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2:1	Ἔπειτα διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν πάλιν ἀνέβην εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα μετὰ Βαρναβᾶ, συνπαραλαβὼν καὶ Τίτον·	Deinde post annos quatuordecim, iterum ascendi Jerosolymam cum Barnaba, assumpto et Tito.	ወእምድኅረ ዐሠርቱ ወአርባዕቱ ዓመት ዐረጉ ካዕበ ኢየሩሳሌም ምስለ በርናባስ ወነሣእክዎ ለቲቶ።	Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
2:2	ἀνέβην δὲ κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν· καὶ ἀνεθέμην αὐτοῖς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ὃ κηρύσσω ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, κατ’ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς δοκοῦσιν, μήπως εἰς κενὸν τρέχω ἢ ἔδραμον.	Ascendi autem secundum revelationem : et contuli cum illis Evangelium, quod praedico in gentibus, seorsum autem iis qui videbantur aliquid esse : ne forte in vacuum currerem, aut cucurrissem.	ወዐረጉ በዘአስተርአየኒ ወነገርክዎሙ ዘከመ መሀርኩ ወሰበኩ ለአሕዛብ ባሕቲትየ ለእለ ይትሔዘቡኒ ከመ ለከንቱ እረውጽ ወእትባደር።	I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
2:3	ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ Τίτος ὁ σὺν ἐμοί, Ἕλλην ὤν, ἠναγκάσθη περιτμηθῆναι·	Sed neque Titus, qui mecum erat, cum esset gentilis, compulsus est circumcidi :	ወቲቶሰ ዘምስሌየ እንዘ አረማዊ ውእቱ ኢያገበርክዎ ይትገዘር።	But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
2:4	διὰ δὲ τοὺς παρεισάκτους ψευδαδέλφους, οἵτινες παρεισῆλθον κατασκοπῆσαι τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἡμῶν ἣν ἔχομεν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα ἡμᾶς καταδουλώσουσιν·	sed propter subintroductos falsos fratres, qui subintroierunt explorare libertatem nostram, quam habemus in Christo Jesu, ut nos in servitutem redigerent.	በእንተ ቢጽ ሐሳውያን እለ ተባውኡነ ከመ ያስተሐይጽዋ ለግዕዛንነ ዘረከብነ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከመ ይቅንዩነ።	This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
2:5	οἷς οὐδὲ πρὸς ὥραν εἴξαμεν τῇ ὑποταγῇ, ἵνα ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐαγγελίου διαμείνῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς.	Quibus neque ad horam cessimus subjectione, ut veritas Evangelii permaneat apud vos :	እለ ኢነሐስቦሙ ወኢከመ ምንትኒ ኢተቀነይነ ሎሙ አሐተሂ ሰዓተ ከመ ይጽናዕ በኀቤክሙ ጽድቀ ትምህርት።	to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
2:6	ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν δοκούντων εἶναί τι, ὁποῖοί ποτε ἦσαν οὐδέν μοι διαφέρει· πρόσωπον ὁ θεὸς ἀνθρώπου οὐ λαμβάνει ἐμοὶ γὰρ οἱ δοκοῦντες οὐδὲν προσανέθεντο,	ab iis autem, qui videbantur esse aliquid (quales aliquando fuerint, nihil mea interest : Deus personam hominis non accipit) : mihi enim qui videbantur esse aliquid, nihil contulerunt.	ወእለሰ ይብሉ መኑ ከማነ እፎ ኮኑ እሙንቱ ትካት ኢያጽሕቀኒ እንግር እስመ እግዚአብሔር ኢያደሉ ለገጸ ሰብእ ወእሉሰ በርእሶሙ አልቦ ዘወሰኩኒ ምንተኒ።	But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
