Galatas 2

1 Deinde post annos quattuordecim, iterum ascendi Ierosolymam cum Barnaba, assumpto et Tito.

Fourteen years later I went up to Jerusalem again, with Barnabas, taking Titus along as well.

2 Ascendi autem secundum revelationem: et contuli cum illis Evangelium, quod praedico in Gentibus, seorsum autem iis, qui videbantur aliquid esse: ne forte in vacuum currerem, aut cucurrissem.

I went on the basis of a revelation and set before them [the main apostles] the Gospel that I proclaim among the nations/Gentiles.—Now I did this privately to those with influence, lest somehow I might run, or had run, in vain.

3 Sed neque Titus, qui mecum erat, cum esset Gentilis, compulsus est circumcidi:

However, not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, for being a Greek.

4 sed propter subintroductos falsos fratres, qui subintroierunt explorare libertatem nostram, quam habemus in Christo Iesu, ut nos in servitutem redigerent.

This came up because of the false brothers who were smuggled in (who stole in to spy out our freedom, that we have in Christ Jesus, so as to reduce us to slavery),

5 Quibus neque ad horam cessimus subiectioni, ut veritas Evangelii permaneat apud vos:

to whom we did not yield, even for a moment, so that the truth of the Gospel might continue with you.—

6 ab iis autem, qui videbantur esse aliquid, (quales aliquando fuerint, nihil mea interest. Deus personam hominis non accipit) mihi enim qui videbantur esse aliquid, nihil contulerunt.

Now from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows favoritism to no man)—those with influence contributed nothing to me,

7 Sed econtra cum vidissent quod creditum est mihi Evangelium praeputii, sicut et Petro circumcisionis:

but on the contrary, upon seeing that I had been entrusted with the Gospel for the uncircumcised, just as was Peter for the circumcised

8 (qui enim operatus est Petro in Apostolatum circumcisionis, operatus est et mihi inter Gentes)

(for He who was at work with Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised was also at work with me for that to the uncircumcised),

9 et cum cognovissent gratiam, quae data est mihi, Iacobus, et Cephas, et Ioannes, qui videbantur columnae esse, dextras dederunt mihi, et Barnabae societatis: ut nos in Gentes, ipsi autem in circumcisionem:

and upon perceiving the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, while they to the Jews.

10 tantum ut pauperum memores essemus, quod etiam solicitus fui hoc ipsum facere.

They did ask us to keep remembering the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.

11 Cum autem venisset Cephas Antiochiam: in faciem ei restiti, quia reprehensibilis erat.

But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was blameworthy.

12 Prius enim quam venirent quidam a Iacobo, cum Gentibus edebat: cum autem venissent, subtrahebat, et segregabat se timens eos, qui ex circumcisione erant.

Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision party.

13 Et simulationi eius consenserunt ceteri Iudaei, ita ut et Barnabas duceretur ab eis in illam simulationem.

And the rest of the Jews played the hypocrite with him as well, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

14 Sed cum vidissem quod non recte ambularent ad veritatem Evangelii, dixi Cephae coram omnibus: Si tu, cum Iudaeus sis, gentiliter vivis, et non Iudaice: quomodo Gentes cogis Iudaizare?

So when I saw that they were not walking straight according to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all: “If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, why do you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?

15 Nos natura Iudaei, et non ex Gentibus peccatores.

We natural Jews (and not ‘Gentile sinners’),

16 Scientes autem quod non iustificatur homo ex operibus legis, nisi per fidem Iesu Christi: et nos in Christo Iesu credimus, ut iustificemur ex fide Christi, et non ex operibus legis: propter quod ex operibus legis non iustificabitur omnis caro.

knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, we ourselves have believed into Christ Jesus, so as to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law; because no one will be justified by works of law.

17 Quod si quaerentes iustificari in Christo, inventi sumus et ipsi peccatores, numquid Christus peccati minister est? Absit.

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves were discovered to be sinners, then is Christ a minister of sin? Of course not!

18 Si enim quae destruxi, iterum haec aedifico: praevaricatorem me constituo.

“Now if I rebuild the things that I destroyed, I acknowledge that I am a transgressor.

19 Ego enim per legem, legi mortuus sum, ut Deo vivam: Christo confixus sum cruci.

For through the law I died to the law in order to live to God.

20 Vivo autem, iam non ego: vivit vero in me Christus. Quod autem nunc vivo in carne: in fide vivo filii Dei, qui dilexit me, et tradidit semetipsum pro me.

I have been crucified with Christ, so it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; what I now live in this body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself in my place.

21 Non abiicio gratiam Dei. Si enim per legem iustitia, ergo gratis Christus mortuus est.

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”