Wafilipi 2
1 Angeze ikole mung'wa Kilisto. Angeze wiloeli muulowa wakwe. Angize ukole upalung'wi nuang'waung'welu. Angeze ukole ukende nuuasiiselya.
If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,
2 Ukaminsili uulowa wane kutula palung'wi, nukila ulowa ung'wi mutule anga ung'wi munkolo, nukutula nisigo ling'wi.
united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.
3 Muleke kituma kung'wi nukikolya. Kuala musimie niangeza ibahu kukila unye.
Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being of more account than himself;
4 Kila ung'weanyu waleke kugoza uula wakwe wing'wene, ingegwa wagoze nuula wauya.
each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.
5 Mutule nimasigo inga nukete u Yesu Kilisto.
Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.
6 Ingi nuanso Itunda udu. Kuitegwa shukee kutula Itunda nikintu kuambikana nikenso.
Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.
7 Badalakwe, wikisonya ung'wenso. Auhoile iue lamitumi. Wikigeela kupyani aauuntu. Akigela muntu.
Nay, He stripped Himself of His glory, and took on Him the nature of a bondservant by becoming a man like other men.
8 Nuanso aiwisimilye nukugomba sungainsha, insha nikota la mpaga.
And being recognized as truly human, He humbled Himself and even stooped to die; yes, to die on a cross.
9 Ingi ite gwa Itunda wakamusunga kukila. Akamupalina nikulu kukila mina ihi.
It is in consequence of this that God has also so highly exalted Him, and has conferred on Him the Name which is supreme above every other,
10 Awitumile ite utule anga mulina lang'wa Yesu kila ilu litune. Imalu aawa niakole kilunde nawa niakole pihe ehi.
in order that in the Name of JESUS every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, of those on the earth, and of those in the underworld,
11 Hangi aiwitumile itekunsoko kila ululume lulunge kina u Yesu Kilisto mukulu udu, ukulu wang'wi Tunda utata.
and that every tongue should confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Kuitegwa alowaane anganemegomba mahiku ehi, singanganinkolodu, kuite itungile nukukela ikulu hataize nukutile une mitume muugunwa wanyu unyenye niakuogopa nukukagata.
Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.
13 Kunsoko ingi Itunda ukituma mulimo wang'waanyu, kunsoko akumuailya masigo, nukituma makani namunonee nuanso.
For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.
14 Itumi imakani ehi muleke kilalamikila nukubisha.
Be ever on your guard against a grudging and contentious spirit,
15 Itumi uu kunsoko muleke kumelwa nukutula miana ang'wi Tunda niahueli niagila anga utukwi, itumi uu kunsoko mutule lumule la mihe, kuutungwa nualeki nuube.
so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,
16 Luambi lukulu ulukani laupanga itegwa ntule ninsoko akukulya luhiku lang'wa Kilisto. Inge kulinga kina singaemankile imilugu nekanda hangi singainagile nikanda.
holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.
17 Kuite hatize kukegenwa angi songelyo pigulya pakiandalo muitumi nuauhueli wanyu, kuulowa, hangi nuulowa palung'wi nunyenye mihi.
Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.
18 Anga uu nunyenyegaa muloilwe, hangi muloilwe palung'wi nunene.
And I bid you also share my gladness, and congratulate me.
19 Kuite uhueli mumukulu u Yesu kumutuma u Timoteo kitolanyu uupakupedaa, muhume kupegwa ngulu namunkolo panga nalinga imakani anyu.
But, if the Lord permits it, I hope before long to send Timothy to you, that I, in turn, may be cheered by getting news of you.
20 Kunsoko numugila numungiza nukete uloieli anga nuakwe, nukete imasigo atai kunsoko anyu.
For I have no one likeminded with him, who will cherish a genuine care for you.
21 Neangiza ehi nazanzee atuma kitalanyu akuduma imakani aodu, hangi singa nkani niang'wa Yesu Kilisto.
Everybody concerns himself about his own interests, not about those of Jesus Christ.
22 Kuite mulengile insailo akwe, kunsoko anga umung'nya nukumitumila utata akwe, uu aiwitumile palung'we nunene.
But you know Timothy's approved worth--how, like a child working with his father, he has served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
23 Kuite nihuie kumutuma akaye, anganinge udu ntuninikikupumila kung'wane.
So it is he that I hope to send as soon as ever I see how things go with me;
24 Kuite nkete itai mumukulu unene lukulu nzile pakupidaa.
but trusting, as I do, in the Lord, I believe that I shall myself also come to you before long.
25 Kuite nsigile nukumusania mumulele kung'wanyu, u Epafuladito. Nuanso mulunaane hangi mituma milimo ane hangi mulindi miane, mutungwa hangi mitumi wanyu kunsoko amalompi ane.
Yet I deem it important to send Epaphroditus to you now--he is my brother and comrade both in labour and in arms, and is your messenger who has ministered to my needs.
26 Kunsoko aiwogopile hangi ausumbiye kutula palung'wi palung'wi nunyenye mehi kunsoko aimigule kinamulwae.
I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.
27 Kundogoilyo itai ainumulwae lukulu pakupi insha kuite Itunda aumuaisiye, hangi ukende nuanso singa aiukole, kung'wakwe du, inge gwa aukole uholi nukung'wane gaa, kunsoko ndeke kutula nuukia migolya aukia.
For it is true that he has been ill, and was apparently at the point of death; but God had pity on him, and not only on him, but also on me, to save me from having sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Itegwa kumususha ung'wenso kumanyiika kulekela kukaya, inge anga mamuona hangi mulowe palung'wi nunene ikanahegeligwa kuiilya.
I am therefore all the more eager to send him, in the hope that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have the less sorrow.
29 Musengeelyi u Epafuladito mumukulu kuulowa wehi. Muakulye iantu anga ung'wenso.
Receive him therefore with heartfelt Christian joy, and hold in honour men like him;
30 Kunsoko aukole kunsoko amulimo wang'wa Kilisto kina aiwahugeela kunsha. Auponee inino mulikalo lakwe kunsoko akuguna unene hangi akituma iki naulagiigwe kituma nukunintumila une kumukono nuuhueli nunene.
because it was for the sake of Christ's work that he came so near death, hazarding, as he did, his very life in endeavouring to make good any deficiency that there might be in your gifts to me.