2:7	ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ἰδόντες ὅτι πεπίστευμαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς ἀκροβυστίας καθὼς Πέτρος τῆς περιτομῆς,	Sed e contra cum vidissent quod creditum est mihi Evangelium praeputii, sicut et Petro circumcisionis	ዘእንበለ ዳእሙ አእሚሮሙ ከመ ተአመነኒ ትምህርትየ በኀበ አሕዛብ እለ ኢተገዝሩ በከመ ትምህርቱ ለጴጥሮስ በኀበ አይሁድ እለ ተገዝሩ።	but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—
2:8	ὁ γὰρ ἐνεργήσας Πέτρῳ εἰς ἀποστολὴν τῆς περιτομῆς ἐνήργησεν καὶ ἐμοὶ εἰς τὰ ἔθνη,	(qui enim operatus est Petro in apostolatum circumcisionis, operatus est et mihi inter gentes) :	ወውእቱ ዘአርድኦ ለጴጥሮስ በመልእክቱ ዘመንገለ ግዝረተ አይሁድ አርድአኒ ሊተኒ ውስተ ቍልፈተ አሕዛብ።	for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—
2:9	καὶ γνόντες τὴν χάριν τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι, Ἰάκωβος καὶ Κηφᾶς καὶ Ἰωάννης, οἱ δοκοῦντες στῦλοι εἶναι, δεξιὰς ἔδωκαν ἐμοὶ καὶ Βαρναβᾷ κοινωνίας, ἵνα ἡμεῖς εἰς τὰ ἔθνη, αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰς τὴν περιτομήν·	et cum cognovissent gratiam, quae data est mihi, Jacobus, et Cephas, et Joannes, qui videbantur columnae esse, dextras dederunt mihi, et Barnabae societatis : ut nos in gentes, ipsi autem in circumcisionem :	ወአእሚሮሙ ጸጋሁ ዘወሀበኒ ያዕቆብ ወኬፋ ወዮሐንስ እለ ይብልዎሙ አዕማድ እሙንቱ የማኖሙ መጠዉኒ ምስለ በርናባስ ከመ ንሳተፍ ምህሮ አሕዛብ ወእሙንቱ ይሑሩ ኀበ አይሁድ ወንሕነኒ ኀበ አረሚ።	and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
2:10	μόνον τῶν πτωχῶν ἵνα μνημονεύωμεν, ὃ καὶ ἐσπούδασα αὐτὸ τοῦτο ποιῆσαι.	tantum ut pauperum memores essemus, quod etiam sollicitus fui hoc ipsum facere.	ዳእሙ ከመ ንዘከሮሙ ለነዳያን ወበእንተዝ ጽሕቁ እግበሮ ለዝንቱ።	They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.
2:11	Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην, ὅτι κατεγνωσμένος ἦν.	Cum autem venisset Cephas Antiochiam, in faciem ei restiti, quia reprehensibilis erat.	ወአመ መጽአ ኬፋ አንጾኪያ ተቃወምክዎ ቅድመ ገጹ እስመ ግእዝዎ።	But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
2:12	πρὸ τοῦ γὰρ ἐλθεῖν τινας ἀπὸ Ἰακώβου μετὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν συνήσθιεν· ὅτε δὲ ἦλθον, ὑπέστελλεν καὶ ἀφώριζεν ἑαυτόν, φοβούμενος τοὺς ἐκ περιτομῆς.	Prius enim quam venirent quidam a Jacobo, cum gentibus edebat : cum autem venissent, subtrahebat, et segregabat se, timens eos qui ex circumcisione erant.	እስመ ዘእንበለ ይምጽኡ ዕደው እምኀበ ያዕቆብ በልዐ ምስለ አረሚ ወአመ መጽኡ ተግኅሦሙ እስመ ፈርሆሙ ለእለ እምአይሁድ።	For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
2:13	καὶ συνυπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ Ἰουδαῖοι, ὥστε καὶ Βαρναβᾶς συναπήχθη αὐτῶν τῇ ὑποκρίσει.	Et simulationi ejus consenserunt ceteri Judaei, ita ut et Barnabas duceretur ab eis in illam simulationem.	ወበዝኁ እለ ገብኡ ኀበ ዝንቱ ግብር እምአይሁድ ወበርናባስኒ ኀብረ ምስሌሆሙ ወአድለወ ሎሙ።	And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
2:14	ἀλλ’ ὅτε εἶδον ὅτι οὐκ ὀρθοποδοῦσιν πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, εἶπον τῷ Κηφᾷ ἔμπροσθεν πάντων, εἰ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ὑπάρχων ἐθνικῶς καὶ οὐχ Ἰουδαϊκῶς ζῇς, πῶς τὰ ἔθνη ἀναγκάζεις ἰουδαΐζειν;	Sed cum vidissem quod non recte ambularent ad veritatem Evangelii, dixi Cephae coram omnibus : Si tu, cum Judaeus sis, gentiliter vivis, et non judaice : quomodo gentes cogis judaizare ?	ወሶበ ርኢኩ ከመ ኢያርትዑ እግሮሙ ኀበ ጽድቀ ትምህርት እቤሎ ለኬፋ በቅድመ ኵሎሙ ሶበ አንተ እንዘ አይሁዳዊ አንተ በሕገ አረሚ ትነብር ወአኮ በሕገ አይሁድ እፎ እንከ ታጌብሮሙ ለአረሚ ይትየሀዱ።	But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
