Philippians 1
1 [I], Paul, and Timothy, [who is with me, are] men who serve Christ Jesus. I [am writing this letter] to all [of you who are] pastors and deacons in Philippi [city] and to the rest of God’s people [there who have a close relationship] with Christ Jesus.
UPavuli nu Timoti, avavombi va Yeisu Keileisite, khuvala avahalwa mwa Keileisite, khuvala avahalwa mwa Keileisite vavo vitaama khuvunchenge uwa khu Filipi, paninie nava loleli navavo vkhunghuvombela upelela.
2 [We both] (OR, [I]) [pray that] God, [who is] our Father, and Jesus Christ, [who is our] Lord, [will continue to] be kind to you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.
Uluhungu luve khulyume nulunonchechencho ulwihuma khwa Nguluve uDaada yeitu nakhwa Nkuludeva veito uYeisu Keilesite.
3 I thank my God whenever I think about you.
Nikhundeimya Unguluve vango eimiseikhi nghyoni pala upunikhuva nkumbukha umwe mweivooni.
4 Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.
Eimiseikhi nghyooni munyisayo nchango savuli yeinyo mweivooni, nianihovokha vunikhuvadovela.
5 I [thank God and rejoice] because you have been [working] together with me in order to [make known] the good message about Christ. [You started doing that] when you first [MTY] [believed it, and you have continued doing it] until now.
Neileinulumwaleisyo lwingi ukhukongana nukhulya paninie khwienyo mundivangeili ukhuhuma eikhigono khyavulenguleilo ukhufikha eilelo eiyei.
6 I am completely confident that [God], who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since [God] has begun to do in you what is good, he) will continue to do that until he finishes doing it on the day Christ Jesus [MTY] [returns].
Neilei nulweideikho ukhula umwene uveiatenghulinche eimbombo einonu munghati ndyumwe vei uyu ukhuyeivombelelangha nukhuyeimala ukhufikha pakhinghono eikhya Nkuludeva uYeisu Keileisite.
7 During this time that I have been a prisoner [MTY] and during the times I was previously able to defend the good message about Christ and proved/confirmed [to others] that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work [that God] kindly gave [to me to do. So] indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear [IDM] to me.
Lunonu khulyune ukhwipuleikha ewo palyumwe mweivoni ulwakhuva neivaveikhile munumbula yango. Ulwakhuva umwe muvile vayango munduhungu na mbunkungwa vwa minyololo mumbutangeili vwa leimenyu nukhunchova khwango eilivangeili.
8 God [can] verify that Christ Jesus causes me to [love and] long for all of you very much, [just like] Christ loves [you].
Unguluve itangeili vango, ukhunkongana numunivelile nuvunonghwe palyumwe umwe mweimuvile nune munduhunghu ulwa livangeili.
9 And what I pray [for you] is that [God will enable] you to truly know and learn how to love [one another] more and more in every situation.
Pu ulu lwulweisayo lwango ukhuta: ulunghano lweinyo luvenchanghe lwingi fincho ukhuluteileila luvenchanghe ukhuluteila uvumanyi nuluhala lwooni.
10 [And I pray that he will enable] you to completely understand [how you should believe and act]. I [pray this] in order that you might be [spiritually] pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless [DOU]) on the day that Christ [returns] [MTY],
Pu muve vanu vakhweideikha amanonu ukhuta pumuve ni numbula inonu, muve vanu avasavatulile nongwa vangholofa pakhingho eikhya Keielisite.
11 [and in order that] you might conduct your lives [IDM] completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ [enabling you to do so], in order that [people will] honor God and praise him (OR, [people will] praise God very much [DOU]).
Pu mudeinchiwe isekhe incha yeilweli, mwa Yeisu Keileisite, mumbudwadwa nulunghinio lwa Nguluve.
12 My fellow believers, I want you to know that the [troubles] I have experienced [have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead], [these things that I have experienced] have enabled even more people to hear the good message [about Christ].
Pu lieno valukolo lwango ninonghwa mulumanye ukhuta nghooni anghahumile khulyune nghapelile ukhuta eilimenyu puleinchovivwaghwe fincho.
13 [Specifically], all the military guards who are stationed [here in Rome] and many other [HYP] [people in this city] [HYP] now know that I am a prisoner [MTY] because I [proclaim the good news] about Christ.
Punavuvunkungwa vwango uvwa minyololo puvumanyeikhikhe mwa Keileisite khuvasikhali avaloleli navange vooni.
14 Also, most of the believers [here now] proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly [because] they trust the Lord [more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more] because [they have seen how the Lord has helped me] while I have been a prisoner [MTY] [here].
Navalukolo lwango vango vingi mwa Keileisite savuli yavunkungwa vwa minyololo wango, vanonghilwe nukhuva vanu vakhuleilumbeileila Eilimenyu khivula vudwanchi.
15 Some people proclaim [the message about Christ as I do] because they are happy [with my work]. They proclaim [the message about] Christ because they love [me and because] they know that [God] has placed me [here] to defend the message about Christ [CHI].
