Galasi 2

1 Apre sa, katòz lanne te pase anvan m' te moute lavil Jerizalèm ankò, fwa sa a ansanm ak Banabas. Mwen te mennen Tit avè m' tou.

Fourteen years afterwards I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me.

2 Kifè m' te moute a, se paske Bondye te fè m' konnen pou m' te fè sa. Nan yon reyinyon mwen te gen apa ak dirijan yo, mwen mete devan yo bon nouvèl mwen t'ap anonse moun ki pa jwif yo. Mwen pa t' vle pou ni travay mwen te fin fè a, ni travay mwen t'ap fè a pase pou anyen.

It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the apostles the good news that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of because I was afraid that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.

3 Enben, Tit ki te avè m' lan, se moun peyi Lagrès li ye: yo pa t' egzije l' sikonsi,

Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.

4 atout kèk swadizan frè ki te fofile kò yo nan mitan nou te vle yo sikonsi li. Moun sa yo te glise kò yo nan mitan nou tankou espyon k'ap veye libète nou gen nan Jezi Kris la. Yo te vle fè nou tounen esklav ankò.

But, because of those who pretended to be followers who had stolen in, the intruders who had crept in to spy on the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery –

5 Nou pa janm ba yo pye sou nou pou n' te ka defann verite ki nan bon nouvèl la pou nou menm, moun Galasi.

Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, so that the truth of the good news might be yours always!

6 Moun ki te pase pou chèf yo, mwen pa bezwen konnen sa yo te ye vre, paske Bondye pa gade sou figi moun-wi, moun ki te pase pou chèf yo, yo pa t' fè m' okenn lòt egzijans.

Of those who are thought somewhat highly of – what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognise human distinctions – those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my message.

7 Okontrè, yo wè Bondye te renmèt mwen travay anonse bon nouvèl la bay moun ki pa jwif yo, menm jan li te renmèt Pyè travay anonse l' bay jwif yo.

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the good news for the Gentiles, just as Peter had been for the Jews.

8 Paske, Bondye ki te mete Pyè apa pou sèvi apòt pou jwif yo, se li menm ki te mete m' apa tou pou m' te ka sèvi apòt pou moun ki pa jwif yo.

For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.

9 Lè sa a, Jak, Pyè ak Jan ki te pase pou chèf nan legliz la, yo te rekonèt se Bondye ki te ban m' travay sa a, yo bay Banabas ak mwen lanmen tankou asosye. Nou tonbe dakò pou Banabas ak mwen al travay nan mitan moun ki pa jwif yo, pou yo menm y' al travay ak jwif yo.

Recognising the charge entrusted to me, James, Peter, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the church, openly acknowledged Barnabas and me as fellow workers, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.

10 Yon sèl bagay yo te mande nou: se pou n' te toujou chonje pòv ki nan legliz yo. Nou pa t' janm manke fè sa.

Only we were to remember the poor – the thing I was myself anxious to do.

11 Men, lè Pyè te vini lavil Antiòch, mwen te fè yon bout ak li devan tout moun, paske sa l' te fè a pa t' bon.

But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned.

12 Lè l' te fèk rive, li t'ap manje byen pwòp ak frè ki pa jwif yo. Men, lè moun Jak te voye yo vin rive, li mete kò l' sou kote, li refize manje ak frè ki pa jwif yo, paske li te pè patizan moun sikonsi yo.

Before certain persons came from James, he had been in the habit of eating with the Gentile converts; but, when they came, he began to withdraw and hold aloof, because he was afraid of offending those who still held to circumcision.

13 Lòt frè jwif yo te kòmanse fè menm jan ak li. Ata Banabas te pran tou. Li t'ap swiv yo nan ipokrizi sa a.

The rest of the Jewish converts were guilty of the same hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led away by it.

14 Lè m' wè yo pa t'ap mache dwat dapre verite ki nan bon nouvèl la, mwen di Pyè devan tout moun: Ou menm ki jwif, ou pa t' viv isit la tankou jwif, men tankou moun ki pa jwif. Poukisa jòdi a w'ap fòse frè ki pa jwif yo pou yo viv tankou jwif?

But, when I saw that they were not dealing straightforwardly with the truth of the good news, I said to Peter, before them all, ‘If you, who were born a Jew, adopt Gentile customs, instead of Jewish, why are you trying to compel the Gentile converts to adopt Jewish customs?’

15 Nou menm, nou se jwif natif natal, nou pa soti nan ras moun lòt nasyon yo k'ap plede fè peche.

We, though we are Jews by birth and not sinners of Gentile origin, know that no one is pronounced righteous as the result of obedience to Law, but only through faith in Christ Jesus.

16 Men, nou konnen se pa paske yon moun fè tou sa lalwa jwif yo mande kifè li inonsan devan Bondye, men se lè li mete konfyans li nan Jezikri Bondye va fè l' gras. Se poutèt sa, nou menm tou, nou te mete konfyans nou nan Jezikri. Konsa, se pa paske nou te fè sa lalwa jwif yo mande kifè Bondye fè nou gras, men se paske nou te mete konfyans nou nan li. Bondye p'ap fè pesonn gras paske li fè sa lalwa mande.

So we placed our faith in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be pronounced righteous, as the result of faith in Christ, and not of obedience to Law; for such obedience will not result in even one soul’s being pronounced righteous.

17 Men, si antan m'ap chache pou Bondye fè m' gras gremesi Kris la, moun wè m'ap fè peche menm jan ak moun lòt nasyon yo, èske sa vle di se nan avantaj peche a Kris la ap travay? Non, yo pa ka di sa.

If, while seeking to be pronounced righteous through union with Christ, we were ourselves seen to be sinners, would that make Christ an agent of sin? Heaven forbid!

18 Paske, si m'ap rebati sa m' te kraze a, mwen tou moutre se dezobeyi m'ap dezobeyi lalwa.

For, if I rebuild the things that I pulled down, I prove myself to have done wrong.

19 Annegad lalwa, mwen se yon moun ki mouri, epi se lalwa a menm ki touye m' pou m' ka viv pou Bondye. Mwen mouri kloure ansanm ak Kris la sou kwa a.

I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God.

20 Se sak fè, se pa mwen k'ap viv ankò, se Kris la k'ap viv nan mwen: lavi m'ap mennen nan kò m' koulye a, m'ap viv li nan konfyans mwen gen nan Pitit Bondye a ki te renmen m' sitèlman li te rive bay lavi l' pou mwen.

I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

21 Mwen pa voye favè Bondye fè m' lan jete. Paske, si lalwa ka fè Bondye fè yon moun gras, enben, Kris la mouri pou gremesi.

I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!