2:15	ἡμεῖς φύσει Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἁμαρτωλοί,	Nos natura Judaei, et non ex gentibus peccatores.	ወእንዘ ንሕነ እለ እምፍጥረትነ አይሁድ ወአኮ እምአሕዛብ ኃጥኣን።	“We, being Jews by nature and not Gentile sinners,
2:16	εἰδότες δὲ ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ὅτι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σάρξ.	Scientes autem quod non justificatur homo ex operibus legis, nisi per fidem Jesu Christi : et nos in Christo Jesu credimus, ut justificemur ex fide Christi, et non ex operibus legis : propter quod ex operibus legis non justificabitur omnis caro.	እስመ ነአምር ከመ ኢይጸድቅ ሰብእ በገቢረ ሕገገ ኦሪት ዘእንበለ ዳእሙ በአሚን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወንሕነኒ አመነ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወበሃይማኖትነ ቦቱ ንጸድቅ ወአኮ በገቢረ ሕገገ ኦሪት እስመ በገቢረ ሕገገ ኦሪት ኢይጸድቅ ኵሉ ዘነፍስ።	yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
2:17	εἰ δὲ ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; μὴ γένοιτο.	Quod si quaerentes justificari in Christo, inventi sumus et ipsi peccatores, numquid Christus peccati minister est ? Absit.	ወእመሰ እለ ንፈቅድ ንጽደቅ በክርስቶስ ኮነ ከመ ኃጥኣን ክርስቶስ እንከ ላእከ ኀጢአትኑ እንጋ ሐሰ።	But if while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
2:18	εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνιστάνω.	Si enim quae destruxi, iterum haec aedifico : praevaricatorem me constituo.	ወእመሰኬ ዝኰ ዘነሠትኩ ኪያሁ ክመ አሐንጽ ዐላዌ ረሰይኩ ርእስየ።	For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
2:19	ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον ἵνα θεῷ ζήσω.	Ego enim per legem, legi mortuus sum, ut Deo vivam : Christo confixus sum cruci.	አንሰኬ እምሕግ ዘቀዳሚ ሞትኩ ከመ እሕየው በካልእ ሕግ ለእግዚአብሔር።	For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.
2:20	Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι· ζῶ δὲ οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός· ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός με καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ.	Vivo autem, jam non ego : vivit vero in me Christus. Quod autem nunc vivo in carne : in fide vivo Filii Dei, qui dilexit me, et tradidit semetipsum pro me.	ወተሰቀልኩ ምስለ ክርስቶስ ሕይወትየሰ ኀልቀት ወበሕይወተ ክርስቶስ ሀለውኩ ወዘኒ ዘአሐዩ ይእዜ በሥጋየ በአሚን በወልደ እግዚአብሔር አሐዩ ዘአፍቀረኒ ወመጠወ ርእሶ በእንቲኣየ።	I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
2:21	οὐκ ἀθετῶ τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ· εἰ γὰρ διὰ νόμου δικαιοσύνη, ἄρα Χριστὸς δωρεὰν ἀπέθανεν.	Non abjicio gratiam Dei. Si enim per legem justitia, ergo gratis Christus mortuus est.	ወኢይክሕድ ጸጋ እግዚአብሔር እመሰኬ በገቢረ ሕገገ ኦሪት ይጸድቁ ለከንቱኬ ሞተ ክርስቶስ።	I don’t reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”

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