Wagalatia 2
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Baada ya miaka kumi na minne, nilikwenda tena Yerusalemu pamoja na Barnaba; nilimchukua pia Tito pamoja nami.
1Then, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
2Kwenda kwangu kulitokana na ufunuo alionipa Mungu. Katika kikao cha faragha niliwaeleza hao viongozi ujumbe wa Habari Njema niliohubiri kwa watu wa mataifa. Nilifanya hivyo kusudi kazi yangu niliyokuwa nimefanya, na ile ninayofanya sasa isije ikawa bure.
2And I went up according to revelation; and communicated to them the gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles, but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run, or had run in vain.
3Lakini, hata mwenzangu Tito, ambaye ni Mgiriki, hakulazimika kutahiriwa,
3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled to be circumcised.
4ingawa kulikuwa na ndugu wengine wa uongo waliotaka atahiriwe. Watu hawa walijiingiza kwa ujanja na kupeleleza uhuru wetu tulio nao katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu, ili wapate kutufanya watumwa.
4But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude.
5Hatukukubaliana nao hata kidogo ili ukweli wa Habari Njema ubaki nanyi daima.
5To whom we yielded not by subjection, no not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6Lakini watu hawa wanaosemekana kuwa ni viongozi—kama kweli walikuwa hivyo au sivyo, kwangu si kitu, maana Mungu hahukumu kwa kuangalia mambo ya nje—watu hawa hawakuwa na kitu cha kuongeza katika Habari hii Njema kama niihubirivyo.
6But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time, it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man,) for to me they that seemed to be some thing added nothing.
7Badala yake, walitambua kwamba Mungu alikuwa amenituma kuhubiri Habari Njema kwa watu wa mataifa mengine kama vile Petro alivyokuwa ametumwa kuihubiri kwa Wayahudi.
7But contrariwise, when they had seen that to me was committed the gospel of the uncircumcision, as to Peter was that of the circumcision.
8Maana, yule aliyemwezesha Petro kuwa mtume kwa Wayahudi, ndiye aliyeniwezesha nami pia kuwa mtume kwa watu wa mataifa mengine.
8(For he who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among the Gentiles.)
9Basi, Yakobo, Kefa na Yohane, ambao waonekana kuwa viongozi wakuu, walitambua kwamba Mungu alinijalia neema hiyo, wakatushika sisi mkono, yaani Barnaba na mimi, iwe ishara ya ushirikiano. Sisi ilitupasa tukafanye kazi kati ya watu wa mataifa mengine, na wao kati ya Wayahudi.
9And when they had known the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship: that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision:
10Wakatuomba lakini kitu kimoja: tuwakumbuke maskini; jambo ambalo nimekuwa nikijitahidi kutekeleza.
10Only that we should be mindful of the poor: which same thing also I was careful to do.
11Lakini Kefa alipofika Antiokia nilimpinga waziwazi maana alikuwa amekosea.
11But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
12Awali, kabla ya watu kadhaa waliokuwa wametumwa na Yakobo kuwasili hapo, Petro alikuwa akila pamoja na watu wa mataifa mengine. Lakini, baada ya hao watu kufika, aliacha kabisa kula pamoja na watu wa mataifa mengine, kwa kuogopa kikundi cha waliosisitiza tohara.
12For before that some came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision.
13Hata ndugu wengine Wayahudi walimuunga mkono Petro katika kitendo hiki cha unafiki, naye Barnaba akakumbwa na huo unafiki wao.
13And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented, so that Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation.
14Basi, nilipoona kuwa msimamo wao kuhusu ukweli wa Habari Njema haukuwa umenyooka, nikamwambia Kefa mbele ya watu wote: “Ingawa wewe ni Myahudi, unaishi kama watu wa mataifa mengine na si kama Myahudi! Unawezaje, basi kujaribu kuwalazimisha watu wa mataifa mengine kuishi kama Wayahudi?”
14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15Kweli, sisi kwa asili ni Wayahudi, na si watu wa mataifa mengine hao wenye dhambi!
15We by nature are Jews, and not of the Gentiles sinners.
16Lakini, tunajua kwa hakika kwamba mtu hawezi kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa kuitii Sheria, bali tu kwa kumwamini Yesu Kristo. Na sisi pia tumemwamini Yesu Kristo ili tupate kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa njia ya imani yetu kwa Kristo, na si kwa kuitii Sheria.
16But knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ; we also believe in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
17Sasa, ikiwa katika kutafuta kukubaliwa kuwa waadilifu kwa kuungana na Kristo sisi tunaonekana kuwa wenye dhambi, je, jambo hili lina maana kwamba Kristo anasaidia utendaji wa dhambi? Hata kidogo!
17But if while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners; is Christ then the minister of sin? God forbid.
18Lakini ikiwa ninajenga tena kile nilichokwisha bomoa, basi nahakikisha kwamba mimi ni mhalifu.
18For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make myself a prevaricator.
19Maana, kuhusu Sheria hiyo, mimi nimekufa; Sheria yenyewe iliniua, nipate kuishi kwa ajili ya Mungu. Mimi nimeuawa pamoja na Kristo msalabani,
19For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God: with Christ I am nailed to the cross.
20na sasa naishi, lakini si mimi tena, bali Kristo anaishi ndani yangu. Maisha haya ninayoishi sasa naishi kwa imani, imani katika Mwana wa Mungu aliyenipenda hata akayatoa maisha yake kwa ajili yangu.
20And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me.
21Sipendi kuikataa neema ya Mungu. Kama mtu huweza kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa njia ya Sheria, basi, Kristo alikufa bure!
21I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.
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