Ndị Galeshịa 2
1 Mgbe afọ iri na anọ gasịrị, ejeghachiri m Jerusalem ọzọ. Mụ na Banabas laghachiri Jerusalem, akpọkwara m Taịtọs jee.
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.
2 Agara m nʼihi mkpughe m nwere. Na nzukọ nzuzo nke m na ndị ndu nwere, akọwaara m ha ihe banyere oziọma nke m na-ekwusa nʼetiti ndị mba ọzọ. Nʼihi na-achọghị m ka ọrụ niile m rụrụ nʼoge gara aga, na ọrụ m na-arụ ugbu a, bụrụ ihe efu.
I went up in response to a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were held in high esteem, to make sure that I was not running or had not run in vain.
3 Ọ bụladị Taịtọs onye mụ na ya so, o nweghị onye manyere ya ka e bie ya ugwu nʼagbanyeghị na ọ bụ onye Griik.
But not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he is a Greek.
4 Ndị ahụ na-abụghị ndị kwere ekwe nʼezie e zobatara na nzukọ inyochapụta otu anyị si nwere onwe anyị nʼime Kraịst Jisọs, ka ha nwee ike mee anyị ndị ohu.
Now this matter arose because of the false brothers who were secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us.
5 Ma o nweghị oge anyị ji gee ntị nʼihe ha kwuru, nʼihi na anyị chọrọ ichedo eziokwu ahụ dị nʼoziọma ka a ghara ịgwa ya ihe ọbụla nʼetiti unu.
But we did not yield to them in submission for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
6 Banyere ndị a na-ewe ka ndị dị ndu dị mkpa, ihe ọbụla ọnọdụ ha bụ ewetaghị mgbanwe ọbụla nʼebe m nọ, nʼihi na Chineke adịghị ele mmadụ anya nʼihu. Ndị ahụ atụkwasịghị ihe ọbụla nʼoziọma m na-ezisa.
Now from those who were esteemed to be something (what sort of men they once were makes no difference to me; God does not show partiality)—those, I say, who were held in high esteem added nothing to me.
7 Ma nʼaka nke ọzọ, mgbe ha hụrụ na e nyere m ọrụ izisa oziọma nʼetiti ndị e bighị ugwu, dịka e nyere Pita izisa oziọma nʼetiti ndị e biri ugwu.
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised.
8 Nʼihi na Chineke onye si nʼaka Pita na-arụ ọrụ onyeozi oziọma nʼetiti ndị e biri ugwu, sikwa nʼime m na-arụ ọrụ onyeozi izisara ndị mba ọzọ oziọma.
For he who worked through Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised also worked through me in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
9 Mgbe Jemis, Sefas na Jọn ndị a maara dị ka ide ji ụlọ nʼetiti ndị ndu ahụ niile nara m na Banabas aka nnwekọ, nabatakwa amara e nyere m. Ha gbara anyị ume, sị anyị gaa nʼihu nʼọrụ anyị, ikwusa oziọma nʼetiti ndị mba ọzọ, ka ha onwe ha kwa gaa nʼihu ịrụ ọrụ nke ha nʼetiti ndị e biri ugwu.
When James, Cephas, and John, who were esteemed as pillars of the church, recognized the grace given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and that they should go to the circumcised.
10 Ọ bụ naanị otu ihe ka ha rịọrọ anyị, nke bụ ka anyị cheta ndị ogbenye. Nke a bụkwa ihe m na-achọsi ike ime.
They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
11 Ma mgbe Sefas bịaruru Antiọk, eguzogidere m ya nʼihu ya, nʼihi na ihe o mere mara ya ikpe.
But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was blameworthy.
12 Tupu ndị Jemis zitere abịaruo ebe ahụ, ya na ndị mba ọzọ na-erikọ nri, ma mgbe ha rutere, ọ wepụrụ aka na nri laghachi azụ nʼihi na egwu ndị e biri ugwu na-atụ ya.
For he regularly ate with the Gentiles until certain men came from James. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself because he was afraid of the circumcision faction.
13 Ndị Juu ụfọdụ sonyekwara ya inwe ihu abụọ a, nke mere na e si otu a duhiekwa Banabas nʼonwe ya.
And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
14 Ma mgbe m hụrụ na ha adịghị eme ihe dị ka eziokwu nke oziọma ahụ si dị, agwara m Sefas okwu nʼihu ha niile, sị, “Ọ bụrụ na gị nwa onye Juu na-ebi ndụ dịka onye mba ọzọ, na-abụghị dịka onye Juu, olee otu ị ga-esi manye ndị mba ọzọ ka ha na-ebi ndụ dịka ndị Juu?”
But when I saw that they were not walking uprightly in accordance with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, “If yoʋ, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, why do yoʋ compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
15 Anyị onwe anyị bụ ndị Juu site nʼọmụmụ a mụrụ anyị, anyị abụkwaghị ndị mba ọzọ ndị mmehie,
We who are Jews by nature and not Gentile sinners
16 ma anyị maara na a dịghị agụ mmadụ ọbụla dị ka onye ezi omume site nʼọrụ nke iwu kama ọ bụ naanị site nʼokwukwe na Jisọs Kraịst. Ọ bụ nke a mere anyị ji kwere na Jisọs Kraịst ka a gụọ anyị na ndị ezi omume, site nʼokwukwe anyị kwere na Kraịst, ọ bụghị nʼihi na anyị rụrụ ọrụ nke iwu. Nʼihi na o nweghị onye ọbụla a ga-agụnye ka onye ezi omume nʼihi na ọ rụrụ ọrụ nke iwu.
know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by works of the law.
17 Ma ọ bụrụ, na mgbe anyị na-achọ ka a gụọ anyị dị ka ndị ezi omume nʼime Kraịst, anyị onwe anyị a bụrụ ndị achọpụtara dịka ndị mmehie. Nke a, ọ pụtara na Kraịst na-akwado mmehie? Mba!
But if we ourselves have also been found to be sinners while seeking to be justified in Christ, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not!
18 Kama, ọ bụrụ na m ewugharịa ihe ndị ahụ m buru ụzọ mebie, ana m egosi na m bụ onye na-emebi iwu.
For if I build up again the very things that I tore down, I show myself to be a transgressor.
19 Nʼihi na-esitere m nʼaka iwu nwụọ nʼebe iwu dị, ka m nwee ike dị ndụ nʼebe Chineke nọ. Akpọgidela mụ na Kraịst nʼobe.
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
20 Ọ bụkwaghị mụ onwe m na-adị ndụ ugbu a, kama ọ bụ Kraịst na-adị ndụ ya nʼime m. Ndụ ahụ nke m na-adị ugbu a nʼanụ ahụ m bụ nke m na-adị nʼihi okwukwe m nwere nʼime Ọkpara Chineke, onye hụrụ m nʼanya, ma werekwa onwe ya nye nʼihi m.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
21 Anaghị m akpọ amara Chineke ihe na-enweghị isi. Nʼihi na a sị na a pụrụ ịgụ mmadụ dị ka onye ezi omume site nʼidebe iwu, mgbe ahụ ọnwụ Kraịst nwụrụ abaghị uru.
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
