Galati 2

1 Piiga n bina naa n den pendi, n den yegi leni Banabasa ki go gedi Jelusalema, ki taa Tita ke o yegi leni nni.

After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.

2 N den gedi kelima U Tienu doagidi npo min gedi. N den waani bani Jelusalema yaaba min den wangi bi nilanba o laabaalihamo maama. N den taa Pieli leni bi liiga yaaba ki waani bani bebe, kelima mii den bua ke min den kpa soani yaa tuonli ki go tuuni li moala n tua fanma.

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].

3 Baa den ñi ke Tita yua n den yegi leni nni n kua ku koanciagu.

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.

4 Laa maama den fii mo kelima bi nitianba yaaba n kaa den tie ti kpiiba moamoani den kua yi siiga hasiili nni, ki bua ki goandi ki bandi tin pia ya faabima Jesu Kilisiti nni, ke ban fidi ki go kuani ti li balimaamaa yonbidi nni.

[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].

5 Tii den tuo ki puni ba u sanu baa waamu, kelima ti bua o laabaalihamo maama n ya ye yi siiga ki da lebidi.

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.

6 Ban nua yaaba ke bi tie yudanba yeni naa tie npo liba kelima U Tienu naa tiendi gagidima bi niba siiga, yaaba n den tie bi yudanba yeni naa bili npo bontoala.

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.

7 Bi den laa ke U Tienu den puogi nni min yaa wangi bi nilanba o laabaalihamo, nani wan den puogi Pieli maama po.

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].

8 Moamoani, U Tienu yua n den teni ke Pieli tua tondo ki gedini o laabaalihamo Jufinba po den teni ke n mo tua tondo ki gedini o laabaalihamo bi nilanba po.

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.

9 Jesu yaaba siiga yaaba n den tie nani i benjieli yeni, Jaka, Pieli, leni Jan, ban den laa U Tienu n hanbai npo maama, bi den cuo mini leni Banabasa nijeni ki yoagi, ki doagidi ke bi taa leni ti. Bikuli den tuo ke mini Banabasa baa ya tuuni bi nilanba siiga, ke bani mo baa ya tuuni Jufinba ya siiga.

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].

10 Bi den mia bonyenla bebe, ke tin ya tiadi ki todi a luoda, min pia li yankuali ki tiendi yaala.

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.

11 Ama, Pieli n den cua Antiosa, n den funi leni kelima o tagili po.

But [later while I was at] Antioch [city], after Peter came there, I told him directly [SYN] that what he was doing was wrong.

12 Wan den kpa cua, o den taagi ki di leni yaaba n ki tie Jufinba. Ama Jaka n soani yaaba n den cua, o den cili ki sengi ti kpiiba yaaba n ki tie Jufinba, kaa go taani leni ba, kelima o den jie yaaba n yedi ke Jufinba koanciagu tie tiladi.

[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].

13 Jufinba siiga bi tianba moko den hoadi laa yantiali buolu hali ke Banabasa moko den taani leni ba laa palieda nni.

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]!

14 Min den laa ke baa hoa o laabaalihamo yaa moamoani n bili maama, n den yedi Pieli bikuli nuntuali: Fini yua n tie Jufi ya tiendi nani bi nilanba n itendi maama, ki naa hoa Jufinba n tiendi maama, a baa fidi ki tieni bi nilanba u paalu lede ban yaa hoa Jufinba n tiendi maama.

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]”

15 Tinba, ti mali ki tie Jufinba, tii tie nilanba yaaba n tie tuonbiadi danba ka.

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].

16 Ti bandi ke o nilo kan baa li moamoansaali kelima li balimaama kubima yaa po. Ama o baa baa li kelima li dandanli Jesu Kilisiti nni yaa po. Timoko ti daani, ke ti baa li moamoansaali kelima li dandanli Kilisiti nni yaa po ke laa hoa leni li balimaama kubima. Kelima niliba kuli kan baa li moamoansaali kelima li balimaama kubima yaa po.

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.

17 Ama li yaa tie ke ti lingi ki bua ki baa li moamoansaali kelima Kilisiti yaapo ti sua ke tinba Jufinba moko tie ti tuonbiadi danba. Naani li bua ki yedi ke Kilisiti tie ti tuonbiadi naacemo bi? Yeni ka.

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].

18 Li yaa tie ke n goa ki ma min den mudi yaala, n tua mini n baa li balimaama miidikoa.

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].

19 Mini yaapo li balimaama den teni ke n kpe yaala n tie li balimaama kubima yaapo, ke min yaa ye ki fo U Tieni po. Bi den taani ki joani nni leni Kilisiti li dapoanpoanli po.

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.

20 Lanwani laa go tie mini yua n ye ki fo, li tie Kilisiti yua n ye ki fo n niini. Min pia yaa miali n gbannandi nni moala, n pia li kelima n dugi wani U Tieni Bijua po, wani yua n den bua nni ki puni o yuli ki kpe npo.

[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.

21 Mii bua ki fali U Tienu hanbili. kelima li yaa tie ke li moamoansaali baadi kelima kubima yaapo, lani Kilisiti den kpe fanma fanma.

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).