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].
Akhakbel in, ka suapui te awng, Topa sung ah lungdam vun, Note tung ah thu ka sonsa khat son kikik tu sia kei atu thu haksa hi ngawl hi, ahihang note atu in hi thu sia a bit le a muanhuai a hihi.
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].
Ui te pan na kidawm vun, na pha ngawl a vawt te kidawm vun, pumpi a susia thei te kidawm vun.
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].
Banghangziam cile eite sia vunteap tan te i hi a, Pathian sia thaa taw i bia hi, taciang Christ Jesus sung ah i lungdam a, cilesa taw kisai in ki muanna i nei bua hi.
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.
Keima in cilesa lam ah suan le muan tu ka nei hi. Ngual dang khatpo in cilesa lam ah suan tu ka nei hi, ci a ngaisun le, kei a tamzaw ka nei hi:
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].
Ni liat ni in vunteap ka tan hi, Israel minam, Benjamin suan, Hebrew mi sung pan Hebrew mi tatak ka hihi; thukham zui nataw cileang Pharisee ka hihi;
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.
Thalawp in sepna lam ah pawlpi vawtsia pa ka hihi; thukham sung ah thutang suana taw kisai in paubang ngawl khi hi.
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).
Ahihang hi te theampo sia keima atu in bang phatuam ziam, tabang te sia keima in Christ atu in supna in ka ngaisun hi.
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],
Uplak tu bangma om ngawl hi, taciang ka Topa Christ Jesus heakna sia a tungnung bel ahi hu in, na theampo te supna in ka ngaisun hi: Ama atu in na theampo te supna ka thuak zo hi, taciang Christ ka san thei natu in, tua nate theampo sia eak bang in ka ngaisun hi,
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].
Taciang keima thukham zui na hu in thutang suana ka nei bua hi, ahihang thutang suana sia Christ upna tungtawn hi a, upna hu in Pathian i thutang suana taw Christ sung ah hong mu tu hi:
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,
Tabang in Christ le a thawkikna vangletna ahizong, Ama thina ciangdong thuakkhawm tu in a thuakna te taw ki pawlkhopna ahizong, ka heak thei natu a hihi;
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
Bangbangpo ahizong mithi te thawkikna sung ah ka kihel thei natu a hihi.
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].
Ka nei zo hi, ci hi ngawl in, ka cialcing zo hi, cina zong hi ngawl hi: ahihang Christ Jesus in keima hong heak bang in, keizong ka heak thei natu in tai kawm in ka del hi.
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.
Suapui te awng, keima le keima ka pom zo hi, ci ka ki ngaisun bua hi: ahihang hi thu khat ka seam hi, nungsang thu te manngil a, maisang hong thengpheang tu nate pom tu in ka del hi,
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].
Christ Jesus sung ah Pathian in tungsang pan hong sapna zawna thaman atu in ka mungtup na sang ah ka mainawt hi.
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.
Tua ahikom eite thaa lam ah a picing te theampo in hibang thinsung nei khawm tek tawng: taciang na khatpo ah ngaisutna dang na nei uh ahile, hi thu sia Pathian in note tung ah hong pualak tu hi.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Bangbangpo hi kale tu dong ciang ih zuisa hi ngeina taw mainawt tawng.
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].
Suapui te awng, ka nuntak zia hong ette tek tavun, ette tu in na nei uh kote bangbang in nungta khu ziam, ci hong en nginge tavun.
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].
Banghangziam cile mi tampi te sia amate nuntakzia te hu in, Christ thinglamte i ngalte suak uh hi, ci sia tu le tu in kong son zo hi, taciang tu zong in kap kawm in kong son hi:
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.
Amate i tawpna tu sia siatsuana hi a, amate i Pathian sia amate i ngilpi a hihi, taciang amate in leitung nate ngaisun uh a, amate i ki suantakna sia maizumna sung ah om hi.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Banghangziam cile i nuntakzia sia van ah om hi; tua mun pan in ngumpa Topa Jesus Christ i ngak hi:
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.
Ama in na theampo sia a nuai ah koi a, a sep thei na vanglian taw in a thaneam i pumpi sia, Ama minthanna pumpi bang in hong zeam tu a, hong laisak tu hi.
