غَلاطِيَّة 1
| بُولُسُ، رَسُولٌ لَا مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا بِإِنْسَانٍ، بَلْ بِيَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ وَٱللهِ ٱلْآبِ ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، | ١ 1 |
[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].
| وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعِي، إِلَى كَنَائِسِ غَلَاطِيَّةَ: | ٢ 2 |
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].
| نِعْمَةٌ لَكُمْ وَسَلَامٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ ٱلْآبِ، وَمِنْ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، | ٣ 3 |
[I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
| ٱلَّذِي بَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَجْلِ خَطَايَانَا، لِيُنْقِذَنَا مِنَ ٱلْعَالَمِ ٱلْحَاضِرِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ حَسَبَ إِرَادَةِ ٱللهِ وَأَبِينَا، (aiōn g165) | ٤ 4 |
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)
| ٱلَّذِي لَهُ ٱلْمَجْدُ إِلَى أَبَدِ ٱلْآبِدِينَ. آمِينَ. (aiōn g165) | ٥ 5 |
[I pray that people will] praise God forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
| إِنِّي أَتَعَجَّبُ أَنَّكُمْ تَنْتَقِلُونَ هَكَذَا سَرِيعًا عَنِ ٱلَّذِي دَعَاكُمْ بِنِعْمَةِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ إِلَى إِنْجِيلٍ آخَرَ! | ٦ 6 |
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.”
| لَيْسَ هُوَ آخَرَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ قَوْمٌ يُزْعِجُونَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُحَوِّلُوا إِنْجِيلَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. | ٧ 7 |
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].
| وَلَكِنْ إِنْ بَشَّرْنَاكُمْ نَحْنُ أَوْ مَلَاكٌ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ بِغَيْرِ مَا بَشَّرْنَاكُمْ، فَلْيَكُنْ «أَنَاثِيمَا»! | ٨ 8 |
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].
| كَمَا سَبَقْنَا فَقُلْنَا أَقُولُ ٱلْآنَ أَيْضًا: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يُبَشِّرُكُمْ بِغَيْرِ مَا قَبِلْتُمْ، فَلْيَكُنْ «أَنَاثِيمَا»! | ٩ 9 |
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.
| أَفَأَسْتَعْطِفُ ٱلْآنَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَمِ ٱللهَ؟ أَمْ أَطْلُبُ أَنْ أُرْضِيَ ٱلنَّاسَ؟ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ بَعْدُ أُرْضِي ٱلنَّاسَ، لَمْ أَكُنْ عَبْدًا لِلْمَسِيحِ. | ١٠ 10 |
[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.
| وَأُعَرِّفُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ ٱلْإِنْجِيلَ ٱلَّذِي بَشَّرْتُ بِهِ، أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِحَسَبِ إِنْسَانٍ. | ١١ 11 |
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].
| لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَقْبَلْهُ مِنْ عِنْدِ إِنْسَانٍ وَلَا عُلِّمْتُهُ. بَلْ بِإِعْلَانِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. | ١٢ 12 |
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.
| فَإِنَّكُمْ سَمِعْتُمْ بِسِيرَتِي قَبْلًا فِي ٱلدِّيَانَةِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ، أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَضْطَهِدُ كَنِيسَةَ ٱللهِ بِإِفْرَاطٍ وَأُتْلِفُهَا. | ١٣ 13 |
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.
| وَكُنْتُ أَتَقَدَّمُ فِي ٱلدِّيَانَةِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ عَلَى كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ أَتْرَابِي فِي جِنْسِي، إِذْ كُنْتُ أَوْفَرَ غَيْرَةً فِي تَقْلِيدَاتِ آبَائِي. | ١٤ 14 |
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].
| وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا سَرَّ ٱللهَ ٱلَّذِي أَفْرَزَنِي مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّي، وَدَعَانِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ، | ١٥ 15 |
Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
| أَنْ يُعْلِنَ ٱبْنَهُ فِيَّ لِأُبَشِّرَ بِهِ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، لِلْوَقْتِ لَمْ أَسْتَشِرْ لَحْمًا وَدَمًا، | ١٦ 16 |
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!]!
| وَلَا صَعِدْتُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَبْلِي، بَلِ ٱنْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ أَيْضًا إِلَى دِمَشْقَ. | ١٧ 17 |
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].
| ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ صَعِدْتُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِأَتَعَرَّفَ بِبُطْرُسَ، فَمَكَثْتُ عِنْدَهُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا. | ١٨ 18 |
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].
| وَلَكِنَّنِي لَمْ أَرَ غَيْرَهُ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا يَعْقُوبَ أَخَا ٱلرَّبِّ. | ١٩ 19 |
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.
| وَٱلَّذِي أَكْتُبُ بِهِ إِلَيْكُمْ هُوَذَا قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ أَنِّي لَسْتُ أَكْذِبُ فِيهِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
| وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ جِئْتُ إِلَى أَقَالِيمِ سُورِيَّةَ وَكِيلِيكِيَّةَ. | ٢١ 21 |
After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
| وَلَكِنَّنِي كُنْتُ غَيْرَ مَعْرُوفٍ بِٱلْوَجْهِ عِنْدَ كَنَائِسِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَسْمَعُونَ: «أَنَّ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَضْطَهِدُنَا قَبْلًا، يُبَشِّرُ ٱلْآنَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ قَبْلًا يُتْلِفُهُ». | ٢٣ 23 |
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)!”
| فَكَانُوا يُمَجِّدُونَ ٱللهَ فِيَّ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
