Galatas 2
1 deinde post annos quattuordecim iterum ascendi Hierosolyma cum Barnaba adsumpto et Tito
Fourteen years afterwards I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me.
2 ascendi autem secundum revelationem et contuli cum illis evangelium quod praedico in gentibus seorsum autem his qui videbantur ne forte in vacuum currerem aut cucurrissem
It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the Apostles the Good News that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of, for fear that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.
3 sed neque Titus qui mecum erat cum esset gentilis conpulsus est circumcidi
Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.
4 sed propter subintroductos falsos fratres qui subintroierunt explorare libertatem nostram quam habemus in Christo Iesu ut nos in servitutem redigerent
But, on account of the false Brothers who had stolen in, the men who had crept in to spy upon the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery —
5 quibus neque ad horam cessimus subiectioni ut veritas evangelii permaneat apud vos
Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, that the Truth of the Good News might be yours always!
6 ab his autem qui videbantur esse aliquid quales aliquando fuerint nihil mea interest Deus personam hominis non accipit mihi enim qui videbantur nihil contulerunt
Of those who are thought somewhat highly of — what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognise human distinctions — those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my Message.
7 sed e contra cum vidissent quod creditum est mihi evangelium praeputii sicut Petro circumcisionis
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the Gentiles, just as Peter had been for the Jews.
8 qui enim operatus est Petro in apostolatum circumcisionis operatus est et mihi inter gentes
For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.
9 et cum cognovissent gratiam quae data est mihi Iacobus et Cephas et Iohannes qui videbantur columnae esse dextras dederunt mihi et Barnabae societatis ut nos in gentes ipsi autem in circumcisionem
Recognising the charge entrusted to me, James, Peter, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the Church, openly acknowledged Barnabas and me as fellow-workers, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.
10 tantum ut pauperum memores essemus quod etiam sollicitus fui hoc ipsum facere
Only we were to remember the poor — the very thing I was myself anxious to do.
11 cum autem venisset Cephas Antiochiam in faciem ei restiti quia reprehensibilis erat
But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned.
12 prius enim quam venirent quidam ab Iacobo cum gentibus edebat cum autem venissent subtrahebat et segregabat se timens eos qui ex circumcisione erant
Before certain persons came from James, he had been in the habit of eating with the Gentile converts; but, when they came, he began to withdraw and hold aloof, for fear of offending those who still held to circumcision.
13 et simulationi eius consenserunt ceteri Iudaei ita ut et Barnabas duceretur ab eis in illa simulatione
The rest of the Jewish converts were guilty of the same hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led away by it.
14 sed cum vidissem quod non recte ambularent ad veritatem evangelii dixi Cephae coram omnibus si tu cum Iudaeus sis gentiliter et non iudaice vivis quomodo gentes cogis iudaizare
But, when I saw that they were not dealing straightforwardly with the Truth of the Good News, I said to Peter, before them all, “If you, who were born a Jew, adopt Gentile customs, instead of Jewish, why are you trying to compel the Gentile converts to adopt Jewish customs?”
15 nos natura Iudaei et non ex gentibus peccatores
We, though we are Jews by birth and not outcasts of Gentile origin, know that no one is pronounced righteous as the result of obedience to Law, but only through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 scientes autem quod non iustificatur homo ex operibus legis nisi per fidem Iesu Christi et nos in Christo Iesu credidimus ut iustificemur ex fide Christi et non ex operibus legis propter quod ex operibus legis non iustificabitur omnis caro
So we placed our faith in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be pronounced righteous, as the result of faith in Christ, and not of obedience to Law; for such obedience ‘will not result in even one soul’s being pronounced righteous.’
17 quod si quaerentes iustificari in Christo inventi sumus et ipsi peccatores numquid Christus peccati minister est absit
If, while seeking to be pronounced righteous through union with Christ, we were ourselves seen to be outcasts, would that make Christ an agent of sin? Heaven forbid!
18 si enim quae destruxi haec iterum aedifico praevaricatorem me constituo
For, if I rebuild the very things that I pulled down, I prove myself to have done wrong.
19 ego enim per legem legi mortuus sum ut Deo vivam Christo confixus sum cruci
I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God.
20 vivo autem iam non ego vivit vero in me Christus quod autem nunc vivo in carne in fide vivo Filii Dei qui dilexit me et tradidit se ipsum pro me
I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21 non abicio gratiam Dei si enim per legem iustitia ergo Christus gratis mortuus est
I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!
