Vafilipi 3
1 Chamamanizo, mizwale musangalale mwa Simwine. Kwangu ime kumiñolela zintu ziswana kaku ni kazikatazi. Izi zintu muzi mibike mubuiketo.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in our Lord. To write these things again and again to you, is not irksome to me, because they make you cautious.
2 Mulisileleze kubambwa. muliseleleze kuba vereki ba fosahele. mulisileleze kubanokola zilama zavukwame.
Beware of dogs; beware of evil doers; beware of the clipped in flesh.
3 Kakuli. njeswe tunokola zilama zavukwame. Imi njeswe tulumbeka kaluhuho lwe Reeza. Imi njeswe tuhinda bwi kumuso mwa Keresite Jesu, hape tusena isepo mwinyama.
For we are the real circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and glory in Jesus the Messiah, and place no reliance on the flesh.
4 Niha kuba bulyo, Ime nimwine nivena isepo mwinyama. Haiva umwii uzeza kuva nisepo ye nyama, ni nivavi ni zingi.
And yet I might place reliance on the flesh. For, if any one thinketh that his reliance should be on the flesh, I might do so more than he.
5 Imi niba kosolwa inyama yabu kwame ninina mazuba akwana iyaza niyotatwe, nibantu bamwa Isilaele, ba mushobo wa Benjamine, Muheveru wa Maheveru; kuya chekute lya mulawo, ni Mufarisi.
Circumcised when eight days old; of the stock of Israel; of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew, descendant of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
6 Nivena ichiseho yaku nyandisa ikereke. Kaku kuteka kuluka kwa mulao, kana nivena mulandu.
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; and as to the righteousness of the law, I was without fault.
7 Kono zinibali kuhupula kuti bufumu kwangu, niva ziboni kuti kusinyehelwa chebaka lya Jesu.
But these things, which had been my excellence, I have accounted a detriment, because of the Messiah.
8 Chabuniti, hanu nibala zintu zose kusinyehelwa ibaka ylakupanga sinte kamano akwiziba zintu ka Keresite Jesu Simwine wangu. Kakwe nibalitobohi zintu zose Imi nizilola sina ikwe ilikuti niwane Keresite
And now also I account them all a detriment, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus the Messiah my Lord; for the sake of whom, I have parted with all things, and have accounted them as dung, that I might gain the Messiah,
9 imi niwanike kwakwe. Kanina kuluka kwangu kuzwa mumulao. Kono nina kuluka kwe tumelo izwakwa Keresite, kakuli kuluka kuzwa kwe Reeza kulizingite he tumelo.
and be found in him; since my righteousness is not now that from the law, but that which is from faith in the Messiah, that is, the righteousness which is from God;
10 Cwale hanu nisaka kumwiziba ninguzu zaku buswa kwakwe ni chizwale cha masukuluka. Cwale hanu nisaka kuchichululwa kuva yoswana naye kuzwila mwifu lyakwe,
that thereby I might know Jesus, and the efficacy of his resurrection; and might participate in his sufferings, and be assimilated to his death:
11 ilikuti name nikabe nikwiziba kwaku buka kubafu.
if so be, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Kahena initi kuti chini batambwile izi zintu, imi kakutalusi kuti chinakwanisa. Kono nitundamene kuti nika wonde china habusu bwangu ka Keresite Jesu.
Not as though I had already taken the prize, or were already complete; but I run in the race, if so I may take that, for which Jesus the Messiah took me.
13 Mizwale, kani hupuli kuti ime nimwine chini bachikwati. Konokwina choke chitu: ni zibala china kumasule imi nihwelela zina habusu.
My brethren, I do not consider myself, as having taken it. But one thing I know, that I forget the things behind me, and reach for the things before me;
14 Nitilila heena chifunda nika wine mupuzo wakusupwa kuwolokete kwe Reeza mwa Keresite Jesu.
and I run straight for the goal, that I may obtain the prize of victory of the call of God from on high, by Jesus the Messiah.
15 Tubonse tulukite, tuhupule mweyi izila. Haiba uzeza ka kuchichina nizimwi zintu, Ireeza naye mwabonise zintu halukanda kwako.
Therefore let those who are perfect, have these views; and if ye differently view any thing, God will reveal that also to you.
16 Niha kubabulyo, chose chintu chovasiki hachili, mukwatilile kuchili.
Nevertheless, that we may attain to this, let us proceed on in one path, and with one consent.
17 Mulikanyise ime, mizwale. Hafuhi mulolelele kwabo bayenda chaku likanyisa miyendelo imwina nayo.
Be like me, my brethren; and contemplate them, who walk after the pattern ye have seen in us.
18 Bangi bayenda— kuamana nabo banibali kumi wambilanga, hanu nimi wambila kazi sonzi — siina zila zachi fapano cha Keresite.
For there are many who walk otherwise; of whom I have often told you, and I now tell you, with weeping, that they are adversaries of the cross of the Messiah;
19 Ma maninizo insi nyehelo. Kakuli bazimu babo nji mabumu abo, hape mungatuko wabo nji maswabi abo. Linu bahupula zintu zekanda.
whose end is destruction; whose god is their belly, and their glory their shame; whose thoughts are on things of the earth.
20 Kono munzi wentu tota wina kwiwulu, kuzwa uko naswe nitulindile muhazi, Iye Simwne Jesu Keresite.
But our concern is with heaven; and from thence we expect our Vivifier, our Lord, Jesus the Messiah;
21 Mwa kachiche mivili yetu ibola nikubika mivili yetu kuba sina muvili wakwe ubelenga, kupangwe kenguzu zamata akwe kubikila zintu zonse mwikonde lyakwe.
who will change the body of our abasement, that it may have the likeness of the body of his glory, according to his great power, whereby all things are made subject to him.
