Gálatas 1
1 Ri Pablo, taqoꞌn man kech ta winaq xuqujeꞌ man winaq taj taqowinaq, xane rumal are ri Jesucristo xuqujeꞌ rech ri Dios Tataxel ri xkꞌastajisan ri Jesucristo chikixoꞌl ri kaminaqibꞌ.
This letter comes from Paul, an apostle not appointed by any human organization or human authority. Quite the contrary: I was appointed by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Jesus from the dead.
2 Konojel ri alaxik ri e kꞌo wukꞌ, kakitaq rutzil kiwach ri e komontyox ri e kꞌo pa ri tinimit Galacia:
All the brothers and sisters here with me join in sending this letter to the churches in Galatia.
3 Are ri qatat Dios xuqujeꞌ ri Ajawxel Jesucristo cheyoꞌw jaꞌmaril xuqujeꞌ toqꞌobꞌ chiꞌwe.
May the grace and peace of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!
4 Ri Jesucristo xujach ribꞌ xa rumal ri qamak rech jeriꞌ xujresaj chuxeꞌ raqan uqꞌabꞌ ri uwachulew rech we qꞌij junabꞌ, are waꞌ ri rayibꞌal ukꞌuꞌx ri qatat Dios. (aiōn g165)
Jesus gave himself for our sins to set us free from this current world of evil, following the will of our God and Father. (aiōn g165)
To him be glory forever and ever! Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Sibꞌalaj kinmayijanik rumal chi aninaq xitzaq kanoq ri xixsikꞌin apanoq pa ri utoqꞌobꞌ ri Cristo rech xitereneꞌj chik ri jer kabꞌantaj jun utz laj tzij chik.
I'm shocked at how quickly you're abandoning the God who by the grace of Christ called you. You are turning to a different kind of good news
7 Man kel ta kubꞌij chi kꞌo chi jun utz laj tzij, xane xa e kꞌo chi nikꞌaj winaq ri kakaj kix kisubꞌu rech jeriꞌ kakikꞌex ubꞌixik ri utz laj utzij ri Cristo.
that isn't good news at all! Some people there are confusing you, wanting to pervert the good news of Christ.
8 We kꞌu ne kꞌo jun chaqe uj, o jun ángel rech chikaj kutzijoj chi jun utz laj tzij chiꞌwe ri man are ta ri qatzijom uj chiꞌwe, chetzelataj uwach.
But if anyone, even we ourselves, or even an angel from heaven, should promote any other kind of good news than what we have already told you, let them be condemned!
9 Jetaq ri qabꞌim chik chiꞌwe: We kꞌo ne jun kutzijoj jun utz laj tzij chik chiꞌwe ri man are ta xqatzijoj chiꞌwe, qaj kꞌax puꞌwiꞌ.
I repeat what we've told you before: if anyone promotes any other kind of good news than what you've already accepted, let them be condemned!
10 ¿Jas kꞌu kawaj rukꞌ we riꞌ? ¿La are kꞌu kawaj kinqaj chikiwach ri winaq, o rech kinqaj cho ri Dios? ¿Teꞌq piꞌkꞌuꞌx ix are kawaj kinqaj chikiwach nikꞌaj chik? We kinqaj chikiwach ri winaq, man in rajchak ta bꞌa ri Cristo riꞌ.
Whose approval do you think I want—that of people, or of God? Do you think I'm trying to please people? If I wanted to please people I wouldn't be a servant of Christ!
11 Wachalal, kawaj kiwetaꞌmaj chi ri utz laj tzij ri kintzijoj in, man winaq taj tikowinaq loq.
Let me make it clear, my friends, regarding the good news I'm declaring—it did not come from any human being.
12 Man rukꞌ ta winaq xinwetaꞌmaj wi xuqujeꞌ man che ta winaq xinkꞌamawaꞌj wi, xane tzi are ri Jesucristo xkꞌutuw chinuwach.
I didn't receive it from anyone, and nobody taught it to me—it was Jesus Christ who revealed it to me.
13 Jeriꞌ rumal iwetaꞌm jas jeꞌ kinnoꞌjin kanoq nabꞌe are in kꞌo chikixoꞌl ri winaq aꞌj Israel, are xwaj xinbꞌan kꞌax che ri ukomontyox ri Dios, rech kakꞌis puꞌwiꞌ.
You heard how I behaved as a follower of the Jewish religion—how I fanatically persecuted God's church, savagely trying to destroy it.
14 Are xinkꞌojiꞌ kukꞌ ri winaq aꞌj Israel in kꞌo na chikiwach ri e wachiꞌl pa ri nukojobꞌal, qas nim xinbꞌan chi rilik ri kinaqꞌatajibꞌal ri nutat nunan.
I surpassed my contemporaries in the practice of the Jewish religion because I was so fervently devoted to the traditions of my ancestors.
15 Pune jeriꞌ, ri Dios xinuchaꞌo are in kꞌo chupam ri nunan, xinusikꞌij apanoq pa ri utoqꞌobꞌ.
But when God (who had set me apart from birth) called me through his grace, and was pleased
16 Xuqꞌalajisaj ri Ukꞌojol chinuwach rech jeriꞌ kintzijoj chike ri winaq ri man aꞌj Israel taj, man nabꞌe taj xinta che jachinaq.
to reveal his Son to me so that I could announce the good news to the nations, I didn't discuss this with anyone.
17 Man xinpaqiꞌ ta xuqujeꞌ pa Jerusalén chutayik chike ri e nabꞌe taq taqoꞌn chinuwach, xane xintzalij pa Arabia, kꞌa te riꞌ xineꞌ chik pa Damasco.
I didn't go to Jerusalem to talk to those who preceded me as apostles; instead I left for Arabia, and then later returned to Damascus.
18 Are xikꞌow oxibꞌ junabꞌ, kꞌa te riꞌ xinpaqiꞌ pa Jerusalén xeꞌnsolij ri Pedro, xinkanaj kan rukꞌ oꞌlajuj qꞌij.
After three years I went to Jerusalem to visit Peter. I stayed with him for two weeks.
19 Man xinwil ta chi jun chike ri e taqoꞌn chilaꞌ xaq xwi ri Jacobo ri rachalal ri Ajawxel Jesús.
I didn't see any other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
20 Qas karil ri Dios chi man bꞌanoj tzij ta ri tajin kinbꞌij chiꞌwe.
(Let me assure you before God that I'm not lying about what I'm writing to you!)
21 Kꞌa te riꞌ xineꞌ pa taq ri tinimit rech Siria xuqujeꞌ Cilicia.
Then I went to Syria and Cilicia.
22 Ri e komontyox kꞌut ri e kꞌo pa Cristo je laꞌ pa Judea man ketaꞌm ta nuwach che riꞌ.
Even so, my face wasn't known to those in the churches of Judea.
23 Xwi kitom ri kakibꞌij ri winaq: Ri achi ri xubꞌan kan kꞌax chaqe nabꞌe, kutzijoj chi ri kojobꞌal ri xraj xuchup uwach.
They had only heard people say, “The man who used to persecute us is now spreading the faith he once tried to destroy!”
24 Kakiya kꞌu uqꞌij ri Dios rumal we.
—and they praised God because of me.
