Ba Filipi 2
1 Ndiyeeya kuti kuli kusungwazigwa muli Kkilisito. Ndiyeyela kuti kulikulyiiba kujanika muluyando lwakwe. Ndiyeyela kuti kuli luswanano lwa Muuya. Ndiyeyela kuti kuli kufwidwa nsoni alwetelelo.
If there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any comfort from his love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if there are any tender mercies and compassions,
2 Amuzuzye kubotelwa kwangu mukuba bamwi amumuzeezo omwe, amukuba aluyando lomwe, kamujisini amumuuya, akuba anchito ikozyenie yoomwe.
then make my joy full by thinking alike, having the same love, being united in spirit, and having the same purpose.
3 Tamuchiti chintu mubufubafuba kana mukulipenzya biyo. Pesi mumawuse mwelede kubona bamwi kabali kabotu kwinda ndinywe.
Do nothing out of selfishness or empty conceit. Instead with humility consider others better than yourselves.
4 Umwi awumwi wenu atalangi nzyayanda lwakwe mwini biyo, pesi alange alimwi iziyanda bamwi.
Each of you should take care not only for your own needs, but also for the needs of others.
5 Amube acho echi mumizeezo yanu ichakali muli Kkilisito Jesu.
You should have the same attitude toward one another as was in Christ Jesus.
6 Ooyo, nikuba kuti wakapona muchiimo cha Leza, taakalibona kayelene pe a Leza mbuli chintu chakujatilila kuli nchicho.
He existed in the form of God, but he did not consider his equality with God as something to hold on to.
7 Pesi, wakalyubula akulibika muchiimo chamubelesi, aboobo wakazyalwa muchiimo chikozyenie abantu.
Instead, he emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, and he was born in the likeness of men.
8 Wakalibombya akusyomeka kuyosika kuchiindi chalufu, akukuyofwa achiingano.
He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death of a cross!
9 Nkinkaako Leza wakamunyampula loko alimwi.
Therefore God also highly exalted him. He gave him the name that is above every name.
10 Wakachita obo kuchitila kuti muzina lya Jesu woonse mazwi akatifuke, imazwi aababo balikujulu abali aansi abali munsi aanyika.
He did this so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, the knees of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
11 Wakachita boobo kuchitila kuti zyoonse indimi zikape bukamboni bwakwamba kuti Jesu Kkilisitu ngu Mwami, kubulemu bwa Leza Taata.
He did this so that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Nkokuti lino, nobayandwa, mbuli mbumulemeka kale lyoonse, kutaamba neliwo biyo pesi kapati nensiwo, amubelekele lufutuko lwanu mukuyowa amukukankama.
So then, my beloved, as you always obey, not only in my presence but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 Nkaambo ngu Leza uulikubeleka muli ndinywe munzila zibili zyakuyanda akukubelekela kubotelwa kwakwe kubotu.
For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
14 Muchite zintu zyoonse kamuta tongooki nikuba kukazyania.
Do all things without complaining or arguing.
15 kuchitila kuti mumaninine tamubi akampenda, ibana ba Leza ibatakwe ibubi mukati kabuzyalane bubbilingene alimwi bulangililwa aansi, oomo mumumvwika mbuli malampi munyika yoonse.
Act in this way so that you may become blameless and honest, children of God without blemish. Act in this way so that you may shine as lights in the world, in the middle of a crooked and depraved generation.
16 Amujatilile kujwi lya buumi kuchitila kuti mubuzuba bwa Kkilisito ndikalidundiizye kuti tendakachijana biyo kana kubelekela mayabwe.
Hold tightly to the word of life so that I may have reason to glory on the day of Christ. For then I will know that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
17 Pesi nikuba kuti ndilikutilwambuli chipo kuchipayililo akuba mulimo walusyomo lwanu, Ndilalumba akubotelwa andinywe moonse.
But even if I am being poured out as an offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
18 Muli njiyeeyo inzila yomwe anywebo mwelede kulumba akubotelwa andime.
In the same manner you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
19 Pesi ndilasyoma ku Mwami Jesu kuti atume Timoti kuli ndinywe kufwambana, kuchitila kuti ambebo ndisungwazigwe.
But I have hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may also be encouraged when I know the things about you.
20 Nkaambo nsikwe uumbi uulimbuli nguwe, uuli aluyando andinywe.
For I have no one else with his same attitude, who is truly anxious for you.
21 Nkambo boonse bayanduula nzibayanda beeni, izitaala azya Jesu Kkilisito.
For they all seek their own interests, not the things of Jesus Christ.
22 Pesi mulizi bupati bwakwe, nkambo mbuli mwana uli awisi, nkinkaako wakabeleka andime mujwi.
But you know his worth, because as a child serves his father, so he served with me in the gospel.
23 Aboobo ndisyoma kumutuma kufwamabana awoo ndabona kuti zintu zilandendela byeni.
So I hope to send him as soon as I see how things will go with me.
24 Pesi ndilasyoma ku Mwami kuti ambebo lwangu ndize kufwambana.
But I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.
25 Pesi ndibona kuti chilelede kutuma Epafuloditasi kuti aboole kulindinywe. Mukwesu alimwi mubelesima, alimwi ngu silumambaama, alimwi ngusinyenda wenu kali mubelesi wa nzindibula.
But I think it is necessary to send Epaphroditus back to you. He is my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and servant for my needs.
26 Nkambo wakatyompedwe loko, alimwi wakali wazimba kubandinywe moonse, nkambo mwakamvwa kuti wakali kuchiswa.
For he was very distressed, and he longed to be with you all, because you heard that he was sick.
27 Nkambo inchoonzyo wakalichisidwe kwakuti wakasifwe. Pesi Leza wakamufwida luzyalo, kakutali nguwe biyo, pesi akulindime, kuchitila kuti nsikabi aamawuse ajulu lyamawuse.
For indeed he was so sick that he almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Nkokuti chilimubusungu kwindilide kuti ndimutume, kuchitila kuti mwamubona lubo mubotelwe, alimwi nditawusi loko.
So it is all the more eagerly that I am sending him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I can be free from anxiety.
29 Mumutambule Epafuloditasi mu Mwami alukondo loonse. Mulemeke bantu balimbuli nguwe.
Welcome Epaphroditus in the Lord with all joy. Honor people like him.
30 Nkambo wakasifwe akaambo kamulimu wa Kkilisitu. Wakasanga buumi bwakwe mukundibelekela akuzuzikizya eezyo nzimwakatali kukkonzya kundichitila.
For it was for the work of Christ that he came near death. He risked his life to serve me and fill up what you could not do in service to me.
