Kontondiroo
1 Nte Pawulu, n niŋ Timoti, ntolu mennu mu Kiristu* Yeesu la dookuulaalu ti, m̀ be a la moo senuŋolu bee kontoŋ na, mennu be Filipi saatewo kono, sako alitolu mennu mu alifaalu niŋ maakoyirilaalu ti. 2 Hiinoo niŋ kayiroo be ali fee ka bo Alla bulu, m̀ Faamaa, a niŋ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu.
Tenturoo niŋ duwaa
3 N ka n na Alla tentu le waati-wo-waati, niŋ n hakiloo bulata ali la. 4 Waati-wo-waati, niŋ m be duwaa kaŋ ali ye, n ka a ke seewoo le kono. 5 N ka Alla tentu kafuñooyaa la kuwo to le, n niŋ ali ye meŋ soto ka kibaari betoo janjandi, biriŋ a luŋ foloo la ka naa fo saayiŋ. 6 Aduŋ nte dankeneyaata le ko, meŋ ye ñiŋ dookuu betoo dati ali kono, ate le be a timmandi la, janniŋ Yeesu Kiristu la naa luŋo be sii la.
7 Nte ye ali kanu n sondomoo bee le la, baawo alitolu niŋ nte bee denta kuu-wo-kuu to le, Alla ye meŋ dii n na ka bo niŋ a la hiinoo la: Fo m be bunjawoo le kono baŋ, waraŋ fo m be kibaari betoo la kuwo le tankandi kaŋ, aniŋ ka a bambandi. Wo to a beteyaata nte fee le ka m miira ali la kuwo la wo ñaama. 8 Alla le mu n seedoo ti ko, ali la kuwo ye m meeyaa le ka bo niŋ Kiristu Yeesu la kanoo la. 9 N ka duwaa ali ye le ko, ali la ñoo kanoo si tu yiriwaa la kendeke, a niŋ ali la londoo niŋ fahaamuroo, 10 fo ali si kuwolu loŋ, mennu beteyaata. Wo to le ali be foroyaa la, aduŋ ali te sootaaroo soto la Kiristu la naa luŋo la. 11 Ali si faa niŋ tiliŋo la, meŋ ka daajika betoo saabu, ka bo niŋ Yeesu Kiristu la, Alla la horomoo niŋ jayiroo ye.
“Kiristu le mu nte ye baluwo ti”
12 Baadiŋolu*, n lafita ali ye a loŋ ko, kuwo meŋ keta nte la, wo ye kibaari betoo la janjaŋo le sembentuŋyaa kendeke. 13 Kelediŋ-wo-kelediŋ mennu be kantaroo la kumandaŋo la koridaa baa kono jaŋ, wolu niŋ moo koteŋolu bee ye a loŋ ne saayiŋ ko, nte be bunjawoo kono Kiristu la kuwo le kamma. 14 Aduŋ n na soroŋo bunjawoo kono, wo ye baadiŋ jamaa le bambandi Maariyo kono fo ì ka Alla la kumoo fo fatiyaa niŋ silambaliyaa kono.
15 Tooñaa, moo doolu ka Kiristu la kibaari betoo kawandi, kaatu ì kiiliyaata le, aduŋ ì lafita sonkamooyaa le la, bari doolu ka a kawandi ŋaniya betoo le kaŋ. 16 Wolu mennu ka a kawandi ŋaniya betoo kaŋ, ì ka a kawandi ka bo niŋ kanoo le la, kaatu ì ye a loŋ ne ko, Alla le ye nte londi ñiŋ dinkiraa to ka kibaari betoo la kuwo tankandi. 17 Mennu ka Kiristu la kibaari betoo kawandi ì fansuŋ daliiloo kaŋ, ì maŋ soobeeyaa, ñiŋ ne be mutariŋ ì bulu ko, ì be nte la sorondiroo tooroo kafu noo la le. 18 Bari nte maŋ wo muta kasi ti! Meŋ kummaayaata, wo le mu ko, Kiristu la kibaari betoo ye kawandi sila-wo-sila la. N seewoota wo le la, fo wo kawandoo keta daliila betoo le kaŋ, waraŋ fo daliila jawoo.
