ᏉᎳ ᏕᏏᎶᏂᎦ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᏧᏬᏪᎳᏁᎸᎯ 2
1 ᎢᏨᏒᏰᏃ ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎭ, ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᏄᏍᏛ ᏫᏨᎷᏤᎸᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏎᏉᏉ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ.
Yes, friends, you yourselves know that your reception of us was not without result.
2 ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎢᎬᏱ ᏃᎩᎩᎵᏲᏦᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎪᎩᏐᏢᏃᎢ ᏈᎵᎩᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏥᎦᏔᎭ, ᏃᏥᏍᎦᎢᎲᎾ ᎣᎦᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎣᏣᎵᏍᎦᏍᏙᏛ ᎢᏨᏃᎮᎮᎸᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᏔᎵ ᎤᏛᏛᎩ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎠᏟᏂᎬᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
For, although we had experienced suffering and ill treatment, as you know, at Philippi, we had the courage, by the help of our God, to tell you God’s good news in spite of great opposition.
3 ᎢᏨᏬᏁᏔᏅᏰᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎠᏓᎴᎾᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏱᎨᏎᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎦᏓᎭᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏠᏄᎮᏛ;
Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.
4 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᏰᎵᏉ ᏧᏰᎸᏅ ᎣᎦᎨᏅᏗᏍᏗᏱ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎣᏥᏁᎦ; ᎥᏝ ᏴᏫᏉ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏂᏰᎸᏗ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎪᎵᏰᏍᎩ ᏥᎩ ᏗᎩᎾᏫ.
But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the good news, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not people, but God who proves our hearts.
5 ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎣᏥᏬᏂᏍᎬ ᎢᎸᎯᏳ ᎠᏎᏉ ᎠᏓᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏲᏨᏗᏍᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏥᎦᏔᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏲᏨᏗᏍᎨ ᏲᏧᏢᏗᏍᎨ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᎠᎬᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏔᎯ;
Never at any time, as you know, did we use the language of flattery, or make false professions in order to hide selfish aims. God will bear witness to that.
6 ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ ᎪᎩᎸᏉᏙᏗᏱ ᏲᎩᏲᎮᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᏂᎯ ᏱᏨᏲᏎᎮᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᎾᏓᎴᎢ; ᏰᎵᏉ ᎡᎦᏃ ᎦᎨᏛ ᎢᏗᎦᏲᏨᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎩ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎣᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ.
Nor did we seek to win honour from people, whether from you or from others, although, as apostles of Christ, we might have burdened you with our support.
7 ᎣᎦᏓᏅᏘᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒᎩ ᎢᏨᏰᎳᏗᏙᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏧᏓᏍᏓᎢ ᏥᏓᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏍᎪ ᏧᏪᏥ;
But we lived among you with the simplicity of a child; we were like a woman nursing her own children.
8 ᎤᏣᏘᏃ ᎢᏨᎨᏳᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ, ᎣᎦᏝᏴᏉ ᏗᏨᏲᎯᏎᏗᏱ ᎥᏝ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎣᎬᏒ ᏙᏨᏅᎢ, ᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᎢᏨᎨᏳᎢᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ.
In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God’s good news, but our lives as well – so dear had you become to us.
9 ᎢᏣᏅᏔᏉᏰᏃ, ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᏙᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸ ᎠᎴ ᏙᎩᏯᏪᏥᏙᎸᎢ; ᏗᎬᏩᎩᏨᏗᏰᏃ ᏙᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᏃᎦᏚᎵᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎠᏏᏴᏫ ᏂᏣᏛᏅ ᎦᎨᏛ ᎢᏲᏨᏴᏁᏗᏱ, ᎢᏨᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᎸᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
You will not have forgotten, friends, our labour and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God’s good news.
10 ᏂᎯ ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎯ ᏂᏣᎵᏍᏗᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᏂᎦᎥ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎨᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᎫᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎣᎨᏙᎸ ᎢᏨᏰᎳᏗᏙᎸ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏦᎯᏳᎯ;
You will bear witness, and God also, that our relations with you who believed in Christ were pure, and upright, and beyond reproach.
