القراءة بلغتين

مِن بولُس وهو رَسول، لا مِن قِبَلِ النَّاس ولا بِمَشيئَةِ إِنسان، بل بِمَشيئَةِ يسوعَ المسيح واللهِ الآبِ الَّذي أَقامَه مِن بَينِ الأَموات

ومِن جَميعِ الإِخوَةِ الَّذينَ مَعي، إِلى كَنائِسِ غَلاطِية

علَيكُمُ النِّعمَةُ والسَّلامُ مِن لَدُنِ اللهِ أَبينا والرَّبِّ يسوعَ المسيحِ

الَّذي جادَ بِنَفْسِه مِن أَجْلِ خَطايانا لِيُنقِذَنا مِن دُنْيا الشَّرِّ هٰذه عَمَلًا بِمَشيئَةِ إِلٰهِنا وأَبينا

لَه المَجدُ أَبَدَ الدُّهور. آمين

عَجِبتُ لِسُرعَةِ ٱرتِدادِكم هٰذا عنِ الَّذي دَعاكم بِنِعمَةِ المسيحِ إِلى بِشارَةٍ أُخْرى

وما هي بِشارةٌ أُخْرى، بل هُناكَ قَومٌ يُلقُونَ البَلبَلَةَ بَينَكم، وبُغيَتُهم أَن يُبَدِّلوا بِشارةَ المسيح

فلَو بَشَّرْناكم نَحنُ أَو بَشَّرَكم مَلاكٌ مِنَ السَّماءِ بِخِلافِ ما بَشَّرْناكم بِه، فلْيَكُنْ مَحْرومًا!

قُلْنا لَكم قَبْلًا وأَقولُه اليَومَ أَيضًا: إِن بَشَّرَكم أَحدٌ بِخِلافِ ما تَلقَّيتُموه، فلْيَكُنْ مَحْرومًا!

أَفتُراني الآنَ أَستَعطِفُ النَّاسَ أَمِ الله؟ هل أَتَوَخَّى رِضا النَّاس؟ لَو كُنتُ إِلى اليَومِ أَتَوَخَّى رِضا النَّاس، لَما كُنتُ عَبْدًا لِلمسيح

فأُعلِمُكم، أَيُّها الإِخوَة، بِأَنَّ البِشارَةَ الَّتي بَشَّرتُ بِها لَيسَت على سُنَّةِ البَشَر

لِأَنِّي ما تَلقَّيتُها ولا أَخَذتُها عن إِنسان، بل بِوَحْيٍ مِن يسوعَ المسيح

فقَد سَمِعتُم بِسيرَتي الماضِيَةِ في مِلَّةِ اليَهود، إِذ كُنتُ أَضطَهِدُ كَنيسةَ اللهِ غايةَ الِٱضْطِهادِ وأُحاوِلُ تَدميرَها

وأَتَقَدَّمُ في مِلَّةِ اليَهودِ كثيرًا مِن أَتْرابي مِن بَني قَومي فأَفوقُهم حَمِيَّةً على سُنَنِ آبائي

ولٰكِن لَمَّا حَسُنَ لدى اللهِ الَّذي أَفرَدَني، مُذ كُنتُ في بَطْنِ أُمِّي، ودَعاني بِنِعمَتِه

أَن يَكشِفَ لِيَ ٱبنَه لِأُبَشِّرَ بِه بَينَ الوَثَنِيِّين، لم أَستَشِرِ اللَّحْمَ والدَّم

ولا صَعِدتُ إِلى أُورَشَليم قاصِدًا مَن هم رُسُلٌ قَبْلي، بل ذَهَبتُ مِن ساعَتي إِلى دِيارِ العَرَب، ثُمَّ عُدتُ إِلى دِمَشْق

وبَعدَ ثَلاثِ سَنَوات صَعِدتُ إِلى أُورَشَليمَ لِلتَّعرُّفِ إِلى صَخْر، فأَقَمتُ عِندَه خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَومًا

ولم أَرَ غَيرَه مِنَ الرُّسُلِ سِوى يَعقوبَ أَخي الرَّبّ

وما أَكتُبُه إِلَيكم فاللهُ شاهِدٌ على أَنِّي لا أَكذِبُ فيه

ثُمَّ أَتَيتُ بِلادَ سورِيَةَ وقيليقِيَة

ولَم أَكُنْ مَعروفَ الوَجهِ في كَنائِسِ المَسيحِ الَّتي في اليَهودِيَّة

بل سَمِعوا فقَط أَنِ «الَّذي كانَ يَضطَهِدُنا بِالأَمْسِ صارَ اليَومَ يُبشِّرُ بِالإِيمانِ الَّذي كان يُحاوِلُ بالأَمْسِ تَدْميرَه»

فأَخَذوا يُمَجِّدونَ اللهَ في أَمْري

Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

and all the brothers who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

but there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.

But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.

As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.

For I didn’t receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it.

I advanced in the Jews’ religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace,

to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days.

But of the other apostles I saw no one except James, the Lord’s brother.

Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.

Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ,

but they only heard, “He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.”

So they glorified God in me.