Ad Galatas 1

VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Paulus, Apostolus non ab hominibus, neque per hominem, sed per Jesum Christum, et Deum Patrem, qui suscitavit eum a mortuis :	1 Paul, an Apostle, not from men and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,
2 et qui mecum sunt omnes fratres, ecclesiis Galatiæ.	2 and all 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 to you from God the Father, and from 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 on behalf of our sins, so that he might deliver us from this present wicked age, according to the will of God our Father.
5 cui est gloria in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.	5 To him is glory forever and ever. Amen.
6 Miror quod sic tam cito transferimini ab eo qui vos vocavit in gratiam Christi in aliud Evangelium :	6 I wonder that you have been so quickly transferred, from him who called you into the grace of Christ, over to another gospel.
7 quod non est aliud, nisi sunt aliqui qui vos conturbant, et volunt convertere Evangelium Christi.	7 For there is no other, except that there are some persons who disturb you and who want to overturn the Gospel of Christ.
8 Sed licet nos aut angelus de cælo evangelizet vobis præterquam quod evangelizavimus vobis, anathema sit.	8 But if anyone, even we ourselves or an Angel from Heaven, were to preach to you a gospel other than the one that we have preached to you, let him be anathema.
9 Sicut prædiximus, et nunc iterum dico : si quis vobis evangelizaverit præter id quod accepistis, anathema sit.	9 Just as we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone has preached a gospel to you, other than that which you have received, let him be anathema.
10 Modo enim hominibus suadeo, an Deo ? an quæro hominibus placere ? si adhuc hominibus placerem, Christi servus non essem.	10 For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ.
11 Notum enim vobis facio, fratres, Evangelium, quod evangelizatum est a me, quia non est secundum hominem :	11 For I would have you understand, brothers, that the Gospel which has been preached by me is not according to man.
12 neque enim ego ab homine accepi illud, neque didici, sed per revelationem Jesu Christi.	12 And I did not receive it from man, nor did I learn it, except through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 Audistis enim conversationem meam aliquando in Judaismo : quoniam supra modum persequebar Ecclesiam Dei, et expugnabam illam,	13 For you have heard of my former behavior within Judaism: that, beyond measure, I persecuted the Church of God and fought against Her.
14 et proficiebam in Judaismo supra multos coætaneos meos in genere meo, abundantius æmulator existens paternarum mearum traditionum.	14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my equals among my own kind, having proven to be more abundant in zeal toward the traditions of my fathers.
15 Cum autem placuit ei, qui me segregavit ex utero matris meæ, et vocavit per gratiam suam,	15 But, when it pleased him who, from my mother’s womb, had set me apart, and who has called me by his grace,
16 ut revelaret Filium suum in me, ut evangelizarem illum in gentibus : continuo non acquievi carni et sanguini,	16 to reveal his Son within me, so that I might evangelize him among the Gentiles, I did not next seek the consent of flesh and blood.
17 neque veni Jerosolymam ad antecessores meos Apostolos : sed abii in Arabiam, et iterum reversus sum Damascum :	17 Neither did I go to Jerusalem, to those who were Apostles before me. Instead, I went into Arabia, and next I returned to Damascus.
18 deinde post annos tres veni Jerosolymam videre Petrum, et mansi apud eum diebus quindecim :	18 And then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem to see Peter; and I stayed with him for fifteen days.
19 alium autem Apostolorum vidi neminem, nisi Jacobum fratrem Domini.	19 But I saw none of the other Apostles, except James, the brother of the Lord.
20 Quæ autem scribo vobis, ecce coram Deo, quia non mentior.	20 Now what I am writing to you: behold, before God, I am not lying.
21 Deinde veni in partes Syriæ, et Ciliciæ.	21 Next, I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 Eram autem ignotus facie ecclesiis Judææ, quæ erant in Christo :	22 But I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which were in Christ.
23 tantum autem auditum habebant quoniam qui persequebatur nos aliquando, nunc evangelizat fidem, quam aliquando expugnabat :	23 For they had only heard that: “He, who formerly persecuted us, now evangelizes the faith which he once fought.”
24 et in me clarificabant Deum.	24 And they glorified God in me.