Wagalatia 1
1 Mimi Paulo mtume,
Paul, an apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father who raised him from the dead;
2 na ndugu wote walio pamoja nami, tunayaandikia makanisa yaliyoko Galatia. Mimi nimepata kuwa mtume si kutokana na mamlaka ya binadamu, wala si kwa nguvu ya mtu, bali kwa uwezo wa Yesu Kristo na wa Mungu Baba aliyemfufua Yesu kutoka wafu.
with all the brothers who are with me. To the churches of Galatia greeting.
3 Tunawatakieni neema na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kutoka kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 Kristo alijitoa mwenyewe kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu kufuatana na mapenzi ya Mungu wetu na Baba, ili apate kutuokoa katika ulimwengu huu mbaya wa sasa. (aiōn g165)
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age in accordance with the will of our God and Father, (aiōn g165)
to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Nashangaa kwamba muda mfupi tu umepita, nanyi mnamwasi yule aliyewaita kwa neema ya Kristo, mkafuata Habari Njema ya namna nyingine.
I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ,
7 Lakini hakuna “Habari Njema” nyingine. Ukweli ni kwamba wako watu wanaowavurugeni, watu wanaotaka kuipotosha Habari Njema ya Kristo.
for another gospel, which indeed is not another; only there are certain individuals who are troubling you, and desiring to pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 Lakini, hata kama mmoja wetu au malaika kutoka mbinguni, atawahubirieni Habari Njema tofauti na ile tuliyowahubirieni sisi, basi huyo na alaaniwe!
But even though I myself or an angel from heaven were to preach any gospel other than that which I did preach to you, let him be accursed.
9 Tulikwisha sema, na sasa nasema tena: kama mtu yeyote anawahubirieni Habari Njema ya aina nyingine, tofauti na ile mliyokwisha pokea, huyo na alaaniwe!
I have said it before, and I now repeat it, if any one is preaching a gospel to you other than that which you have received, let him be accursed.
10 Sasa nataka kibali cha nani: cha binadamu, ama cha Mungu? Au je, nataka kuwapendeza watu? Kama ningefanya hivyo, mimi singekuwa kamwe mtumishi wa Kristo.
Think you that I am now trying to conciliate men or God? Or am I "seeking to please men"? If I were still seeking to please men, I should not be a slave of Christ.
11 Ndugu, napenda mfahamu kwamba ile Habari Njema niliyoihubiri si ujumbe wa kibinadamu.
For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel I preach is not man-made;
12 Wala mimi sikuipokea kutoka kwa binadamu, wala sikufundishwa na mtu. Yesu Kristo mwenyewe ndiye aliyenifunulia.
for neither did I myself receive it from man, nor by man was I taught it, but by a revelation an apocalypse of Jesus Christ.
13 Bila shaka mlikwisha sikia jinsi nilivyokuwa ninaishi zamani kwa kuzingatia dini ya Kiyahudi, na jinsi nilivyolitesa kanisa la Mungu kupita kiasi na kutaka kuliharibu kabisa.
For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how furiously I used to persecute the church of God, and how I kept seeking to root it out;
14 Naam, mimi niliwashinda wengi wa wananchi wenzangu wa rika langu katika kuizingatia dini ya Kiyahudi, nikajitahidi sana kuyashika mapokeo ya wazee wetu.
and how in my zeal for Judaism I outstripped many of my own age and nation, in my special zeal for the traditions of my forefathers.
15 Lakini Mungu, kwa neema yake, alikuwa ameniteua hata kabla sijazaliwa, akaniita nimtumikie.
But when God who had set me apart from my very birth,
16 Mara tu alipoamua kunifunulia Mwanae kusudi niihubiri Habari Njema yake kwa watu wa mataifa mengine, bila kutafuta maoni ya binadamu,
and had called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach his gospel among the Gentiles, without consulting a human being,
17 na bila kwenda kwanza Yerusalemu kwa wale waliopata kuwa mitume kabla yangu, nilikwenda kwanza Arabia, kisha nikarudi tena Damasko.
or even going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return came back to Damascus.
18 Ilikuwa tu baada ya miaka mitatu, ndipo nilipokwenda Yerusalemu kuonana na Kefa; nilikaa kwake siku kumi na tano.
Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter, and spent two weeks with him.
19 Lakini sikuwaona mitume wengine isipokuwa Yakobo, ndugu yake Bwana.
I saw no other apostle except James, the Lord’s brother.
20 Haya ninayowaandikieni, Mungu anajua; sisemi uongo.
(In what I am now writing, I call God to witness that I am telling the truth.)
21 Baadaye nilikwenda katika tarafa za Siria na Kilikia.
Then I went into the districts of Syria and Cilicia.
22 Wakati huo, mimi binafsi sikujulikana kwa jumuiya za Wakristo kule Yudea.
But to the churches of Christ in Judea I was personally unknown;
23 Walichokuwa wanajua ni kile tu walichosikia: “Mtu yule aliyekuwa akitutesa hapo awali, sasa anaihubiri imani ileile aliyokuwa anajaribu kuiangamiza.”
only they used to hear it said, "He who was once persecuting us is now preaching the gospel of the very faith which he once tried to ruin."
24 Basi, wakamtukuza Mungu kwa sababu yangu.
And they were giving glory to God on my account.
