Gálatas 1
1 Pablo, apóstol (no de los hombres, ni por el hombre, sino por Jesucristo, y Dios el Padre, que lo hizo volver 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 iglesias 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 a ustedes y paz de parte de Dios el 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 que nos haga libres del presente mundo malvado, según el propósito 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 Estoy sorprendido de que están siendo apartados tan rápidamente de Dios cuya palabra les llegó por la gracia de Cristo, para seguir un diferente evangelio;
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 No hay hay otro evangelio: sólo que hay algunos que te causan problemas, deseando hacer cambios al mensaje de salvación 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 aun si nosotros, o un ángel del cielo, les anuncia otro evangelio que no sea el que les hemos dado, que haya una maldición sobre él.
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, así digo ahora, si alguien te predica alguna buena nueva que no sea la que se les ha dado, que haya una maldición sobre él.
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 ¿Estoy usando argumentos para los hombres o Dios? o es mi deseo dar placer a los hombres? si todavía estuviera complaciendo a los hombres, no sería un 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 Porque les digo, hermanos míos, que él mensaje de salvación del cual yo era el predicador no es del 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 lo obtuve del hombre, y no me dieron enseñanza en él, sino que vino a mí a través de la 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 en el pasado han llegado noticias de mi forma de vida en la religión de los judíos, de cómo fui cruel sin medida contra la Iglesia de Dios, y le hice un gran daño:
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 Y fui más allá en la religión de los judíos que un número de mi generación entre mis compatriotas, que tienen un mayor interés en las creencias transmitidas por 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 fue la buena voluntad de Dios, por quien me marcó incluso desde el vientre de mi madre, 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 Dar la revelación de su Hijo en mí, para que yo pudiera dar la noticia de él a los gentiles; entonces no tomé la opinión de carne y 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 Y no subí a Jerusalén a los que fueron apóstoles antes que a mí; pero me fui a Arabia, y de nuevo 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 Luego, después de tres años, subí a Jerusalén para ver a Pedro, y estuve allí 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 otros Apóstoles, sólo vi a Jacobo, 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 Dios es testigo de que las cosas que les escribo son verdaderas.
God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
21 Luego llegué a las partes de Siria y Cilicia.
After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
22 Y las iglesias de Judea, que estaban en Cristo, todavía no conocían mi rostro ni mi persona.
[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
23 Sólo les llegó a oídos que aquel que alguna vez fue cruel con nosotros ahora está predicando la fe que antes había sido atacada por él;
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 Y dieron gloria a Dios en mí.
And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
