Philippians 3
1 In conclusion, my Brothers, all joy be yours in your union with the Lord. To repeat what I have already written does not weary me, and is the safe course for you.
Pamonga na ago valongo vangu muhekelela mu kuwungana na Bambu. Nilonda lepi kuvayandikila gala genivayandikili. Ndava gakuvakitila ulonda musadika yinu.
2 Beware of those ‘dogs’! Beware of those mischievous workers! Beware of the men who mutilate themselves!
Mujiyangalila na avo vevikita gahakau, genago mabwa, vandu vevijova kwa makala yiganikiwa kujidumula jandu, vevijova kusanguliwa yiganikiwa kudumula jandu.
3 For it is we who are the circumcised — we whose worship is prompted by the Spirit of God, who exult in Christ Jesus, and who do not rely upon external privileges;
Vandu vevadumwili jandu muuchakaka ndi tete, lepi vene, muni tete tikumgundamila Chapanga mukulongoswa na Mpungu Msopi, na kujimekela mukuwungana na Kilisitu Yesu. Tigahuvalila lepi mambu gegihengeka muhiga.
4 though I, if any man, have cause to rely even upon them. If any one thinks he can rely upon external privileges, far more can I!
Nene namwene nganihotwili kugahuvalila mambu gegihengeka muhiga. Ngati avi mundu mweihololela ihotola kugahuvalila mambu gegihengeka muhiga, ihotola lepi kunihotola nene,
5 I was circumcised when eight days old; I am an Israelite by race, and of the tribe of Benjamin; I am a Hebrew, and the child of Hebrews. As to the Law, I was a Pharisee;
Nadumwili jandu ligono la nane kuhuma kuvelekewa kwangu, nene namkolonjinji wa mulima wa Isilaeli likabila la Benjamini, kangi na mundu wa ku Ebulania wa chakaka. Ndava ya kulanda malagizu nene navi Mfalisayu,
6 as to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.
nakangamili neju kuvang'ahisa msambi wa vandu vevakumsadika Kilisitu. Kangi mukuhenga gegaganikiwi na Chapanga gegiletwa kwa kuyidakila malagizu nene navili lepi na mwana.
7 But all the things which I once held to be gains I have now, for the Christ’s sake, come to count as loss.
Nambu ndava ya Kilisitu gala goha genagawene kadeni gabwina, hinu nikugawona gangali njombi.
8 More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him;
Nambu, lepi genago gene, nambu niwona kila chindu chabwina lepi ndava ya lijambu labwina neju, la kummanya Kilisitu Yesu ndi Bambu wangu. Ndava yaki niyidakili kutagila kutali kila chindu, genago goha nigawene kuvya mahi muni nimpatayi Kilisitu,
9 any righteousness that I have being, not the righteousness that results from Law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ — the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.
na kuwungana nayu hotohoto. Nene mbwitu kavili uganu kuhenga gegiganikiwa na Chapanga kwa kuyidakila malagizu. Hinu nihenga gala gegiyidakiliwa na Chapanga kwa kumsadika Kilisitu, kulolekana mbwina palongolo ya Chapanga mu njila ya sadika.
10 Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,
Chenigana ndi kummanya Kilisitu na kugawona makakala ga uyukisa waki, kuvya pamonga nayu mu mang'ahiso gaki na kufwa ndava yaki ngati cheafwili ndava yangu,
11 in the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead.
mukuhuvalila kuvya na nene mewa Chapanga yati akuniyukisa na kuvya muni.
12 Not that I have already laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
Nijova lepi nihikili amala nipungukiwi lepi chindu niyendelela kukangamala muni nihotola kupata njombi. Ndava yeniyi Kilisitu Yesu anipatili nivya waki.
13 For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do — forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front,
Chakaka, valongo vangu, nikangamala kuvya nipewili njombi, nambu lijambu limonga lenihenga, nikugakosiwa gala gegapitili na kukangamala kugakamula ga palongolo gala.
14 I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.
Hinu nikangamala kuhamba kula kweniganikiwa kuhamba, muni nipewa njombi. Ndi magono goha gangali mwishu mkemelu mu njila ya Kilisitu Yesu.
15 Let all of us, then, whose faith is mature, think thus. Then, if on any matter you think otherwise, God will make that also plain to you.
Tavoha tete vetikangili mukumsadika Yesu Kilisitu yikutigana tivya na maholo genago. Nambu ngati vangi viholalela chingi, hinu Chapanga yati akuvagubukulila lijambu lenilo.
16 Only we are bound to order our lives by what we have already attained.
Nambu, tiyendelela kulongolo mu njila yiyoyo yetiyilandili mbaka hinu.
17 Brothers, unite in following my example, and fix your eyes on those who are living by the pattern which we have set you.
Valongo vangu, muhenga ngati chenihenga nene. Tivalangisi kukita gegiganikiwa, na ndi muvayuwanila vala vevakutiyiga tete.
18 For there are many — of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears — who are living in enmity to the cross of the Christ.
Nimali kuvajovela lijambu lenili pamahele, na hinu niwuyila kavili kwa maholi, vandu vamahele vitama ngati vamakoko va msalaba wa Kilisitu.
19 The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.
Ndi mwishu wavi kuyongomela, muni vigana kuyihekesa higa yavi vene ndi chimlungu wavi. Kavili vimekela ndava ya mambu gavi ga soni. Viholalela nga mambu ga pamulima.
20 But the State of which we are citizens is in Heaven; and it is from Heaven that we are eagerly looking for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Nambu tete tavakolonjinji va kunani kwa Chapanga, na kuhuma kwenuko tilindila kwa mnogo Msangula witu abwela kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga, ndi Bambu Yesu Kilisitu.
21 who, by the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body that we have in our humiliation like to that body which he has in his Glory.
Mwene yati akuying'anamusa higa zitu zeziwola ziwanangana na higa yaki yevii yikulu neju, kwa makakala gala geihotola kuvika kila chindu muulongosi waki.
