Galatiatɔwo 2
1 Le ƒe wuiene megbe la, megayi Yerusalem. Azɔ la, mekplɔ Barnabas kple Tito ɖe asi.
Fourteen years afterward I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me.
2 Meyi le nu si Mawu ɖe fiam la nu, be mayi aɖawɔ takpekpe kple ame siwo wobuna abe kplɔlawo ene le afi ma. Megblɔ nyanyui si megblɔna na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la na wo. Medi be makpɔ kakaɖedzi be nyemele du ƒum, eye nye duƒuƒu nye dzodzro o.
It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the apostles the good news that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of because I was afraid that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.
3 Togbɔ be Tito, ame si le ŋunye nye Helatɔ hã la, womezi edzi be wòatso aʋa o.
Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.
4 Kuxi sia do mo ɖa, elabena aʋatsoxɔsetɔ aɖewo va ge ɖe mía dome, be yewoalé ŋku ɖe ablɔɖe, si su mía si le Kristo Yesu me la ŋu, ne yewoawɔ mí kluviwoe.
But, because of those who pretended to be followers who had stolen in, the intruders who had crept in to spy on the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery –
5 Míeɖo to wo kura o, kple susu be míalé nyanyui la ƒe nyateƒenyenye me ɖe asi na mi.
Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, so that the truth of the good news might be yours always!
6 Ke ame siwo ŋu wodea bubui la, ame ka ke wonye hã la, nyemetsɔ ɖeke le eme o; Mawu mekpɔa ame ŋkume o, ame siwo buna bena wonye nane la, womegblɔ nya aɖeke fiam o.
Of those who are thought somewhat highly of – what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognize human distinctions – those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my message.
7 Ke boŋ wode dzesii be wotsɔ nyanyui la gbɔgblɔ de asi nam be magblɔ na aʋamatsomatsotɔwo abe ale si wodee asi na Petro be wòagblɔ na aʋatsotsotɔwo la ene.
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the good news for the Gentiles, just as Peter had been for the Jews.
8 Elabena Mawu, ame si li kple Petro le eƒe dɔwɔwɔ me abe apostolo na aʋatsotsotɔwo ene la, eya kee li kple nye hã le nye dɔwɔwɔ me abe apostolo na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la ene.
For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.
9 Yakobo, Kefa kple Yohanes, ame siwo amewo buna be wonye sɔtiwo na hamea la, woxɔ nye kple Barnabas ɖe hamea me esi wode dzesi amenuveve si wonam la. Wolɔ̃ ɖe edzi be míawo míayi ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la gbɔ, eye woawo nayi aʋatsotsotɔwo gbɔ.
Recognizing the charge entrusted to me, James, Peter, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the church, openly acknowledged Barnabas and me as fellow workers, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.
10 Nya si wogblɔ koe nye be míanɔ ŋku ɖom ame dahewo dzi, nu si medina be mawɔ ɣe sia ɣi.
Only we were to remember the poor – the thing I was myself anxious to do.
11 Ke esi Kefa va Antioxia la, metsi tsitre ɖe eŋu, elabena wotso enu.
But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned.
12 Elabena hafi ŋutsu aɖewo natso Yakobo gbɔ ava la, enɔa nu ɖum kple ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la. Gake esi wova ɖo la, ehe ɖe megbe, eye wòɖe eɖokui ɖe aga tso ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la ŋu, elabena enɔ vɔvɔ̃m na ame siwo nye aʋatsotsotɔwo.
Before certain persons came from James, he had been in the habit of eating with the Gentile converts; but, when they came, he began to withdraw and hold aloof, because he was afraid of offending those who still held to circumcision.
13 Yudatɔ bubuawo hã dze eƒe alakpanuwɔwɔ yome, eye woƒe alakpanuwɔwɔ na be Barnabas gɔ̃ hã tra mɔ.
The rest of the Jewish converts were guilty of the same hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led away by it.
14 Esi mede dzesii be woƒe agbenɔnɔ mesɔ ɖe nyanyui la ƒe nyateƒe la nu o la, meka mo na Kefa le wo katã ƒe ŋkume be, “Yudatɔ nènye, gake èle agbe nɔm abe ame si menye Yudatɔwo o la ene. Nu ka ta nèzi ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la dzi be woawɔ ɖe Yudatɔwo ƒe sewo dzi ɖo?
But, when I saw that they were not dealing straightforwardly with the truth of the good news, I said to Peter, before them all, “If you, who were born a Jew, adopt Gentile customs, instead of Jewish, why are you trying to compel the Gentile converts to adopt Jewish customs?”
15 “Ke mí ame siwo nye Yudatɔwo tso dzɔdzɔme eye míenye nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo abe ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo ene o la,
We, though we are Jews by birth and not sinners of Gentile origin, know that no one is pronounced righteous as the result of obedience to Law, but only through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 míenyae be wometsoa afia na ame to se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me o, ke boŋ to Yesu Kristo dzixɔse me. Eya ta míawo hã míexɔ Yesu Kristo dzi se be woatso afia na mí to xɔse me le Kristo me, eye menye to se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me o, elabena wometsoa afia na ame aɖeke to se la ƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me o.
So we placed our faith in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be pronounced righteous, as the result of faith in Christ, and not of obedience to Law; for such obedience will not result in even one soul’s being pronounced righteous.
17 “Gake ne míedi be woatso afia na mí le Kristo me eye mí Yudatɔwo hã míele nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo dome ɖe, ɖe mefia be Kristo le nu vɔ̃ dzi dem o mahã? Gbeɖe!
If, while seeking to be pronounced righteous through union with Christ, we were ourselves seen to be sinners, would that make Christ an agent of sin? Heaven forbid!
18 Ne megbugbɔ nu siwo megblẽ la ɖɔɖola, ekema mezu sedzidala.
For, if I rebuild the things that I pulled down, I prove myself to have done wrong.
19 “Elabena to se la me la, meku na se la, be manɔ agbe na Mawu.
I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God.
20 Woklã nye kple Kristo ɖe ati ŋu, eye meganye nyee le agbe o, ke boŋ Kristoe le agbe le menye. Agbe si mele fifia le ŋutilã me la, mele agbe la to Mawu ƒe Vi la dzixɔse me, ame si lɔ̃m, eye wòtsɔ eƒe agbe na ɖe tanye.
I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21 Nyemegbe nu le Mawu ƒe amenuveve la gbɔ o, elabena ne míakpɔ dzɔdzɔenyenyenye to se la me la, ekema Kristo ku dzodzro!”
I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!
