Gálatas 6
1 Mis amigos, si alguno se extravía por causa del pecado, ustedes, que son espirituales, deberían traerle de regreso con espíritu de mansedumbre. Y cuídense de no ser tentados también.
My fellow believers, if [you] discover that a person [among your congregation] is sinning, [those of] you whom [God’s] Spirit [is directing and empowering] should gently correct that person. [Furthermore, each of] you [who corrects another person should] be very cautious in order that you might not [sin like that when] you are tempted {[when something] tempts you}.
2 Sobrelleven unos las cargas de los otros, pues de esta manera cumplen la ley de Cristo.
[When there are ones who have] problems, you should help each other. By doing that, you will complete what Christ requires.
3 Los que creen que son importantes—cuando realmente no son nada—se engañan a sí mismos.
Keep in mind that those who [refuse to help others because they think that they are more important than other people, although they are] not really more important, are deceiving themselves.
4 Examinen cuidadosamente sus acciones. Así podrán estar satisfechos de ustedes mismos, sin compararse con nadie más.
Instead, each [of you] should [constantly] test/judge [and decide if you can approve what you yourself are doing and thinking]. Then you can boast because of what you yourself [are doing and thinking], and not because what you are doing is superior to what other persons [are doing].
5 Debemos ser responsables de nosotros mismos.
Keep in mind that you must each perform your own [individual] tasks.
6 Aquellos que reciben enseñanza de la Palabra deben tratar bien a sus maestros, compartiendo con ellos todas las cosas buenas.
[You] who are being taught {whom others are teaching} [God’s truth] should share your various [material] things [EUP] with your teachers.
7 No se dejen engañar, Dios no puede ser tratado con desacato: todo lo que siembren, eso cosecharán.
You should not deceive yourselves. [Remember that] God is never outwitted {no one ever fools God}. [Just like] a farmer will reap exactly the kind [of crop that] he plants [MET], [God will reward people according to what they have done] [MET].
8 Si ustedes siembran conforme a su naturaleza humana pecaminosa, de esa misma naturaleza segarán autodestrucción. Pero si siembran conforme al Espíritu, cosecharán vida eterna. (aiōnios g166)
[God] will punish eternally those who do what their self-directed natures urge them to do. But those who please [God’s] Spirit will live forever [with God] because of what [God’s] Spirit does for them. (aiōnios g166)
9 No nos cansemos nunca de hacer el bien, pues segaremos en el momento apropiado, si somos perseverantes.
But we should not (tire of/become discouraged while) doing what pleases God, because [eventually], at the time [that God] has determined, we will receive a reward [MET], if we do not stop [doing the good things that we have been doing].
10 Así que mientras tengamos tiempo, hagamos bien a todos, especialmente a los que pertenecen a la familia de la fe.
So, whenever we have opportunities, we should do [what is] good to all people. But especially we should do what is good to all our fellow believers.
11 ¡Miren cuán grandes son las letras, ahora que les escribo con mi propia mano!
I am now writing this last part of this letter to you in my own handwriting. Notice the large letters with which I am now writing. I am doing this in order that I might emphasize this:
12 Esas personas que solo quieren dar una buena impresión los están obligando a circuncidarse para no ser perseguidos ellos por la cruz de Cristo.
Some Jewish believers are trying to force you to perform certain rituals so that other Jews will think highly of them. They are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone must circumcise you}. They are doing that only in order that other Jews would no longer (persecute them/cause them to suffer) for proclaiming that God will save us because of our trusting in what Christ accomplished when he died on the cross [MTY, MET].
13 Incluso los que están circuncidados no guardan la ley, pero quieren que ustedes se circunciden para poder jactarse de ustedes y decir que ustedes son sus seguidores.
The reason that I say that is that the ones who are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone circumcise you} do not themselves fully obey the laws that God gave to Moses. Instead, they desire that you let someone circumcise you in order that they might boast to those Jews who would (persecute them/cause them to suffer) that you did that because they insisted [MTY] that you do it.
14 Ojalá yo nunca me jacte de nada, excepto en la cruz de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Por medio de esta cruz, el mundo ha sido crucificado para mí, y yo he sido crucificado en lo que tiene que ver con el mundo.
I myself, however, strongly desire that I never boast about anything like that. The only thing I will boast about is what our Lord Jesus Christ accomplished by dying on the cross [MTY]. Because of what Christ did on the cross, I no longer am interested in the things that those who do not trust Christ [MTY] think are important, and those people are no longer interested in the things that I [MET] think are important.
15 La circuncisión o la incircuncisión no importan. ¡Lo que importa es que fuimos creados nuevamente!
I will boast about Christ dying on the cross because God is concerned neither that people are circumcised nor that people are not circumcised. Instead, he is concerned only that people conduct their lives in a completely new way.
16 ¡Paz y misericordia a todos los que siguen este principio, y al Israel de Dios!
I pray that God will give inner peace and act kindly towards all who will act according to this new way of life. It is all those who live according to this new way of life who are now truly God’s people [MET], as the Israeli people were God’s people previously.
17 Por favor, no me agobien más, porque llevo en mi cuerpo las marcas de Jesús.
Finally, I say that people have persecuted me/caused me to suffer for declaring the truth about Jesus, and as a result I have scars on my body. Your new teachers do not have scars like mine! So do not trouble/bother me about these matters again!
18 Mis hermanos y hermanas, que la gracia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo esté con el espíritu de todos ustedes. Amén.
My fellow believers, I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will kindly accomplish what he desires within you. (Amen!/May it be so!)
