Ndị Filipai 1
1 Pọl na Timoti, ndị bụ ohu Kraịst Jisọs, Na-edegara unu ndị ụkọchukwu, ndị okenye na ndị nsọ niile nọ nʼụlọ nzukọ Kraịst Jisọs dị nʼobodo Filipai.
Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Christ Jesus: To all God's people in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the ministers of the Church and their assistants.
2 Ka amara na udo nke sitere na Chineke Nna anyị, na Onyenwe anyị Jisọs Kraịst dịrị unu.
May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Ana m ekele Chineke m ekele mgbe ọbụla m chetara unu.
I thank my God at my every remembrance of you--
4 Nʼime arịrịọ niile m na-arịọ ya mgbe niile nʼekpere m nʼihi unu, obi m na-ejupụta nʼọṅụ.
always when offering any prayer on behalf of you all, finding a joy in offering it.
5 Nʼihi inyeaka niile unu na-enye, ime ka izisa oziọma na-aga nʼihu ọ bụladị ruo ugbu a.
I thank my God, I say, for your cooperation in spreading the Good News, from the time it first came to you even until now.
6 Amaara m nʼezie, na onye ahụ malitere ọrụ ọma nʼime unu, ga-aga nʼihu ịrụzu ya ruo ụbọchị Kraịst Jisọs.
For of this I am confident, that He who has begun a good work within you will go on to perfect it in preparation for the day of Jesus Christ.
7 Ọ bụ ihe ziri ezi nʼebe m nọ iche ụdị echiche dị otu a banyere unu niile, nʼihi na unu dị m nʼobi. Ma m nọ nʼagbụ maọbụ na m na-echekwa oziọma, na mgbe m na-eme ka o guzosie ike, unu niile esorola m keta oke nʼamara ahụ.
And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.
8 Chineke bụ onye akaebe m, otu agụụ unu niile si agụsi m ike site nʼịhụnanya nke Kraịst Jisọs.
For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.
9 Nke a bụkwa ekpere m, ka ịhụnanya unu na-ahụrịta onwe unu na-ababiga ụba oke. Ka unu nwee ike ito eto, ruo nʼinwe mmazu na nghọta ihe niile.
And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,
10 Ka unu nwee ike nwapụta ihe nke kachasị mma. Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-adị ọcha nʼenweghị ịta ụta ọbụla maka ụbọchị nke Kraịst.
so that you may be men of transparent character, and may be blameless, in preparation for the day of Christ,
11 Ebe e mejupụtara unu na mkpụrụ nke ezi omume nke sitere na Jisọs Kraịst iji bulie Chineke elu ma nyekwa ya otuto.
being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God.
12 Ugbu a ụmụnna m, nke a bụ ihe m chọrọ ime ka unu ghọta, na nsogbu niile dakwasịrị m emeela ka ọrụ ikwusa oziọma na-aga nʼihu.
Now I would have you know, brethren, that what I have gone through has turned out to the furtherance of the Good News rather than otherwise.
13 Nʼihi na ọ pụtala ihe nye ndị nche nke ụlọeze ahụ na onye ọbụla ọzọ, na ọ bụ naanị nʼihi na m bụ onye na-eso Kraịst ka e ji tụọ m mkpọrọ.
And thus it has become notorious among all the Imperial Guards, and everywhere, that it is for the sake of Christ that I am a prisoner;
14 Site na mkpọrọ a a tụrụ m, e meela ka ọtụtụ ụmụnna anyị bụrụ ndị nwere ezi ntụkwasị obi nʼime Onyenwe anyị, nwekwa oke nkwuwa okwu, izisa oziọma ahụ na-atụghị egwu ọbụla.
and the greater part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord through my imprisonment, now speak of God's Message without fear, more boldly than ever.
15 Ọ bụ eziokwu na ụfọdụ ji ekworo na anya ụfụ na-ekwusa Kraịst, ma ụfọdụ kwa na-ezisa ya site nʼọchịchọ obi ziri ezi.
Some indeed actually preach Christ out of envy and contentiousness but there are also others who do it from good will.
16 Ndị ahụ ji ọchịchọ obi ziri ezi na-eme nke a nʼịhụnanya ebe ha matara na e tinyere m ebe a nʼihi izisa oziọma.
These latter preach Him from love to me, knowing that I am here for the defence of the Good News;
17 Ndị mbụ ahụ na-ekwusa Kraịst site nʼọchịchọ obi nke onwe ha, ọ bụghị site nʼezi obi, ebe ha na-eche na ha ga-akpalị nsogbu nye m nʼime mkpọrọ.
while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely, supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment.
