Galatiana 2
1 Ary nony afaka efatra ambin’ ny folo taona, dia niakatra tany Jerosalema indray izaho sy Barnabasy, ary Titosy dia nentiko niaraka tamiko koa.
After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.
2 Ary niakatra araka ny fanambarana aho, ka nambarako taminy ny filazantsara izay toriko any amin’ ny jentilisa, nefa nangingina ihany tamin’ izay manan-daza, fandrao ho mihazakazaka foana aho, na efa nihazakazaka foana.
But [I tell you that] I went up there because of what God revealed to me. [It was not because someone there asked me to come]. I told people what was the good message that I was preaching in regions where non-Jews live. But I talked privately to those whom your new teachers highly respect. I did that in order that what I was doing and what I had done [MET] might not become useless [MET] [as a result of people rejecting my message because they thought that I was teaching something that was not true].
3 Kanefa na dia Titosy izay niaraka tamiko aza, dia tsy mba noterena hoforana, na dia Grika aza izy,
But [even though the leaders of the believers usually insisted that when non-Jews trusted in Christ someone must circumcise them], they did not even insist that Titus be circumcised, even though he was a Greek man who was with me.
4 dia noho ny rahalahy sandoka nampidirina misokosoko, izay niditra mangingina hisafo ny fahafahantsika, izay ananantsika ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy, mba hanandevozany antsika;
[I talked to them privately] because some people [successfully] pretended that they were fellow believers and associated with the true believers. They did that in order that they might observe closely what we do because we are free [from having to obey all the Jewish laws and rituals] because of our close relationship with Christ Jesus [MET]. Those people wanted to make us [like] slaves [MET] [of those rituals by convincing us that we cannot trust Christ solely but that we must also obey all the Jewish rituals].
5 fa tsy nety nikoy ireo izahay na dia ora iray monja aza, mba hitoeran’ ny fahamarinan’ ny filazantsara aminareo.
But not even briefly did we [(exc)] do what they wanted [about circumcision. We(exc) resisted them] in order that the truth of the message about Christ might continue to [benefit] you.
6 Fa ny amin’ ny olona atao ho manan-daza (na nanao ahoana na nanao ahoana izy dia tsy mampaninona ahy; Andriamanitra tsy mizaha tavan’ olona), izaho tsy nomen’ ireo manan-daza ireo saina na tamin’ inona na tamin’ inona.
The [leaders in Jerusalem], whom your new teachers respect, did not add anything to what I preach. [And I would add that] what status those leaders had did not influence me, because God does not favor certain/important persons [IDM] more than others.
7 Fa hafa kosa no nataony, fa nony hitany fa notolorana ny filazantsara ho adidiko ho an’ ny tsy voafora aho, tahaka an’ i Petera ho an’ ny voafora
Instead of those leaders adding to the message that I tell people, they understood that I had been given the good message {God had given the good message to me} so that I might proclaim it to the non-Jews [MTY], just like [God] had given the good message to Peter so that he might tell it to those who are Jews [MTY].
8 (fa Izay niasa ho an’ i Petera hah’ Apostoly azy ho an’ ny voafora no niasa ho ahy koa ho an’ ny jentilisa),
That is, just like [God] had empowered/authorized Peter in order that he might be an apostle [to bring God’s message] to the Jews [MTY], he also had empowered/authorized me in order that I might be an apostle to [bring his message to] the non-Jews.
9 ary nony fantatr’ i Jakoba sy Kefasy ary Jaona, izay natao ho andry, ny fahasoavana nomena ahy, dia notolorany ny tanana ankavanan’ ny fihavanana izaho sy Barnabasy, mba hankany amin’ ny jentilisa izahay, fa izy kosa ho any amin’ ny voafora.
And [those leaders] knew that God had kindly given to me this special work. So James, Peter, and John, the ones whom your new teachers [respect because they are] leaders [MET] [of the believers], shook hands with us [IDM] [to show that they agreed that Barnabas and I are serving the Lord just like they are, and that we are preaching the same message that they are preaching]. They also agreed that we [(exc)] are the ones whom God was sending to [tell his message to] non-Jews, but that God is sending them to [tell his message to] Jews [MTY].
10 Izao ihany no tiany, dia ny mba hahatsiarovanay ny malahelo, sady nahazoto ahy indrindra rahateo ny hanao izany.
They merely urged that we [(exc)] still remember to help the poor [fellow believers who live in Jerusalem]. That is exactly what I have been eager to do.
11 Ary nony tonga tany Antiokia Kefasy, dia nanohitra azy nifanatrika aho, satria hita fa nanan-tsiny izy.
But [later while I was at] Antioch [city], after Peter came there, I told him directly [SYN] that what he was doing was wrong.
12 Fa fony tsy mbola tonga ny sasany any tany amin’ i Jakoba, dia niara-nihinana tamin’ ny jentilisa ihany izy; fa nony tonga ireo, dia nihatakataka izy ka niala, satria natahotra ny momba ny famorana izy.
[This is what happened]: [Peter went to Antioch and started eating regularly with non-Jewish believers there]. Later there were certain [Jewish believers who] came [to Antioch who claimed that] James, [the leader of the congregations in Jerusalem], had sent them. But when [those certain] men came, Peter gradually quit [eating] with the non-Jewish believers and would not associate with them. He was afraid that the Jewish [believers from Jerusalem would criticize him for associating with non-Jews].
