Ekundifo
1 Paulus, omuyapostoli, hakovanhu ile hamomunhu, ndelenee okuJesus Kristus nokuKalunga Xe, ou e mu nyumuna movafi, 2 novamwatate aveshe ve li pwaame, nokomaongalo omuGalatia.
3 Efilonghenda kunye nombili yaKalunga Tate yetu noyOmwene wetu Jesus Kristus, 4 ou e liyandja omolwomatimba etu, opo e tu xupife mefimbo lii lounyuni wopaife opahalo laKalunga, Tate yetu; 5 Oye na fimanekwe alushe fiyo alushe! Amen.
Evaengeli lexupifo olo limwe alike
6 Ame onda kumwa, eshi mwa pilamena diva ou e mu ifana mefilonghenda laKristus, ndele mwa ama kevaengeli limwe, 7 nande kali fi limwe; ndele ope na vamwe tave mu piyaaneke nova hala okweendameka evaengeli laKristus. 8 Ndele ngeno nande ofye ile omweengeli womeulu ne mu udifile evaengeli limwe, lihe fi eli twe li mu udifila, oye na fingwe. 9 Ngaashi twa tonga nale, osho handi mu lombwele nopaife vali: ngeenge ope na ou te mu udifile evaengeli limwe, lihe fi olo mwe li tambula, oye na fingwe. 10 Ame ohandi kongo paife ohokwe yovanhu ile oyaKalunga? Ile handi kongo okuwapalela ovanhu? Ngeenge onda hala okuwapalela ovanhu natango, ngeno kandi fi vali omupiya waKristus.
Evaengeli lashili kali fi lopanhu, olopaJesus Kristus mwene
11 Ndelenee ovamwatate nye, ohandi mu shiivifile evaengeli eli nde li udifa kali fi lopanhu; 12 nongaashi inandi li pewa kovanhu noinandi li longwa, ndelenee onde li hololelwa kuJesus Kristus.
13 Osheshi okukala kwange kwonale kwomOujuda mwe ku uda, eongalo laKalunga nhumbi nde li telatele unene noku li hanauna po, 14 nonda li nda ehena komesho mOujuda ndi dule vakwetu vahapu novomepupi lange vomoludi letu, ongaashi nda li omuladi okudiinina eenghulunghedi dootatekulu. 15 Ndelenee eshi sha wapalela Kalunga, ou a hoolola nge okudja medimo lameme nokwa ifana nge molwefilonghenda laye, 16 okuholola Omona mwaame, opo ndi mu udife mokati kovapaani, ame inandi kundafana nopehovelo nombelela nohonde, 17 ndele inandi ya kuJerusalem kwaava va li tete ovayapostoli komesho yange, ndele onda ya kuArabia nonda alukila vali kuDamaskus.
18 Ndelenee eshi pa pita eedula nhatu, onda ya kuJerusalem, tu ka shiivafane naKefas, nonda kala puye omafiku omulongo naatano. 19 Ndele ovayapostoli vamwe inandi va mona, Jakob aeke, ou omumwaina wOmwene. 20 Naadi handi di mu shangele, tala, okoshipala shaKalunga ihandi fufya. 21 Opo nee onda ya komikunda daSiria nodaKilikia. 22 Ndele omaongalo enya omuJudea e li muKristus, inaa shiiva nge koshipala. 23 Vo ova kundana ashike: “Winya e tu telatele nale, ota udifa paife eitavelo eli e li hanauna po nale,” 24 ndele va hambelela Kalunga molwange.
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.
