Jo-Filipi 2

1 Ka bedowa kuom Kristo nyalo kelonwa hoch, kata hera maduogo chuny, kata lalruok kuom Roho, kata ngʼwono kod miwafu,

If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,

2 to kare beduru gi paro achiel, gihera achiel kod chuny achiel mondo umi chunya opongʼ gi mor.

united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.

3 Kik utim gimoro amora mondo upiem gi ji kata mondo unyisru ne ji, to beduru joma obolore, ka kinde duto ukwano joma moko kaka joma beyo moloyou.

Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being of more account than himself;

4 Ngʼato ka ngʼato kuomu kik par mana kuom gik makonye en owuon, to nyaka upar bende kuom gik makonyo jomoko bende.

each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.

5 Paro manie chunyu nyaka bed machal gi paro mane Kristo Yesu nigo.

Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.

6 Yesu ne kit Nyasaye nyaka aa chakruok, to ne ok okwano bedo marom gi Nyasaye ka gima nyaka lar,

Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.

7 to notimore ka gima nono kodoko misumba, mi nokawo kido machal gi mar dhano.

Nay, He stripped Himself of His glory, and took on Him the nature of a bondservant by becoming a man like other men.

8 Kendo kane en gi kit dhano kamano, to nobolore, ka owinjo Nyasaye nyaka kar tho, kata mana tho mar msalaba!

And being recognized as truly human, He humbled Himself and even stooped to die; yes, to die on a cross.

9 Emomiyo Nyasaye bende notingʼe malo moloyo, kendo nomiye nying moloyo nyinge duto,

It is in consequence of this that God has also so highly exalted Him, and has conferred on Him the Name which is supreme above every other,

10 mondo koluong nying Yesu to ji duto nogo chong-gi piny, e polo kendo e piny, kendo e bwo piny,

in order that in the Name of JESUS every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, of those on the earth, and of those in the underworld,

11 kendo ji duto nohul ni Yesu Kristo en Ruoth, mondo Nyasaye Wuoro oyud duongʼ.

and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.

12 Kuom mano, osiepena mageno, mana kaka usebedo kuwinjo wachna kinde duto, ok mana ka antie kodu, to koro moloyo ka aonge, dhiuru nyime ka urito warruoku mondo ochop kare, kupongʼ gi luoro kod bolruok,

Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.

13 nikech Nyasaye owuon ema tiyo e chunyu mondo omi umanye kendo utim dwarone maber.

For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.

14 Gimoro amora mutimo, to timuru ma ok ungʼur kata mino wach,

Be ever on your guard against a grudging and contentious spirit,

15 eka ubed jomaler kendo maonge wach gi ngʼato. Mano nomi ubed nyithind Nyasaye ma wach moro amora marach ok ogajo kudak e kind tiengʼ mobamni kendo matimo richo. Ler maru nyaka rieny ka sulwe manie kor polo e kind tiengʼni,

so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,

16 kuwachonegi wach Ngima, mondo ka chiengʼ ma Kristo obiroe, to abed mamor ni kara ne ok aringo kata tiyo matek e dieru kayiem nono.

holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.

17 Kata obedo ni remba iolo oko kaka remb chiayo mitimogo misango kuom chiwruok kod tich maru kuom yie, to pod amor amora kendo ail kaachiel kodu.

Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.

18 Omiyo un bende beduru abeda mamor mana kaka an bende amor.

And I bid you also share my gladness, and congratulate me.

19 An gi geno kuom Ruoth Yesu mar oro Timotheo iru machiegni, mondo omi chunya oduogi ka ayudo wach moa kuomu.

But, if the Lord permits it, I hope before long to send Timothy to you, that I, in turn, may be cheered by getting news of you.

20 Aonge gi ngʼato machielo machal kode, ma oikore konyou gi chunye duto e chandruok moro amora ma un-go.

For I have no one likeminded with him, who will cherish a genuine care for you.

21 Nikech ji duto dwaro mana gik makonyogi giwegi, to ok mag Yesu Kristo.

Everybody concerns himself about his own interests, not about those of Jesus Christ.

22 Un uwegi to ungʼeyo kaka Timotheo osenyiso ber mare malongʼo, nikech wasetiyo kode kaachiel mana kaka wuowi gi wuon mare, ka wachiwore ne tich mar Injili.

But you know Timothy's approved worth--how, like a child working with his father, he has served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

23 Kuom mano ageno mar ore iru mapiyo bangʼ kasengʼeyo gima biro timorena ka.

So it is he that I hope to send as soon as ever I see how things go with me;

24 Kata mana an awuon an-gi adiera kuom Ruoth ni abiro biro iru machiegni.

but trusting, as I do, in the Lord, I believe that I shall myself also come to you before long.

25 To aneno ni owinjore mondo akwong aor owadwa Epafrodito mondo oduog oneu. En jatich Kristo wadwa ma wakedogo lweny mar Injili, kendo en jaoteu mane uoro mondo okonya e rem mane an-go.

Yet I deem it important to send Epaphroditus to you now--he is my brother and comrade both in labour and in arms, and is your messenger who has ministered to my needs.

26 Osegombo mondo oneu ahinya, kendo chunye chandore nikech nuwinjo ni notuo ahinya.

I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.

27 Chutho notuo marach, mi odwa otho. To Nyasaye nokeche, kendo kuom kech mane okechego, an bende nokecha, mondo kik abed gi kuyo manyadiriyo.

For it is true that he has been ill, and was apparently at the point of death; but God had pity on him, and not only on him, but also on me, to save me from having sorrow upon sorrow.

28 Kuom mano, chunya medo jiwa mondo aore, mondo ka unene kendo kongima, to ubed mamor, mondo an bende parruok ma an-go odog chien.

I am therefore all the more eager to send him, in the hope that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have the less sorrow.

29 Kobiro, to rwakeuru gi mor maduongʼ kaka owadu kuom Ruoth, kendo neuru ni umiyo joma chalo kode kamano duongʼ,

Receive him therefore with heartfelt Christian joy, and hold in honour men like him;

30 nikech nochiwo ngimane mi poth otho nikech tich Kristo, koketo ngimane e chandruok mondo okonya gi kony ma un uwegi ne ok unyal konyago.

because it was for the sake of Christ's work that he came so near death, hazarding, as he did, his very life in endeavouring to make good any deficiency that there might be in your gifts to me.