Galatians

Galatians

¹Paul, an apostle, not sent by human beings or through any human being, but by our Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead, ²and all the brothers who are with me, to the church of Galatia. ³Peace to you, and grace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this world that resists with evil, by the will of God our Father. ⁵To him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen. ⁶I am amazed at how quickly they are turning you away from the faith of Christ, who called you by his grace, to a different teaching. ⁷It is no teaching at all. It is only that some people are troubling you and want to distort the teaching of Christ. ⁸But you, follow in our footsteps. Even if an angel from heaven should teach you anything other than what we taught you, let him be accursed. ⁹As I said before, I say again now: if anyone teaches you anything other than what we taught you, let him be accursed. ¹⁰Am I now trying to win over people and not God? If I wanted to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. ¹¹I tell you, brothers, that the teaching I taught you is not of human origin. ¹²I did not receive it from any human being, nor was I taught it. It came through what my Lord Jesus Christ revealed to me. ¹³You have heard of my former way of life when I was among the Jews, how fiercely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. ¹⁴I advanced in Judaism far beyond all my peers among my people, for I was extremely zealous for the law of my fathers. ¹⁵But God, who set me apart and brought me out of my mother's womb and called me by his grace, was pleased and willed ¹⁶to reveal his Son to me, so that the glory of his Son might be made known through my hands and I might preach his name to the Gentiles. I did not immediately turn to flesh and blood. ¹⁷I did not go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me. Instead I went to Arabia, and then I returned to Damascus. ¹⁸After three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days. ¹⁹I did not see any other apostles except James, the brother of our Lord. ²⁰What I am writing to you, look, before God, I am not lying. ²¹After this I went to the regions of Cilicia and Syria. ²²The churches of Judea that are in Christ did not know me by sight. ²³They only heard, "The man who once persecuted us is now preaching the teaching of the faith." ²⁴And they praised God because of me. ²⁵ወይእዜሰ፡ በመንፈስ፡ ንሕየው፡ ወዘበመንፈስ፡ ንግበር። ²⁶ወኢንኩን፡ ዝኁራነ። ወኢትትሐመዩ፡ በበይናቲክሙ፡ ወኢትትኀሠሡ፡ በበይናቲክሙ። *ዘከመ፡ ይደሉ፡ ተዐግሦ፡ ላዕለ፡ ቢጽ* ²⁷ጽሑፍ፡ ትትፌሣሕ፡ መካን፡ እንተ፡ ኢትወልድ። ወትትሐሠይ፡ ወትኬልሕ፡ እንተ፡ ኢተአምር፡ ማሕምመ። እስመ፡ ብዙኅ፡ ውሉዳ፡ ለመዐስብ፡ እምእንተ፡ ባቲ፡ ምት። ²⁸ወንሕነሰ፡ አኀዊነ፡ ውሉደ፡ ተስፋ፡ አምሳለ፡ ይስሐቅ። ²⁹ወበከመ፡ ዘበሕገ፡ ሥጋ፡ ተወልደ፡ ሰደዶ፡ ለዘበመንፈስ። ተወልደ፡ ከማሁ፡ ይእዜኒ። ³⁰ወባሕቱ፡ ምንተ፡ ይቤ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ስድዳ፡ ለአመት፡ ምስለ፡ ወልዳ። እስመ፡ ኢይወርስ፡ ወልደ፡ አመት፡ ምስለ፡ ወልደ፡ አግዓዚት። ³¹ወንሕነሰ፡ ይእዜ፡ አኀዊነ፡ ኢኮነ፡ ውሉደ፡ አመት። ዘእንበለ፡ ዘአግዓዚት፡ እስመ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ አግዐዘነ። *ዘከመ፡ ኢይደሉ፡ ተዐቅፎ፡ በእንተ፡ ግዝረት*