18 Gịnịkwa ka ogbochiri? Otu ọ dị, maọbụ nʼụzọ aghụghọ maọbụ nʼeziokwu, ihe dị mkpa bụ nʼụzọ ọbụla a na-ekwusa oziọma Kraịst, nʼihi nke a ka m na-aṅụrị ọṅụ. E, m ga-aṅụrịkwa ọṅụ mgbe niile.
What does it matter, however? In any case Christ is preached--either perversely or in honest truth; and in that I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
19 Nʼihi na-amaara m na site nʼekpere unu, ya na ịgbaume nke Mmụọ Jisọs Kraịst ihe ndị a niile dakwasịrị m ga-emesi ghọọrọ m nzọpụta.
For I know that it will result in my salvation through your prayers and a bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20 Nʼihi na olileanya m na ntụkwasị obi m bụ na ihere agaghị eme m nʼụzọ ọbụla, kama, aga m enwe ezi agbamume nke ga-eme ka e bulie Kraịst elu nʼahụ m, ma ugbu a ma mgbe niile, maọbụ na ndụ, ma ọ bụkwanụ nʼọnwụ.
in fulfilment of my eager expectation and hope that I shall never have reason to feel ashamed, but that by my perfect freedom of speech Christ will be glorified in me, now as always, either by my life or by my death.
21 Nʼihi na nʼebe m nọ, ịdị ndụ bụ Kraịst, ịnwụ ọnwụ bụkwa uru.
For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
22 Ma ọ bụrụ na ịdị ndụ nʼanụ ahụ, nke a buuru m ịrụpụta ọrụ bara uru, enweghị m ike ikwu nke m ga-ahọrọ.
But since to live means a longer stay on earth, that implies more labour for me--and not unsuccessful labour; and which I am to choose I cannot tell.
23 Ụzọ ihe abụọ a na-eche m ihu: Ma ọchịchọ obi m bụ ịlakwuru Kraịst, nʼihi na ọ bụ nke kachasị mma.
I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better.
24 Ma ọ pụtara ihe na ọ dị mkpa nye unu ma ọ bụrụ na m adịrị ndụ nʼanụ ahụ.
But for your sakes it is more important that I should still remain in the body.
25 Ebe nke a doro m anya, amara m na mụ na unu niile ga-aga nʼihu ịnọ maka ọganihu na ọṅụ nke unu nʼime okwukwe.
I am convinced of this, and I know that I shall remain, and shall go on working side by side with you all, to promote your progress and joy in the faith;
26 Ka mgbe m ga-abịakwute unu ọzọ, unu ga-enwebiga ọṅụ oke nʼime Kraịst Jisọs nʼihi m.
so that, as Christians, you may have additional reason for glorying about me as the result of my being with you again.
27 Ma nʼọnọdụ ọbụla, na-ebinụ ndụ kwesiri oziọma nke Kraịst, ma abịara m leta unu maọbụ na abịaghị m, ka a mata na unu guzosiri ike nʼotu mmụọ, werekwa otu obi na-agba mgba nʼokwukwe nke ikwusa oziọma,
Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.
28 na-atụghị ụjọ ihe ndị na-emegide unu ga-eme. Iguzosi ike unu ga-agbara ha ezi ama banyere ịla nʼiyi nke ga-abịakwasị ha. Ma nʼebe unu nọ, ọ ga-abụrụ unu nzọpụta pụtara ihe nke sikwa nʼebe Chineke nọ bịa.
Never for a moment quail before your antagonists. Your fearlessness will be to them a sure token of impending destruction, but to you it will be a sure token of your salvation--a token coming from God.
29 Nʼihi na ohere ahụ e nyere unu, abụghị naanị ikwere na Kraịst, kama ọ bụkwa ịhụ ahụhụ nʼihi ya.
For you have had the privilege granted you on behalf of Christ--not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf;
30 Unu nọ na-agabiga ụdị ibu agha ahụ unu hụrụ na m gabigara, nke unu na-anụkwa na m ka nọ nʼime ya ugbu a.
maintaining, as you do, the same kind of conflict that you once saw in me and which you still hear that I am engaged in.