13 Ary ny Jiosy sasany koa niara-nihatsaravelatsihy taminy, ka Barnabasy avy aza mba voataonan’ ny fihatsaram-belatsihiny koa.
Also, the other Jewish [believers who were in Antioch] [SYN] acted (insincerely/in a way that they knew was not right) along with [Peter]. The result was that they convinced even Barnabas to [stop associating with the non-Jewish believers]!
14 Fa rehefa hitako fa tsy nandeha mahitsy araka ny fahamarinan’ ny filazantsara ireo, dia hoy izaho tamin’ i Kefasy teo anatrehan’ ny olona rehetra: Raha ianao izay tena Jiosy aza no manao tahaka ny fanaon’ ny jentilisa, fa tsy tahaka ny fanaon’ ny Jiosy, nahoana ny jentilisa no terenao hanao tahaka ny fanaon’ ny Jiosy?
But when I realized that they were not acting according to the truth of the message about Christ, [when] all [the fellow believers there] were present, I told Peter [the following]: “Although you [(sg)] are a Jew, [you often conduct yourself] like non-Jews [do by disregarding Jewish laws about food. When you are among non-Jews], you [(sg)] do not customarily conduct yourself at all like Jews [do]. So, (now it is wrong that you [(sg)] are causing non-Jews [to think that they must obey all] the Jewish rituals and customs!/why are you [(sg)] causing non-Jews [to think that they must obey all] the Jewish rituals and customs?) [RHQ]”
15 Taranaky ny Jiosy isika, fa tsy mba mpanota avy amin’ ny jentilisa,
Some of us [believers] were born as Jews. We [(exc)] were not born as non-Jews. [We Jews have always considered non-Jews to be] ‘sinners’ [because they do not obey the Jewish rituals and laws].
16 nefa nony fantatsika fa tsy hamarinina amin’ ny asan’ ny lalàna ny olona, fa amin’ ny finoana an’ i Jesosy Kristy, dia nino an’ i Kristy Jesosy koa isika mba hohamarinina amin’ ny finoana an’ i Kristy, fa tsy amin’ ny asan’ ny lalàna, satria tsy misy nofo hohamarinina amin’ ny asan’ ny lalàna.
But we [(exc)] now know that it is not because some person obeys the laws [that God gave to Moses] that [God] erases the record of that person’s sins. [God erases the record of a person’s sins only if that person trusts in what Jesus Christ has done]. Even we [(exc)] Jews trusted Christ Jesus. We [(exc)] did that in order that [God] would erase the record of our sins because of our trusting Christ, and not because of our obeying the laws [that God gave to Moses. God has said that] he will [never] erase the record of people’s sins just because of their obeying those laws.
17 Fa raha mitady hohamarinina ao amin’ i Kristy isika, nefa ny tenantsika no hita fa mpanota, moa mpanompo ny ota va Kristy? Sanatria izany!
Furthermore, because we [(exc) Jews] desired that [God] would erase the record of our sins because of our relationship with Christ, [it means that] we realized that we ourselves were sinners [like non-Jews, whom we called] sinners, [because we(exc) also were not obeying the Jewish rituals and laws]. [But] ([we(inc) certainly cannot conclude] that it is Christ who causes us to sin./[should we conclude] that it is Christ who causes us to sin?) [RHQ] [No, Christ] certainly does not [cause anyone to sin].
18 Fa raha ny zavatra efa noravako no atsangako indray, dia mampiseho ny tenako fa diso aho.
So if I should again believe [that God would erase the record of my sins because of my obeying the laws that he gave to Moses] [MET], [I would be like a man who] rebuilds an old building that he tore down. It would [soon] be clear that I am one who disobeys those same laws [that God gave to Moses].
19 Fa raha izaho, dia tamin’ ny lalàna no nahafatesako ny amin’ ny lalàna, mba ho velona ho an’ Andriamanitra aho.
When [I realized that I could not earn God’s favor] by [obeying] the laws [that he gave to Moses, I decided not] to [respond to what those laws demanded] [MET], [just like] a dead person [does not respond to anything]. Now I live to [honor/serve] God.
20 Voahombo miaraka amin’ i Kristy amin’ ny hazo fijaliana aho, ary tsy izaho intsony no velona, fa Kristy no velona ato anatiko; fa izay ivelomako ankehitriny eo amin’ ny nofo dia ivelomako amin’ ny finoana ny Zanak’ Andriamanitra, Izay efa tia ahy ka nanolotra ny tenany hamonjy ahy.
[It is as though] I was with Christ when he was crucified {died on the cross} [MET] (OR, [It is as though] my [old way of life ended when] Christ died on the cross.) No longer am I [directing the way I behave as I did before I believed in Christ]. Now Christ [is directing how] I [behave. And whatever I do] now while I live, I do it trusting in God’s Son. He is the one who loved me and offered himself [as a sacrifice] for me.
21 Tsy mahafoana ny fahasoavan’ Andriamanitra aho; fa raha avy amin’ ny lalàna ny fahamarinana, dia maty foana Kristy.
I am not rejecting [as useless] what God [did for me] ([kindly/that I did not deserve]), [as my opponents are doing. I fully accept that God saved me by acting kindly towards me]. If it is because people [obey the] laws [that God gave to Moses] that God erases the record of their sins, then Christ died (for nothing/needlessly).
