Galaterne 1
1 Paulus, apostel, ikkje av menneskje og ikkje ved noko menneskje, men ved Jesus Kristus og Gud Fader, som vekte honom upp frå dei daude,
[I], Paul, [write this letter to you. I remind you that I am] an apostle. That is not because a group of people [appointed me], nor because a human being [sent me to be an apostle]. Instead, Jesus Christ and God [our heavenly] Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have [appointed and] sent [me to be an apostle].
2 og alle brørne som er hjå meg - til kyrkjelydarne i Galatia:
All the fellow believers [who are here] with me [approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter] to the congregations that [are] in Galatia [province].
3 Nåde vere med dykk og fred frå Gud Fader og vår Herre Jesus Kristus,
[I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
4 som gav seg sjølv for våre synder, so han kunde fria oss ut or den noverande vonde verdi etter vår Gud og Faders vilje; (aiōn g165)
Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)
[I pray that people will] praise God forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
6 Eg undrast på at de so snøgt vender dykk frå honom som kalla dykk ved Kristi nåde, til eit anna evangelium,
I am very disappointed [IRO] that so soon [after you trusted in Christ] you have turned away from [God]. He chose you in order that [you might have what] Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different [message which some say is] “good news.”
7 endå det ikkje finst noko anna, det er berre sume som forviller dykk og vil forvenda Kristi evangelium.
Their message is not a true message. [What is happening is that] certain persons are confusing your [minds]. They are desiring to change the good message (that Christ [revealed/about] Christ) [and are creating another message].
8 Men um so me eller ein engel frå himmelen forkynner dykk eit anna evangelium enn det som me hev forkynt dykk, han vere bannstøytt!
But even if we [(exc) apostles] or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you [before], I [appeal to God] that [he] punish such a person [forever].
9 Som me hev sagt fyrr, so segjer eg no på nytt: Um nokon forkynner dykk eit anna evangelium enn det som de tok imot, han vere bannstøytt!
As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you [what he says is] a good message, but it is a message that is different from [the good message] that I gave you. So I [appeal to God] that [he] severely punish that person.
10 Talar eg no menneskje eller Gud til viljes, eller søkjer eg å gjera menneskje til lags? Vilde eg enno gjera menneskje til lags, var eg ikkje Kristi tenar.
[I said that] because [RHQ] I do not desire that people approve me, [contrary to what some have said about me]. It is God whom I desire to approve me. [Specifically, I do not say and do] [RHQ] things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who [willingly and completely] serves Christ.
11 Eg kunngjer dykk, brør, at det evangelium som eg hev forkynt, er ikkje menneskjeverk;
My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person [created/thought up].
12 for ikkje eg heller fekk det eller lærde det av noko menneskje, men ved Jesu Kristi openberring.
I did not receive this message from a human [messenger], and no [human being] taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me.
13 For de hev høyrt mi framferd fyrr, medan eg var jøde, at eg forfylgde Guds kyrkja ovleg hardt og tynte henne;
People have told you how I used to behave when [I practiced] the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God [established], and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people.
14 og i jødedomen gjekk eg lenger enn mange av jamaldringarne mine i mitt folk, med di eg var endå meir ihuga for mine fedre-lærdomar.
I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many [other Jews] who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors [kept].
15 Men då det tektest honom som valde meg ut alt frå mors liv og kalla meg ved sin nåde,
Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
16 å openberra sin Son i meg, at eg skulde forkynna evangeliet um honom millom heidningarne, då samrådde eg meg ikkje med kjøt og blod
He wanted me to know that Jesus is (his Son/the man who is also God), so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings [SYN] in order to gain [an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!]!
17 og drog ikkje heller upp til Jerusalem til deim som var apostlar fyre meg; men eg for straks burt til Arabia og vende um att til Damaskus.
I did not [immediately] leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem [for that purpose] to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia [region, a desert area]. Later I returned once more to Damascus [city].
18 Sidan, tri år etter, for eg upp til Jerusalem og vilde verta kjend med Kefas, og hjå honom vart eg verande femtan dagar.
Then three years after [God revealed this good message to me], I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for [only] 15 days, [which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ].
19 Men nokon annan av apostlarne såg eg ikkje, utan Jakob, Herrens bror.
I also saw James, the brother of our Lord [Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but] I did not see any other apostle.
20 Det som eg skriv til dykk - sjå, Gud veit at eg ikkje lyg det.
God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
21 So kom eg til bygderne i Syria og Kilikia.
After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
22 Men av åsyn var eg ukjend for dei kristne kyrkjelydarne i Judæa.
[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
23 Dei hadde berre høyrt gjete: «Han som fyrr forfylgde oss, han forkynner no den trui som han fyrr øydde ut.»
They only heard [others say about me] repeatedly, “[Paul], the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the [same message] which we believe and which formerly he was trying (to destroy/to cause people to stop believing)!”
24 Og dei lova Gud for meg.
And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
