Philippians 3
1 [Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].
Впрочем, братя мои, радвайте се в Господа. За мене не е досадно да ви пиша все същото, а за вас е безопасно.
2 Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].
Пазете се от злите работници, пазете се от поборниците на обрязването ( Гръцки: От връзването: презрителен израз);
3 [Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].
защото ние сме обрязаните, които с Божия Дух се кланяме, и се хвалим с Хрита Исуса, и не уповаваме на плътта.
4 [We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.
При все че аз мога и на плътта да уповавам. Ако някой друг мисли, че може да уповава на плътта, то аз повече,
5 I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].
бидейки обрязан в осмия ден, от Израиловия род, от Вениаминовото племе, евреин от евреин, досежно закона фарисей,
6 I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.
по ревност гонител на църквата, по правдата, която е от закона, непорочен.
7 Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).
Но това, което беше за мене придобивка, като загуба го счетох за Христа.
8 More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],
А още всичко считам като загуба заради това превъзходно нещо
9 and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].
и да се намеря в Него, без да имам за своя правда оная, която е от закона, но оная, която е чрез вяра в Христа, то ест, правдата, която е от Бога въз основа на вяра,
10 I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,
за да позная Него, силата на Неговото възкресение, и обещанието в Неговите страдания, ставайки съобразуван със смъртта Му,
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
дано всякак достигна възкресението на мъртвите
12 I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].
Не че съм сполучил вече, или че съм станал вече съвършен; но гоня изподир, дано уловя, понеже и аз бидох уловен от Христа Исуса.
13 My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.
Братя, аз не считам, че съм уловил, но едно правя,
14 Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].
пускам се към прицелната точка за наградата на горното от Бога признание в Хриса Исуса
15 So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.
И тъй, ние, които сме зрели, нека мислим така; и ако мислите вие нещо другояче, Бог ще ви открие в него.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Само нека [имаме за правило да] живее според това, в което сме достигнали [същото да мъдруваме].
17 My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].
Братя, бъдете всички подражатели на мене и внимавайте на тия, които се обхождат така, както имаме пример в нас.
18 [Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].
Защото мнозина, за които много пъти съм ви казвал, а сега и с плач ви казвам се обхождат като врагове на Христовия кръст;
19 [God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.
чиято сетнина е погибел, чиито бог е коремът, и чието хвалене е в това, което е срамотно, които дават ума си на земните неща.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Защото нашето гражданство е на небесата, отгдето и очакваме Спасител, Господа Исуса Христа,
21 By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.
Който ще преобрази нашето унищожено тяло, за да стане съобразно с Неговото славно тяло, по упражнение на силата Си да покори и всичко на Седе Си.
