Galatas 2

1 Deinde post annos quatuordecim, iterum ascendi Jerosolymam cum Barnaba, assumpto et Tito.

Then after fourteen years again I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having also taken Titus with me;

2 Ascendi autem secundum revelationem: et contuli cum illis Evangelium, quod prædico in gentibus, seorsum autem iis qui videbantur aliquid esse: ne forte in vacuum currerem, aut cucurrissem.

and I went up by revelation, and submitted the good news to them that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest I ran or might run in vain;

3 Sed neque Titus, qui mecum erat, cum esset gentilis, compulsus est circumcidi:

but not even Titus, who [is] with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised—

4 sed propter subintroductos falsos fratres, qui subintroierunt explorare libertatem nostram, quam habemus in Christo Jesu, ut nos in servitutem redigerent.

and [that] because of the false brothers brought in unaware, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us under bondage,

5 Quibus neque ad horam cessimus subjectione, ut veritas Evangelii permaneat apud vos:

to whom not even for an hour we gave place by subjection, that the truth of the good news might remain to you.

6 ab iis autem, qui videbantur esse aliquid (quales aliquando fuerint, nihil mea interest: Deus personam hominis non accipit): mihi enim qui videbantur esse aliquid, nihil contulerunt.

And from those who were esteemed to be something—whatever they were then, it makes no difference to me. God does not accept the face of man, for to me those esteemed added nothing,

7 Sed e contra cum vidissent quod creditum est mihi Evangelium præputii, sicut et Petro circumcisionis

but on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with [that] of the circumcision,

8 (qui enim operatus est Petro in apostolatum circumcisionis, operatus est et mihi inter gentes):

for He who worked with Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, worked also in me in regard to the nations,

9 et cum cognovissent gratiam, quæ data est mihi, Jacobus, et Cephas, et Joannes, qui videbantur columnæ esse, dextras dederunt mihi, et Barnabæ societatis: ut nos in gentes, ipsi autem in circumcisionem:

and having known the grace that was given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, they gave to me a right hand of fellowship, and to Barnabas, that we may go to the nations, and they to the circumcision,

10 tantum ut pauperum memores essemus, quod etiam sollicitus fui hoc ipsum facere.

only, that we should be mindful of the poor, which I also was diligent—this very thing—to do.

11 Cum autem venisset Cephas Antiochiam, in faciem ei restiti, quia reprehensibilis erat.

And when Peter came to Antioch, I stood up against him to the face, because he was blameworthy,

12 Prius enim quam venirent quidam a Jacobo, cum gentibus edebat: cum autem venissent, subtrahebat, et segregabat se, timens eos qui ex circumcisione erant.

for before the coming of some from James, he was eating with the nations, and when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, fearing those of circumcision,

13 Et simulationi ejus consenserunt ceteri Judæi, ita ut et Barnabas duceretur ab eis in illam simulationem.

and the other Jews acted hypocritically with him, so that Barnabas was also carried away by their hypocrisy.

14 Sed cum vidissem quod non recte ambularent ad veritatem Evangelii, dixi Cephæ coram omnibus: Si tu, cum Judæus sis, gentiliter vivis, et non judaice: quomodo gentes cogis judaizare?

But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of the nations, and not in the manner of the Jews, how do you compel the nations to live like Jews?

15 Nos natura Judæi, et non ex gentibus peccatores.

We by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,

16 Scientes autem quod non justificatur homo ex operibus legis, nisi per fidem Jesu Christi: et nos in Christo Jesu credimus, ut justificemur ex fide Christi, et non ex operibus legis: propter quod ex operibus legis non justificabitur omnis caro.

having also known that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, but through faith from Jesus Christ, we also believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be declared righteous by faith from Christ, and not by works of law, because no flesh will be declared righteous by works of law.”

17 Quod si quærentes justificari in Christo, inventi sumus et ipsi peccatores, numquid Christus peccati minister est? Absit.

And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we were also ourselves found sinners, [is] Christ then a servant of sin? Let it not be!

18 Si enim quæ destruxi, iterum hæc ædifico: prævaricatorem me constituo.

For if the things I threw down, these again I build up, I set myself forth [as] a transgressor;

19 Ego enim per legem, legi mortuus sum, ut Deo vivam: Christo confixus sum cruci.

for I died through law that I may live to God;

20 Vivo autem, jam non ego: vivit vero in me Christus. Quod autem nunc vivo in carne: in fide vivo Filii Dei, qui dilexit me, et tradidit semetipsum pro me.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me; and that which I now live in the flesh—I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me;

21 Non abjicio gratiam Dei. Si enim per legem justitia, ergo gratis Christus mortuus est.

I do not make the grace of God void, for if righteousness [is] through law—then Christ died in vain.