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].
Farany, ry rahalahy, mifalia ao amin’ ny Tompo. Tsy manahirana ahy ny manoratra teny averina, fa mahatsara anareo izany.
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].
Tandremo ny tenanareo amin’ ny amboa, tandremo ny tenanareo amin’ ny mpanao ratsy, tandremo ny tenanareo amin’ ny voakilema.
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].
Fa isika no voafora, izay manompo amin’ ny Fanahin’ Andriamanitra ary manao an’ i Kristy Jesosy ho reharehantsika ka tsy mitoky amin’ ny nofo;
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.
kanefa mba manana izay hitokiako amin’ ny nofo ihany aho. Raha misy olona hafa manao hitoky amin’ ny nofo, mainka fa izaho;
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].
fa voafora tamin’ ny andro fahavalo aho, avy amin’ ny fototr’ isiraely, dia avy amin’ ny firenen’ i Benjamina; Hebreo sady avy amin’ ny Hebreo aho; araka ny lalàna, dia Fariseo;
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.
araka ny zotom-po, dia nanenjika ny fiangonana; araka ny fahamarinana avy amin’ ny lalàna, dia tsy nanan-tsiny.
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).
Nefa izay azoko ho tombony dia nataoko fatiantoka kosa noho ny amin’ i Kristy.
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],
Eny tokoa, fa ataoko ho fatiantoka avokoa ny zavatra rehetra noho ny fihoaran’ ny hatsaran’ ny fahalalana an’ i Kristy Jesosy Tompoko, Izay niaretako ny fatiantoka ny zavatra rehetra, ka ataoko ho taimboraka ireny mba hahazoako an’ i Kristy;
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].
ary mba ho hita ao aminy aho tsy manana ny fahamarinako, izay avy amin’ ny lalàna, fa izay avy amin’ ny finoana an’ i Kristy, dia ny fahamarinan’ Andriamanitra amin’ ny finoana;
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,
eny, mba ho fantatro Izy sy ny herin’ ny fitsanganany tamin’ ny maty ary ny fiombonana amin’ ny fijaliany ka hampitovina amin’ ny endriky ny fahafatesany,
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
raha mba misy hahatratrarako ny fitsanganana amin’ ny maty.
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].
Tsy toy ny efa nahazo sahady aho, na efa tanteraka sahady; fa miezaka aho hihazona izay nihazonan’ i Kristy Jesosy ahy.
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.
Ry rahalahy, tsy mbola ataoko fa efa nahazo ny tenako; fa zavatra iray loha no ataoko; manadino izay zavatra ao aoriana ka miezaka hanatratra izay zavatra eo aloha,
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].
eny, miezaka hanatratra ny marika aho hahazoako ny lokan’ ny fiantsoan’ Andriamanitra any ambony ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy.
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.
Koa aoka isika rehetra izay tanteraka hihevitra izany; fa hasehon’ Andriamanitra aminareo izany, raha sendra manana sain-kafa ianareo.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Kanefa aoka ho amin’ ilay efa azontsika sahady no mbola hizorantsika.
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].
Ry rahalahy, aoka samy hanahaka ahy ianareo, ka diniho izay mandeha tahaka ny anananareo anay ho marika.
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].
Fa maro no mandeha, izay efa nolazaiko taminareo matetika, sady mbola lazaiko aminareo amin’ ny fitomaniana koa ankehitriny, fa fahavalon’ ny hazo fijalian’ i Kristy ireny;
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.
fahaverezana no hiafarany, ny kibony no andriamaniny, ny fahamenarany no voninahiny, fa misaina ny amin’ ny tany izy.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Fa ny fanjakantsika dia any an-danitra, ary avy any koa no iandrasantsika Mpamonjy, dia Jesosy Kristy Tompo,
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.
Izay hanova ny tenan’ ny fietren-tenantsika ka hitovy endrika amin’ ny tenan’ ny voninahiny, araka ny fiàsan’ ny heriny, izay ahaizany hampanaiky ny zavatra rehetra ho Azy.
