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].
Hethoondi, joon awaan loong ngah ih baat rumhala, Teesu damdi roong rooplan asuh tenroon ang an! Ngah ih helek helek ih raangmaat halang ah tathet thunkang, sen ah punpiipi toom ih tong an ih thunhang.
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].
Ethih mote, hui lajak loong sak khan suh laat ram rumla loong dowa pui ean.
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].
Amiisak ih khoopkhan cho abah seng, neng tah angka, tumeah seng ih Rangte ah heh Chiiala lam ih soom eno seng roidong ah tenroon lam ih Jisu Kristo damdi roong tongli. Seng ih hansi rangkhokhoop khan banlam adi amasah uh tah laalomke.
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.
Elang eah, erah likhiik banlam adoh ngah uh emi laalom eh ang. O ih bah uh erah rangkhoh khoopkhan banlam adoh jen laalom ih mokthun anbah, ngah di tang erah nang ih ehan ih thuntheng lam je ah.
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].
Saasinet noodek di nga khoopkhan banlam hoon tahang, ngah ah Ijirel mina ih tup raahang rah, Benjamin jaat apaat, amiisak ih Hebru mina. Jehudi loong Hootthe thok banlamta bah, ngah ah Pharasi mina ang thengtang,
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.
eno erah tokdi ngah ih Chaas thet haat asuh rapne ih ram angno kah siiwi rumtang. Mina ah Hootthe jengdang ah kap ano kateng ang ah ih liita, erah tok adi, ngah uh kateng ju angtang.
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).
Enoothong edak chojih taat ih rookweh tang ah, amadi Kristo raangtaan ih thaangmuh ih hoonla.
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],
Erah loong laklak lah angthang ih; ngah ih thun angdi jirep ah nga Teesu Jisu Kristo jattang dowa ih bah erah loong ah thoontang emat haatjih ih hoonla. Erah raang ih heh tungthoidi ngah ih erah loong ah jaatrep ehaat etang; ngah ih erah loong asuh thaangmuh ih thiik hang, eno ba ngah ah Kristo damdoh jen ang angno
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].
heh damdoh esiit ih hoon ang. Ngah ih Hootthe ah phan angno kateng ih kathun tang ah amadoh takah angka. Amadi kateng anglang abah Kristo suh hanpi angno anglang, marah Rangte jiin nawa hanpi jun ih chojih rah asuh ah.
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,
Ngah ih jamhang ah langla ngah ih Kristo ah jat ang, eno tek nawa ngaakthingta chaan aphaan anep roongjat ang, heh chamnaang ah roong hui et ang, nyia heh tekta likhiik ih roongtek ang,
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
nga teewah nep heh tek nawa ngaakthingta likhiik ih roong ngaakthing ang ih laalom lang.
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].
Ngah ih jaatrep ah ejen choh etang adoleh ngah jaatrep di epun elang ih taliikang. Amadi uh ngah ih hethaang ah chosuh chekbek lang marah Jisu Kristo ih erah raang ih ngah ah danjoh tahang.
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.
Joon awaan loong, elang eah, amiimi di ngah ih ejen jen ettang ih tathunkang; enoothong jaatsiit ngah reelang abah, liko dowa ah beehaat angno lakngah nawa eseethoon adoh thok suh reelang.
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].
Erah thoih ngah lamjunko maradi thaangchojih angla adi soonlang, Rangte ih Jisu Kristo mendi rangkhothung nawa roidong ah chosuh poon halang rah di ah.
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.
Seng loongtang mathan mina chiiala lam ih thungsek angte loong ah ih, emamah ih samthun theng. Enoothong sen mararah mina doh thung atak jaat hoh mok ang anbah, Rangte ih sen suh toom miidong thunthuk han.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Mamah ang abah uh, amatuk ih marah banlam jah hali emamah lakngah nah erah aju phankaat ih.
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].
Joon awaan loong, nga reeraang ah nyootsok he. Seng ih baat hi lampo adi o mina ih ese reeraang nyoot ha erah loong ah naririh ih ban sok an.
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].
Arah tiit ah jaakhoni helek helek ih baat rum taha, eno amadi uh nga mikphi ah janhaat lam ih we baat rumhala: Kristo bangphak ni tiita rah rukho roidong ni neng piiara ih hoon arah uh eje.
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.
Neng loong ah soolam nah thoon wangte ang rumla, tumeah neng rangte ah neng hansi tenthun ni ang thoidi ah. Neng marah doh erakriijih angta adi mok ngaampo ih rumla, erah dam ih neng thung mongrep hadaang nawa adi luulu thun rumha.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Seng loong ah ang koleh, rangmong nawa noksong, erah thoih seng Pangteewah Teesu Jisu Kristo ah rangmong nawa ngaakkaat ah bantho 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.
Heh ih seng larook lata hansi sak etek etheng ah leksiit heeno, heteewah sak phaakjaaja ang arah likhiik ih hoonhe, eno jaatrep chaan aphaan ah maak ano heh lakhu nah jen loomsiit he.
