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].
Saudara-saudara jemaat-jemaat di wilayah Galatia, Saya, Paulus, dan semua saudara Kristen yang bersama saya, mengharap semoga Allah Bapa kita dan Tuhan Yesus Kristus memberi berkat dan sejahtera kepadamu. Saya menjadi rasul bukan dengan perantaraan manusia atau karena diangkat oleh manusia, melainkan oleh Yesus Kristus dan Allah Bapa kita yang sudah menghidupkan Dia kembali dari kematian.
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].
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
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)
Mentaati kemauan Allah Bapa kita, Kristus menyerahkan diri-Nya menjadi kurban untuk dosa-dosa kita, supaya kita diselamatkan dari zaman yang jahat ini. (aiōn g165)
Terpujilah Allah selama-lamanya! Amin. (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.”
Saya heran tentang Saudara-saudara! Kalian dipanggil Allah oleh karena rahmat Kristus, tetapi sekarang kalian begitu cepat membelakangi Allah dan mengikuti "kabar baik" yang lain daripada Kabar Baik yang dari Allah.
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].
Sebenarnya tidak ada "kabar baik yang lain". Hanya ada orang-orang yang memberitakan kepada kalian "kabar baik" tentang Kristus yang mereka putar balikkan sehingga mengacaukan kalian.
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].
Orang yang memberitakan "kabar baik" yang lain daripada Kabar Baik yang telah kami beritakan, biarlah ia dihukum Allah--sekalipun orang itu kami sendiri atau malaikat dari surga!
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.
Kami sudah mengatakannya dahulu, sekarang saya mengatakannya sekali lagi: Orang yang memberitakan kepadamu "kabar baik" yang lain daripada Kabar Baik yang sudah kalian terima dari kami, orang itu hendaknya dihukum Allah!
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.
Apakah dengan itu nampaknya saya seolah-olah mengharap diakui oleh manusia? Sama sekali tidak! Saya hanya mengharapkan pengakuan dari Allah. Apakah saya sedang berusaha mengambil hati manusia supaya disenangi orang? Kalau saya masih berbuat begitu, saya bukanlah hamba Kristus.
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].
Saudara-saudara harus mengetahui bahwa Kabar Baik yang saya beritakan itu tidak berasal dari manusia.
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.
Saya tidak menerima kabar itu dari manusia, dan tidak seorang pun yang mengajarkannya kepada saya. Yesus Kristus sendirilah yang mengungkapkan isi Kabar Baik itu kepada saya.
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.
Tentu kalian sudah mendengar tentang kehidupan saya dahulu sebagai seorang penganut agama Yahudi. Kalian tahu bagaimana kejamnya saya memperlakukan jemaat Allah dan bagaimana kerasnya saya berusaha menghancurkannya.
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].
Dalam hal menjalankan agama Yahudi, saya melebihi kebanyakan orang Yahudi yang sebaya dengan saya. Saya bersemangat sekali dalam hal-hal mengenai adat istiadat nenek moyang kami.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
Tetapi karena kebaikan hati Allah, Ia memilih saya sebelum saya lahir dan memanggil saya untuk melayani Dia.
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!]!
Allah menyatakan Anak-Nya kepada saya supaya Kabar Baik tentang Anak-Nya dapat saya beritakan kepada orang-orang bukan Yahudi. Pada waktu itu saya tidak pergi kepada seorang pun untuk minta nasihat.
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].
Saya tidak juga pergi kepada orang-orang di Yerusalem yang sudah terlebih dahulu dari saya menjadi rasul. Tetapi saya pergi ke negeri Arab, lalu dari situ kembali ke Damsyik lagi.
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].
Tiga tahun kemudian, saya pergi ke Yerusalem untuk berkenalan dengan Petrus. Saya tinggal dengan dia hanya 15 hari lamanya.
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.
Saya tidak bertemu dengan rasul-rasul yang lain, kecuali Yakobus, saudara Tuhan.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
Apa yang saya tulis ini benar. Allah tahu bahwa saya tidak berbohong!
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
Setelah itu saya pergi ke daerah-daerah di Siria dan Kilikia.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
Sampai pada saat itu jemaat-jemaat Kristen di Yudea masih belum mengenal saya secara langsung.
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)!”
Mereka hanya mendengar orang berkata, "Orang yang dahulu menganiaya kami, sekarang memberitakan kepercayaan yang dahulu mau dimusnahkannya."
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
Maka mereka memuji Allah karena saya.
