1 פּוֹלוֹס הַשָּׁלִיחַ לֹא מִבְּנֵי אָדָם וְלֹא עַל־יְדֵי בֶן־אָדָם כִּי אִם־עַל־יְדֵי יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ וֵאלֹהִים הָאָב אֲשֶׁר הֱעִירוֹ מִן־הַמֵּתִים | 1 Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead, |
2 וְכָל־הָאַחִים אֲשֶׁר עִמָּדִי אֶל־הַקְּהִלּוֹת אֲשֶׁר בְּגָלַטְיָא | 2 And all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia. |
3 חֶסֶד לָכֶם וְשָׁלוֹם מֵאֵת הָאֱלֹהִים אָבִינוּ וּמֵאֵת אֲדֹנֵינוּ יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ | 3 Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, |
4 אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ בְּעַד חַטֹּאתֵינוּ לְחַלְּצֵנוּ מִן־הָעוֹלָם הָרָע הַזֶּה כִּרְצוֹן אֱלֹהֵינוּ אָבִינוּ | 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present wicked world, according to the will of God and our Father: |
5 אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ הַכָּבוֹד לְעוֹלְמֵי עוֹלָמִים אָמֵן | 5 To whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
6 תָּמֵהַּ אֲנִי כִּי־סַרְתֶּם מַהֵר מֵאַחֲרֵי הַקֹּרֵא אֶתְכֶם בְּחֶסֶד הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֶל־בְּשׂוֹרָה זָרָה | 6 I wonder that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel. |
7 וְהִיא אֵינֶנָּה אַחֶרֶת רַק שֶׁיֵּשׁ אֲנָשִׁים הָעֹכְרִים אֶתְכֶם וַחֲפֵצִים לַהֲפֹךְ אֶת־בְּשׂוֹרַת הַמָּשִׁיחַ | 7 Which is not another, only there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. |
8 אֲבָל גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ אוֹ־מַלְאָךְ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם אִם־יָבוֹא לְבַשֵּׂר אֶתְכֶם בְּשׂוֹרָה מִבַּלְעֲדֵי זֹאת אֲשֶׁר בִּשַּׂרְנוּ אֶתְכֶם חֵרֶם יִהְיֶה | 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema. |
9 כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ כְבָר כֵּן־אֹמַר עַתָּה עוֹד־הַפָּעַם אִישׁ כִּי־יְבַשֵּׂר אֶתְכֶם בְּשׂוֹרָה מִבַּלְעֲדֵי אֲשֶׁר קִבַּלְתֶּם חֵרֶם יִהְיֶה | 9 As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema. |
10 וְעַתָּה הֲמִתְרַצֶּה אָנֹכִי אֶל־בְּנֵי אָדָם אִם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים אוֹ הַמְבַקֵּשׁ אָנֹכִי לִמְצֹא־חֵן בְּעֵינֵי בְנֵי־אָדָם כִּי בְּמָצְאִי חֵן בְּעֵינֵי בְנֵי־אָדָם לֹא־אֶהְיֶה עוֹד עֶבֶד הַמָּשִׁיחַ | 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. |
11 אֲבָל מוֹדִיעַ אֲנִי אֶתְכֶם אֶחָי כִּי הַבְּשׂוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשַּׂרְתִּי לֹא־לְפִי דֶרֶךְ־אָדָם הִיא | 11 For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. |
12 כִּי גַם אָנֹכִי לֹא קִבַּלְתִּיהָ מֵאָדָם וְלֹא־לִמְּדוּנִי אֹתָהּ כִּי אִם־בְּחֶזְיוֹן יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ | 12 For neither did I receive it of man, nor did I learn it; but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
13 כִּי הֲלֹא־שְׁמַעְתֶּם אֶת־דַּרְכִּי אֲשֶׁר הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי מִלְּפָנִים בֵּין הַיְּהוּדִים וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־רָדַפְתִּי עַל־יֶתֶר אֶת־עֲדַת אֱלֹהִים וְאִבַּדְתִּיהָ | 13 For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion: how that, beyond measure, I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it. |
14 וָאֱהִי הוֹלֵךְ וְחָזֵק בַּדָּת הַיְּהוּדִית עַל־רַבִּים מִבְּנֵי גִילִי בְּעַמִּי בְּקִנְאָתִי הַגְּדוֹלָה לְקַבְּלוֹת אֲבוֹתָי | 14 And I made progress in the Jews' religion above many of my equals in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. |
15 אַךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה רְצוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר הִבְדִּיל אֹתִי מֵרֶחֶם אִמִּי וַיִּקְרָאֵנִי בְּחַסְדּוֹ | 15 But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, |
16 לְגַלּוֹת בִּי אֶת־בְּנוֹ שֶׁאֲבַשְּׂרֶנּוּ בַּגּוֹיִם כְּרֶגַע לֹא נוֹעַצְתִּי עִם־בָּשָׂר וָדָם | 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I condescended not to flesh and blood. |
17 גַּם לֹא־עָלִיתִי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אֶל־אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ שְׁלִיחִים לְפָנָי כִּי אִם־הָלַכְתִּי לַעֲרָב וּמִשָּׁם שַׁבְתִּי אֶל־דַּמָּשֶׂק | 17 Neither went I to Jerusalem, to the apostles who were before me: but I went into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus. |
18 אַחֲרֵי־כֵן מִקֵּץ שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים עָלִיתִי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם לִרְאוֹת אֶת־כֵּיפָא וָאֵשֵׁב עִמּוֹ חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם | 18 Then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem, to see Peter, and I tarried with him fifteen days. |
19 וְאַחֵר מִן־הַשְּׁלִיחִים לֹא־רָאִיתִי זוּלָתִי אֶת־יַעֲקֹב אֲחִי אֲדֹנֵינוּ | 19 But other of the apostles I saw none, saving James the brother of the Lord. |
20 וַאֲשֶׁר אֲנִי כֹתֵב אֲלֵיכֶם הִנֵּה נֶגֶד הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי לֹא אֲכַזֵּב | 20 Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not. |
21 אַחֲרֵי־כֵן בָּאתִי אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת סוּרְיָא וְקִילִיקְיָא | 21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. |
22 אֲבָל קְהִלּוֹת יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּשִׁיחַ הֵנָּה לֹא יָדְעוּ אֶת־פָּנָי | 22 And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which were in Christ: |
23 רַק־זֹאת בִּלְבַד שָׁמְעוּ כִּי־הָאִישׁ הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר הָיָה רֹדֵף אֹתָנוּ מֵאָז עַתָּה הוּא מְבַשֵּׂר אֶת־הָאֱמוּנָה אֲשֶׁר הֶאֱבִידָהּ מִלְּפָנִים | 23 But they had heard only: He, who persecuted us in times past, doth now preach the faith which once he impugned: |
24 וַיְהַלְלוּ בִי אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים | 24 And they glorified God in me. |