1 Т огава след четиринадесет години, пак възлязох в Ерусалим с Варнава, като взех със себе си и Тита.

Then after of fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem. with Barnabas, taking Titus along with also.

2 ( А възлязох по откровение). И изложих пред братята благовестието, което проповядвам между езичниците, но частно пред по-именитите от тях, да не би напразно да тичам или да съм тичал.

I went because it was specially and divinely revealed to me that I should go, and I put before them the Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles. However, privately before those of repute, that I was not running or had not run in vain.

3 Н о даже Тит, който бе с мене, ако и да беше грък, не бе принуден да се обреже;

But even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

4 и то поради лъжебратята, които бяха се вмъкнали да съгледват свободата, която имаме в Христа Исуса, за да ни поробят;

because of false brethren who had been secretly smuggled in; they had slipped in to spy on our liberty and the freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might again bring us into bondage.

5 н а които, ни за час не отстъпихме да им се покорим, за да пребъде с вас истината на благовестието.

To them we did not yield submission even for a moment, that the truth of the Gospel might continue to be for you.

6 А тия, които се считаха за нещо, (каквито и да са били, на мене е все едно; Бог не гледа на лицето на човека),

Moreover, by those who were reputed to be something—though what was their individual position and whether they really were of importance or not makes no difference to me; God is not impressed with the positions that men hold and He is not partial and recognizes no external distinctions—those who were of repute imposed no new requirements upon me.

7 а напротив, когато видяха, че на мене беше поверено да проповядвам благовестието между необрязаните, както на Петра между обрязаните,

But on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted the Gospel to the uncircumcised as Peter had been entrusted the Gospel to the circumcised;

8 ( защото, който подействува в Петра за апостолство между обрязаните, подействува и в мене за апостолство между езичниците),

For He Who motivated and fitted Peter and worked effectively through him for the mission to the circumcised, motivated and fitted me and worked through me also for the Gentiles.

9 и когато познаха дадената на мене благодат, то Яков, Кифа и Иоан, които се считаха за стълбове, дадоха десници на общение на мене и на Варнава, за да идем ние между езичниците, а те между обрязаните.

And when they knew (perceived, recognized, understood, and acknowledged) the grace (God’s unmerited favor and spiritual blessing) that had been bestowed upon me, James and Cephas (Peter) and John, who were reputed to be pillars of the Jerusalem church, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, with the understanding that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised (Jews).

10 И скаха само да помним сиромасите,

They only, that we were to remember the poor, which very thing I was also eager to do.

11 А когато Кифа дойде в Антиохия, аз му се възпротивих в очи, защото беше се провинил.

But when Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I protested and opposed him to his face, for he was blameable and stood condemned.

12 П онеже, преди да дойдеха някои от Якова, той ядеше заедно с езичниците; а когато те дойдоха, оттегли се и странеше от тях, защото се боеше от образованите.

For up to the time that certain persons came from James, he ate his meals with the Gentile; but when the men arrived, he withdrew and held himself aloof from the Gentiles and separately for fear of those of the circumcision.

13 И заедно с него лицемерствуваха и другите юдеи, така щото и Варнава се увлече от лицемерието им.

And the rest of the Jews along with him also concealed their true convictions and acted insincerely, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy (their example of insincerity and pretense).

14 Н о, като видях, че не постъпват право по истината на благовестието, рекох на Кифа пред всичките: Ако ти, който си юдеин, живееш като езичниците, а не като юдеите, как принуждаваш езичниците да живеят като юдеите?

But as soon as I saw that they were not straightforward and were not living up to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas (Peter) before everybody present, If you, though born a Jew, can live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how do you dare now to urge and practically force the Gentiles to live like Jews?

15 Н ие, които сме по природа юдеи, а не грешници от езичниците

Although we ourselves (you and I) are Jews by birth and not Gentile (heathen) sinners,

16 к ато знаем все пак, че човек не се оправдава чрез дела по закона, а само чрез вяра в Исуса Христа,

Yet we know that a man is justified or reckoned righteous and in right standing with God not by works of the Law, but through faith and reliance on and adherence to and trust in Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). even we have believed on Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law, because by keeping legal rituals and by works no human being can ever be justified (declared righteous and put in right standing with God).

17 Н о, когато искахме да се оправдаем чрез Христа, ако и ние сме се намерили грешни, то Христос на греха ли е служител? Да не бъде!

But if, in our desire and endeavor to be justified in Christ, we have shown ourselves sinners also and convicted of sin, does that make Christ a minister (a party and contributor) to our sin? Banish the thought!

18 З ащото, ако градя отново онова, което съм развалил, показвам себе си престъпник.

For if I build up again what I tore down, I prove myself a transgressor.

19 З ащото аз чрез закона умрях спрямо закона, за да живея за Бога.

For I through the Law have myself died to the Law and all the Law’s demands upon me, so that I may live to and for God.

20 С ъразпнах се с Христа, и сега вече, не аз живея, но Христос живее в мене; а животът, който сега живея в тялото, живея го с вярата, която е в Божия Син, Който ме възлюби и предаде Себе Си за мене.

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

21 Н е осуетявам Божията благодат; обаче, ако правдата се придобива чрез закона, тогава Христос е умрял напразно.

I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God. For if justification (righteousness, acquittal from guilt) comes through the Law, then Christ (the Messiah) died groundlessly and to no purpose and in vain.