ngaisut uh te sia kuapo ahizong, kei atu bangma poimaw ngawl hi: Pathian in a puatham mu na bangin kuama sang ngawl hi: banghangziam cile a lampui bang in a ki ngaisun te in ka kung ah bangma hong belap tuan ngawl hi:
7 Instead of those leaders adding to the message that I tell people, they understood that I had been given the good message {God had given the good message to me} so that I might proclaim it to the non-Jews [MTY], just like [God] had given the good message to Peter so that he might tell it to those who are Jews [MTY].
Ahihang vunteap tan te atu lungdamna thupha sia Peter tung ah ap a, vunteap tan ngawl te atu lungdamna thupha sia keima tung ah hong ap hi, ci sia amate in mu uh hi.
8 That is, just like [God] had empowered/authorized Peter in order that he might be an apostle [to bring God’s message] to the Jews [MTY], he also had empowered/authorized me in order that I might be an apostle to [bring his message to] the non-Jews.
Banghangziam cile vunteap tan te kung ah sawltak hi na sia Peter sung ah cialcingtak in a vawt bang in, vunteap tan ngawl te tung ah sawltak hina sia keima sung ah hong vawt hi:
9 And [those leaders] knew that God had kindly given to me this special work. So James, Peter, and John, the ones whom your new teachers [respect because they are] leaders [MET] [of the believers], shook hands with us [IDM] [to show that they agreed that Barnabas and I are serving the Lord just like they are, and that we are preaching the same message that they are preaching]. They also agreed that we [(exc)] are the ones whom God was sending to [tell his message to] non-Jews, but that God is sending them to [tell his message to] Jews [MTY].
Taciang khuam bang a hi James, Peter le John te in keima tung hong ki pia thuthiamna a heak uh ciang in, Peter te sia vunteap tan te kung ah ahizong, kote sia Gentile te kung ah ahizong, pai tu in ki pawlkhopna ziatsang khut sia keima le Barnabas tung ah hong pia uh hi.
10 They merely urged that we [(exc)] still remember to help the poor [fellow believers who live in Jerusalem]. That is exactly what I have been eager to do.
Mizawng te phaw tawntung tu sia amate in hong deisak khat hi a; tua thu sia hanciam in ka sep uh a hihi.
11 But [later while I was at] Antioch [city], after Peter came there, I told him directly [SYN] that what he was doing was wrong.
Ahihang Antioch ah Peter hongpai ciang in maitang kisi in ama ka nalh hi, banghangziam cile ama maw hi.
12 [This is what happened]: [Peter went to Antioch and started eating regularly with non-Jewish believers there]. Later there were certain [Jewish believers who] came [to Antioch who claimed that] James, [the leader of the congregations in Jerusalem], had sent them. But when [those certain] men came, Peter gradually quit [eating] with the non-Jewish believers and would not associate with them. He was afraid that the Jewish [believers from Jerusalem would criticize him for associating with non-Jews].
Banghangziam cile James kung pan mihing khatpo hongpai masia theampo Peter sia Gentile mite taw anne khawm uh hi: ahihang amate hongpai ciang in, vunteap tan te a lau hu in Gentile mite taw ki pawl nawn ngawl a, ama bek a tuam in om hi.
13 Also, the other Jewish [believers who were in Antioch] [SYN] acted (insincerely/in a way that they knew was not right) along with [Peter]. The result was that they convinced even Barnabas to [stop associating with the non-Jewish believers]!
Taciang a dang Judah mite zong Peter bangma in om uh a; tabang in amate ngamtat bang in Barnabas zong law siat hi.
14 But when I realized that they were not acting according to the truth of the message about Christ, [when] all [the fellow believers there] were present, I told Peter [the following]: “Although you [(sg)] are a Jew, [you often conduct yourself] like non-Jews [do by disregarding Jewish laws about food. When you are among non-Jews], you [(sg)] do not customarily conduct yourself at all like Jews [do]. So, (now it is wrong that you [(sg)] are causing non-Jews [to think that they must obey all] the Jewish rituals and customs!/why are you [(sg)] causing non-Jews [to think that they must obey all] the Jewish rituals and customs?) [RHQ]”
Ahihang amate sia lungdamna thupha bang in thumantak in a nuntak ngawl uh a mu uh ciang in, amate theampo mai ah, Peter tung ah, nangma sia Judah minam na hi a, Judah mite bang in ngamta ngawl in, Gentile mite bang in na ngamta ahile, banghang in Gentile mite sia Judah mite bangma in ngamta tu banghang hanthawn ni ziam? ka ci hi.
