1 T hen after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

بَعْدَ أربَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةٍ، عُدْتُ إلَى القُدْسِ ثانِيَةً وَمَعِي بَرْنابا، وَكَذَلِكَ اصْطَحَبْتُ تِيطُسَ.

2 I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

عُدْتُ بِناءً عَلَى إعلانٍ مِنَ اللهِ. وَفِي لِقاءٍ خاصٍّ، شَرَحْتُ للقادَةِ البارِزِينَ هُناكَ مَضْمونَ البِشارَةِ الَّتِي أُبَشِّرُ بِها بَينَ غَيرِ اليَهُودِ، حَتَّى لا تَكُونَ جُهُودِي فِي الماضِي أوَ الحاضِرِ بِلا فائِدَةٍ.

3 B ut not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

وَحَتَّى تِيطُسَ الَّذِي كانَ مَعِي، وَهُوَ يُونانِيٌّ، لَمْ يُجبِرْهُ أحَدٌ عَلَى أنْ يُختَنَ.

4 T his was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

وَقَدْ أُثِيرَ هَذا المَوضُوعُ بِسَبَبِ أشخاصٍ يَدَّعُونَ أنَّهُمْ إخْوَةٌ، تَسَلَّلوا بَينَنا لِيَتَجَسَّسُوا عَلَينا، وَيَحرِمونا مِنَ الحُرِّيَّةِ الَّتِي لَنا فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، فَيَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنِ استِعبادِنا.

5 t o whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.

لَكِنَّنا لَمْ نَخضَعْ لَهُمْ وَلا لِلَحظَةٍ واحِدَةٍ، لِكَي نُحافِظَ لَكُمْ عَلَى ثَباتِ البِشارَةِ الحَقِيقِيَّةِ.

6 B ut from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man)—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,

وَمِنْ هَؤُلاءِ أشخاصٌ يُعتَبَرُونَ بارِزِينَ! لَكِنْ لا فَرْقَ عِندِي، لِأنَّ كُلَّ النّاسِ مُتَساوُونَ أمامَ اللهِ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ أُولَئِكَ شَيئاً عَلَى رِسالَتِي.

7 b ut to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcision

بَلْ عَلَى العَكْسِ، فَقَدْ رَأَوْا أنِّي مُؤْتَمَنٌ عَلَى البِشارَةِ لِأنشُرَها بَينَ غَيرِ اليَهُودِ، كَما أنَّ بُطْرُسَ مُؤْتَمَنٌ عَلَى نَشْرِها بَينَ اليَهُودِ.

8 ( for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);

فَاللهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ بُطرُسَ رَسُولاً لِليَهُودِ، هُوَ جَعَلَني رَسُولاً لِغَيرِ اليَهُودِ.

9 a nd when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

وَبَعْدَ أنْ أدرَكَ أعْمِدَةُ الكَنيسَةِ البارِزِينَ: يَعقُوبُ وَبُطرُسُ وَيُوحَنّا، النِّعمَةَ الَّتِي أعطانِي إيّاها اللهُ، وَضَعُوا أيدِيَهُمْ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى بَرْنابا لِكَي نَذْهَبَ إلَى غَيرِ اليَهُودِ، بَينَما يَذْهَبُونَ هُمْ إلَى اليَهُودِ

10 T hey only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

عَلَى أنْ نَتَذَكَّرَ فُقَراءَهُمْ. وَقَدْ كُنْتُ حَرِيصاً عَلَى ذَلِكَ. بُولُسُ يُواجِهُ بُطرُس

11 B ut when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.

وَلَكِنْ عِندَما جاءَ بُطرُسُ إلَى أنْطاكِيَةَ، وَاجَهْتُهُ مُباشَرَةً لِأنَّهُ كانَ مُخطِئاً.

12 F or before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

فَقَبلَ وُصُولِ بَعضِ الرِّجالِ مِنْ طَرَفِ يَعقُوبَ، كانَ بُطرُسُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَ غَيرِ اليَهُودِ. وَلَكِنْ عِندَما وَصَلُوا، انسَحَبَ وَعَزَلَ نَفسَهُ، لِأنَّهُ كانَ خائِفاً مِنَ اليَهُودِ.

13 A nd the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

وَانضَمَّ إلَيهِ بَقِيَّةُ اليَهُودِ أيضاً فِي رِيائِهِ، حَتَّى إنَّ بَرْنابا انقادَ إلَى رِيائِهِمْ.

14 B ut when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

وَعِندَما رَأيتُ أنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَسلُكُونَ كَما يَليقُ بِالبِشارَةِ الحَقِيقِيَّةِ، قُلْتُ لِبُطرُسَ أمامَ الجَمِيعِ: «إنْ كُنْتَ، وَأنتَ يَهُودِيُّ الأصلَ، تَعِيشُ كَغَيرِ اليَهُودِ، فَكَيفَ تُجبِرُ غَيرَ اليَهُودِ عَلَى أنْ يَتَّبِعُوا التَّقالِيدَ اليَهُودِيَّةَ؟»

15 “ We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,

نَحنُ وُلِدْنا يَهُوداً، وَلَسْنا مِنَ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى الخاطِئَةِ.

16 y et knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

وَلَكِنَّنا نَعلَمُ أنَّ الإنسانَ لا يَتَبَرَّرُ أمامَ اللهِ بِحِفظِهِ للشَّرِيعَةِ، بَلْ بِالإيمانِ بِيَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. وَلِهَذا آمَنّا بِالمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ لِكَي نَتَبَرَّرَ أمامَ اللهِ بِالإيمانِ فِي المَسِيحِ وَلَيسَ بِسَبَبِ حِفْظِنا لِلشَّرِيعَةِ. لِأنَّهُ لا أحَدَ يَتَبَرَّرُ بِحِفظِ الشَّرِيعَةِ.

17 B ut if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

فَبِما أنَّنا نَطلُبُ أنْ نَتَبَرَّرَ في المَسِيحِ، يَتَبَيَّنُ أنَّنا نَحنُ اليَهودَ خُطاةٌ أيضاً كَبَقِيَّةِ الأُمَمِ. فَهَلْ يَعنِي هَذا أنَّ المَسَيحَ قادَنا إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ؟ بِالطَّبْعِ لا!

18 F or if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

لَكِنْ إنْ أعَدْتُ بِناءَ التَّعلِيمِ الَّذِي هَدَمْتُهُ سابِقاً، أكُونُ حِينَئِذٍ مُخْطِئاً.

19 F or I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.

لأنَّني، بِحَسَبِ الشَّرِيعَةُ، قَدْ مِتُّ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، لِأحيا للهِ. مَعَ المَسِيحِ صُلِبْتُ،

20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

فَأحيا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، لا أنا، بَلِ المَسِيحُ يَحيا فِيَّ. فَالحَياةُ الَّتِي أعِيشُها الآنَ فِي جِسْمي هَذا، أعِيشُها بِالإيمانِ بابْنِ اللهِ الَّذِي أحَبَّنِي وَقَدَّمَ نَفسَهُ بَدَلاً مِنِّي.

21 I don’t make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

وَأنا لا أرفُضُ نِعمَةَ اللهِ هَذِهِ، لِأنَّهُ إنْ كانَ التَّبرِيرُ مُمْكِناً بِالشَّرِيعَةِ، فَإنَّ مَوتَ المَسِيحِ بِلا فائِدَةٍ!