< Galatians 2 >

1 After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.
Depois, passados quatorze annos, subi outra vez a Jerusalem com Barnabé, levando tambem comigo Tito.
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].
E subi por uma revelação, e lhes expuz o evangelho, que prégo entre os gentios, e particularmente aos que estavam em estima; para que de maneira alguma não corresse ou houvesse corrido em vão
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.
Porém nem ainda Tito, que estava comigo, sendo grego, foi constrangido a circumcidar-se;
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].
E isto por causa dos falsos irmãos que se tinham entremettido, e secretamente entraram a espiar a nossa liberdade, que temos em Christo Jesus, para nos pôrem em servidão:
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.
Aos quaes nem ainda por uma hora cedemos com sujeição, para que a verdade do evangelho permanecesse entre vós,
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.
E, quanto áquelles que pareciam ser alguma coisa (quaes tenham sido n'outro tempo, não se me dá; Deus não acceita a apparencia do homem) esses, digo, que pareciam ser alguma coisa, nada me communicaram;
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].
Antes, pelo contrario, quando viram que o evangelho da incircumcisão me estava confiado, como a Pedro o da circumcisão
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.
(Porque aquelle que operou efficazmente em Pedro para o apostolado da circumcisão esse operou tambem em mim com efficacia para com os gentios),
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].
E conhecendo Thiago, Cephas e João, que eram considerados como as columnas, a graça que se me havia dado, deram as dextras de parceria comigo, e a Barnabé, para que nós fossemos aos gentios, e elles á circumcisão;
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.
Recommendando-nos sómente que nos lembrassemos dos pobres: o que tambem procurei fazer com diligencia.
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.
E, chegando Pedro a Antiochia, lhe resisti na cara, porque era reprehensivel.
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].
Porque, antes que alguns tivessem chegado da parte de Thiago, comia com os gentios; mas, depois que chegaram, se retirou, e se apartou d'elles, temendo aos que eram da circumcisão.
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]!
E os outros judeos consentiam tambem na sua dissimulação, de maneira que até Barnabé se deixou levar pela sua dissimulação.
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]”
Mas, quando vi que não andavam bem e direitamente conforme a verdade do evangelho, disse a Pedro na presença de todos: Se tu, sendo judeo, vives como os gentios, e não como judeo, porque obrigas os gentios a viverem como judeos?
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].
Nós somos judeos por natureza e não peccadores d'entre os gentios.
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.
Sabendo que o homem não é justificado pelas obras da lei, mas pela fé de Jesus Christo, havemos tambem crido em Jesus Christo, para sermos justificados pela fé de Christo, e não pelas obras da lei; porquanto pelas obras da lei nenhuma carne será justificada.
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].
Pois, se nós que procuramos ser justificados em Christo, nós mesmos tambem somos achados peccadores, é porventura Christo ministro do peccado? De maneira nenhuma.
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].
Porque, se torno a vivificar as coisas que já destrui, constituo-me a mim mesmo transgressor.
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.
Porque eu pela lei estou morto para a lei, para viver para Deus.
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.
Já estou crucificado com Christo; e vivo, não mais eu, mas Christo vive em mim; e a vida que agora vivo na carne vivo a na fé do Filho de Deus, o qual me amou, e se entregou a si mesmo por mim.
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).
Não aniquilo a graça de Deus; porque, se a justiça provém da lei, segue-se que Christo morreu debalde.

< Galatians 2 >