1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Kisha, baada ya miaka kumi na minne, nalipanda tena kwenda Yerusalemu pamoja na Barnaba, nikamchukua na Tito pamoja nami.
2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
Nami nalikwenda kwa kuwa nalifunuliwa, nikawaeleza injili ile niihubiriyo katika Mataifa, lakini kwa faragha kwa hao walio wenye sifa, isiwe labda napiga mbio bure, au nalipiga mbio bure.
3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
Lakini Tito aliyekuwa pamoja nami, naye ni Myunani, hakulazimishwa kutahiriwa.
4 and that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Bali kwa ajili ya ndugu za uongo walioingizwa kwa siri; ambao waliingia kwa siri ili kuupeleleza uhuru wetu tulio nao katika Kristo Yesu, ili watutie utumwani;
5 to whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
ambao hata saa moja hatukujitia chini yao, ili kwamba kweli ya Injili ikae pamoja nanyi.
6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
Lakini wale wenye sifa ya kuwa wana cheo; (walivyokuwa vyo vyote ni mamoja kwangu; Mungu hapokei uso wa mwanadamu); nasema, hao wenye sifa hawakuniongezea kitu;
7 but contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
bali, kinyume cha hayo, walipoona ya kuwa nimekabidhiwa injili ya wasiotahiriwa, kama vile Petro ya waliotahiriwa;
8 (for he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
(maana yeye aliyemwezesha Petro kuwa mtume wa waliotahiriwa ndiye aliyeniwezesha mimi kwenda kwa Mataifa);
9 and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
tena walipokwisha kuijua ile neema niliyopewa; Yakobo, na Kefa, na Yohana, wenye sifa kuwa ni nguzo, walinipa mimi na Barnaba mkono wa kuume wa shirika; ili sisi tuende kwa Mataifa, na wao waende kwa watu wa tohara;
10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
ila neno moja tu walitutakia, tuwakumbuke maskini; nami neno lilo hilo nalikuwa na bidii kulifanya.
11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
Lakini Kefa alipokuja Antiokia, nalishindana naye uso kwa uso, kwa sababu alistahili hukumu.
12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Kwa maana kabla hawajaja watu kadha wa kadha waliotoka kwa Yakobo, alikuwa akila pamoja na watu wa Mataifa; lakini walipokuja wao, akarudi nyuma akajitenga, huku akiwaogopa waliotahiriwa.
13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Na hao Wayahudi wengine wakajigeuza pamoja naye, hata na Barnaba pia akachukuliwa na unafiki wao.
14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Walakini, nilipoona ya kuwa njia yao haiendi sawasawa na ile kweli ya Injili, nalimwambia Kefa mbele ya wote, Ikiwa wewe uliye Myahudi wafuata desturi za Mataifa, wala si za Wayahudi, kwa nini unawashurutisha Mataifa kufuata desturi za Wayahudi?
15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Sisi tulio Wayahudi kwa asili, wala si wakosaji wa Mataifa,
16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
hali tukijua ya kuwa mwanadamu hahesabiwi haki kwa matendo ya sheria, bali kwa imani ya Kristo Yesu; sisi tulimwamini Kristo Yesu ili tuhesabiwe haki kwa imani ya Kristo, wala si kwa matendo ya sheria; maana kwa matendo ya sheria hakuna mwenye mwili atakayehesabiwa haki.
17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
Lakini ikiwa sisi wenyewe, kwa kutafuta kuhesabiwa haki katika Kristo, tulionekana kuwa wenye dhambi, je! Kristo amekuwa mtumishi wa dhambi? Hasha!
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
Maana nikiyajenga tena yale niliyoyabomoa, naonyesha ya kuwa mimi mwenyewe ni mkosaji.
19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Maana mimi kwa njia ya sheria naliifia sheria ili nimwishie Mungu.
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Nimesulibiwa pamoja na Kristo; lakini ni hai; wala si mimi tena, bali Kristo yu hai ndani yangu; na uhai nilio nao sasa katika mwili, ninao katika imani ya Mwana wa Mungu, ambaye alinipenda, akajitoa nafsi yake kwa ajili yangu.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Siibatili neema ya Mungu; maana, ikiwa haki hupatikana kwa njia ya sheria, basi Kristo alikufa bure.
