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].
Hatimaye, bhalongobhangu muhobholei kup'etela Bwana. Nibhona lepi usumbufu kubhayandikila kabhele maneno ghala ghala. Mambo agha ghakabha salimisha.
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].
Mujilangayi ni mabhwa. Mujilangai ni bhatendakazi bhabaya. Mujilangai nibhala yabhabhikidumula mibhele yabhene.
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].
Kwa ndabha tete ndo tohara. Tete ndo huwa tukamwabudu K'yara kwa msaada wa kiroho. Tukajifunila kup'etela Yesu Kristu, na bhatudulili ujasiri mumibhele.
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.
Nahata, kulekakuya munu wa kuutumainila mbhele obho, nene nganibhwesili kuketa naazaidi.
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].
Kwani natailibhu ligono la nane, nah'ogolike mulikabila la bhaisraeli. Nena wanili kabila la Benjamini. Na mwebrania kup'ela kutisya haki ni sheria ya Musa, nayele Falisayo.
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.
Kwa juhudi say'honi natesili likanisa, kwa kutila haki ni sheria nayele lepi ni lawama kisheria.
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).
Kwa kup'etela mambo ghoa gha nighabhuene kujo ghayele ni faida kwa nene, naghabhalingi kama takataka kwa ndabha ya kummnya Kristu.
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],
Kwa kueli, nibhalangha mambo ghoa kujo ni hasara kwa kummanya kujobha Bwana way'honi. Kwajia ya muene nileka mambo ghoa, nani bhalanga kama takataka ili nin'kabhai Kristu.
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].
Na nibhonekai mugati mwamuene. Niyelepi ni haki ya y'honi binafsi kuhomela musheria, Bali niyele ni haki yayipatikana mu imani kup'etela Kristu, yayihomela kwa K'yara, yaiyele ni msingi muimani.
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,
Henu nilonda kummnya muene kwa ngho'fo sya ufufuo bhuake ni ushiriki wa mates'hu ghake. Nilonda kubadilishwa ni Kristu kup'etela mfwanu wa kifo kyamuene,
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
angalau nibhuwesya kuya ni tumaini kwa kup'etela ufufuo wa wafu.
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].
Na siyo kwamba ni malili kughakabha agha. Au nimalili kuyakikamilifu kwa agha. Bali nikajitahidi ili nibhuesyai kukabha gha aghakabhili Yesu Kristu.
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.
Bhalongo bhangu, ndesi kujobhela kuya nimalili kukabha mambogh agha. Bali nik'heta lijambo limonga: niyhebheleta gha kunyuma na nilangai gha kulongolo.
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].
Nikajilahidi kufikila lilengo kusudi nikabhai tuzo ya panani ya bhuito bhwa K'yara kup'etela Yesu Kristu.
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.
Twabhoa tukolili bhuokovu, twilondeka kubhuasa namna eye. Kwa y'hongi abhwanili kufikilila kwa namna yenge kup'etela lijambo liyoaleta, K'yara muene abhwanili kulifunula ele kwa muenga.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Hata hivyo hatua ikafikilai natulolai nitindo obho.
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].
Bhalongo bhangu, muniyegai nene. Na nibhalangai kwa unofu bha bhilota ni mfano wa jinsi yay'hoto.
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].
Bhingi bhabhiishi ndo bhala ambao mda bhuingi nikabhajobhela, ni henu ni kabhajobhela kwa maho'si-bhingi bhiishi kutya maadui bha n'salaba wa Yesu Kristu.
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.
Muishu wabhene ndo uhalibifu. Kwa ndabha K'yara wabhene ndo lileme, ni kiburi kyabhene kiyele mu aibu sabhene. Bhifikilila mambo gha kidunia.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Bali ulaia wa y'hoto uye kumbinguni, ambako tukan'tegemela mkombozi wa y'hoto Yesu kristu.
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.
Wakubadilisya mibhele ya y'hoto midhaifu kuya kutya mbhele wa muene wa utukufu; kwa ubhueso bholabhola wa kuthibiti fhenu fyoa.