M be tu la seewooriŋ ne, 19 kaatu ŋa a loŋ ne ko, m be finti la le ka bo niŋ ali la duwaalu la, aniŋ maakoyiroo meŋ ka bo niŋ Yeesu Kiristu la Nooroo la. 20 M be n yillaariŋ baake wo la le, aduŋ n jikita le ko, ñiŋ kuwo te ke la n ye malu kuwo ti muk. Bari m be tu la fatiyaa la le, fo m baloo muumewo si horomoo dii Kiristu la waati-wo-waati, fo baluwo le mu waraŋ saayaa. 21 Kiristu le mu nte ye baluwo ti, wo to saayaa mu nte ye tinewo le ti. 22 Niŋ n tententa ka baluu ñiŋ duniyaa kono, m be tu la ñiŋ dookuwo le la, meŋ ye nafaa baa soto, bari hani wo, m maŋ a loŋ, m be meŋ tomboŋ na. 23 Kuu fula le be n hakiloo kono, ì ye n dewuŋ baake: Kara doo la, n hameta le ka ñiŋ duniyaa bula fo n si tara Kiristu fee, meŋ beteyaata baake nte ye. 24 Bari kara doo la, alitolu la kuwo kamma la, a kummaayaata le ka tu baluuriŋ duniyaa kono jaŋ. 25 Wo keta n ye dankeneyaa le ti, aduŋ ŋa a loŋ ne ko, m be tenteŋ na le ka tara ali bee fee, fo ali si ñaatotaa soto, aniŋ seewoo lannoo kono. 26 Wo to, niŋ m muruta naŋ ali kaŋ, ali si seewoo baake Kiristu Yeesu kono, kuwolu la, mennu keta nte la.
Maañaa, kibaari betoo jarita meŋ na
27 N na kuwo be labaŋ na ñaa-wo-ñaa, ali maañaa si jari Kiristu la kibaari betoo la. Wo to, fo m be naa ali je la ñaa niŋ ñaa le la baŋ, waraŋ fo m be tu la ali la kuwo le moyi la, m be a moyi la le ko, ali loota bambandinke ŋaniya kiliŋ ne la, noora kiliŋo kono, ka loo ñoo ye lannoo dookuwo kono, kibaari betoo ye. 28 Ali jawoolu kana ali kijoo farandi feŋ-wo-feŋ na. Wo be ke la taamanseeroo le ti ì ye ko, ì be kasaara la le, bari alitolu be kiisa la le. Ñiŋ mu Alla la keroo le ti. 29 Hiinoo, ali ye meŋ soto Kiristu la kuwo kamma la, a maŋ ke ka laa a la doroŋ, bari ka toora a la kuwo kamma la fanaa. 30 Wo to, alitolu ye wo toora kuu kiliŋo le soto, ali ye meŋ je nte la koomanto nuŋ, aduŋ saayiŋ ali be a moyi la le ko, m be wo le kono hani ka bii.
1 From Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus—
To all God's people in Philippi who are in union with Christ Jesus, including the church leaders and helpers:
2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Paul's Prayer for His Readers
3 I thank my God for you every time I think of you; 4 and every time I pray for you all, I pray with joy 5 because of the way in which you have helped me in the work of the gospel from the very first day until now. 6 And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus. 7 You are always in my heart! And so it is only right for me to feel as I do about you. For you have all shared with me in this privilege that God has given me, both now that I am in prison and also while I was free to defend the gospel and establish it firmly. 8 God is my witness that I tell the truth when I say that my deep feeling for you all comes from the heart of Christ Jesus himself.
9 I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment, 10 so that you will be able to choose what is best. Then you will be free from all impurity and blame on the Day of Christ. 11 Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.
To Live Is Christ
12 I want you to know, my friends, that the things that have happened to me have really helped the progress of the gospel. 13 As a result, the whole palace guard and all the others here know that I am in prison because I am a servant of Christ. 14 And my being in prison has given most of the believers more confidence in the Lord, so that they grow bolder all the time to preach the message fearlessly.
15 Of course some of them preach Christ because they are jealous and quarrelsome, but others from genuine good will. 16 These do so from love, because they know that God has given me the work of defending the gospel. 17 The others do not proclaim Christ sincerely, but from a spirit of selfish ambition; they think that they will make more trouble for me while I am in prison.
18 It does not matter! I am happy about it—just so Christ is preached in every way possible, whether from wrong or right motives. And I will continue to be happy, 19 because I know that by means of your prayers and the help which comes from the Spirit of Jesus Christ I shall be set free. 20 My deep desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but that at all times, and especially right now, I shall be full of courage, so that with my whole being I shall bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die. 21 For what is life? To me, it is Christ. Death, then, will bring more. 22 But if by continuing to live I can do more worthwhile work, then I am not sure which I should choose. 23 I am pulled in two directions. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing; 24 but for your sake it is much more important that I remain alive. 25 I am sure of this, and so I know that I will stay. I will stay on with you all, to add to your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that when I am with you again, you will have even more reason to be proud of me in your life in union with Christ Jesus.
27 Now, the important thing is that your way of life should be as the gospel of Christ requires, so that, whether or not I am able to go and see you, I will hear that you are standing firm with one common purpose and that with only one desire you are fighting together for the faith of the gospel. 28 Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose and that you will win, because it is God who gives you the victory. 29 For you have been given the privilege of serving Christ, not only by believing in him, but also by suffering for him. 30 Now you can take part with me in the battle. It is the same battle you saw me fighting in the past, and as you hear, the one I am fighting still.
