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.
تحية وسلام
1 مِنّي أنا بولُسَ، رَسولٌ لا مِنَ النّاسِ ولا بِدَعوةٍ مِنْ إنسانٍ، بَلْ بِدَعوَةٍ مِنْ يَسوعَ المَسيحِ والله ِ الآبِ الذي أقامَهُ مِنْ بَينِ الأمواتِ، 2 ومِنْ جميعِ الإخوَةِ الذينَ مَعي، إلى كنائِسِ غَلاطيةَ.
3 علَيكُمُ النّعمَةُ والسّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ أبـينا ومِنَ الرّبّ يَسوعَ المَسيحِ، 4 الذي ضَحّى بِنَفسِهِ مِنْ أجلِ خَطايانا ليُنقِذَنا مِنْ هذا العالَمِ الشّرّيرِ، عمَلاً بِمَشيئَةِ إلَهِنا وأبـينا، 5 لَه المَجدُ إلى أبَدِ الدّهورِ. آمين.
بشارة واحدة
6 عَجيبٌ أمرُكُم! أَبِمِثلِ هذِهِ السّرعَةِ تَترُكونَ الذي دَعاكُم بِنِعمَةِ المَسيح وتَتبَعونَ بِشارةً أُخرى؟ 7 وما هُناكَ «بِشارةٌ أُخرى»، بَلْ جَماعةٌ تُثيرُ البَلبلَةَ بَينَكُم وتُحاوِلُ تَغيـيرَ بِشارَةِ المَسيحِ. 8 فلَو بَشّرناكُم نَحنُ أو بَشّرَكُم مَلاكٌ مِنَ السّماءِ بِبِشارَةٍ غَيرِ التي بَشّرناكُم بِها، فلْيكُنْ مَلعونًا. 9 قُلْنا لكُم قَبلاً وأقولُ الآنَ: إذا بَشّرَكُم أحَدٌ بِبِشارَةٍ غَيرِ التي قَبلتُموها مِنّا، فاللّعنَةُ علَيهِ.
10 هَلْ أنا أستَعطِفُ النّاسَ؟ كلاّ، بَلْ أستَعطِفُ اللهَ. أيكونُ أنّي أطلُبُ رِضا النّاسِ فلَو كُنتُ إلى اليومِ أطلُبُ رِضا النّاسِ، لما كُنتُ عَبدًا لِلمَسيحِ.
كيف صار بولس رسولاً
11 فاَعلَموا، أيّها الإخوَةُ، أنَّ البِشارَةَ التي بَشّرتُكُم بِها غَيرُ صادِرَةٍ عَنِ البَشَرِ. 12 فأنا ما تَلقّيتُها ولا أخَذتُها عَنْ إنسانٍ، بَلْ عَنْ وَحيٍ مِنْ يَسوعَ المَسيحِ.
13 سَمِعتُم بِسيرَتي الماضِيَةِ في ديانَةِ اليَهودِ وكيفَ كُنتُ أضْطَهِدُ كَنيسةَ اللهِ بِلا رَحمَةٍ وأُحاوِلُ تَدميرَها 14 وأفوقُ أكثرَ أبناءِ جِيلي مِنْ بَني قَومي في دِيانَةِ اليَهودِ وفي الغَيرَةِ الشّديدَةِ على تَقاليدِ آبائي.
15 ولكِنّ اللهَ بِنِعمَتِهِ اَختارَني وأنا في بَطنِ أُمّي فدَعاني إلى خِدمَتِهِ. 16 وعِندَما شاءَ أنْ يُعلِنَ اَبنَهُ فيّ لأُبشّرَ بِه بَينَ الأُمَمِ، ما اَستَشَرتُ بَشَرًا 17 ولا صَعِدتُ إلى أُورُشليمَ لأرى الذينَ كانوا رُسُلاً قَبلي، بل ذَهَبتُ على الفَورِ إلى بلادِ العَرَبِ ومِنها عُدتُ إلى دِمَشقَ.
18 وبَعدَ ثلاثِ سَنواتٍ صَعِدتُ إلى أُورُشليمَ لأرى بُطرُسَ، فأقَمتُ عِندَهُ خَمسةَ عشَرَ يومًا، 19 وما رَأَيتُ غَيرَهُ مِنَ الرّسُلِ سِوى يَعقوبَ أخي الرّبّ. 20 ويَشهَدُ اللهُ أنّي لا أكذِبُ في هذا الذي أكتبُ بِه إلَيكُم.
21 ثُمّ سافَرتُ إلى بلادِ سورِيّةَ وكيليكيّةَ، 22 ومـــا كُنتُ مَعروفَ الوَجهِ عِندَ كنائِسِ المَسيحِ في اليَهودِيّةِ، 23 وإنّما سَمِعوا أنَّ «الذي كان يَضطَهدُنا هوَ الآنَ يُبَشّرُ بالإيمانِ الذي كانَ يُريدُ أنْ يُدَمّرَهُ»، 24 فمَجّدوا اللهَ مِنْ أجلي.
