Galatians 2
1 After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.
Tukun yac singoul akosr nga welul Barnabas folokla nu Jerusalem, ac nga eisal Titus wiyu.
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].
Nga som mweyen God El akkalemye nu sik lah nga enenu in som. Ke sie meeting lun mwet kol mukena, nga tuh aketeya ke Pweng Wo su nga luti nu sin mwet pegan. Nga tia lungse tuh orekma luk ke pacl somla, ku ke pacl inge, in wangin sripa.
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.
Na elos tiana sapkin tuh Titus, su wiyu som, elan kosreyukla, el finne sie mwet Greek,
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].
tusruktu oasr kutu mwet su nunku mu enenu na elan kosreyukla. Mwet inge oru mu elos mwet lulalfongi sruk elos tiana, na elos ilyak nu in u lasr oana mwet kalngeyuk elos in mau konauk ouiyen sukosokla lasr ke sripen kut ma sefannala yurin Christ Jesus. Elos lungse in oru mu kut mwet kohs nu ke oakwuk nukewa lun Ma Sap uh,
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.
tusruktu kut tiana munasla kutu srisrik in lainulos, ke sripen kut kena karingin pwayeiyen wosasu nu suwos.
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.
A elos su srulun mwet kol inmasrlolos — nga fahk ouinge mweyen oana sie sik elos finne mwet kol ku tia; mweyen God El tia sulosol mwet. Aok, mwet kol ingan nga ku in fahk mu wanginna nunak sasu elos fahk tuh sie liki na ma nga oru.
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].
Tuh elos liye lah God El ase ku nu sik in fahkak wosasu nu sin mwet pegan, in oana ke El sang nu sel Peter elan fahkak wosasu nu sin mwet Jew.
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.
Mweyen ke ku lun God El oru tuh ngan mwet sap nu sin mwet pegan, oana ke Peter el orekla in mwet sap nu sin mwet Jew.
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].
James, Peter, ac John, su pa mwet kol lun u sac, elos akilen lah God El srisrngiyuwi in oru orekma se inge; ouinge elos usrusrpo nu sik ac Barnabas in akkalemye lah kut nukewa tukeni sie sin sie in orekma. Kut insesela mu nga Barnabas in orekma yurinmwet pegan, ac elos in orekma yurin mwet Jew.
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.
Pwayena ma elos wili sesr pa kut in esam mwet sukasrup lalos, su nuna pa ingan ma nga ke oru.
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.
A ke Peter el tuku nu Antioch, nga lainul ye mutun mwet lulalfongi nukewa, ke sripen kalem na lah el tafongla.
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].
Meet liki kutu mwet uh tuku yorol James me, Peter el tuh mongo yurin kutu mwet pegan su ekla mwet lulalfongi. A tukun mwet ingan tuku, el srella ac tila wi mwet inge mongo, mweyen el sangeng selos su fahk mu mwet pegan su lulalfongi, elos enenu in kosreyukla.
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]!
Mwet lili saya sin mwet Jew uh elos oapana Peter, wikwik in orekma ke sripen elos sangeng. Finne Barnabas, el wela pacna usren orekma lalos.
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]”
Ke nga liye lah elos tia fahsr suwohs fal nu ke mwe luti pwaye lun wosasu, nga fahk nu sel Peter ye mutalos nukewa, “Kom sie mwet Jew, a kom moul oana sie mwet pegan ac tia oana mwet Jew uh. Na efu ku kom srike in akkohsye mwet pegan in moul oana mwet Jew?”
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].
Kut mwet Jew na pwaye mweyen kut isusla sin mwet Jew ac tia sin mwet pegan, su pangpang “mwet koluk.”
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.
Tusruktu kut etu lah God El aksuwosye sie mwet ke sripen lulalfongi lal in Jesus Christ, ac tia ke el akos ma sap lun Moses. Kut pac, kut lulalfongi ke Christ Jesus tuh kut fah ku in aksuwosyeyuk ye mutun God ke sripen lulalfongi lasr in Christ, ac tia ke sripen kut akfalye Ma Sap uh. Tuh wangin mwet aksuwosyeyuk ye mutun God el finne akos Ma Sap.
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].
Na ke kut suk in aksuwosyeyuk kut ye mutun God ke kut asruoki yurin Christ, ac fin koneyukyak lah kut oru ma koluk oana mwet pegan, na fuka — ya kalmac pa Christ el kulansupu ma koluk? Tiana ku in ouinge!
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].
Nga ac fin sifil folokonak ma nga tuh lain meet, na nga sifacna fahkyuyak lah nga sie mwet lain Ma Sap.
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.
Tusruktu, nga misa tari nu ke ku lun Ma Sap — aok, Ma Sap uh sifacna uniyuwi — ac ma inge sikyak tuh nga fah moul nu sin God.
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.
Nga wi Christ misa tari fin sakseng lal, ouinge ke pacl sac me tia nga pa moul, a Christ su moul in nga. Moul su nga moulkin inge, nga moul ke lulalfongi ke Wen nutin God, su lungse nga ac sifacna asang moul lal keik.
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).
Nga tia lungse aklusrongtenye lungkulang lun God. Tuh sie mwet fin aksuwosyeyuk nu sin God ke Ma Sap, na kalmac pa wangin sripen misa lun Christ.