15 Some of us [believers] were born as Jews. We [(exc)] were not born as non-Jews. [We Jews have always considered non-Jews to be] ‘sinners’ [because they do not obey the Jewish rituals and laws].
Eite sia cilesa ngeina bang in Judah mite i hi a, Gentile mawnei te i hi bua hi,
16 But we [(exc)] now know that it is not because some person obeys the laws [that God gave to Moses] that [God] erases the record of that person’s sins. [God erases the record of a person’s sins only if that person trusts in what Jesus Christ has done]. Even we [(exc)] Jews trusted Christ Jesus. We [(exc)] did that in order that [God] would erase the record of our sins because of our trusting Christ, and not because of our obeying the laws [that God gave to Moses. God has said that] he will [never] erase the record of people’s sins just because of their obeying those laws.
Mihing khat sia thukham zuina tungtawn in thutang ki suaksak hi ngawl hi, ahihang Jesus Christ upna tungtawn in thutang a ki suaksak a hihi, ci he in, Jesus Christ i um zo hi, tabang in thukham zui na tungtawn hi ngawl in, Christ i upna tungtawn in thutang a ki suaksak te i hi thei natu a hihi: banghangziam cile thukham zui na tungtawn in mihing kuama thutang ki suaksak ngawl tu hi.
17 Furthermore, because we [(exc) Jews] desired that [God] would erase the record of our sins because of our relationship with Christ, [it means that] we realized that we ourselves were sinners [like non-Jews, whom we called] sinners, [because we(exc) also were not obeying the Jewish rituals and laws]. [But] ([we(inc) certainly cannot conclude] that it is Christ who causes us to sin./[should we conclude] that it is Christ who causes us to sin?) [RHQ] [No, Christ] certainly does not [cause anyone to sin].
Ahihang, Christ tungtawn in thutang suana i zong ahile, eima le eima mawnei i hihi, ci i mu hi, tua ahikom Christ sia mawna naseam a hi ziam? hi ngawl het hi.
18 So if I should again believe [that God would erase the record of my sins because of my obeying the laws that he gave to Moses] [MET], [I would be like a man who] rebuilds an old building that he tore down. It would [soon] be clear that I am one who disobeys those same laws [that God gave to Moses].
Banghangziam cile ka siatsua nate kasakik ahile, keima le keima sia thukham paltan ka suak hi.
19 When [I realized that I could not earn God’s favor] by [obeying] the laws [that he gave to Moses, I decided not] to [respond to what those laws demanded] [MET], [just like] a dead person [does not respond to anything]. Now I live to [honor/serve] God.
Banghangziam cile keima sia Pathian sung ah ka nuntak thei natu in, thukham tungtawn in thukham sang ah mithi ka hihi.
20 [It is as though] I was with Christ when he was crucified {died on the cross} [MET] (OR, [It is as though] my [old way of life ended when] Christ died on the cross.) No longer am I [directing the way I behave as I did before I believed in Christ]. Now Christ [is directing how] I [behave. And whatever I do] now while I live, I do it trusting in God’s Son. He is the one who loved me and offered himself [as a sacrifice] for me.
Keima sia Christ taw thinglamte tung ah ka ki that zo hi: ahihang, ka nungta hi; keima ka hi nawn bua hi, ahihang ka sung ah Christ nungta hi: taciang ka pumpi sung ah tu in ka nuntakna sia keima hong it a, keima atu in Ama le Ama a ki pia Pathian Tapa upna tungtawn in ka nungta hi.
21 I am not rejecting [as useless] what God [did for me] ([kindly/that I did not deserve]), [as my opponents are doing. I fully accept that God saved me by acting kindly towards me]. If it is because people [obey the] laws [that God gave to Moses] that God erases the record of their sins, then Christ died (for nothing/needlessly).
Keima in Pathian thuthiamna ka nial bua hi: banghangziam cile thutang suana sia thukham tungtawn in hongpai ahile, Christ thina sia bangma mannung ngawl hi.
