Galatians 1
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].
Павле апостол, ни од људи, ни кроз човека, него кроз Исуса Христа и Бога Оца, који Га васкрсе из мртвих,
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].
И сва браћа која су са мном, црквама галатским:
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
Благодат вам и мир од Бога Оца и Господа нашег Исуса Христа,
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)
Који даде себе за грехе наше да избави нас од садашњег света злог, по вољи Бога и Оца нашег, (aiōn g165)
Коме слава ва век века. Амин. (aiōn g165)
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.”
Чудим се да се тако одмах одвраћате на друго јеванђеље од Оног који вас позва благодаћу Христовом,
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].
Које није друго, само што неки сметају вас, и хоће да изврну јеванђеље Христово.
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].
Али ако и ми, или анђео с неба јави вам јеванђеље другачије него што вам јависмо, проклет да буде!
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.
Као што пре рекосмо и сад опет велим: ако вам ко јави јеванђеље другачије него што примисте, проклет да буде!
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.
Зар ја сад људе наговарам или Бога? Или тражим људима да угађам? Јер кад бих ја још људима угађао, онда не бих био слуга Христов.
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].
Али вам дајем на знање, браћо, да оно јеванђеље које сам ја јавио, није по човеку.
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.
Јер га ја не примих од човека, нити научих, него откривењем Исуса Христа.
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.
Јер сте чули моје живљење некад у Јеврејству, да сам одвише гонио цркву Божију и раскопавао је.
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].
И напредовах у Јеврејству већма од многих врсника својих у роду свом, и одвише ревновах за отачке своје обичаје.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
А кад би угодно Богу, који ме изабра од утробе матере моје и призва благодаћу својом.
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!]!
Да јави Сина свог у мени, да Га јеванђељем објавим међу људима незнабошцима; одмах не питах тело и крв,
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].
Нити изиђох у Јерусалим к старијим апостолима од себе него отидох у арапску, и опет се вратих у Дамаск.
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].
А после тога на три године изиђох у Јерусалим да видим Петра, и остадох у њега петнаест дана.
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.
Али другог од апостола не видех, осим Јакова брата Господњег.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
А шта вам пишем ево Бог види да не лажем.
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
А потом дођох у земље сирске и киликијске.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
А бејах лицем непознат Христовим црквама јудејским;
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)!”
Него само беху чули да онај који нас некад гони сад проповеда веру коју некад раскопаваше.
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
И слављаху Бога за мене.
