Filibbiyawa 3
1 A ƙarshe,’yan’uwana, ku yi farin ciki a cikin Ubangiji! Ba abin damuwa ba ne a gare ni in sāke rubuta muku irin waɗannan abubuwa, domin lafiyarku ne.
[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].
2 Ku yi hankali da waɗancan karnuka, waɗancan mutane masu aikata mugunta, waɗancan masu yankan jiki.
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].
3 Gama mu ne masu kaciya, mu da muke yi sujada ta wurin Ruhun Allah, mu da muke taƙama a cikin Kiristi Yesu, mu da ba mu dogara da ayyukan da ake gani ba,
[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].
4 ko da yake ni kaina ina da dalilan dogara da haka. In kuwa akwai wani wanda yake tsammani yana da dalilan dogara ga jiki, ni fa na fi shi,
[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.
5 an yi mini kaciya a rana ta takwas, asalina Isra’ila ne, na kabilar Benyamin, mutumin Ibraniyawa ɗan Ibraniyawa; bisa ga doka kuwa ni Bafarisiye ne;
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].
6 wajen himma kuwa, ni mai tsananta wa ikkilisiya ne, wajen aikin adalci bisa ga hanyar doka, ni marar laifi ne.
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.
7 Amma abin da dā ya zama mini riba yanzu, na ɗauka hasara ce saboda Kiristi.
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).
8 Me kuma ya fi, na ɗauki dukan abubuwa hasara ne in aka kwatanta da mafificiyar girman sanin Kiristi Yesu Ubangijina, wanda saboda shi ne na yi hasarar kome. Na mai da su kayan wofi, domin in sami Kiristi
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],
9 a kuma same ni a cikinsa, ba da wani adalcin kaina wanda yake zuwa daga bin doka ba, sai dai adalcin da yake samuwa ta wurin bangaskiya a cikin Kiristi, adalcin da yake fitowa daga Allah da kuma yake zuwa ta wurin bangaskiya.
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].
10 Ina so in san Kiristi da ikon tashinsa daga matattu da kuma zumuncin tarayya cikin shan wahalarsa, in kuma zama kamar sa a cikin mutuwarsa,
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,
11 yadda kuma ko ta yaya, in kai ga tashin nan daga matattu.
[because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
12 Ba cewa na riga na sami dukan wannan ba ne, ko kuma an riga an mai da ni cikakke ba, sai dai ina nacewa don in kai ga samun abin da Kiristi Yesu ya riƙe ni saboda shi.
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].
13 ’Yan’uwa, ban ɗauki kaina a kan cewa na riga na sami abin ba. Sai dai abu guda nake yi. Ina mantawa da abin da yake baya, ina kuma nacewa zuwa ga samun abin da yake gaba,
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.
14 ina nacewa gaba zuwa ga manufar, don in sami ladar da Allah ya yi mini na kiran nan zuwa sama a cikin Kiristi Yesu.
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].
15 Dukanmu da muka balaga ya kamata mu yi wannan irin ganin abubuwa. In kuwa saboda wani dalili tunaninku ya yi dabam, Allah zai bayyana muku wannan ma.
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.
16 Sai dai a duk inda muka kai, mu ci gaba da haka.
What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
17 Ku haɗa kai da waɗansu cikin bin gurbina, ku kuma lura da waɗanda suke rayuwa bisa ga ƙa’idar da muka ba ku.
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].
18 Gama kamar yadda na sha gaya muku yanzu kuma ina sāke gaya muku har ma da hawaye, waɗansu da yawa suna rayuwa kamar abokan gāban gicciyen Kiristi.
[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].
19 Ƙaddararsu hallaka ce, allahnsu cikinsu ne, rashin kunyarsu shi ne abin fahariyarsu. Hankalinsu yana kan kayan duniya.
[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.
20 Amma mu’yan mulkin sama ne. Muna kuma jira zuwan Mai Ceto daga can, Ubangiji Yesu Kiristi,
[But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
21 shi ne mai ikon kawo dukan abubuwa ƙarƙashin mulkinsa. Ta wurin ikon nan nasa zai sāke jikin nan namu na ƙasƙanci, yă mai da shi kamar jikin nan nasa na ɗaukaka.
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.
