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.
Njame Paulo ne Timoti basha ba Yesu Klistu. Tulalembelenga bantu bonse ba Lesa bali ku Filipi abo bekatana muli Yesu Klistu kubikapo ne batangunishi ne beshikunyamfwilisha bonse ba mubungano uyo.
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.
Neco Lesa Bata ne Mwami Yesu Klistu amupe kwina moyo ne lumuno.
3 I thank my God whenever I think about you.
Nkute kulumba Lesa wakame cindi ciliconse ndamwanukanga
4 Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.
Pacindi ciliconse ndamupaililanga, nkute kumupailila mwakukondwa.
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.
Ndelela kumulumba pakwinga kufuma kumatatikilo mpaka lelo, mulanyamfwa kumwaya Mulumbe Wayina.
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].
Neco ndashoma kwambeti mulimo wayina uyo Lesa ngwalatatiki muli njamwe, mpaka nakaupwililishe pa Busuba bwakubwela kwa Yesu Klistu.
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.
Lyonse nkute kumuyeya mumoyo mwakame. Neco celela kwambeti nyumfwe mushoboyu pacebo cenu, pakwinga mulaba nenjame mu colwe Lesa ncalampa kutatikila pacindi mpondanga wasunguluka kushikila cino cindi mpondi mujele kwambeti Mulumbe Wayina ube wayuminishiwa kayi ne kutabilila.
8 God [can] verify that Christ Jesus causes me to [love and] long for all of you very much, [just like] Christ loves [you].
Lesa ekamboni wakame kwambeti nicakubinga ndimusuni ne moyo wakame wonse kupitila mulusuno lwa Yesu Klistu mwine.
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.
Mupailo wakame niwakwambeti lusuno lwenu lukulenga cindi conse pamo ne lwinshibo lwakunyumfwishisha,
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],
kwambeti mucikonshe kusala bintu byaina, lino nimukabe baswepa kayi balulama pa Busuba bwakubwela kwa Yesu Klistu.
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]).
Bwikalo bwenu nibube bwalulama bweshi bubonekenga kupitila mukunyamfwilishiwa ne Yesu Klistu kwambeti bantu bonse balumbaishe ne kulemeka Lesa.
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].
Ndayandanga kwambeti mobanse bame, mwinshibeti bintu bilanjinshikili bilanyamfwilishi kumwaya Mulumbe Waina.
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.
Pacebo ici bashilikali bonse beshikulangilila ng'anda ya mwami, ne bantu nabambi balenshibi kwambeti ame ndi mujele pacebo cakuba musebenshi wa Yesu Klistu.
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].
Neco kuba mu jele kwakame kulabayuminishi banse bangi bashoma Klistu, kukambaukunga Mulumbe Waina kwakubula buyowa.
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].
Mpobali bantu nabambi balakambaukunga Mulumbe Waina pacebo cakwambeti bakute minyono kayi nibantu beshikuyandowa mambaulwa, nomba mpobali nabambi balenshinga mulimo uyu munshila yaina.
Aba balenshinga mulimo uyu mulusuno, pakwinga bacinshi kwambeti Lesa walampa mulimo wakukwabilila Mulumbe Waina.
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].
Nabambi nkabalakambaukunga Klistu mushila yalulama, nsombi kufuma mukuliyanda kwabo. Pakwinga bakute kuyeyeti nibambikilepo byeshikubaba pacindi mpondi mujele.
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,
Kuliyawa mulandu! na balakambaukunga Yesu munshila shapusana pusana, nambi iba nshila yaina nambi yaipa. Lino ame nimbenganga wakondwa,
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.
pakwinga ndicinsheti kupitila mumipailo yenu ne lunyamfo lwa Mushimu Uswepa wa Yesu Klistu ame ninkasungululwe.
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.
Neco kuyandishisha ne lushomo lwakame nikwambeti nteshi ngalilwe mulimo wakame, kwambeti Yesu alemekwe lino, ne cindi conse, nambi cibeti mfwa, nambi mba muyumi.
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].
Pakwinga kulinjame kuba ne buyumi ni kusebensela Yesu, kayi na mfwa ni pindu.
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.
Nomba na ndapitilishi kuba ne buyumi ngacimpa colwe cakusebensa mulimo wela kusumpula ncito, nkandicinshi na ngansalapo cipeyo.
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].
Lino ndaba pamampambanya anshila shibili, moyo naumbi ulandanga kwambeti nshiye buyumi bwapacishi capanshi kuya akuba ne Klistu, pakwinga ici ecintu cainapo pali byonse.
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].
Nomba pacebo cenu caina kwambeti mbe ne buyumi.
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.
Kwakutatonshanya ndashoma kwambeti nimbe ne buyumi kayi nekupitilisha kuba nenjamwe mwense kwambeti nyamfwilishe kukulisha lushomo lwenu kayi mwakukondwa.
26 [That is], you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus [bringing] me [to be with you again].
Kwambeti pacindi ncoshi nkese kulinjamwe mukabe ne cebo cakutwanga muli Yesu Klistu mubuyumi bwenu.
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].
Cinene nikwambeti bwikalo bwenu bube mbuli Mulumbe Waina ncolambanga sha Klistu. Nambi mba pepi nenjamwe, nambi mba patali, ndayandanga kunyumfwa kwambeti mwemana cakushimpa ne moyo umo. Kayi ndayandanga kunyumfwa kwambeti mulanyamfwananga ne kunyumfwana pakulwana nkondo yakukwabilila lushomo lulafumunga mu Mulumbe Waina.
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.
Kamutasuminisha balwani benu kwambeti bamuyoshenga pa cintu ciliconse, neco kamuliyuminishani kwambeti benshibeti nibakonongeke kayi amwe nimukapuluke, pakwinga Lesa endiye weshakamulwanine.
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.
Pakwinga mulapewa colwe cakusebensela Yesu klistu, kayi kutambeti kushoma Yesu Klistu enkowa sobwe, nsombi nekupita mubintu byeshikubaba pacebo cakendi.
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.
Nenjamwe mulalwananga inkondo yopeleyo njomwalambona kandwana. Endiyo njondicilwana ne lino mbuli ncomulanyumfunga.
