Galatabréfið 6
1 Kæru trúsystkin, ef kristinn maður fellur fyrir einhverri synd, þá ber ykkur sem guðrækin eruð, að leiða hann aftur á réttan veg og það með hógværð og auðmýkt. Minnist þess jafnframt að næst gæti eitthvert ykkar orðið fyrir hinu sama.
My fellow believers, if [you] discover that a person [among your congregation] is sinning, [those of] you whom [God’s] Spirit [is directing and empowering] should gently correct that person. [Furthermore, each of] you [who corrects another person should] be very cautious in order that you might not [sin like that when] you are tempted {[when something] tempts you}.
2 Takist á við vandamál og erfiðleika hvers annars og hlýðið þannig boði Drottins.
[When there are ones who have] problems, you should help each other. By doing that, you will complete what Christ requires.
3 Finnist einhverjum hann of mikill maður til að auðmýkja sig á þennan hátt, þá blekkir hann sjálfan sig, því að sjálfur er hann ekkert.
Keep in mind that those who [refuse to help others because they think that they are more important than other people, although they are] not really more important, are deceiving themselves.
4 Hver um sig gæti þess að gera sitt besta og þá getur hann glaðst hið innra yfir vel unnu verki og þarf ekki að bera sig saman við aðra.
Instead, each [of you] should [constantly] test/judge [and decide if you can approve what you yourself are doing and thinking]. Then you can boast because of what you yourself [are doing and thinking], and not because what you are doing is superior to what other persons [are doing].
5 Hver og einn verður að berjast við eigin veikleika og vandamál, því að ekkert okkar er fullkomið.
Keep in mind that you must each perform your own [individual] tasks.
6 Þeim sem fræðslu njóta í guðsorði, ber að veita kennurum sínum fjárhagslegan stuðning.
[You] who are being taught {whom others are teaching} [God’s truth] should share your various [material] things [EUP] with your teachers.
7 Forðist alla sýndarmennsku fyrir Guði, því þið munuð uppskera eins og þið sáið.
You should not deceive yourselves. [Remember that] God is never outwitted {no one ever fools God}. [Just like] a farmer will reap exactly the kind [of crop that] he plants [MET], [God will reward people according to what they have done] [MET].
8 Sá sem vill fullnægja sínum illu hvötum, sáir illgresi í hjarta sitt og uppsker andlega niðurlægingu og dauða. Ef hann hins vegar sáir hinu góða sæði Guðs anda, þá uppsker hann eilíft líf sem andinn gefur honum. (aiōnios g166)
[God] will punish eternally those who do what their self-directed natures urge them to do. But those who please [God’s] Spirit will live forever [with God] because of what [God’s] Spirit does for them. (aiōnios g166)
9 Þreytumst ekki á að gera hið góða, því að á sínum tíma munum við uppskera blessun, ef við gefumst ekki upp.
But we should not (tire of/become discouraged while) doing what pleases God, because [eventually], at the time [that God] has determined, we will receive a reward [MET], if we do not stop [doing the good things that we have been doing].
10 Notum því hvert tækifæri til að sýna öðrum vináttu og þá sérstaklega trúsystkinum okkar.
So, whenever we have opportunities, we should do [what is] good to all people. But especially we should do what is good to all our fellow believers.
11 Niðurlag bréfsins ætla ég að skrifa með eigin hendi. Sjáið hvað ég skrifa stóra stafi!
I am now writing this last part of this letter to you in my own handwriting. Notice the large letters with which I am now writing. I am doing this in order that I might emphasize this:
12 Þessir fræðarar ykkar, sem leggja hart að ykkur að láta umskerast, hafa aðeins eitt í huga. Þeir vilja ná vinsældum, svo þeir komist hjá ofsóknunum sem þeir annars ættu í vændum, ef þeir segðu að verk Krists á krossinum nægði til hjálpræðis.
Some Jewish believers are trying to force you to perform certain rituals so that other Jews will think highly of them. They are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone must circumcise you}. They are doing that only in order that other Jews would no longer (persecute them/cause them to suffer) for proclaiming that God will save us because of our trusting in what Christ accomplished when he died on the cross [MTY, MET].
13 Þessir menn, sem fylgja umskurninni, reyna ekki einu sinni að halda lög Gyðinga að öðru leyti. Þeir vilja að þið látið umskerast, svo að þeir geti stært sig af ykkur sem sínum lærisveinum.
The reason that I say that is that the ones who are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone circumcise you} do not themselves fully obey the laws that God gave to Moses. Instead, they desire that you let someone circumcise you in order that they might boast to those Jews who would (persecute them/cause them to suffer) that you did that because they insisted [MTY] that you do it.
14 Guð forði mér frá því að hrósa mér af nokkru öðru en krossi Drottins Jesú Krists. Langt er nú síðan kross þessi deyddi alla löngun mína í lystisemdir heimsins og áhugi heimsins á mér er einnig löngu horfinn.
I myself, however, strongly desire that I never boast about anything like that. The only thing I will boast about is what our Lord Jesus Christ accomplished by dying on the cross [MTY]. Because of what Christ did on the cross, I no longer am interested in the things that those who do not trust Christ [MTY] think are important, and those people are no longer interested in the things that I [MET] think are important.
15 Það skiptir ekki lengur máli hvort við erum umskornir eða ekki. Það sem máli skiptir er hvort við erum orðin ný sköpun – nýjar manneskjur.
I will boast about Christ dying on the cross because God is concerned neither that people are circumcised nor that people are not circumcised. Instead, he is concerned only that people conduct their lives in a completely new way.
16 Miskunn og friður Guðs sé með ykkur öllum sem lifið eftir reglu þessari, öllum þeim sem Guði tilheyra, hvar sem þeir eru.
I pray that God will give inner peace and act kindly towards all who will act according to this new way of life. It is all those who live according to this new way of life who are now truly God’s people [MET], as the Israeli people were God’s people previously.
17 Ég bið ykkur að mæða mig ekki framar með þessum deilum, því að líkami minn ber ör eftir svipuhögg og sár, sem óvinir Jesú hafa veitt mér.
Finally, I say that people have persecuted me/caused me to suffer for declaring the truth about Jesus, and as a result I have scars on my body. Your new teachers do not have scars like mine! So do not trouble/bother me about these matters again!
18 Kæru vinir, náð Drottins Jesú Krists sé með ykkur öllum. Amen. Páll.
My fellow believers, I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will kindly accomplish what he desires within you. (Amen!/May it be so!)