11 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎢᏥᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᏂᏨᏪᏎᎸ ᎢᏨᏬᏁᏔᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏨᎦᎵᏍᏓᏛ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏨᏰᏯᏔᏅᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏥᏂᏕᎦᏪᏎᎰ ᏧᏪᏥ,
Indeed, you know that, like a father with his own children, we used to encourage and comfort every one of you, and solemnly plead with you;
12 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏤᏙᎲ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏰᎸᏗ ᎢᏤᎵᏍᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏥᏯᏅᏛ ᏥᎩ ᏫᏥᎷᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏤᎵᎪᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏗᎨᏒᎢ.
so that you should make your daily lives worthy of God who is calling you into the glory of his kingdom.
13 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᏃᏥᏲᎯᏍᏗᏍᎬᎾ ᎣᏣᎵᎡᎵᏤᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏕᏣᏓᏂᎸᏨ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᏍᎩᏯᏛᎦᏁᎸᎯ, ᎥᏝ ᏴᏫᏉ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏱᏗᏣᏓᏂᎸᏤᎢ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ, ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏕᏣᏓᏂᎸᏨᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎤᏣᏘ ᏥᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎭ ᏕᏣᏓᏅᏛ ᏂᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏦᎯᏳᏅᎯ.
This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God – because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of humans, but as what it really is – the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.
14 ᏂᎯᏰᏃ, ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᏗᏥᏍᏓᏩᏕᎩ ᏂᏣᎵᏍᏔᏅᎩ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᏚᎾᏓᏡᎬ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏤᎵᎦ ᏧᏗᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏥᏌ ᎬᏬᎯᏳᎲᏍᎩ ᏥᎩ; ᏂᎯᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎤᏠᏱ ᏕᏥᎩᎵᏲᏤᎸᎩ ᏗᏣᏤᎵᎦ ᏴᏫ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏚᏂᎩᎵᏲᏤᎴ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ;
For you, friends, began to follow the example of the churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow citizens, in the same way as those churches did at the hands of their people –
15 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏧᏂᎸᎩ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᎤᏅᏒ ᏧᎾᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴ ᎪᎦᏕᏯᏙᏔᏅᎩ; ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏰᎸᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏱᎾᎾᏛᏁᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏴᏫ ᏓᏂᎦᏘᎴᎦ;
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all humanity,
16 ᎪᎩᏅᏍᏓᏕᎰᎢ ᏦᏥᏬᏁᏙᏗᏱ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎨᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎤᏂᎧᎵᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨᎢ; ᎤᏔᎳᏬᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒ ᏩᏍᏛ ᎢᏴᏛ ᎤᏂᎷᏤᎸ.
for they try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation, and so are always filling up the measure of their iniquity. But the wrath of God has come upon them to the full!
17 ᎠᏴᏍᎩᏂ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᏞᎦ ᎣᎦᏓᏓᎴᏔᏅ ᏦᏥᏰᎸᎢ, ᎥᏝᏃ ᏦᎩᎾᏫᏱ, ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎣᎦᏟᏂᎬᏁᎸᎩ ᏕᏣᎧᏛ ᏦᎩᎪᏩᏛᏗᏱ, ᎤᏣᏘ ᎠᏚᎸᏗ ᎣᎬᏔᏅᎩ.
As for ourselves, friends, our having been bereaved of you even for a short time – though in body only, and not in spirit – made us all the more eager to see your faces again; and the longing to do so was strong on us.
18 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎣᎦᏚᎵᏍᎬᎩ ᏫᏨᎷᏤᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴ, ᏉᎳ, Ꮀ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᏒᎩ, ᏌᏉ ᎠᎴ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎠᏆᏚᎸᎲᎩ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᏎᏓᏂ ᎣᎩᏲᏍᏙᏓᏁᎲᎩ.
That was why we made up our minds to go and see you – at least I, Paul, did, more than once – but Satan put difficulties in our way.
19 ᎦᏙᏰᏃ ᎤᏚᎩ ᎣᎬᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᏙ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏱᎦᏓᏅᏓᏗᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᎵᏍᏚᎶ ᎣᎦᎵᎮᎵᏍᏙᏗ? ᏝᏍᎪ ᏂᎯ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎦᏔᎲ ᎢᎦᏤᎵ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎦᎷᏨᎭ?
For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown will we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming, if it isn’t you?
20 ᏂᎯᏰᏃ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎢᏍᎩᏴᏁᎯ ᎠᎴ ᏍᎩᏯᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗᏍᎩ.
You are our pride and our delight!
