Philippians 1
1 [I], Paul, and Timothy, [who is with me, are] men who serve Christ Jesus. I [am writing this letter] to all [of you who are] pastors and deacons in Philippi [city] and to the rest of God’s people [there who have a close relationship] with Christ Jesus.
Jesus Christ i sal te, Paul le Timothy in, Philippi a om Christ Jesus sung ah mithiangtho te, husya te le pawlpi upa te:
2 [We both] (OR, [I]) [pray that] God, [who is] our Father, and Jesus Christ, [who is our] Lord, [will continue to] be kind to you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.
I Pa Pathian le Topa Jesus Christ tung pan thuthiamna le thinnopna sia note tung ah hong om tahen.
3 I thank my God whenever I think about you.
Note kong phaw sim in ka Pathian ka pok hi,
4 Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.
Note theampo atu thu ka nget sim in tatsat ngawl lungdamko na taw ka ngen hi,
5 I [thank God and rejoice] because you have been [working] together with me in order to [make known] the good message about Christ. [You started doing that] when you first [MTY] [believed it, and you have continued doing it] until now.
Lungdamna thupha sung ah na ki pawlkhop na uh hu in a ni phitbel ni pan tu ni dong;
6 I am completely confident that [God], who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since [God] has begun to do in you what is good, he) will continue to do that until he finishes doing it on the day Christ Jesus [MTY] [returns].
Hi thu sung mama ah ki muanna ka nei hi, note sung ah nasep pha a pan pa in Jesus Christ ni dong seam suak tu hi:
7 During this time that I have been a prisoner [MTY] and during the times I was previously able to defend the good message about Christ and proved/confirmed [to others] that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work [that God] kindly gave [to me to do. So] indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear [IDM] to me.
Note theampo i thu ka ngaisut tawntung sia thuman a hihi, banghangziam cile ka thinsung ah na om uhhi; thong ka tak ciang ahizong, lungdamna thupha ka dinpui a, ka kipsak ciang ahizong, note theampo in ka thuthiamna taw nong dinpui uh hi.
8 God [can] verify that Christ Jesus causes me to [love and] long for all of you very much, [just like] Christ loves [you].
Jesus Christ i itna sung ah na vekpi uh in bangza in hong phawk khi ziam, ci sia Pathian ka tetti a hihi.
9 And what I pray [for you] is that [God will enable] you to truly know and learn how to love [one another] more and more in every situation.
Taciang na ki itna uh sia heakna le thukhenna theampo sung ah tam seseam a khan natu ahizong;
10 [And I pray that he will enable] you to completely understand [how you should believe and act]. I [pray this] in order that you might be [spiritually] pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless [DOU]) on the day that Christ [returns] [MTY],
Tabang in note Christ ni dong thintak le khialna om ngawl in, a phabel nate honglak thei tu in ahizong;
11 [and in order that] you might conduct your lives [IDM] completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ [enabling you to do so], in order that [people will] honor God and praise him (OR, [people will] praise God very much [DOU]).
Jesus Christ tungtawn in thutang suana i nga te taw kidim a, Pathian minthanna le pokna na hi thei natu uh in, thu ka ngen hi.
12 My fellow believers, I want you to know that the [troubles] I have experienced [have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead], [these things that I have experienced] have enabled even more people to hear the good message [about Christ].
Ahihang suapui te awng, ka tung ah hong theng thu te sia lungdamna thupha ki zel na hong suak hi;
13 [Specifically], all the military guards who are stationed [here in Rome] and many other [HYP] [people in this city] [HYP] now know that I am a prisoner [MTY] because I [proclaim the good news] about Christ.
Tua ahikom tua Christ i sung ah ka thongtakna sia kumpi innsung theampo le mun tatuam ah kilang hi;
14 Also, most of the believers [here now] proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly [because] they trust the Lord [more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more] because [they have seen how the Lord has helped me] while I have been a prisoner [MTY] [here].
Taciang Topa sung ah suapui tampi te sia thong ka tak hu in, ki muang saseam a, launa om ngawl in Pathian thu sia hangsan seseam in son uh hi.
15 Some people proclaim [the message about Christ as I do] because they are happy [with my work]. They proclaim [the message about] Christ because they love [me and because] they know that [God] has placed me [here] to defend the message about Christ [CHI].
Pawlkhat te in Christ thu sia hazatna le enna taw in hil uh hi; taciang pawlkhat te in deisakna pha taw son uh hi:
Pawlkhat te in Christ thu sia ki enna taw hil uh a, thintak taw a hil bua uh hi, keima thongtakna sia haksatna ki belap tu in ngaisun uh hi:
17 Others proclaim [the message about] Christ because they envy [me] and oppose [me]. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They [wrongly] assume [that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result], I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY] [here].
