Galatians 2
1 Fourteen years afterwards I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me.
Después de 14 años subí otra vez a Jerusalén con Bernabé, y también llevé a Tito.
2 It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the Apostles the Good News that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of, for fear that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.
Subí según una revelación. Para no correr ni haber corrido en vano, expuse en privado a los de cierta reputación las Buenas Noticias que predico entre los gentiles.
3 Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.
Ni aun Tito, el griego que estaba conmigo, fue obligado a circuncidarse
4 But, on account of the false Brothers who had stolen in, the men who had crept in to spy upon the liberty which we have through union with Christ Jesus, in order to bring us back to slavery —
por motivo de los falsos hermanos que entraron solapadamente para espiar la libertad que tenemos en Cristo Jesús, a fin de esclavizarnos.
5 Why, we did not for a moment yield submission to them, that the Truth of the Good News might be yours always!
Ni por un momento cedimos a someternos a ellos, para que la verdad de las Buenas Noticias permaneciera con ustedes.
6 Of those who are thought somewhat highly of — what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not recognise human distinctions — those, I say, who are thought highly of added nothing to my Message.
Los de reputación que parecían ser algo, nada me impartieron. Lo que eran no me interesa, Dios no hace acepción de personas.
7 On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the Gentiles, just as Peter had been for the Jews.
Por otra parte, al considerar que las Buenas Noticias para los no circuncidados me fueron confiadas, como a Pedro, las Buenas Noticias para los circuncidados
8 For he who gave Peter power for his mission to the Jews gave me, also, power to go to the Gentiles.
(porque el que actuó en Pedro para el apostolado a los judíos también actuó en mí para los gentiles),
9 Recognising the charge entrusted to me, James, Peter, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the Church, openly acknowledged Barnabas and me as fellow-workers, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.
y después de reconocer la gracia que me fue dada, Jacobo, Cefas y Juan, los que parecían ser columnas, nos dieron las manos derechas de comunión a mí y a Bernabé, para que nosotros fuéramos a los gentiles, y ellos a los judíos.
10 Only we were to remember the poor — the very thing I was myself anxious to do.
Solo nos pidieron que nos acordemos de los pobres. Yo también anhelaba hacer esto.
11 But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned.
Pero cuando Cefas fue a Antioquía, le resistí cara a cara porque era digno de reprensión.
12 Before certain persons came from James, he had been in the habit of eating with the Gentile converts; but, when they came, he began to withdraw and hold aloof, for fear of offending those who still held to circumcision.
Porque antes de llegar algunos de parte de Jacobo, [Cefas] comía con los gentiles. Pero cuando llegaron, al atemorizarse de los judíos, se retraía y se apartaba.
13 The rest of the Jewish converts were guilty of the same hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led away by it.
Los demás judíos se unieron a él en su hipocresía, de tal manera que aun Bernabé fue arrastrado por la hipocresía de ellos.
14 But, when I saw that they were not dealing straightforwardly with the Truth of the Good News, I said to Peter, before them all, “If you, who were born a Jew, adopt Gentile customs, instead of Jewish, why are you trying to compel the Gentile converts to adopt Jewish customs?”
Pero cuando noté que no actuaban rectamente en cuanto a la verdad de las Buenas Noticias, dije a Cefas delante de todos: Si tú, que eres judío, vives como gentil y no como judío, ¿cómo obligas a los gentiles a vivir según las costumbres judías?
15 We, though we are Jews by birth and not outcasts of Gentile origin, know that no one is pronounced righteous as the result of obedience to Law, but only through faith in Christ Jesus.
Nosotros, judíos por naturaleza, y no pecadores de entre [los] gentiles,
16 So we placed our faith in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be pronounced righteous, as the result of faith in Christ, and not of obedience to Law; for such obedience ‘will not result in even one soul’s being pronounced righteous.’
después de saber que un hombre no es declarado justo por [las ]obras de [la] Ley, sino por [la ]fe en Jesucristo, también creímos en Jesucristo, para que fuéramos declarados justos por [la ]fe en Cristo, y no por [las ]obras de [la ]Ley. Porque por [las ]obras de [la ]Ley ningún humano será declarado justo.
17 If, while seeking to be pronounced righteous through union with Christ, we were ourselves seen to be outcasts, would that make Christ an agent of sin? Heaven forbid!
Si al buscar ser declarados justos en Cristo, también nosotros mismos fuimos hallados pecadores, ¿es entonces Cristo un ministro de pecado? ¡Claro que no!
18 For, if I rebuild the very things that I pulled down, I prove myself to have done wrong.
Porque si edifico otra vez las cosas que destruí, muestro que soy transgresor.
19 I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God.
Porque yo, por medio de [la] Ley morí a [la] Ley, a fin de vivir para Dios. Con Cristo fui juntamente crucificado,
20 I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
y ya no vivo yo, sino Cristo vive en mí. Lo que ahora vivo en [el] cuerpo, lo vivo en [la ]fe en el Hijo de Dios, Quien me amó y se entregó por mí.
21 I do not reject the love of God. If righteousness comes through Law, then there was no need for Christ to die!
No declaro inválida la gracia de Dios, porque si por [la] Ley [hubiera] justicia, entonces Cristo murió sin propósito.
