Galatians 6
1 My fellow believers, if [you] discover that a person [among your congregation] is sinning, [those of] you whom [God’s] Spirit [is directing and empowering] should gently correct that person. [Furthermore, each of] you [who corrects another person should] be very cautious in order that you might not [sin like that when] you are tempted {[when something] tempts you}.
Saudara-saudara! Kalau seseorang didapati melakukan suatu dosa, hendaklah kalian yang hidup menurut Roh Allah, membimbing orang itu kembali pada jalan yang benar. Tetapi kalian harus melakukan itu dengan lemah lembut, dan jagalah jangan sampai kalian sendiri tergoda juga.
2 [When there are ones who have] problems, you should help each other. By doing that, you will complete what Christ requires.
Hendaklah kalian saling membantu menanggung beban orang, supaya dengan demikian kalian mentaati perintah Kristus.
3 Keep in mind that those who [refuse to help others because they think that they are more important than other people, although they are] not really more important, are deceiving themselves.
Kalau seseorang menyangka dirinya penting, padahal tidak, orang itu membohongi dirinya sendiri.
4 Instead, each [of you] should [constantly] test/judge [and decide if you can approve what you yourself are doing and thinking]. Then you can boast because of what you yourself [are doing and thinking], and not because what you are doing is superior to what other persons [are doing].
Setiap orang harus memeriksa sendiri apakah kelakuannya baik atau tidak. Kalau baik, ia boleh merasa bangga atas hal itu. Tetapi tidak usah ia membandingkannya dengan apa yang dilakukan orang lain.
5 Keep in mind that you must each perform your own [individual] tasks.
Sebab masing-masing orang harus memikul tanggung jawabnya sendiri.
6 [You] who are being taught {whom others are teaching} [God’s truth] should share your various [material] things [EUP] with your teachers.
Orang yang menerima pengajaran Kristus, hendaknya membagi dengan gurunya semua yang baik yang ada padanya.
7 You should not deceive yourselves. [Remember that] God is never outwitted {no one ever fools God}. [Just like] a farmer will reap exactly the kind [of crop that] he plants [MET], [God will reward people according to what they have done] [MET].
Janganlah tertipu. Allah tidak bisa dipermainkan! Apa yang ditanam, itulah yang dituai.
8 [God] will punish eternally those who do what their self-directed natures urge them to do. But those who please [God’s] Spirit will live forever [with God] because of what [God’s] Spirit does for them. (aiōnios g166)
Kalau orang menanam menurut tabiat manusianya, ia akan menuai kematian dari tabiatnya itu. Tetapi kalau ia menanam menurut pimpinan Roh Allah, ia akan menuai hidup sejati dan kekal dari Roh Allah. (aiōnios g166)
9 But we should not (tire of/become discouraged while) doing what pleases God, because [eventually], at the time [that God] has determined, we will receive a reward [MET], if we do not stop [doing the good things that we have been doing].
Sebab itu, janganlah kita menjadi bosan melakukan hal-hal yang baik; sebab kalau kita tidak berhenti melakukan hal-hal itu sekali kelak kita akan menuai hasilnya.
10 So, whenever we have opportunities, we should do [what is] good to all people. But especially we should do what is good to all our fellow believers.
Jadi, selama ada kesempatan bagi kita, hendaklah kita berbuat baik kepada semua orang, terutama sekali kepada saudara-saudara kita yang seiman.
11 I am now writing this last part of this letter to you in my own handwriting. Notice the large letters with which I am now writing. I am doing this in order that I might emphasize this:
Perhatikanlah baik-baik bagian ini yang saya tulis sendiri dengan huruf yang besar-besar.
12 Some Jewish believers are trying to force you to perform certain rituals so that other Jews will think highly of them. They are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone must circumcise you}. They are doing that only in order that other Jews would no longer (persecute them/cause them to suffer) for proclaiming that God will save us because of our trusting in what Christ accomplished when he died on the cross [MTY, MET].
Orang-orang yang mau menonjolkan diri dengan hal-hal lahir, merekalah yang berusaha memaksa kalian menuruti peraturan sunat. Tetapi mereka melakukan itu hanya supaya mereka tidak dianiaya orang Yahudi oleh karena salib Kristus.
13 The reason that I say that is that the ones who are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone circumcise you} do not themselves fully obey the laws that God gave to Moses. Instead, they desire that you let someone circumcise you in order that they might boast to those Jews who would (persecute them/cause them to suffer) that you did that because they insisted [MTY] that you do it.
Orang-orang yang mengikuti peraturan sunat pun tidak menjalankan hukum agama. Tetapi mereka mau kalian disunat, supaya mereka dapat membanggakan bahwa kalian mentaati peraturan itu.
14 I myself, however, strongly desire that I never boast about anything like that. The only thing I will boast about is what our Lord Jesus Christ accomplished by dying on the cross [MTY]. Because of what Christ did on the cross, I no longer am interested in the things that those who do not trust Christ [MTY] think are important, and those people are no longer interested in the things that I [MET] think are important.
Tetapi saya sama sekali tidak mau membanggakan apa pun, selain Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus yang sudah mati disalib. Sebab justru karena Ia sudah mati disalib, maka dunia tidak lagi berarti apa-apa bagi saya. Dan terhadap dunia ini, saya pun seolah-olah sudah mati.
15 I will boast about Christ dying on the cross because God is concerned neither that people are circumcised nor that people are not circumcised. Instead, he is concerned only that people conduct their lives in a completely new way.
Disunat atau tidak disunat, itu tidak penting. Yang penting ialah menjadi manusia baru.
16 I pray that God will give inner peace and act kindly towards all who will act according to this new way of life. It is all those who live according to this new way of life who are now truly God’s people [MET], as the Israeli people were God’s people previously.
Bagi orang-orang yang hidup dengan pendirian itu, dan begitu juga bagi seluruh umat Allah, saya mengharap Allah akan memberikan sejahtera dan rahmat-Nya.
17 Finally, I say that people have persecuted me/caused me to suffer for declaring the truth about Jesus, and as a result I have scars on my body. Your new teachers do not have scars like mine! So do not trouble/bother me about these matters again!
Selanjutnya, janganlah seorang pun menyusahkan saya lagi, sebab pada tubuh saya ada bukti-bukti bahwa saya pengikut Yesus.
18 My fellow believers, I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will kindly accomplish what he desires within you. (Amen!/May it be so!)
Semoga Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus selalu memberkati Saudara-saudara. Amin. Hormat kami, Paulus.
