Galatians 1
1 [I], Paul, [write this letter to you. I remind you that I am] an apostle. That is not because a group of people [appointed me], nor because a human being [sent me to be an apostle]. Instead, Jesus Christ and God [our heavenly] Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have [appointed and] sent [me to be an apostle].
Ako si Pablo na apostol. Hindi ako apostol na mula sa mga tao o sa pamamagitan ng tao, ngunit sa pamamagitan ni Jesu Cristo at ng Diyos Ama, na muling bumuhay sa kaniya mula sa mga patay.
2 All the fellow believers [who are here] with me [approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter] to the congregations that [are] in Galatia [province].
Kasama lahat ng mga kapatiran, sumusulat ako sa mga iglesya ng Galacia.
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
Sumainyo ang biyaya at kapayapaan mula sa Diyos na ating Ama at sa Panginoong Jesu-Cristo,
4 Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)
na nagbigay ng kaniyang sarili alang-alang sa ating mga kasalanan upang mailigtas niya tayo sa kasalukuyang makasalanang panahon, ayon sa kalooban ng ating Diyos at Ama. (aiōn g165)
Sa kaniya ang kaluwalhatian magpakailanman. (aiōn g165)
6 I am very disappointed [IRO] that so soon [after you trusted in Christ] you have turned away from [God]. He chose you in order that [you might have what] Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different [message which some say is] “good news.”
Nagtataka ako na kayo ay mabilis na bumabaling sa ibang ebanghelyo. Nagtataka ako na tumatalikod kayo sa kaniya na tumawag sa inyo sa pamamagitan ng biyaya ni Cristo.
7 Their message is not a true message. [What is happening is that] certain persons are confusing your [minds]. They are desiring to change the good message (that Christ [revealed/about] Christ) [and are creating another message].
Walang ibang ebanghelyo, ngunit may ilang mga tao na ginugulo kayo at gustong ibahin ang ebanghelyo ni Cristo.
8 But even if we [(exc) apostles] or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you [before], I [appeal to God] that [he] punish such a person [forever].
Ngunit kahit kami o isang anghel mula sa langit ang magpahayag sa inyo ng ebanghelyo na iba sa ipinahayag namin sa inyo, dapat siyang sumpain.
9 As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you [what he says is] a good message, but it is a message that is different from [the good message] that I gave you. So I [appeal to God] that [he] severely punish that person.
Katulad ng sinabi namin noon, ngayon sasabihin ko muli, “Kung may magpahayag sa inyo ng ibang ebanghelyo maliban sa ebanghelyong tinanggap ninyo, dapat siyang sumpain.”
10 [I said that] because [RHQ] I do not desire that people approve me, [contrary to what some have said about me]. It is God whom I desire to approve me. [Specifically, I do not say and do] [RHQ] things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who [willingly and completely] serves Christ.
Sapagkat hinahangad ko ba ngayon ang pagsang-ayon ng mga tao o ng Diyos? Hinahangad ko ba na magbigay-lugod sa mga tao? Kung sinisikap ko paring magbigay-lugod sa mga tao, kung gayon hindi ako isang lingkod ni Cristo.
11 My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person [created/thought up].
Sapagkat nais kong malaman ninyo, mga kapatid, na ang ebanghelyo na aking ipinahayag ay hindi nanggaling sa mga tao lamang.
12 I did not receive this message from a human [messenger], and no [human being] taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me.
Hindi ko ito tinanggap mula sa tao, hindi rin ito itinuro sa akin. Sa halip, sa pamamagitan ng pahayag ni Jesu-Cristo sa akin.
13 People have told you how I used to behave when [I practiced] the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God [established], and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people.
Narinig ninyo ang tungkol sa dati kong buhay sa Judaismo, kung paano ko marahas na inuusig ang iglesiya ng Diyos ng walang kapantay at winawasak ito.
14 I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many [other Jews] who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors [kept].
Ako ay nangunguna sa Judaismo nang higit sa maraming kapwa ko Judio. Labis akong masigasig para sa mga kaugalian ng aking mga ninuno.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
Ngunit ikinalugod ng Diyos na piliin ako mula pa sa sinapupunan ng aking ina. Tinawag niya ako sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang biyaya
16 He wanted me to know that Jesus is (his Son/the man who is also God), so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings [SYN] in order to gain [an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!]!
upang ihayag ang kaniyang Anak sa akin, upang ipahayag ko siya sa mga Gentil. Hindi ako kaagad sumangguni sa laman at dugo at
17 I did not [immediately] leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem [for that purpose] to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia [region, a desert area]. Later I returned once more to Damascus [city].
hindi ako pumunta sa Jerusalem sa mga naunang naging apostol kaysa sa akin. Sa halip pumunta ako sa Arabia at pagkatapos ay bumalik ako sa Damasco.
18 Then three years after [God revealed this good message to me], I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for [only] 15 days, [which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ].
At pagkatapos ng tatlong taon pumunta ako sa Jerusalem upang dalawin si Cefas at nananatili ako sa kaniya ng labing limang araw.
19 I also saw James, the brother of our Lord [Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but] I did not see any other apostle.
Ngunit wala akong nakitang ibang apostol maliban kay Santiago na kapatid ng Panginoon.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
Makinig kayo, sa harapan ng Diyos, hindi ako nagsisinungaling sa mga sinusulat ko sa inyo.
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
Pagkatapos, pumunta ako sa rehiyon ng Siria at Cilicia.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
Hindi pa ako nakikita ng mga iglesiya sa Judea na nakay Cristo,
23 They only heard [others say about me] repeatedly, “[Paul], the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the [same message] which we believe and which formerly he was trying (to destroy/to cause people to stop believing)!”
ngunit naririnig lang nila na, “Ang taong umuusig sa atin noon, ngayon ay nagpapahayag ng pananampalatayang winawasak niya noon.”
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
Niluluwalhati nila ang Diyos dahil sa akin.
