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 the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me, and for you it is safe.
2 Mulisileleze kubambwa. muliseleleze kuba vereki ba fosahele. mulisileleze kubanokola zilama zavukwame.
Beware of those that are like dogs, beware of evil doers, beware of the concision.
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 of the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit, rejoicing in Christ Jesus, and having no confidence in the flesh.
4 Niha kuba bulyo, Ime nimwine nivena isepo mwinyama. Haiva umwii uzeza kuva nisepo ye nyama, ni nivavi ni zingi.
Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other thinks he hath whereof to trust in the flesh, I more:
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.
having been circumcised on the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of Hebrews, with respect to the law a pharisee,
6 Nivena ichiseho yaku nyandisa ikereke. Kaku kuteka kuluka kwa mulao, kana nivena mulandu.
as to zeal persecuting the church, as to the righteousness of the law blameless: but those things,
7 Kono zinibali kuhupula kuti bufumu kwangu, niva ziboni kuti kusinyehelwa chebaka lya Jesu.
which were once gain to me, I counted loss for Christ.
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
Yea doubtless and I count all but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all, and I account them but dung, that I may gain Christ, and be found in Him,
9 imi niwanike kwakwe. Kanina kuluka kwangu kuzwa mumulao. Kono nina kuluka kwe tumelo izwakwa Keresite, kakuli kuluka kuzwa kwe Reeza kulizingite he tumelo.
not having my own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is by the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know Him,
10 Cwale hanu nisaka kumwiziba ninguzu zaku buswa kwakwe ni chizwale cha masukuluka. Cwale hanu nisaka kuchichululwa kuva yoswana naye kuzwila mwifu lyakwe,
and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death;
11 ilikuti name nikabe nikwiziba kwaku buka kubafu.
if by any means I may attain to the resurrection of 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 that I have yet won the prize, or am already perfect: but I press forward to acquire that perfection, for which also I have been apprehended by Christ Jesus.
13 Mizwale, kani hupuli kuti ime nimwine chini bachikwati. Konokwina choke chitu: ni zibala china kumasule imi nihwelela zina habusu.
Brethren, I count not myself to have attained it: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to those before,
14 Nitilila heena chifunda nika wine mupuzo wakusupwa kuwolokete kwe Reeza mwa Keresite Jesu.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Tubonse tulukite, tuhupule mweyi izila. Haiba uzeza ka kuchichina nizimwi zintu, Ireeza naye mwabonise zintu halukanda kwako.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, attend to this: and if in any thing ye think differently, God will reveal this also unto you.
16 Niha kubabulyo, chose chintu chovasiki hachili, mukwatilile kuchili.
But in what we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Mulikanyise ime, mizwale. Hafuhi mulolelele kwabo bayenda chaku likanyisa miyendelo imwina nayo.
Brethren, be imitators of me, and observe those that walk as ye have us for an example.
18 Bangi bayenda— kuamana nabo banibali kumi wambilanga, hanu nimi wambila kazi sonzi — siina zila zachi fapano cha Keresite.
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction,
19 Ma maninizo insi nyehelo. Kakuli bazimu babo nji mabumu abo, hape mungatuko wabo nji maswabi abo. Linu bahupula zintu zekanda.
whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame; who mind earthly things) For our conversation is in heaven,
20 Kono munzi wentu tota wina kwiwulu, kuzwa uko naswe nitulindile muhazi, Iye Simwne Jesu Keresite.
from whence also we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ: who will change our vile body,
21 Mwa kachiche mivili yetu ibola nikubika mivili yetu kuba sina muvili wakwe ubelenga, kupangwe kenguzu zamata akwe kubikila zintu zonse mwikonde lyakwe.
that it may be made like his glorious body, according to the energy of his ability to subdue all things to Himself.
