True Humility
1 Christ encourages you, and his love comforts you. God's Spirit unites you, and you are concerned for others. 2 Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person. 3 Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves. 4 Care about them as much as you care about yourselves 5 and think the same way that Christ Jesus thought:
6 Christ was truly God.
But he did not try to remain
equal with God.
7 Instead he gave up everything
and became a slave,
when he became
like one of us.
8 Christ was humble.
He obeyed God and even died
on a cross.
9 Then God gave Christ
the highest place
and honored his name
above all others.
10 So at the name of Jesus
everyone will bow down,
those in heaven, on earth,
and under the earth.
11 And to the glory
of God the Father
everyone will openly agree,
“Jesus Christ is Lord!”
Lights in the World
12 My dear friends, you always obeyed when I was with you. Now that I am away, you should obey even more. So work with fear and trembling to discover what it really means to be saved. 13 God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.
14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing. 15 Then you will be the pure and innocent children of God. You live among people who are crooked and evil, but you must not do anything they can say is wrong. Try to shine as lights among the people of this world, 16 as you hold firmly to the message that gives life. Then on the day when Christ returns, I can take pride in you. I can also know that my work and efforts were not useless.
17 Your faith in the Lord and your service are like a sacrifice offered to him. And my own blood may have to be poured out with the sacrifice. If this happens, I will be glad and rejoice with you. 18 In the same way, you should be glad and rejoice with me.
Timothy and Epaphroditus
19 I want to be encouraged by news about you. So I hope the Lord Jesus will soon let me send Timothy to you. 20 I don't have anyone else who cares about you as much as he does. 21 The others think only about what interests them and not about what concerns Christ Jesus. 22 But you know what kind of person Timothy is. He has worked with me like a son in spreading the good news. 23 I hope to send him to you, as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me. 24 And I feel sure the Lord will also let me come soon.
25 I think I ought to send my dear friend Epaphroditus back to you. He is a follower and a worker and a soldier of the Lord, just as I am. You sent him to look after me, 26 but now he is eager to see you. He is worried, because you heard he was sick. 27 In fact, he was very sick and almost died. But God was kind to him, and also to me, and he kept me from being burdened down with sorrow.
28 Now I am more eager than ever to send Epaphroditus back again. You will be glad to see him, and I won't have to worry any longer. 29 Be sure to give him a cheerful welcome, just as people who serve the Lord deserve. 30 He almost died working for Christ, and he risked his own life to do for me what you could not.
Kiristu la fammajiyo niŋ a la waroo
1 Fo ali maŋ wakiilindiroo soto Kiristu* kono, aniŋ sabarindiroo ka bo niŋ a la kanoo la? Fo ali maŋ kafuñooyaa soto ka bo niŋ Noora Kuliŋo la? Fo ali maŋ mooyaa niŋ balafaa soto ñoo ye? 2 Baawo ali ye wolu soto le, ali n na seewoo timmandi niŋ hame kiliŋo sotoo la, ali ye kanu kiliŋ ne soto. Ali soŋ ñoo ma, ali ye ke ŋaniya kiliŋ ti, aniŋ hakili kiliŋ. 3 Ali kana feŋ ke ali fansuŋ nafaa kamma, waraŋ ka horomoo ñini ali faŋo ye, bari ali baadiŋ Yeesu noomalankoolu muta fammajiyo niŋ horomoo kono ka tambi ali faŋolu la. 4 Ali meŋ-wo-meŋ kana a la kuŋ kiliŋ nafaa doroŋ juubee, bari a si doolu fanaa taa juubee.
5 Ali daajikoolu ñanta ke la le ko Kiristu Yeesu daajikoo be ñaameŋ:
6 Ate ye Alla mankutoo soto ñaa-wo-ñaa,
bari a maŋ wo muta a la ñantoo ti,
ka a faŋo niŋ Alla kaañandi.
7 A maŋ a faŋ muta feŋ ti,
a ye a fammajii ka ke joŋo ti,
a naata wuluu niŋ hadamadiŋ muluŋo la.
Duniyaa moolu ye a je a la hadamadiŋyaa kono le,
8 a ye a fammajii yaamarimutoo la ñaameŋ.
A maŋ balaŋ ka faa,
bari a sonta le ka hani faa yiribantambiloo bala.
9 Wo kamma la, Alla ye ate le la kuwo warandi,
ka mansasiiraŋo dii a la feŋolu bee kunto.
A ye too meŋ dii ate la
wo la horomoo maŋ ñoŋo soto.
10 Wo le ye a tinna ka bo niŋ Yeesu too la,
niilamaa feŋolu bee be ñoyi la a ñaatiliŋo la le,
mennu be Arijana kono,
duniyaa kono jaŋ,
waraŋ bankoo kono duuma.
