Galatians 2
1 After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.
DESPUES, pasados catorce años, fuí otra vez á Jerusalem juntamente con Bernabé, tomando tambien conmigo á 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].
Empero fuí por revelacion, y comuniquéles el Evangelio que predico entre los Gentiles; mas particularmente á los que parecian ser algo, por no correr en vano, ó haber corrido.
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.
Mas ni aun Tito, que estaba conmigo, siendo Griego, fué compelido á circuncidarse:
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].
Y [eso] por causa de los falsos hermanos, que se entraban secretamente para espiar nuestra libertad que tenemos en Cristo Jesus, para ponernos en servidumbre;
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 los cuales ni aun por una hora cedimos sujetándonos, para que la verdad del Evangelio permaneciese con vosotros.
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.
Empero de aquellos que parecian ser algo, (cuales hayan sido algun tiempo, no tengo que ver; Dios no acepta apariencia de hombre; ) á mí ciertamente los que parecian [ser] algo, nada me dieron.
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 por el contrario, como vieron que el Evangelio de la incircuncision me era encargado, como á Pedro el de la circuncision,
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 el que hizo por Pedro para el apostolado de la circuncision, hizo tambien por mí para con los Gentiles.)
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].
Y como vieron la gracia que me era dada, Jacobo, y Cephas, y Juan, que parecian ser las columnas, nos dieron las diestras de compañía á mí y á Bernabé, para que nosotros [predicásemos] á los Gentiles, y ellos á la circuncision.
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.
Solamente [nos pidieron] que nos acordásemos de los pobres; lo mismo que fuí tambien solícito en hacer.
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.
Empero viniendo Pedro á Antioquia, le resistí en la cara, porque era de condenar.
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 ántes que viniesen unos [de parte] de Jacobo, comia con los Gentiles; mas despues que vinieron, se retraia y apartaba teniendo miedo de los que eran de la circuncision.
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]!
Y á su disimulacion consentian tambien los otros Judíos; de tal manera que aun Bernabé fué tambien llevado [de ellos] en su simulacion.
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 cuando ví que no andaban derechamente conforme á la verdad del Evangelio, dije á Pedro delante de todos: Si tú, siendo Judío, vives como los Gentiles y no como Judío, ¿por qué constriñes á los Gentiles á judaizar?
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].
Nosotros Judíos naturales, y no pecadores de los Gentiles,
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.
Sabiendo que el hombre no es justificado por las obras de la ley, sino por la fé de Jesu-Cristo, nosotros tambien hemos creido en Jesu-Cristo, para que fuésemos justificados por la fé de Cristo, y no por las obras de la ley; por cuanto por las obras de la
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].
Y si buscando nosotros ser justificados en Cristo, tambien nosotros somos hallados pecadores, ¿[es] por eso Cristo ministro de pecado? En ninguna manera.
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 si las cosas que destruí, las mismas vuelvo á edificar, transgresor me hago.
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 yo por la ley soy muerto á la ley, para vivir á Dios.
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.
Con Cristo estoy juntamente crucificado, y vivo; no ya yo, mas vive Cristo en mí; y lo que ahora vivo en la carne, [lo] vivo en la fé del Hijo de Dios, el cual me amó, y se entrego á sí mismo por mí.
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).
No desecho la gracia de Dios. Porque si por la ley fuese la justicia, entónces por demás murió Cristo.
