Galatiite 2
1 Asi paang baji lini ngah Barnabas damdi Jerusalem ni we ngaak wangtang, Taitaas nep nga damdi wang taha.
After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.
2 Ngah suh Rangte ih ewang etheng ngeh dongbaat hangno wangtang. Ngah ih ruurangese tiit ah Ranglajatte loong suh baattang jengkhaap ah Mihak phokhoh loong damdi hotsu ih chomui angno choroong waantang. Nga mootkaat ehak dowa nyia belam molang rah lajen angsuh tah nook kang.
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 Nga jiiwah Taitaas, Grik ang abah uh heh khoopkhan banlam ah ekhan etheng ngeh talaat baatta,
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 marah marah ih heh suh khoopkhan banlam hoon thung ang rumta. Hanpiite likhiik diip ang rum ano nyia jengmi jengte diip ang rum ano seng dung ni roong nop rum taha, Jisu Kristo damdi seng pongwan ih tongli rah jat suh nop rum taha. Neng ih neng dah ih hoon suh thun tahe,
[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 enoothong amiisak ruurangese tiit ah sen raangtaan ih thinsuh, neng suh erah nye suh saapoot amasah uh ekot muh.
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 Enoothong neng ah lamsiitte likhiik diip ang rumla—ngah ih liihang neng loong ah hephopho ang rumla timdi uh tadan rumka; Rangte ih erah lamsiitte loong ah rangkhoh ah sok ano tah dande ka—ngah ih neng taangnawa ena mongtham ah choh muh.
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 Erah thaknang ibah, neng ih sok rum tahang ngah suh Rangte ih Ranglajatte loong asuh ruurangese tiit ah baat suh mootkaat koh tahang ngeh ah, heh ih Pitar suh mootkaat kota ah likhiikkhiik Jehudi loong asuh ruurangese tiit ah baat raangtaan ih kota.
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 Rangte chaan aphaan nawa ibah ngah Ranglajatte loong raangtaan ih kaamwah jen hoonthuk halang, Pitar Jehudi loong raang ih kaamwah hoon thuk rumta likhiikkhiik ah.
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 Phansiitte likhiik ang rumta Jeems, Pitar, eno Joon, loong ih ngah suh Rangte ih mootkaatse thoon koh tahang rah dongjat rumta; eno neng ih Barnabas seknyi suh lak ah pak eh tahe tih, lak pak ah langla seng loong ah mootkaat room mootte ngeh jat suh pak tahe tih. Seng thoontang tungwaan eti, sek Barnabas rah Ranglajatte loong damdoh moottheng eno neng rah Jehudi loong damdoh moottheng ngeh ah.
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 Neng ih li rumta seng dung dowa changthih ah dokthun etheng, eno ngah uh erah reeraang suh ju ramtang.
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 Enoothong Pitar Entiok ni wang taha di, ngah ih Pitar ah midung ni choophaan tang, timnge liidih heh ah jatririh tah punta.
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 Jeems ih kaatthuk rumta mina loong ah maang thokdi Pitar ih Ranglajatte hanpiite loong damdi phaksat ah ejen roong phaksat ih kata. Enoothong erah mih loong thok lidih bah heh ih Ranglajatte loong damdi phaksat lawe roong phak sah theng ih ngaakta. Timnge liidih, khoopkhan banlam ah ese ngeh liite loong ra choota.
[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 Pitar damdi Jehudi hanpiite loong nep choophak likhiik ih reeraang suh phang noisok rumta; eno Barnabas nep uh neng damdi roongroop kata.
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 Neng loong ah amiisak ruurangese lam ni lah khoom rumka rah tup angno, ngah ih Pitar suh thoontang ngathong ni baattang, “Sen loong ah Jehudi ang abah uh Jehudi likhiik lah ang thang Ranglajatte likhiik mamah ih tonglan. Erah ang abah, Ranglajatte loong asuh Jehudi likhiik jaatjaat ih tongtheng ngeh jen baat nih eh an?”
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 Seng loong ah tup tahe dowa ih Jehudi elang eli, “Ranglajatte rangdah mih loong” kah poon ah likhiik seng loong ah tah angke.
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 Ang abah uh seng ih ejat ehi Jisu Kristo suh laalom adoh ba Rangte damdoh jen pun eh ih, mabah uh Hootthe ih jamha jun ih tajen punke. Timnge liidih ngo uh Hootthe ih jamha jun ih moh abah Rangte damdoh epun tah angka.
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 Erah ang abah Jisu damdoh roongtong jun ih seng ah Rangte damdoh epun angsuh chung ibah, seng ah uh Ranglajatte loong dala thanthan ih dah ih rah kapjoh hali—enoobah Kristo ah rangdah raangtaan ih mola ngeh tam liiha? Tah angka!
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 Marah ngah ih jaakhoh ni thetsiit tang Hootthe ah mok we dongsiit ang bah, nga teewah Hootthe thetsiitte likhiik ih noisok hang.
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 Hootthe ni liiha jun ibah ngah etek choi—Hootthe rah ih tek haat ih halang—Rangte raangtaan ih thingtong suh ah. Ngah Kristo damdi heh bangphak adi eroong tekbot eh tahang,
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 erah raangtaan ih nga teeteewah jen tonglang ngeh tajen li kang, enoothong Kristo ah nga sak ni tongla. Amadi nga roidong thingtong lang ah, Jisu Kristo Rangte Sah hanpi angno thingtong lang, heh ih minchan tahang nyia heh roidong ah nga raangtaan ih kota.
[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 Rangte minchan ah ngah ih tah dut haat kang. Enoothong mina Hootthe jun ih Rangte damdoh ejen pun mok ih abah, Kristo tek ah thaangmuh ang ah!
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).
