Lettera ai Galati 2

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1 Deinde post annos quattuor decim, iterum ascendi Hieroso lymam cumBarnaba, assumpto et Tito;	1 Then after fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.
2 ascendi autem secundum revelationem; et contuli cumillis evangelium, quod praedico in gentibus, seorsum autem his, quiobservabantur, ne forte in vacuum currerem aut cucurrissem.	2 I went up in accord with a revelation, and I presented to them the gospel that I preach to the Gentiles--but privately to those of repute--so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain.
3 Sed neque Titus,qui mecum erat, cum esset Graecus, compulsus est circumcidi.	3 Moreover, not even Titus, who was with me, although he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised,
4 Sed proptersubintroductos falsos fratres, qui subintroierunt explorare libertatem nostram,quam habemus in Christo Iesu, ut nos in servitutem redigerent;	4 but because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, that they might enslave us--
5 quibus neque adhoram cessimus subicientes nos, ut veritas evangelii permaneat apud vos.	5 to them we did not submit even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain intact for you.
6 Ab his autem, qui videbantur esse aliquid — quales aliquando fuerint, nihilmea interest; Deus personam hominis non accipit — mihi enim, quiobservabantur, nihil contulerunt,	6 But from those who were reputed to be important (what they once were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)--those of repute made me add nothing.
7 sed e contra, cum vidissent quod creditumest mihi evangelium praeputii, sicut Petro circumcisionis	7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter to the circumcised,
8 — qui enimoperatus est Petro in apostolatum circumcisionis, operatus est et mihi intergentes —	8 for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles,
9 et cum cognovissent gratiam, quae data est mihi, Iacobus et Cephaset Ioannes, qui videbantur columnae esse, dexteras dederunt mihi et Barnabaecommunionis, ut nos in gentes, ipsi autem in circumcisionem;	9 and when they recognized the grace bestowed upon me, James and Kephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
10 tantum utpauperum memores essemus, quod etiam sollicitus fui hoc ipsum facere.	10 Only, we were to be mindful of the poor, which is the very thing I was eager to do.
11 Cum autem venisset Cephas Antiochiam, in faciem ei restiti, quiareprehensibilis erat.	11 And when Kephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong.
12 Prius enim quam venirent quidam ab Iacobo, cum gentibuscomedebat; cum autem venissent, subtrahebat et segregabat se, timens eos, qui excircumcisione erant.	12 For, until some people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to draw back and separated himself, because he was afraid of the circumcised.
13 Et simulationi eius consenserunt ceteri Iudaei, ita utet Barnabas simul abduceretur illorum simulatione.	13 And the rest of the Jews (also) acted hypocritically along with him, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.
14 Sed cum vidissem quod nonrecte ambularent ad veritatem evangelii, dixi Cephae coram omnibus: “ Si tu,cum Iudaeus sis, gentiliter et non Iudaice vivis, quomodo gentes cogisiudaizare? ”.	14 But when I saw that they were not on the right road in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Kephas in front of all, "If you, though a Jew, are living like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"
15 Nos natura Iudaei et non ex gentibus peccatores,	15 We, who are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles,
16 scientesautem quod non iustificatur homo ex operibus legis, nisi per fidem Iesu Christi,et nos in Christum Iesum credidimus, ut iustificemur ex fide Christi et non exoperibus legis, quoniam ex operibus legis non iustificabitur omnis caro.	16 (yet) who know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
17 Quodsi quaerentes iustificari in Christo, inventi sumus et ipsi peccatores,numquid Christus peccati minister est? Absit!	17 But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? Of course not!
18 Si enim, quae destruxi, haeciterum aedifico, praevaricatorem me constituo.	18 But if I am building up again those things that I tore down, then I show myself to be a transgressor.
19 Ego enim per legem legimortuus sum, ut Deo vivam. Christo confixus sum cruci;	19 For through the law I died to the law, that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ;
20 vivo autem iam nonego, vivit vero in me Christus; quod autem nunc vivo in carne, in fide vivoFilii Dei, qui dilexit me et tradidit seipsum pro me.	20 yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me.
21 Non irritam faciogratiam Dei; si enim per legem iustitia, ergo Christus gratis mortuus est.	21 I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.