Gálatas 1
1 Pablo, apóstol — no de los hombres, ni por medio de los hombres, sino por medio de Jesucristo y de Dios Padre, que lo resucitó de entre los muertos —
[I], Paul, [write this letter to you. I remind you that I am] an apostle. That is not because a group of people [appointed me], nor because a human being [sent me to be an apostle]. Instead, Jesus Christ and God [our heavenly] Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have [appointed and] sent [me to be an apostle].
2 y todos los hermanos que están conmigo, a las asambleas de Galacia:
All the fellow believers [who are here] with me [approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter] to the congregations that [are] in Galatia [province].
3 Gracia y paz a vosotros, de parte de Dios Padre y de nuestro Señor Jesucristo,
[I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
4 que se entregó a sí mismo por nuestros pecados, para librarnos de este presente siglo malo, según la voluntad de nuestro Dios y Padre — (aiōn g165)
Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)
[I pray that people will] praise God forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
6 Me maravilla que abandonéis tan pronto al que os llamó en la gracia de Cristo por otra “buena noticia”,
I am very disappointed [IRO] that so soon [after you trusted in Christ] you have turned away from [God]. He chose you in order that [you might have what] Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different [message which some say is] “good news.”
7 pero no hay otra “buena noticia”. Sólo que hay algunos que os molestan y quieren pervertir la Buena Nueva de Cristo.
Their message is not a true message. [What is happening is that] certain persons are confusing your [minds]. They are desiring to change the good message (that Christ [revealed/about] Christ) [and are creating another message].
8 Pero aunque nosotros, o un ángel del cielo, os predique otra “buena noticia” distinta de la que os hemos predicado, que sea maldito.
But even if we [(exc) apostles] or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you [before], I [appeal to God] that [he] punish such a person [forever].
9 Como hemos dicho antes, lo repito ahora: si alguien os predica una “buena noticia” distinta de la que habéis recibido, que sea maldito.
As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you [what he says is] a good message, but it is a message that is different from [the good message] that I gave you. So I [appeal to God] that [he] severely punish that person.
10 Porque, ¿busco ahora el favor de los hombres o el de Dios? ¿O me esfuerzo por complacer a los hombres? Porque si siguiera complaciendo a los hombres, no sería siervo de Cristo.
[I said that] because [RHQ] I do not desire that people approve me, [contrary to what some have said about me]. It is God whom I desire to approve me. [Specifically, I do not say and do] [RHQ] things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who [willingly and completely] serves Christ.
11 Pero os hago saber, hermanos, acerca de la Buena Nueva que fue predicada por mí, que no es según el hombre.
My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person [created/thought up].
12 Porque no la recibí de un hombre, ni me fue enseñada, sino que me llegó por revelación de Jesucristo.
I did not receive this message from a human [messenger], and no [human being] taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me.
13 Porque habéis oído hablar de mi manera de vivir en el pasado en la religión de los judíos, de cómo perseguí sin medida a la asamblea de Dios y la asalté.
People have told you how I used to behave when [I practiced] the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God [established], and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people.
14 Avancé en la religión de los judíos más que muchos de mi edad entre mis compatriotas, siendo más celoso de las tradiciones de mis padres.
I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many [other Jews] who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors [kept].
15 Pero cuando le pareció bien a Dios, que me separó desde el vientre de mi madre y me llamó por su gracia,
Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
16 revelar a su Hijo en mí, para que lo predicara entre los gentiles, no consulte inmediatamente con la carne y la sangre,
He wanted me to know that Jesus is (his Son/the man who is also God), so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings [SYN] in order to gain [an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!]!
17 ni subí a Jerusalén con los que eran apóstoles antes que yo, sino que me fui a Arabia. Luego volví a Damasco.
I did not [immediately] leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem [for that purpose] to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia [region, a desert area]. Later I returned once more to Damascus [city].
18 Después de tres años, subí a Jerusalén para visitar a Pedro, y estuve con él quince días.
Then three years after [God revealed this good message to me], I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for [only] 15 days, [which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ].
19 Pero de los demás apóstoles no vi a ninguno, sino a Santiago, el hermano del Señor.
I also saw James, the brother of our Lord [Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but] I did not see any other apostle.
20 Ahora bien, sobre las cosas que os escribo, he aquí que ante Dios no miento.
God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
21 Entonces llegué a las regiones de Siria y Cilicia.
After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
22 Las asambleas de Judea que estaban en Cristo aún no me conocían,
[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
23 pero sólo escucharon: “El que antes nos perseguía, ahora predica la fe que antes intentó destruir.”
They only heard [others say about me] repeatedly, “[Paul], the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the [same message] which we believe and which formerly he was trying (to destroy/to cause people to stop believing)!”
24 Así glorificaban a Dios en mí.
And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
