Philippians 2
1 If, then, any exhortation [is] in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of [the] Spirit, if any yearnings and mercies,
Kama kukiwa na jambo lolote la kutia moyo katika kuunganishwa na Kristo, kukiwa faraja yoyote katika upendo wake, kukiwa na ushirika wowote na Roho, kukiwa na wema wowote na huruma,
2 fulfill my joy, that you may mind the same thing—having the same love—of one soul—minding the one thing,
basi ikamilisheni furaha yangu kwa kuwa na nia moja, mkiwa na upendo huo moja, mkiwa wa roho na kusudi moja.
3 nothing in rivalry or vainglory, but in humility of mind counting one another more excellent than yourselves—
Msitende jambo lolote kwa nia ya kujitukuza wala kujivuna, bali kwa unyenyekevu kila mtu amhesabu mwingine bora kuliko nafsi yake.
4 do not each look to your own, but each also to the things of others.
Kila mmoja wenu asiangalie faida yake mwenyewe tu, bali pia ajishughulishe kwa faida ya wengine.
5 For let this mind be in you that [is] also in Christ Jesus,
Kuweni na nia ile ile aliyokuwa nayo Kristo Yesu:
6 who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not something to be seized to be equal to God,
Yeye, ingawa alikuwa na asili ya Mungu hasa, hakuona kule kuwa sawa na Mungu kuwa kitu cha kushikilia,
7 but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men,
bali alijifanya si kitu, akachukua hali hasa na mtumwa, naye akazaliwa katika umbo la mwanadamu.
8 and having been found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient to death—even death of a cross,
Naye akiwa na umbo la mwanadamu, alijinyenyekeza, akatii hata mauti: naam, mauti ya msalaba!
9 for this reason, also, God highly exalted Him, and gave to Him a Name that [is] above every name,
Kwa hiyo, Mungu alimtukuza juu sana, na kumpa Jina lililo kuu kuliko kila jina,
10 that in the Name of Jesus every knee may bow—of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth—
ili kwa Jina la Yesu, kila goti lipigwe, la vitu vya mbinguni, na vya duniani, na vya chini ya nchi,
11 and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ [is] LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
na kila ulimi ukiri ya kwamba Yesu Kristo ni Bwana, kwa utukufu wa Mungu Baba.
12 So that, my beloved, as you always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
Kwa hiyo, wapenzi wangu, kama vile ambavyo mmekuwa mkitii siku zote, si tu wakati nikiwa pamoja nanyi, bali sasa zaidi sana nisipokuwepo, utimizeni wokovu wenu kwa kuogopa na kutetemeka,
13 for it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
kwa maana Mungu ndiye atendaye kazi ndani yenu, kutaka kwenu na kutenda kwenu kwa kulitimiza kusudi lake jema.
14 Do all things without murmurings and deliberations,
Fanyeni mambo yote bila kunungʼunika wala kushindana,
15 that you may become blameless and pure children of God, unblemished in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as luminaries in the world,
ili msiwe na lawama wala hatia, bali mwe wana wa Mungu wasio na kasoro katika kizazi chenye ukaidi na kilichopotoka, ambacho ndani yake ninyi mnangʼaa kama mianga ulimwenguni.
16 holding forth the word of life, for rejoicing to me in regard to [the] Day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor did I labor in vain;
Mkilishika neno la uzima, ili nipate kuona fahari siku ya Kristo kwamba sikupiga mbio wala kujitaabisha bure.
17 but if I also am poured forth on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and am glad with you all,
Lakini hata kama nikimiminwa kama sadaka ya kinywaji kwenye dhabihu na huduma itokayo katika imani yenu, mimi ninafurahi na kushangilia pamoja nanyi nyote.
18 because of this you also rejoice and are glad with me.
Vivyo hivyo, ninyi nanyi imewapasa kufurahi na kushangilia pamoja nami.
19 And I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timotheus to you quickly, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you,
Natumaini katika Bwana Yesu kumtuma Timotheo hivi karibuni aje kwenu, ili nipate kufarijika moyo nitakapopata habari zenu.
20 for I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for the things concerning you,
Sina mtu mwingine kama yeye, ambaye ataangalia hali yenu kwa halisi.
21 for the whole seek their own things, not the things of Christ Jesus,
Kwa maana kila mmoja anajishughulisha zaidi na mambo yake mwenyewe wala si yale ya Yesu Kristo.
22 and you know his proof, that as a child [serves] a father, he served with me in regard to the good news;
Lakini ninyi wenyewe mnajua jinsi Timotheo alivyojithibitisha mwenyewe, kwa maana ametumika pamoja nami kwa kazi ya Injili, kama vile mwana kwa baba yake.
23 I indeed hope to send him, when I may see through the things concerning me—immediately;
Kwa hiyo, ninatumaini kumtuma kwenu upesi mara nitakapojua mambo yangu yatakavyokuwa.
24 and I trust in the LORD that I will also come quickly myself.
Nami mwenyewe ninatumaini katika Bwana kwamba nitakuja kwenu hivi karibuni.
25 And I thought [it] necessary to send to you Epaphroditus—my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my need,
Lakini nadhani ni muhimu kumtuma tena kwenu Epafrodito, ndugu yangu na mtendakazi pamoja nami, aliye askari mwenzangu, ambaye pia ni mjumbe wenu mliyemtuma ili ashughulike na mahitaji yangu.
26 seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because you heard that he ailed,
Kwa maana amekuwa akiwaonea sana shauku ninyi nyote, akiwa na wasiwasi kwa kuwa mlisikia kwamba alikuwa mgonjwa.
27 for he also ailed near to death, but God dealt kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
Kweli alikuwa mgonjwa, tena karibu ya kufa. Lakini Mungu alimhurumia, wala si yeye tu, bali hata na mimi alinihurumia, nisipatwe na huzuni juu ya huzuni.
28 The more eagerly, therefore, I sent him, that having seen him again you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful;
Kwa hiyo mimi ninafanya bidii kumtuma kwenu ili mtakapomwona kwa mara nyingine, mpate kufurahi, nami wasiwasi wangu upungue.
29 receive him, therefore, in the LORD, with all joy, and hold such in honor,
Kwa hiyo mpokeeni katika Bwana kwa furaha kubwa, nanyi wapeni heshima watu kama hawa,
30 because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded life that he might fill up your deficiency of service to me.
kwa sababu alikaribia kufa kwa ajili ya kazi ya Kristo, akihatarisha maisha yake ili aweze kunihudumia vile ninyi hamkuweza.
