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].
ᏉᎳ, ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ, ᏴᏫ ᎬᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ ᎬᎩᏁᏤᎸᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᏥᏌᏍᎩᏂ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᎴᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᎩᏁᏤᎸᎯ;
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].
ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ ᏦᏤᏙᎭ, ᏫᏨᏲᏪᎳᏏ ᏗᏣᏁᎶᏗ ᏕᏣᏓᏡᏩᏗᏒ ᎨᎴᏏᏱ;
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ ᎨᏤᎳᏗᏙᎮᏍᏗ, ᎨᏣᎵᏍᎪᎸᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏤᎵ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ,
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)
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏚᏓᏲᏎ ᎠᏴ ᎢᎩᏍᎦᏅᏨ ᏥᏍᏗ ᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎫᏓᎴᏍᏗᏱ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎡᎲ ᎤᏲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎩᏙᏓ; (aiōn g165)
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ. ᎡᎺᏅ. (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.”
ᎠᎩᏍᏆᏂᎪᏍᎦ ᏥᎾᏞᎬ ᎡᏣᏓᏅᎡᎸ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎢᏥᏯᏅᏛ ᏫᏥᎧᏅᎯ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ, ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏥᏥᎬᏫᏳᏔᏅ.
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].
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏥᎩ; ᎠᏁᎭᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎨᏣᏕᏯᏙᏗᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
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].
ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏴ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏅᏓᏳᎶᏒᎯ, ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏱᏨᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᎸ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎢᏨᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᎸᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏥᏍᎦᏨᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
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.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎢᏲᎩᏪᏛ ᏥᎩ, ᎤᏠᏱᏉ ᎯᎠ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏂᏥᏪᎭ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏣᎵᏥᏙᏁᎮᏍᏗ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ, ᎾᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏳᎳ ᏗᏣᏓᏂᎸᏨᎯ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏥᏍᎦᏨᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
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.
ᎪᎯᏰᏃ ᎨᏒ ᏥᎪ ᏴᏫ ᏗᏆᎵᎢ ᏂᏕᎬᏁᎭ? ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᎨ? ᏥᎪᎨ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎤᏂᏰᎸᏗ ᏴᏫ ᎠᎩᏲᎭ? ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎤᏂᏰᎸᏗ ᏴᏫ ᎠᏏ ᏯᎩᏲᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᎩᏅᏏᏙᎯ ᏱᎦᎩ.
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].
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎢᏨᏃᏁᎭ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏣᏆᎵᏥᏙᏅᎩ, ᎥᏝ ᏴᏫ ᏧᏕᏲᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ.
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.
ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᏴᏫ ᏗᎬᎩᏲᎯᏎᎸᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎩᎶ ᎠᏇᏲᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛᏍᎩᏂ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏯᏋᏁᎸᎯ.
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.
ᎢᏣᏛᎦᏅᏰᏃ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ ᎠᏆᎴᏂᏙᎸ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏧᎾᏤᎵ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏕᏥᎦᎿᎭᏩᏗᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎶᏒᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎦᏥᏯᏕᏯᏙᏔᏅ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᎤᎾᏓᏡᎬᎢ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᏕᏥᏛᏔᏅᎢ.
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].
ᎠᎴ ᎠᎩᏁᏉᏤᎲ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏧᎾᏤᎵ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏥᎦᏙᎥᏍᎬᎢ ᏕᏥᎪᎾᏛᏛᎩ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᎢᏗᎦᏲᎦᏛᏅ ᏗᏆᏤᎵ ᏴᏫ, ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏛ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏛᎩ ᏓᏇᎷᎬᎩ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎤᏂᏃᎮᎸᎯ.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏰᎸᏅ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎡᏥ ᎠᎩᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎠᏆᏓᏓᎴᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎩᏯᏅᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ,
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!]!
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎩᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᎦᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎬ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏥᏴᏁᏗᏱ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᎠᏁᎲᎢ; ᎩᎳᏉ ᎢᏴᏛ, ᎥᏝ ᎤᏂᏇᏓᎵ ᎠᎴ ᎩᎬ ᎤᏂᏁᎯ ᏱᏗᎦᏥᏯᏁᎶᏔᏁᎢ;
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].
ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏥᎷᏏᎵᎻ ᏱᏩᎩᎶᏎᎢ, ᏱᎦᏥᏩᏛᎲᏎ ᎢᎬᏱ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᎢᏳᎾᎵᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏴ ᎣᏂ; ᎠᎴᏈᏱᏍᎩᏂ ᏩᎩᎶᏒᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏔᎵᏁ ᏕᎹᏍᎦ ᏛᎠᎩᎷᏨᎩ.
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].
ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏦᎢ ᏫᏄᏕᏘᏴᎲ ᏥᎷᏏᎵᎻ ᎠᏇᏅᏒᎩ ᏈᏓ ᎥᏥᏩᏛᎲᏒᎩ, ᎯᏍᎩᎦᏚᏃ ᏧᏒᎯᏛ ᎦᏁᎸ ᎠᎩᏅᎩ.
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.
ᎠᏂᏐᎢᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏱᏥᎪᎡ ᏥᎻ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏨᏲᏪᎳᏁᎭ, ᎬᏂᏳᏉ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᏱᎦᏥᎪᎥᏍᎦ.
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
ᎣᏂᏃ ᏏᎵᏱ ᎠᎴ ᏏᎵᏏᏱ ᏩᎩᎶᏒᎩ.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎯ ᏱᎨᏎ ᎠᏆᎧᏛ ᎾᏍᎩᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᏚᎾᏓᏡᏩᏗᏒ ᏧᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏗᎬᏩᏁᎶᏗ;
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)!”
ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅᎯᏉᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎨᏎᎢ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏂᏪᏍᎬᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎤᏲ ᏥᏂᎬᎿᎭᏕᎬ ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ, ᎿᎭᏉ ᎠᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎦ ᎢᎧᏃᎮᎭ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎸᎯᏳ ᏣᏛᏗᏍᎬᎩ.
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
ᎤᏂᎸᏉᏔᏁᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏴ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎨᎢ.