11 Ì neŋolu kiliŋ-kiliŋ naa be a seedeyaa la le ko,
Yeesu Kiristu le mu Maariyo ti,
ka horomoo dii Alla la, m̀ Faamaa.
Ka ke looloolu ti ñiŋ duniyaa dibiriŋo kono
12 N kanuntewolu, biriŋ n tarata ali fee, ali ye n na yaamaroolu muta ali bulu fuloo le la. Saayiŋ, bayiri m be jamfariŋ ali la le, wo yaamarimutoo kummaayaata baake le. Wo to ali katoo bee ke, ali niŋ silaŋo niŋ jarajaroo, fo ali si ali la kiisa timmariŋo soto. 13 Kaatu Alla meŋ be dookuwo la alitolu kono, ate le be ali la hamoo niŋ kebaaroolu taamandi la, fo kuwolu si ke ko a la hame betoo be ñaameŋ.
14 Ali kana feŋ ke ŋunuŋunoo kono, waraŋ ñoo soosoo, 15 bari ali si seneyaa fo moo kana ali tuumi noo feŋ na. Ali ye ke Alla la dindiŋolu ti sootaaribaliyaa kono ñiŋ jamaani jawoo niŋ jamaani jenkeriŋo kono. Ali si mala ko looloolu ñiŋ duniyaa kono, 16 niŋ ali ye baluwo kumoo muta. Wo to le, Kiristu la naa luŋo la, m be kibiri noo la ali la kuwo to ko, n na boroo niŋ dookuwo ali ye, wolu maŋ ke kenseŋ ti. 17 Ali la lannoo keta le ko jani sadaa*, ŋa meŋ dii Alla la. Hani niŋ a ye a tara, nte yeloo le be boŋ na wo kaŋ miŋ feŋ sadaa ti, wo be ke la nte ye jusulaa le ti, aniŋ seewoo n niŋ ali bee ye. 18 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, alitolu fanaa si jusulaa, ali niŋ nte bee ye seewoo.
Timoti niŋ Epaforoditus
19 Ŋa ñiŋ jikoo soto Maarii Yeesu kono le ko, a te mee la, m be Timoti kii la naŋ ali kaŋ, fo niŋ a muruta naŋ, n si jusulaa soto ka bo niŋ kibaaroolu la alitolu la kuwo to. 20 Nte maŋ moo-wo-moo soto, meŋ ye ñiŋ ñoŋ ŋaniya kendoo soto ali la kuwo to ko ate. 21 Wo doolu bee ka ì fansuŋ nafaa le ñini, ì buka Yeesu Kiristu la nafaa ñini. 22 Alitolu ye a loŋ ne kendeke ko, Timoti ye a faŋo la kuwo yitandi le. A tarata m maakoyi kaŋ n na dookuwo kono kibaari betoo ye le ko dindiŋo ka a faamaa maakoyi ñaameŋ. 23 Wo kamma la, n lafita le ka a kii naŋ ali kaŋ, bari foloo-foloo, n ñanta a loŋ na le, n na kuwolu be laa la ñaameŋ. 24 Aduŋ ŋa ñiŋ dankeneyaa soto Maariyo kono le ko, a te mee la, m faŋo be naa la.
25 Bari ŋa a miira, a kummaayaata le ka m̀ baadiŋo* Epaforoditus murundi ali kaŋ. Ate fanaa mu n dookuuñoo le ti, aniŋ m mooñoo kelediŋo. A mu ali la kiilaa le ti fanaa, ali ye meŋ kii ka n na suulakuwolu topatoo. 26 Ali la kuwo ye a meeyaa le waati jaŋ, aduŋ a niyo toorata le, kaatu a naata a loŋ ne ko, ali ye a la kuuraŋo kibaaroo moyi le. 27 Tooñaa, a kuuranta nuŋ baake le, fo a be naa faa la. Bari Alla ye balafaa soto a ye le, aduŋ wo maŋ ke ate dammaa ye, kaatu niŋ wo nte, a la kuwo be nte la sunoo kafu la le.
28 Wo kamma la, m be hameriŋ baake le ka a murundi naŋ ali kaŋ, fo niŋ ali ye a je kotenke, ali si seewoo, aduŋ n na niitooroo si talaa. 29 Wo to, ali si a jiyaa niŋ seewoo baa la, Maariyo kono. Aduŋ ali si a ñoŋ moo siifaalu horoma, 30 kaatu domandiŋ, a si faa Kiristu la dookuwo kamma la. A ye a niyo le laa fo a si wo maakoyiroo timmandi n ye, alitolu faŋolu maŋ meŋ ke noo.
