Galatians 2

1 Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

1 ثُمَّ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً صَعِدْتُ أَيْضًا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مَعَ بَرْنَابَا، آخِذًا مَعِي تِيطُسَ أَيْضًا.

2 I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

2 وَإِنَّمَا صَعِدْتُ بِمُوجَبِ إِعْلَانٍ، وَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلْإِنْجِيلَ ٱلَّذِي أَكْرِزُ بِهِ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَلَكِنْ بِٱلِٱنْفِرَادِ عَلَى ٱلْمُعْتَبَرِينَ، لِئَلَّا أَكُونَ أَسْعَى أَوْ قَدْ سَعَيْتُ بَاطِلًا.

3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

3 لَكِنْ لَمْ يُضْطَرَّ وَلَا تِيطُسُ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ مَعِي، وَهُوَ يُونَانِيٌّ، أَنْ يَخْتَتِنَ.

4 This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

4 وَلَكِنْ بِسَبَبِ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ ٱلْكَذَبَةِ ٱلْمُدْخَلِينَ خُفْيَةً، ٱلَّذِينَ دَخَلُوا ٱخْتِلَاسًا لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا حُرِّيَّتَنَا ٱلَّتِي لَنَا فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ كَيْ يَسْتَعْبِدُونَا،

5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

5 الَّذِينَ لَمْ نُذْعِنْ لَهُمْ بِٱلْخُضُوعِ وَلَا سَاعَةً، لِيَبْقَى عِنْدَكُمْ حَقُّ ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ.

6 But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.

6 وَأَمَّا ٱلْمُعْتَبَرُونَ أَنَّهُمْ شَيْءٌ - مَهْمَا كَانُوا، لَا فَرْقَ عِنْدِي، ٱللهُ لَا يَأْخُذُ بِوَجْهِ إِنْسَانٍ - فَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْمُعْتَبَرِينَ لَمْ يُشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ.

7 On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

7 بَلْ بِٱلْعَكْسِ، إِذْ رَأَوْا أَنِّي ٱؤْتُمِنْتُ عَلَى إِنْجِيلِ ٱلْغُرْلَةِ كَمَا بُطْرُسُ عَلَى إِنْجِيلِ ٱلْخِتَانِ.

8 For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.

8 فَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَ فِي بُطْرُسَ لِرِسَالَةِ ٱلْخِتَانِ عَمِلَ فِيَّ أَيْضًا لِلْأُمَمِ.

9 And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

9 فَإِذْ عَلِمَ بِٱلنِّعْمَةِ ٱلْمُعْطَاةِ لِي يَعْقُوبُ وَصَفَا وَيُوحَنَّا، ٱلْمُعْتَبَرُونَ أَنَّهُمْ أَعْمِدَةٌ، أَعْطَوْنِي وَبَرْنَابَا يَمِينَ ٱلشَّرِكَةِ لِنَكُونَ نَحْنُ لِلْأُمَمِ، وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَلِلْخِتَانِ.

10 They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

10 غَيْرَ أَنْ نَذْكُرَ ٱلْفُقَرَاءَ. وَهَذَا عَيْنُهُ كُنْتُ ٱعْتَنَيْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ.

11 When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

11 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا أَتَى بُطْرُسُ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ قَاوَمْتُهُ مُواجَهَةً، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَلُومًا.

12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

12 لِأَنَّهُ قَبْلَمَا أَتَى قَوْمٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ يَعْقُوبَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مَعَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا أَتَوْا كَانَ يُؤَخِّرُ وَيُفْرِزُ نَفْسَهُ، خَائِفًا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنَ ٱلْخِتَانِ.

13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

13 وَرَاءَى مَعَهُ بَاقِي ٱلْيَهُودِ أَيْضًا، حَتَّى إِنَّ بَرْنَابَا أَيْضًا ٱنْقَادَ إِلَى رِيَائِهِمْ!

14 When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

14 لَكِنْ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْلُكُونَ بِٱسْتِقَامَةٍ حَسَبَ حَقِّ ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ، قُلْتُ لِبُطْرُسَ قُدَّامَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ وَأَنْتَ يَهُودِيٌّ تَعِيشُ أُمَمِيًّا لَا يَهُودِيًّا، فَلِمَاذَا تُلْزِمُ ٱلْأُمَمَ أَنْ يَتَهَوَّدُوا؟»

15 We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”

15 نَحْنُ بِٱلطَّبِيعَةِ يَهُودٌ وَلَسْنَا مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ خُطَاةً،

16 know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

16 إِذْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ لَا يَتَبَرَّرُ بِأَعْمَالِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ، بَلْ بِإِيمَانِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، آمَنَّا نَحْنُ أَيْضًا بِيَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، لِنَتَبَرَّرَ بِإِيمَانِ يَسُوعَ لَا بِأَعْمَالِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ. لِأَنَّهُ بِأَعْمَالِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ لَا يَتَبَرَّرُ جَسَدٌ مَا.

17 But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

17 فَإِنْ كُنَّا وَنَحْنُ طَالِبُونَ أَنْ نَتَبَرَّرَ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ، نُوجَدُ نَحْنُ أَنْفُسُنَا أَيْضًا خُطَاةً، أَفَٱلْمَسِيحُ خَادِمٌ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ؟ حَاشَا!

18 If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

18 فَإِنِّي إِنْ كُنْتُ أَبْنِي أَيْضًا هَذَا ٱلَّذِي قَدْ هَدَمْتُهُ، فَإِنِّي أُظْهِرُ نَفْسِي مُتَعَدِّيًا.

19 For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

19 لِأَنِّي مُتُّ بِٱلنَّامُوسِ لِلنَّامُوسِ لِأَحْيَا لِلهِ.

20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

20 مَعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ صُلِبْتُ، فَأَحْيَا لَا أَنَا، بَلِ ٱلْمَسِيحُ يَحْيَا فِيَّ. فَمَا أَحْيَاهُ ٱلْآنَ فِي ٱلْجَسَدِ، فَإِنَّمَا أَحْيَاهُ فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ، إِيمَانِ ٱبْنِ ٱللهِ، ٱلَّذِي أَحَبَّنِي وَأَسْلَمَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَجْلِي.

21 I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

21 لَسْتُ أُبْطِلُ نِعْمَةَ ٱللهِ. لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ بِٱلنَّامُوسِ بِرٌّ، فَٱلْمَسِيحُ إِذًا مَاتَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ!