1 Okuza ku Paulus, ami okurira omuapostele hi toororerwe i ovandu nu hi zikirwe i ovandu, nungwari mba zikwa i Jesus Kristus na Ndjambi Tate ngwe mu pendurire movakoke. 2 Ovakambure ovakwetu avehe mbe ri puna ami mba mave minike ozombongo mOgalatie.
3 Ndjambi Tate na Muhona Jesus Kristus nge mu pe otjari nohange.
4 Mokutukutura kouye mbwi ouvi, Kristus we riyandjera omuini ourunde wetu: Nu komuhingo mbwi eye otja yenenisa ombango ya Ndjambi Tate. 5 Ndjambi nga yozikwe aruhe nga ko nga aruhe! Amen.
Ombuze Ombwa iimwe uriri
6 Ami mba kumwa na eṋe kutja kamanga nai mwa poka ku Ndjambi ngwe mu isanene motjari tja Kristus, nokutja mwa yakura ombuze yarwe. 7 Nu, mouatjiri, kape “nombuze yarwe”, nungwari pe novandu tjiva mbe mu pukisa nu mbe kondja okurundurura Ombuze ya Kristus. 8 Nungwari nangarire eṱe poo nangarire omuengeri weyuru tjinangara me mu zuvarisire ombuze ombwa yarwe, ndji he ri indji eṱe ndji twe mu zuvarisira, eye nga sengwe! 9 Eṱe otjiṋa hi twa hungirire rutenga, nu nambano me tji yarukire po rukwao: Tjinangara pe nomundu ngu me mu zuvarisire ombuze ombwa yarwe, ndji he ri indji eṋe ndji mwa yakura, eye nga sengwe!
10 Me zuvaka aayo me ritjatisa kovandu are? Kako! Ihi tji me vanga okongwi okuritjatisa ku Ndjambi porwe. Nu ndovazu me ritjatisa kovandu, okutja himukarere wa Kristus.
Paulus wa rira vi omuapostele
11 Ami me mu tjivisa nawa, vakwetu, kutja indji Ombuze Ombwa ndji mbi zuvarisa, oyo kai ri otja komuhingo wovandu. 12 Ami hi i perwe i omundu nu hi i hongerwe i omundu. Jesus Kristus omuini ongwe i yandja ku ami momavandururiro.
13 Eṋe mwa zuvire indji ongarero yandje, ndji mba ri na yo rukuru momahongero wOvajuda, na indu tjiye tatumisa ombongo ya Ndjambi nokuhinotjari na tjiye kondjo okuinyona. 14 Momahongero wOvajuda ami mba ri komeho tjinene pomakura wandje omengi momuhoko wandje, nu mbari omupyuke tjinene mombazu yootate mukururume.
15 Nungwari Ndjambi we ndji toororere ngunda ambi hiya kwatwa; neye we ndji isana motjari tje. Nu mouwa we eye tja tya 16 okuvandururira ami Omuna we kokutja mbi zuvarise Ombuze ye Ombwa mokati kaimba mbe he ri Ovajuda, ami hi kaningirire ondunge komundu, 17 nu wina hi ire kOjerusalem ku imba mba ri ovaapostele komurungu wandje. Ami mba ire tjimanga kOaraba, nokuzambo e kotoka kOdamaskus. 18 Nu kombunda yozombura ndatu otji mba ire kOjerusalem okukatjiwasana na Petrus ne kakara ovivike vivari puna ye. 19 Ami hi mwine omuapostele warwe omukwao posi na Jakobus, omuangu wa Muhona.
20 Nu omambo ngu me tjanga nga owo ouatjiri. Ndjambi ma tjiwa kutja hi nokukora ovizeze.
21 Nu kombunda yanao ami mba ire kovirongo tjiva mehi ra Sirie nora Silisie. 22 Momayuva ngo ozombongo za Kristus zehi ra Judea ami omuini kaaze ndji tjiwa. 23 Ozo aaze tjiwa imbi porwavyo ovakwao mbyaa ve hungire ave tja: “Omurumendu ngwaa tatumisa eṱe, nambano ongu ma zuvarisa ongamburiro ndji eye rukuru ndjiya vanga okunyona!” 24 Nozo otji za hivirika Ndjambi motjimbe tjandje.
1-2 From the apostle Paul and from all the Lord's followers with me.
I was chosen to be an apostle by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised him from death. No mere human chose or appointed me to this work.
To the churches in Galatia:
3 I pray that God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace! 4 Christ obeyed God our Father and gave himself as a sacrifice for our sins to rescue us from this evil world. 5 God will be given glory forever and ever. Amen.
The Only True Message
6 I am shocked that you have so quickly turned from God, who chose you with his gift of undeserved grace. You have believed another message, 7 when there is really only one true message. But some people are causing you trouble and want to make you turn away from the good news about Christ. 8 I pray that God will punish anyone who preaches anything different from our message to you! It doesn't matter if that person is one of us or an angel from heaven. 9 I have said it before, and I will say it again. I hope God will punish anyone who preaches anything different from what you have already believed.
10 I am not trying to please people. I want to please God. Do you think I am trying to please people? If I were doing that, I would not be a servant of Christ.
How Paul Became an Apostle
11 My friends, I want you to know that no one made up the message I preach. 12 It wasn't given or taught to me by some mere human. My message came directly from Jesus Christ when he appeared to me.
13 You know how I used to live as a Jew. I was cruel to God's church and even tried to destroy it. 14 I was a much better Jew than anyone else my own age, and I obeyed every law our ancestors had given us. 15 But even before I was born, God had chosen me by his gift of undeserved grace and had decided 16 to show me his Son, so I would announce his message to the Gentiles. I didn't talk this over with anyone. 17 I didn't say a word, not even to the men in Jerusalem who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went at once to Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus.
18 Three years later I went to visit Peter in Jerusalem and stayed with him for 15 days. 19 The only other apostle I saw was James, the Lord's brother. 20 And in the presence of God I swear I am telling the truth.
21 Later, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 But no one who belonged to Christ's churches in Judea had ever seen me in person. 23 They had only heard that the one who had been cruel to them was now preaching the message that he had once tried to destroy. 24 And because of me, they praised God.
