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].
För övrigt, mina bröder, glädjen eder i Herren. Att skriva till eder detsamma som förut, det räknar jag icke för något besvär, och det är för eder tryggare.
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].
Given akt på de hundarna, given akt på de onda arbetarna, given akt på »de sönderskurna».
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].
Ty vi äro »de omskurna», vi som genom Guds Ande tjäna Gud och berömma oss av Kristus Jesus och icke förtrösta på köttet --
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.
fastän jag för min del väl också kunde hava skäl att förtrösta på köttet. Ja, om någon menar sig kunna förtrösta på köttet, så kan jag det ännu mer,
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].
jag som blev omskuren, när jag var åtta dagar gammal, jag som är av Israels folk och av Benjamins stam, en hebré, född av hebréer, jag som i fråga om lagen har varit en farisé,
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.
i fråga om nitälskan varit en församlingens förföljare, i fråga om rättfärdighet -- den som vinnes i kraft av lagen -- varit en ostrafflig man.
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).
Men allt det som var mig en vinning, det har jag för Kristi skull räknat såsom en förlust.
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],
Ja, jag räknar i sanning allt såsom förlust mot det som är långt mer värt: kunskapen om Kristus Jesus, min Herre. Ty det är för hans skull som jag har gått förlustig alltsammans och nu räknar det såsom avskräde, på det att jag må vinna Kristus
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].
och bliva funnen i honom, icke med min egen rättfärdighet, den som kommer av lag, utan med den rättfärdighet som kommer genom tro på Kristus, rättfärdigheten av Gud, på grund av tron.
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,
Ty jag vill lära känna honom och hans uppståndelses kraft och få känna delaktighet i hans lidanden, i det jag bliver honom lik genom en död sådan som hans,
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
om jag så skulle kunna nå fram till uppståndelsen från de döda.
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].
Icke som om jag redan hade vunnit det eller redan hade blivit fullkomlig, men jag far efter att vinna det, eftersom jag själv har blivit vunnen av Kristus Jesus.
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.
Ja, mina bröder, jag håller icke före att jag ännu har vunnit det, men ett gör jag: jag förgäter det som är bakom mig och sträcker mig mot det som är framför mig
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].
och jagar mot målet, för att få den segerlön som hålles framför oss genom Guds kallelse ovanifrån, i Kristus Jesus.
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.
Må därför vi alla som äro »fullkomliga» hava ett sådant tänkesätt. Men om så är, att I i något stycke haven andra tankar, så skall Gud också däröver giva eder klarhet.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Dock, såvitt vi redan hava hunnit något framåt, så låtom oss vandra vidare på samma väg.
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].
Mina bröder, varen ock I mina efterföljare, och sen på dem som vandra på samma sätt som jag, eftersom I ju haven oss till föredöme.
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].
Ty det är såsom jag ofta har sagt eder och nu åter måste säga under tårar: många vandra såsom fiender till Kristi kors,
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.
och deras ände är fördärv; de hava buken till sin Gud och söka sin ära i det som är deras skam, och deras sinne är vänt till det som hör jorden till.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Vi åter hava vårt medborgarskap i himmelen, och därifrån vänta vi ock Herren Jesus Kristus såsom Frälsare,
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.
vilken skall så förvandla vår förnedringskropp, att den bliver lik hans härlighetskropp -- genom den kraft varmed han ock kan underlägga sig allt.
