Ad Galatas 1

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Paulus, Apostolus non ab hominibus, neque per hominem, sed per Jesum Christum, et Deum Patrem, qui suscitavit eum a mortuis :	1 From Paul, an apostle appointed not by human beings nor through any human being but by JesusChrist and God the Father who raised him from the dead,
2 et qui mecum sunt omnes fratres, ecclesiis Galatiæ.	2 and al the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia.
3 Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre, et Domino nostro Jesu Christo,	3 Grace and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ
4 qui dedit semetipsum pro peccatis nostris, ut eriperet nos de præsenti sæculo nequam, secundum voluntatem Dei et Patris nostri,	4 who gave himself for our sins to liberate us from this present wicked world, in accordance with the wil ofour God and Father,
5 cui est gloria in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.	5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
6 Miror quod sic tam cito transferimini ab eo qui vos vocavit in gratiam Christi in aliud Evangelium :	6 I am astonished that you are so promptly turning away from the one who cal ed you in the grace ofChrist and are going over to a different gospel-
7 quod non est aliud, nisi sunt aliqui qui vos conturbant, et volunt convertere Evangelium Christi.	7 not that it is another gospel; except that there are trouble-makers among you who are seeking to pervertthe gospel of Christ.
8 Sed licet nos aut angelus de cælo evangelizet vobis præterquam quod evangelizavimus vobis, anathema sit.	8 But even if we ourselves or an angel from heaven preaches to you a gospel other than the one wepreached to you, let God's curse be on him.
9 Sicut prædiximus, et nunc iterum dico : si quis vobis evangelizaverit præter id quod accepistis, anathema sit.	9 I repeat again what we declared before: anyone who preaches to you a gospel other than the one youwere first given is to be under God's curse.
10 Modo enim hominibus suadeo, an Deo ? an quæro hominibus placere ? si adhuc hominibus placerem, Christi servus non essem.	10 Whom am I trying to convince now, human beings or God? Am I trying to please human beings? If Iwere stil doing that I should not be a servant of Christ.
11 Notum enim vobis facio, fratres, Evangelium, quod evangelizatum est a me, quia non est secundum hominem :	11 Now I want to make it quite clear to you, brothers, about the gospel that was preached by me, that itwas no human message.
12 neque enim ego ab homine accepi illud, neque didici, sed per revelationem Jesu Christi.	12 It was not from any human being that I received it, and I was not taught it, but it came to me through arevelation of Jesus Christ.
13 Audistis enim conversationem meam aliquando in Judaismo : quoniam supra modum persequebar Ecclesiam Dei, et expugnabam illam,	13 You have surely heard how I lived in the past, within Judaism, and how there was simply no limit to the way I persecuted the Church of God in my attempts to destroy it;
14 et proficiebam in Judaismo supra multos coætaneos meos in genere meo, abundantius æmulator existens paternarum mearum traditionum.	14 and how, in Judaism, I outstripped most of my Jewish contemporaries in my limitless enthusiasm forthe traditions of my ancestors.
15 Cum autem placuit ei, qui me segregavit ex utero matris meæ, et vocavit per gratiam suam,	15 But when God, who had set me apart from the time when I was in my mother's womb, cal ed methrough his grace and chose
16 ut revelaret Filium suum in me, ut evangelizarem illum in gentibus : continuo non acquievi carni et sanguini,	16 to reveal his Son in me, so that I should preach him to the gentiles, I was in no hurry to confer with anyhuman being,
17 neque veni Jerosolymam ad antecessores meos Apostolos : sed abii in Arabiam, et iterum reversus sum Damascum :	17 or to go up to Jerusalem to see those who were already apostles before me. Instead, I went off toArabia, and later I came back to Damascus.
18 deinde post annos tres veni Jerosolymam videre Petrum, et mansi apud eum diebus quindecim :	18 Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to meet Cephas. I stayed fifteen days with him
19 alium autem Apostolorum vidi neminem, nisi Jacobum fratrem Domini.	19 but did not set eyes on any of the rest of the apostles, only James, the Lord's brother.
20 Quæ autem scribo vobis, ecce coram Deo, quia non mentior.	20 I swear before God that what I have written is the truth.
21 Deinde veni in partes Syriæ, et Ciliciæ.	21 After that I went to places in Syria and Cilicia;
22 Eram autem ignotus facie ecclesiis Judææ, quæ erant in Christo :	22 and was stil unknown by sight to the churches of Judaea which are in Christ,
23 tantum autem auditum habebant quoniam qui persequebatur nos aliquando, nunc evangelizat fidem, quam aliquando expugnabat :	23 they simply kept hearing it said, 'The man once so eager to persecute us is now preaching the faiththat he used to try to destroy,'
24 et in me clarificabant Deum.	24 and they gave glory to God for me.