Galatians 2
1 After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.
Depois de passados catorze anos, subi outra vez a Jerusalém com Barnabé, levando comigo também 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, por causa de uma revelação, subi, e lhes declarei o Evangelho que prego entre os gentios. [Isso], porém, foi em particular, com os mais influentes, para que eu eu não corresse ou tivesse 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 mesmo Tito, que estava comigo, sendo grego, foi obrigado a se circuncidar.
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 [isso] por causa de falsos irmãos, que haviam se infiltrado, e entraram secretamente para espionar a nossa liberdade que temos em Cristo Jesus, a fim de nos tornar escravos.
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.
A eles nem sequer por um momento cedemos a nos sujeitarmos, para que a verdade do Evangelho permanecesse em 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 aos de maior influência (o que haviam sido antes não me importa; Deus não se interessa na aparência humana); esses, pois, que eram influentes, nada me acrescentaram.
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].
Pelo contrário, quando viram que o Evangelho aos incircuncisos havia sido confiado a mim, assim como a Pedro, aos circuncisos,
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.
(pois aquele que operou em Pedro para o apostolado da circuncisão, esse operou também em mim para 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 quando Tiago, Cefas, e João, que eram considerados como colunas, reconheceram a graça que me foi dada, eles estenderam as mãos direitas de comunhão a mim e a Barnabé, para que nós [fôssemos] aos gentios, e eles aos circuncisos;
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.
sob a condição de que nos lembrássemos dos pobres; isso também procurei fazer com empenho.
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 quando Cefas veio a Antioquia, estive contra ele face a face, pois ele devia ser repreendido;
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 que Tiago enviou chegassem, ele comia com os gentios; mas depois que chegaram, ele se retirou e se separou, temendo os que eram da circuncisão.
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 também com ele os outros judeus fingiram, de maneira que até Barnabé se deixou levar pela hipocrisia deles.
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 estavam agindo corretamente conforme a verdade do Evangelho, disse na presença de todos a Cefas: “Se tu, que és judeu, vives como gentio, e não como judeu, como obrigas os gentios a viverem como judeus?”
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, que somos judeus por natureza, e não pecadores dentre 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.
sabemos que o ser humano não é justificado pelas obras da Lei, mas sim pela fé em Cristo Jesus. Também nós temos crido em Cristo Jesus, para que fôssemos justificados pela fé em Cristo, e não pelas obras da Lei; pois ninguém se justificará pelas obras da Lei.
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].
Mas se nós, que buscamos ser justificados em Cristo, também nós mesmos somos achados pecadores, por isso Cristo contribui com o pecado? 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].
Pois, se volto a construir as coisas que já destruí, provo que eu mesmo cometi transgressão.
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.
Pois pela Lei estou morto para a Lei, a fim de que eu viva 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 Cristo. Estou vivendo não mais eu, mas Cristo vive em mim; e vivo a minha vida na carne por meio da fé no Filho de Deus, que me amou, e 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 anulo a graça de Deus; pois, se a justiça é por meio da Lei, logo Cristo morreu por nada.
