Abhagalatia 1
1 Nanye Paulo intumwa. Anye nitali ntumwa okusoka ku bhanu nolwo kulabha ku bhanu, Nawe ni kulabha ku Yesu Kristo na Nyamuanga Lata unu amusuluye okusoka mu bhafuye.
This letter comes from Paul, an apostle not appointed by any human organization or human authority. Quite the contrary: I was appointed by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Jesus from the dead.
2 Amwi na bhaili bhone nanye, enigandikila amakanisa Galatia.
All the brothers and sisters here with me join in sending this letter to the churches in Galatia.
3 Echigongo chibhe amwi nemwe no mulembe gunu gusokele ku Nyamuanga Lata weswe no Mukama Yesu Kristo,
May the grace and peace of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!
4 unu esosishe omwene kulwe bhibhibhi bhyeswe koleleki achigululule mu katungu kanu ako bhuyabhi, okusokana ne lyenda lya Nyamuanga weswe na Lata. (aiōn g165)
Jesus gave himself for our sins to set us free from this current world of evil, following the will of our God and Father. (aiōn g165)
To him be glory forever and ever! Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Enilugula okubha mwaindukie iinjili indi bhwangu. Enilugula ati omuindukila alela okusoka ku mwene unu abhabhilikie kulwe chigongo cha Kristo.
I'm shocked at how quickly you're abandoning the God who by the grace of Christ called you. You are turning to a different kind of good news
7 Italio iinjili indi, mbe nawe bhalio abhanu bhalebhe bhanu abhabhaletelesha jinyako no kwenda okuindula iinjili ya Kristo.
that isn't good news at all! Some people there are confusing you, wanting to pervert the good news of Christ.
8 Mbe nawe nolwo eswe amwi bhamalaika okusoka mu lwile nalasha kwemwe iinjili indi tali inu chabhalasishe ewemwe, afumilisibhwe.
But if anyone, even we ourselves, or even an angel from heaven, should promote any other kind of good news than what we have already told you, let them be condemned!
9 Lwa kutyo chaikile kubhwambilo, olyanu enaika lindi, “Akabha alio munu nabhalasisha emwe iinjili indi kukila inu mwalamiye, afumilisibhwe.”
I repeat what we've told you before: if anyone promotes any other kind of good news than what you've already accepted, let them be condemned!
10 Angu wolyanu eniyenja echibhalikisho cha bhanu amwi cha Nyamuanga? Eniyenja okubhakondelesha abhanu? Labha enigendelela okubhakondelesha abhanu anye nitali mukosi wa Kristo.
Whose approval do you think I want—that of people, or of God? Do you think I'm trying to please people? If I wanted to please people I wouldn't be a servant of Christ!
11 Bhaili, enenda mumenye ati iinjili inu nabhalasisishe itali yo kusoka ku bhanu.
Let me make it clear, my friends, regarding the good news I'm declaring—it did not come from any human being.
12 Nitailamie okusoka ku munu amwi okwiigisibhwa. Nawe yaliga ibhonesibhwe okusoka ku Kristo okuja kwanye.
I didn't receive it from anyone, and nobody taught it to me—it was Jesus Christ who revealed it to me.
13 Mwamalile okungwa ingulu ya kalibhatie kani ka inyuma okusoka mu dini ye Chiyaudi, lwa kutyo naliga ninyasha kulwo bhululu ikanisa ya Nyamuanga okukila muno no kuisingalisha.
You heard how I behaved as a follower of the Jewish religion—how I fanatically persecuted God's church, savagely trying to destroy it.
14 Naliga nigendelee mu dini ye Chiyaudi kukila abhaili bhani bhanfu Abhayaudi. Naliga no bhubhasi muno muntungwa ja balata bhani.
I surpassed my contemporaries in the practice of the Jewish religion because I was so fervently devoted to the traditions of my ancestors.
15 Mbe nawe Nyamuanga jamukondee okunsola anye kusoka munda ya mai. Ambilikiye anye okulubhana ne chigongo chae
But when God (who had set me apart from birth) called me through his grace, and was pleased
16 okumubhonesha Omwana wae mwanye, koleleki nimulashe ku bhanu bha maanga. Nolwo nitalondele bhwitondo bhwo mubhili no bhwa manyinga
to reveal his Son to me so that I could announce the good news to the nations, I didn't discuss this with anyone.
17 nitagendele Yerusalemu kubhanu bhaliga jintumwa bhanu bha ntangatie. Mbe nawe nagendele Uarabuni nimala ninsubha Damesiki.
I didn't go to Jerusalem to talk to those who preceded me as apostles; instead I left for Arabia, and then later returned to Damascus.
18 Jejile jawa myaka esatu ningenda Yerusalemu okulibhatila Kefa, niniyanja nage nsiku ekumi ne tanu.
After three years I went to Jerusalem to visit Peter. I stayed with him for two weeks.
19 Mbe nawe nitalolele jintumwa indi tali Yakobo enyele, omuili wabho Omukama.
I didn't see any other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
20 Lola, imbele ya Nyamuanga, nitakujiga mujinu enandika kwemwe.
(Let me assure you before God that I'm not lying about what I'm writing to you!)
21 Neishe ningenda mu mikoa ja Shamu na Kilikia.
Then I went to Syria and Cilicia.
22 Naliga ntakumenyekana mu meso ku makanisa ga Bhuyaudi ganu galiga mu Kristo,
Even so, my face wasn't known to those in the churches of Judea.
23 mbe nawe bhaliga nibhongwa ala, “Unu aliga nachinyasha olyanu kalasha elikilisha linu aliga nalinyamula.”
They had only heard people say, “The man who used to persecute us is now spreading the faith he once tried to destroy!”
24 Bhaliga nibhamukusha Nyamuanga ingulu yani.
—and they praised God because of me.
