Manzanni sun karɓi Bulus
1Bayan shekara goma sha huɗu sai na sāke haurawa zuwa Urushalima, a wannan lokaci na tafi tare da Barnabas. Na kuma ɗauki Titus muka tafi tare. 2Na tafi ne bisa ga wani wahayi. Da na kai can, sai na bayyana musu bisharar da nake wa’azi a cikin Al’ummai. Na yi haka a keɓance a gaban waɗanda suke shugabanni, don tsoro kada gudun da nake yi, ko kuwa na riga na yi, yă zama a banza. 3Amma ko Titus ma da yake tare da ni, ba a ce dole sai ya yi kaciya ba, ko da yake shi mutumin Al’ummai ne. 4Wannan zancen kaciya ya taso domin waɗansu ’yan’uwan ƙarya sun shiga cikinmu domin su yi leƙe a kan ’yancin da muke da shi a cikin Kiristi Yesu, su kuma mai da mu bayi. 5Ba mu kuwa ba su zarafi ba ko kaɗan, don gaskiyar bishara ta ci gaba da kasance tare da ku.
6Game da waɗanda aka ɗauka a dā a kan su wani abu ne, ko wane ne su, duk ɗaya ne a wurina; gama Allah ba ya nuna bambanci, ina dai gaya muku waɗannan da suke wani abu ne a dā, ba su ƙara mini kome ba. 7A maimakon haka, sun ga cewa an danƙa mini hakkin wa’azin bishara ga Al’ummai,2.7 Girik marasa kaciya kamar yadda aka danƙa wa Bitrus ga Yahudawa.2.7 Girik masu kaciya; haka ma a ayoyi 8 da kuma 9 8Gama Allah wanda ya yi aiki a cikin hidimar Bitrus a matsayin manzo ga Yahudawa, haka ma ya yi aiki a cikin hidimata a matsayin manzo ga Al’ummai. 9Yaƙub, Bitrus da Yohanna waɗanda suke fitattun ginshiƙai, sun karɓe ni da Barnabas da hannu biyu biyu sa’ad da suka gane alherin da aka ba ni. Suka kuma yarda cewa ya kamata mu tafi wajen Al’ummai, su kuwa su tafi wajen Yahudawa. 10Abin da dai suka roƙa shi ne ya kamata mu riƙa tuna da matalauta, abin nan da nake marmarin yi.
Bulus ya tsawata wa Bitrus
11Sa’ad da Bitrus ya zo Antiyok, na tsawata masa ido da ido don laifinsa a fili yake. 12Kafin waɗansu mutane su zo daga wurin Yaƙub, yakan ci abinci tare da Al’ummai. Amma da suka iso, sai ya fara janyewa, ya kuma ware kansa daga wajen Al’ummai domin yana tsoron waɗanda suke ƙungiyar masu kaciya. 13Sauran Yahudawa suka haɗa kai da shi a munafuncinsa har Barnabas ma ya bauɗe.
14Da na ga cewa ba sa yin daidai da gaskiyar bishara, sai na ce wa Bitrus a gabansu duka, “Kai mutumin Yahuda ne, duk da haka kana rayuwa kamar Ba’al’umme ba kamar mutumin Yahuda ba. To, yaya aka yi, kana tilasta Al’ummai su bi al’adun Yahudawa?
15“Mu da muke Yahudawa ta wurin haihuwa ba Al’ummai masu zunubi ba, 16mun san cewa mutum ba ya samun kuɓuta ta wurin kiyaye Doka, sai dai ta wurin bangaskiya cikin Kiristi Yesu. Saboda haka, mu ma, muka sa bangaskiyarmu cikin Kiristi Yesu don mu sami kuɓuta ta wurin bangaskiya cikin Kiristi ba ta wurin kiyaye Doka ba, domin ba wanda zai kuɓuta ta wurin bin Doka.
17“In kuwa ya zama muna so mu sami zaman marasa laifi a gaban Allah ta wurin dogara ga Kiristi, sa’an nan an same mu mu kanmu ma masu zunubi ne, ashe, ko wannan zai nuna Kiristi yana ƙarfafa zunubi ke nan? A’a, ko kusa! 18In na sāke gina abin da na rushe, na zama mai karyar Doka ke nan.
19“Gama ta wurin Doka na mutu ga Doka saboda in rayu ga Allah. 20An gicciye ni tare da Kiristi. Yanzu ba ni ne nake raye ba, Kiristi ne yake raye a cikina. Rayuwar da nake yi a jiki, ina rayuwa ce ta wurin bangaskiya cikin Ɗan Allah, wanda ya ƙaunace ni ya kuma ba da kansa domina. 21Ba na ajiyar alherin Allah a gefe, gama da a ce ana samun adalci ta wurin Doka, ai, da Kiristi ya mutu a banza ke nan!”
Paul accepted by the apostles
1Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. 2I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain. 3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. 4This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. 5We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
6As for those who were held in high esteem – whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favouritism – they added nothing to my message. 7On the contrary, they recognised that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,2:7 That is, Gentiles just as Peter had been to the circumcised.2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9 8For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. 9James, Cephas2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14 and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognised the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. 10All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
Paul opposes Cephas
11When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12For 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 from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
14When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, ‘You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
15‘We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of… justified on the basis of the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no-one will be justified.
17‘But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! 18If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a law-breaker.
19‘For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!’2:21 Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.
