Philippians 3
1 In conclusion, my brethren, be joyful in the Lord. For me to give you the same warnings as before is not irksome to me, while so far as you are concerned it is a safe precaution.
Hatimaye, bhalongobhangu muhobholei kup'etela Bwana. Nibhona lepi usumbufu kubhayandikila kabhele maneno ghala ghala. Mambo agha ghakabha salimisha.
2 Beware of 'the dogs,' the bad workmen, the self-mutilators.
Mujilangayi ni mabhwa. Mujilangai ni bhatendakazi bhabaya. Mujilangai nibhala yabhabhikidumula mibhele yabhene.
3 For we are the true circumcision--we who render to God a spiritual worship and make our boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in outward ceremonies:
Kwa ndabha tete ndo tohara. Tete ndo huwa tukamwabudu K'yara kwa msaada wa kiroho. Tukajifunila kup'etela Yesu Kristu, na bhatudulili ujasiri mumibhele.
4 although I myself might have some excuse for confidence in outward ceremonies. If any one else claims a right to trust in them, far more may I:
Nahata, kulekakuya munu wa kuutumainila mbhele obho, nene nganibhwesili kuketa naazaidi.
5 circumcised, as I was, on the eighth day, a member of the race of Israel and of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew sprung from Hebrews; as to the Law a Pharisee;
Kwani natailibhu ligono la nane, nah'ogolike mulikabila la bhaisraeli. Nena wanili kabila la Benjamini. Na mwebrania kup'ela kutisya haki ni sheria ya Musa, nayele Falisayo.
6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
Kwa juhudi say'honi natesili likanisa, kwa kutila haki ni sheria nayele lepi ni lawama kisheria.
7 Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss.
Kwa kup'etela mambo ghoa gha nighabhuene kujo ghayele ni faida kwa nene, naghabhalingi kama takataka kwa ndabha ya kummnya Kristu.
8 Nay, I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. And for His sake I have suffered the loss of everything, and reckon it all as mere refuse, in order that I may win Christ and be found in union with Him,
Kwa kueli, nibhalangha mambo ghoa kujo ni hasara kwa kummanya kujobha Bwana way'honi. Kwajia ya muene nileka mambo ghoa, nani bhalanga kama takataka ili nin'kabhai Kristu.
9 not having a righteousness of my own, derived from the Law, but that which arises from faith in Christ--the righteousness which comes from God through faith.
Na nibhonekai mugati mwamuene. Niyelepi ni haki ya y'honi binafsi kuhomela musheria, Bali niyele ni haki yayipatikana mu imani kup'etela Kristu, yayihomela kwa K'yara, yaiyele ni msingi muimani.
10 I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died;
Henu nilonda kummnya muene kwa ngho'fo sya ufufuo bhuake ni ushiriki wa mates'hu ghake. Nilonda kubadilishwa ni Kristu kup'etela mfwanu wa kifo kyamuene,
11 in the hope that I may attain to the resurrection from among the dead.
angalau nibhuwesya kuya ni tumaini kwa kup'etela ufufuo wa wafu.
12 I do not say that I have already won the race or have already reached perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.
Na siyo kwamba ni malili kughakabha agha. Au nimalili kuyakikamilifu kwa agha. Bali nikajitahidi ili nibhuesyai kukabha gha aghakabhili Yesu Kristu.
13 Brethren, I do not imagine that I have yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting everything which is past and stretching forward to what lies in front of me,
Bhalongo bhangu, ndesi kujobhela kuya nimalili kukabha mambogh agha. Bali nik'heta lijambo limonga: niyhebheleta gha kunyuma na nilangai gha kulongolo.
14 with my eyes fixed on the goal I push on to secure the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.
Nikajilahidi kufikila lilengo kusudi nikabhai tuzo ya panani ya bhuito bhwa K'yara kup'etela Yesu Kristu.
15 Therefore let all of us who are mature believers cherish these thoughts; and if in any respect you think differently, that also God will make clear to you.
Twabhoa tukolili bhuokovu, twilondeka kubhuasa namna eye. Kwa y'hongi abhwanili kufikilila kwa namna yenge kup'etela lijambo liyoaleta, K'yara muene abhwanili kulifunula ele kwa muenga.
16 But whatever be the point that we have already reached, let us persevere in the same course.
Hata hivyo hatua ikafikilai natulolai nitindo obho.
17 Brethren, vie with one another in imitating me, and carefully observe those who follow the example which we have set you.
Bhalongo bhangu, muniyegai nene. Na nibhalangai kwa unofu bha bhilota ni mfano wa jinsi yay'hoto.
18 For there are many whom I have often described to you, and I now even with tears describe them, as being enemies to the Cross of Christ.
Bhingi bhabhiishi ndo bhala ambao mda bhuingi nikabhajobhela, ni henu ni kabhajobhela kwa maho'si-bhingi bhiishi kutya maadui bha n'salaba wa Yesu Kristu.
19 Their end is destruction, their bellies are their God, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are devoted to earthly things.
Muishu wabhene ndo uhalibifu. Kwa ndabha K'yara wabhene ndo lileme, ni kiburi kyabhene kiyele mu aibu sabhene. Bhifikilila mambo gha kidunia.
20 We, however, are free citizens of Heaven, and we are waiting with longing expectation for the coming from Heaven of a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Bali ulaia wa y'hoto uye kumbinguni, ambako tukan'tegemela mkombozi wa y'hoto Yesu kristu.
21 who, in the exercise of the power which He has even to subject all things to Himself, will transform this body of our humiliation until it resembles His own glorious body.
Wakubadilisya mibhele ya y'hoto midhaifu kuya kutya mbhele wa muene wa utukufu; kwa ubhueso bholabhola wa kuthibiti fhenu fyoa.
