Paul’s Greeting to the Galatians 1 ENGOJB From Sha'ul, a Shliach, not from Bnei Adam, nor through Bnei Adam, but through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua and Hashem, Elohim Avinu, the One of whom we say Mechayyei Mesim Atah (Thou Revivest the Dead) , even the Moshiach, BSB BSB: Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
2 ENGOJB And from all the Achim B'Moshiach with me; to the Kehillot of Galatia. BSB BSB: and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:
3 ENGOJB Chen v'Chesed Hashem to you and Shalom Hashem from Elohim Avinu and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu, BSB BSB: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4 ENGOJB The one having made a matnat Elohim of himself, on behalf of chattoteynu (our sins) , so that he might rescue us out of the Olam Hazeh Yom Tzarah , this age, this present evil age, according to the ratzon Hashem (will of G-d) , even Avinu, BSB BSB: who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5 ENGOJB Lo hakavod l'olmei olamim. Omein. BSB BSB: to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel 7 ENGOJB Not that there is another, mind you! Except that there are some individuals disturbing and troubling you, desiring to twist and pervert the Besuras HaGeulah of Moshiach. BSB BSB: which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
9 ENGOJB As we have previously said, and now again I say, if any one preaches a “Besuras HaGeulah” to you other than that which you received, let him be ARUR HAISH and be consigned to onesh Gehinnom. BSB BSB: As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!
Paul Preaches the Gospel 10 ENGOJB Am I now seeking the ishshur (approval) of Bnei Adam? Or the haskama (approval) of Hashem? Or am I seeking to be a man-pleaser? If and this is not the case I were still pleasing Bnei Adam, I would not have been the eved of Moshiach. BSB BSB: Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
11 ENGOJB For I mefarsem (make known) to you, Achim B'Moshiach, the Besuras HaGeulah having been preached by me, that it is not according to Bnei Adam; BSB BSB: For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
12 ENGOJB For neither did I receive it from Bnei Adam nor was I taught it, but no, it was through a chazon (revelation) of Moshiach Yehoshua. BSB BSB: I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
14 ENGOJB And I was shtaig (working my way up, advancing, progressing) in Yahadut (Judaism) beyond many of my landsmen, being more abundantly machmir and a kannai (zealot) bekius for the minhagim, the Masorot haAvot, the kabbalah (oral tradition) , the Torah Sheb'al Peh, the Halakhah of my Avot. BSB BSB: I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
15 ENGOJB But when Hashem was pleased, when it was the ratzon Hashem, Hashem being the One who separated me as kodesh KERA'ANI MIME'EI IMMI (He called me from the womb of my mother) and granted me the kri'ah (calling) , summoning me through the Chen v'Chesed of Hashem, BSB BSB: But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
16 ENGOJB To reveal His Zun fun der Oybershter in me, that I might preach Him among the Goyim, immediately, then, I did not consult with basar vadahm (flesh and blood) , BSB BSB: to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
17 ENGOJB Nor did I go up to Yerushalayim to those who were Moshiachʼs Shlichim before me, but I went away hitbodedut into Arabia and again I returned to Damascus. BSB BSB: nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
20 ENGOJB Now, what things I write to you, hinei, before Hashem I do not speak sheker. BSB BSB: I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
21 ENGOJB Next I went into the regions of Syria and of Cilicia, BSB BSB: Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 ENGOJB But I was unknown panim el panim by the Kehillot of Moshiach in Yehudah; BSB BSB: I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
23 ENGOJB Only they were hearing that “the one once bringing redifah (persecution) upon us is now preaching the Emunah which once he was pillaging.” BSB BSB: They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
24 ENGOJB And they were glorifying Hashem in me. BSB BSB: And they glorified God because of me.
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