< 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].
හේ භ්රාතරඃ, ශේෂේ වදාමි යූයං ප්රභාවානන්දත| පුනඃ පුනරේකස්ය වචෝ ලේඛනං මම ක්ලේශදං නහි යුෂ්මදර්ථඤ්ච භ්රමනාශකං භවති|
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].
යූයං කුක්කුරේභ්යඃ සාවධානා භවත දුෂ්කර්ම්මකාරිභ්යඃ සාවධානා භවත ඡින්නමූලේභ්යෝ ලෝකේභ්යශ්ච සාවධානා භවත|
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].
වයමේව ඡින්නත්වචෝ ලෝකා යතෝ වයම් ආත්මනේශ්වරං සේවාමහේ ඛ්රීෂ්ටේන යීශුනා ශ්ලාඝාමහේ ශරීරේණ ච ප්රගල්භතාං න කුර්ව්වාමහේ|
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.
කින්තු ශරීරේ මම ප්රගල්භතායාඃ කාරණං විද්යතේ, කශ්චිද් යදි ශරීරේණ ප්රගල්භතාං චිකීර්ෂති තර්හි තස්මාද් අපි මම ප්රගල්භතායා ගුරුතරං කාරණං විද්යතේ|
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].
යතෝ(අ)හම් අෂ්ටමදිවසේ ත්වක්ඡේදප්රාප්ත ඉස්රායේල්වංශීයෝ බින්යාමීනගෝෂ්ඨීය ඉබ්රිකුලජාත ඉබ්රියෝ ව්යවස්ථාචරණේ ඵිරූශී
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.
ධර්ම්මෝත්සාහකාරණාත් සමිතේරුපද්රවකාරී ව්යවස්ථාතෝ ලභ්යේ පුණ්යේ චානින්දනීයඃ|
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).
කින්තු මම යද්යත් ලභ්යම් ආසීත් තත් සර්ව්වම් අහං ඛ්රීෂ්ටස්යානුරෝධාත් ක්ෂතිම් අමන්යේ|
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],
කිඤ්චාධුනාප්යහං මත්ප්රභෝඃ ඛ්රීෂ්ටස්ය යීශෝ ර්ඥානස්යෝත්කෘෂ්ටතාං බුද්ධ්වා තත් සර්ව්වං ක්ෂතිං මන්යේ|
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].
යතෝ හේතෝරහං යත් ඛ්රීෂ්ටං ලභේය ව්යවස්ථාතෝ ජාතං ස්වකීයපුණ්යඤ්ච න ධාරයන් කින්තු ඛ්රීෂ්ටේ විශ්වසනාත් ලභ්යං යත් පුණ්යම් ඊශ්වරේණ විශ්වාසං දෘෂ්ට්වා දීයතේ තදේව ධාරයන් යත් ඛ්රීෂ්ටේ විද්යේය තදර්ථං තස්යානුරෝධාත් සර්ව්වේෂාං ක්ෂතිං ස්වීකෘත්ය තානි සර්ව්වාණ්යවකරානිව මන්යේ|
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,
යතෝ හේතෝරහං ඛ්රීෂ්ටං තස්ය පුනරුත්ථිතේ ර්ගුණං තස්ය දුඃඛානාං භාගිත්වඤ්ච ඥාත්වා තස්ය මෘත්යෝරාකෘතිඤ්ච ගෘහීත්වා
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
යේන කේනචිත් ප්රකාරේණ මෘතානාං පුනරුත්ථිතිං ප්රාප්තුං යතේ|
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].
මයා තත් සර්ව්වම් අධුනා ප්රාපි සිද්ධතා වාලම්භි තන්නහි කින්තු යදර්ථම් අහං ඛ්රීෂ්ටේන ධාරිතස්තද් ධාරයිතුං ධාවාමි|
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.
හේ භ්රාතරඃ, මයා තද් ධාරිතම් ඉති න මන්යතේ කින්ත්වේතදෛකමාත්රං වදාමි යානි පශ්චාත් ස්ථිතානි තානි විස්මෘත්යාහම් අග්රස්ථිතාන්යුද්දිශ්ය
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].
පූර්ණයත්නේන ලක්ෂ්යං ප්රති ධාවන් ඛ්රීෂ්ටයීශුනෝර්ද්ධ්වාත් මාම් ආහ්වයත ඊශ්වරාත් ජේතෘපණං ප්රාප්තුං චේෂ්ටේ|
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.
අස්මාකං මධ්යේ යේ සිද්ධාස්තෛඃ සර්ව්වෛස්තදේව භාව්යතාං, යදි ච කඤ්චන විෂයම් අධි යුෂ්මාකම් අපරෝ භාවෝ භවති තර්හීශ්වරස්තමපි යුෂ්මාකං ප්රති ප්රකාශයිෂ්යති|
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
කින්තු වයං යද්යද් අවගතා ආස්මස්තත්රාස්මාභිරේකෝ විධිරාචරිතව්ය ඒකභාවෛ ර්භවිතව්යඤ්ච|
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].
හේ භ්රාතරඃ, යූයං මමානුගාමිනෝ භවත වයඤ්ච යාදෘගාචරණස්ය නිදර්ශනස්වරූපා භවාමස්තාදෘගාචාරිණෝ ලෝකාන් ආලෝකයධ්වං|
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].
යතෝ(අ)නේකේ විපථේ චරන්ති තේ ච ඛ්රීෂ්ටස්ය ක්රුශස්ය ශත්රව ඉති පුරා මයා පුනඃ පුනඃ කථිතම් අධුනාපි රුදතා මයා කථ්යතේ|
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.
තේෂාං ශේෂදශා සර්ව්වනාශ උදරශ්චේශ්වරෝ ලජ්ජා ච ශ්ලාඝා පෘථිව්යාඤ්ච ලග්නං මනඃ|
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
කින්ත්වස්මාකං ජනපදඃ ස්වර්ගේ විද්යතේ තස්මාච්චාගමිෂ්යන්තං ත්රාතාරං ප්රභුං යීශුඛ්රීෂ්ටං වයං ප්රතීක්ෂාමහේ|
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.
ස ච යයා ශක්ත්යා සර්ව්වාණ්යේව ස්වස්ය වශීකර්ත්තුං පාරයති තයාස්මාකම් අධමං ශරීරං රූපාන්තරීකෘත්ය ස්වකීයතේජෝමයශරීරස්ය සමාකාරං කරිෂ්යති|