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].
Paulus, ein Apostel (nicht von Menschen, auch nicht durch Menschen, sondern durch Jesum Christum und Gott, den Vater, der ihn auferweckt hat von den Toten),
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].
und alle Brüder, die bei mir sind, den Gemeinden in Galatien:
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
Gnade sei mit euch und Friede von Gott, dem Vater, und unserm HERRN Jesus Christus,
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)
der sich selbst für unsere Sünden gegeben hat, daß er uns errettete von dieser gegenwärtigen, argen Welt nach dem Willen Gottes und unseres Vaters, (aiōn g165)
welchem sei Ehre von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit! Amen. (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.”
Mich wundert, daß ihr euch so bald abwenden lasset von dem, der euch berufen hat in die Gnade Christi, zu einem anderen Evangelium,
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].
so doch kein anderes ist, außer, daß etliche sind, die euch verwirren und wollen das Evangelium Christi verkehren.
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].
Aber so auch wir oder ein Engel vom Himmel euch würde Evangelium predigen anders, denn das wir euch gepredigt haben, der sei verflucht!
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.
Wie wir jetzt gesagt haben, so sagen wir abermals: So jemand euch Evangelium predigt anders, denn das ihr empfangen habt, der sei verflucht!
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.
Predige ich denn jetzt Menschen oder Gott zu Dienst? Oder gedenke ich, Menschen gefällig zu sein? Wenn ich den Menschen noch gefällig wäre, so wäre ich Christi Knecht nicht.
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].
Ich tue euch aber kund, liebe Brüder, daß das Evangelium, das von mir gepredigt ist, nicht menschlich ist.
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.
Denn ich habe es von keinem Menschen empfangen noch gelernt, sondern durch die Offenbarung Jesu Christi.
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.
Denn ihr habt ja wohl gehört meinen Wandel weiland im Judentum, wie ich über die Maßen die Gemeinde Gottes verfolgte und verstörte
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].
und nahm zu im Judentum über viele meinesgleichen in meinem Geschlecht und eiferte über die Maßen um das väterliche Gesetz.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
Da es aber Gott wohl gefiel, der mich von meiner Mutter Leibe an hat ausgesondert und berufen durch seine Gnade,
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!]!
daß er seinen Sohn offenbarte in mir, daß ich ihn durchs Evangelium verkündigen sollte unter den Heiden: alsobald fuhr ich zu und besprach mich nicht darüber mit Fleisch und Blut,
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].
kam auch nicht gen Jerusalem zu denen, die vor mir Apostel waren, sondern zog hin nach Arabien und kam wiederum gen Damaskus.
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].
Darnach über drei Jahre kam ich nach Jerusalem, Petrus zu schauen, und blieb fünfzehn Tage bei ihm.
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.
Der andern Apostel aber sah ich keinen außer Jakobus, des HERRN Bruder.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
Was ich euch aber schreibe, siehe, Gott weiß, ich lüge nicht!
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
Darnach kam ich in die Länder Syrien und Zilizien.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
Ich war aber unbekannt von Angesicht den christlichen Gemeinden in Judäa.
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)!”
Sie hatten aber allein gehört, daß, der uns weiland verfolgte, der predigt jetzt den Glauben, welchen er weiland verstörte,
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
und priesen Gott über mir.