Avange vikhuleilumbeileila eilimenyo ni ngofyo neikhivinipu avange khuvufumbwe uvunonu.
Vala avavikhundumbeileila uYeisu nulunghano valumanyile ukhuta neiveikhiwe ukhuta neitangeile eilimenyu nukhuleitengelela.
17 Others proclaim [the message about] Christ because they envy [me] and oppose [me]. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They [wrongly] assume [that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result], I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY] [here].
Pu avange veikhundumbeilila uKeileisite nu vwimi hange nu vufumbwe uvuvivi. Puvisangha ukhuta vipela uvunkuvilwa khulyune mumbunkungw vwa minyololo vwango.
18 But it does not matter whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have wrong motives, or whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that [the message about] Christ is being proclaimed {people are proclaiming [the message about] Christ}. And because of that I rejoice! Philippians 1:18b-26 Furthermore, I will continue to rejoice,
Pu leino? Sani, sangha khinu pu eingave savuli ya ngofyo nda puyeingave mumbwa yeilweli, uKeileisite ilumbeileiliwa pu lieno nihovokha lweli une punihovokha.
19 because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves [of what I have done] (OR, that [the Roman authorities] will set me free). [This will happen] as a result of your praying for me, and [as a result] of [God’s] Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me.
Ulwakhuva neilumanyile ukhuta angha yanghivenchangha vupokhi vwango. Puyayiva ewo savuli ya nyeisayo ncheinyo nuvulangeili vw Mepo Umbalanche.
20 I [know that this will happen] because I very confidently expect [DOU] that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always [have done], Christ will be greatly honored {I will continue now also to very boldly honor Christ} by means of all that I do [SYN, MTY], whether by [the way I] live or [by the way I] die.
Ukhukongana nuluhuvilo lwango ulwa yeilweli, khukuta sangavone soni. Pu lieno khu vukifa vwoni, nduvu isikhu nchooni na leileino nihuveil ukhuta uKeileisite ikhweimeikhivwagwa mumbeile nghwango ndupuyeingave mbwumi yeive mbufwe ikweimeikhivwanghwa.
21 As for me, I live [in order to honor] Christ. But if I die, it will be better [for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him].
Ulwakhuva khulyune une, uvutamo vei Keileisite ukhufwa vukavi.
22 On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve [Christ] effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose.
Pu lieno eingave ukhulama kheimbeilei khwihola isekhe mumbombo yango, pu lieno saneilumanyile uvunonghwe vwango vyuvuleikhu.
23 That is, I am not sure which of those two I [prefer]. I long to leave [this world] and [go to] be with Christ, because that will be very much better [for me].
Pakhuva nikwenghiwa fincho na masanghe angha ngaveilei neileinuvunonghwe vwa khunghuleikha umbeile puneive paninie nu Keileisite, ikhinu khikhyo khyuma fincho.
24 Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive [than that I go to be with Christ because] you still need [me to help you].
Nu puyeingave ukhusinghala mumbeilei unghu khinu khinonu fiincho palyumwe.
25 Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain [alive] and that I will [go/come to] be with you all. [As a result], you will believe [in Christ] more firmly, and [as a result of that], you will rejoice.
. Ulwakhuva neilumanyile pa eilei yani singhala nukhuva paninie numwe mweivoni, pavutamo uvwa luhekhelo nu lweideikho lweinyo.
26 [That is], you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus [bringing] me [to be with you again].
Pu eiyei yeinghegangha uluhekhelo lweinyo uluvaha mwa Yeisu uKeileisite, savuli yakhuvepo khwango paninie numwe.
27 Most importantly, as fellow [believers in Christ], conduct yourselves just like [you learned you should do when you heard] the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether [I am away from you and] people tell me about you, [what I hear or see will make me happy]. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting [those who oppose the message about Christ] (OR, [oppose you]). I [will know] that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel [about Christ].
Mnonghiwa ukhutama emita meile nghyinyo ulunonu ulunonghelanile nei limenyu lya Keileisite. Muvombanghe evwo ukhuta neinginche nukhuvavona umwe ndapuniengasita ukhwincha, neipuleikhanghe eiyakhuta mweimile khikangafu munumbula yeimo, nuvufumbwe vumo, pakhuyeivo mbelela imbombo ya lweideikho lwa limenyu.
28 And I [will know] that you are not at all frightened by {afraid of} the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that [God] will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that [God] will save you eternally. It is God who is doing [all] this.
hange mulekhe ukhuvadwada avalunghu veinyo. Pu eiyei khuvene khihwani khya vunangi. Pu leino khulyumwe khihwani khya vupokhi ukhuhuma khwa Nguluve.
29 Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ, [he] has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ.
ulwakhuva mupevilwe savuli ya Keileisite sayeileipakhumweideikha vuvule pu yeilei nakhukhunkuveilwa savuli ya Mwene.
30 [As a result], you are [having to] resist [those who oppose the good message], just like you saw that I [had to] resist [such people there in Philippi], and just like you hear that I [still have to resist such people here] now.
pu mungave mukilana ulukila no lulalula nduvumwaluvwene kulyune nukhupuleikha ukhuta naleileino nipikilana.