Ahihang a dang pawlkhat te in keima sia lungdamna thupha a panpui tu in hong ki koi ka hi siahe a, itna taw phuang uh hi.
18 But it does not matter whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have wrong motives, or whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that [the message about] Christ is being proclaimed {people are proclaiming [the message about] Christ}. And because of that I rejoice! Philippians 1:18b-26 Furthermore, I will continue to rejoice,
Tabang ahile bang hi tu ziam? Ahi tazong, a son theam uh ahizong, a hibale, thuman taw ahizong, bangbang po ahizong Christ thuhil ahi na uh le ka lungdam hi, taciang maisang zong ka lungdam suak tu hi.
19 because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves [of what I have done] (OR, that [the Roman authorities] will set me free). [This will happen] as a result of your praying for me, and [as a result] of [God’s] Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me.
Banghangziam cile na thu ngetna uh le Jesus Christ i Thaa panpui na tungtawn in hi thu sia ka suatakna hong suak tu hi, ci ka he hi,
20 I [know that this will happen] because I very confidently expect [DOU] that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always [have done], Christ will be greatly honored {I will continue now also to very boldly honor Christ} by means of all that I do [SYN, MTY], whether by [the way I] live or [by the way I] die.
Ka thinsung takpi taw muang in ka lamet bangma in, bang thu po ahizong ka mai a zum bua hi, ahihang hangsanna theampo taw tatsat ngawl in ka pumpi sung ah nuntakna tungtawn in, a hibale thina tungtawn in, Christ sia lapsang hi tu hi,
21 As for me, I live [in order to honor] Christ. But if I die, it will be better [for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him].
Banghangziam cile keima atu in nuntak na sia Christ a hihi, taciang thina zong phattuamna om hi.
22 On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve [Christ] effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose.
Ahizong ka pumpi sung ah ka nungta ahile, hisia in ka nasep i nga a hihi: ahihang bang teal zaw tu ci sia ka he bua hi.
23 That is, I am not sure which of those two I [prefer]. I long to leave [this world] and [go to] be with Christ, because that will be very much better [for me].
Banghangziam cile thu ni ki laklaw a ciak na mun ah ka om hi, pusuak a, Christ taw omkhop tu ka uk hi; tasia thu phazaw pek hi:
24 Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive [than that I go to be with Christ because] you still need [me to help you].
Ahihang pumpi sung ah om tu sia note atu in kisam zaw hi.
25 Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain [alive] and that I will [go/come to] be with you all. [As a result], you will believe [in Christ] more firmly, and [as a result of that], you will rejoice.
Taciang hi ki muanna ka nei hu in, na upna uh i lungdamna a tam seseam thei natu in, pumpi sung ah om tu sia note theampo taw kizom in ka om tu hi, ci ka he hi;
26 [That is], you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus [bringing] me [to be with you again].
Tabang in note kung ah kong paikik na tungtawn in Jesus Christ sung ah keima atu in na lungdamna uh sia dimlet seseam tu hi.
27 Most importantly, as fellow [believers in Christ], conduct yourselves just like [you learned you should do when you heard] the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether [I am away from you and] people tell me about you, [what I hear or see will make me happy]. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting [those who oppose the message about Christ] (OR, [oppose you]). I [will know] that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel [about Christ].
Na nuntak zia uh sia Christ i lungdamna thupha bek taw hi tahen: tabang in keima hongpai in note te kong mu a, a hibale keima ka om ngawl sung ah, note sia thaa khat sung ah kiptak in ma na pang khawm uh a, lungdamna thupha upna atu in thinsung khat taw na hanciam tek na uh thu ka zak thei natu in;
28 And I [will know] that you are not at all frightened by {afraid of} the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that [God] will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that [God] will save you eternally. It is God who is doing [all] this.
Taciang na ngal te uh hang in bangma lau heak vun: tabang te sia amate atu in siatsuana kilangsak te a hihi, ahihang note atu in Pathian i ngupna a hihi.
29 Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ, [he] has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ.
Banghangziam cile note kung ah Christ taang in ama up tu bek in hong pia ngawl a, Ama atu in thuak tu zong hong pia hi;
30 [As a result], you are [having to] resist [those who oppose the good message], just like you saw that I [had to] resist [such people there in Philippi], and just like you hear that I [still have to resist such people here] now.
Keima sung ah na mu uh ki langpan na le tu in na zak uh thu sia, note in zong na nei uh thu a hihi.
