Bhapilipi 3
1 Bhai ashaalongo ajangunji, nng'angalalanje nkulundana na Bhakulungwa. Nne ikandotoya kunjandishilanga indu ila pe ila, pabha shiimpwaanje mmanganyanji.
[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 Mwiiteiganje na bhandunji bhaatendanga yangali ya mmbone, bhandunji bha malinga mbwa, bhaakomelesheyanga ga kwaapotekanga bhandunji, gwangali ligongo.
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 Pabha tujalwishe ukoto ni uwe, tukwaatindibhalila a Nnungu kwa Mbumu jwabho na kwiipuna ga lundana na a Yeshu Kilishitu. Wala tukaakulupalila ga nshiilu.
[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 Nkali nne mbingaga, ngunakombola kukulupalila ya nshiilu. Monaga apali mundu akwete ligongo lya kulupalila ya nshiilu, nne njipunda.
[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 Nne punajalwishe lyubha lya nane ngabhelekweje, nne ni jwa a Ishilaeli kabhila ja a Bhenjamini, Nanng'ebhulania jwa Bhaebhulania, ga kagulila shalia ja a Musha, nne Nampalishayo,
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 natendaga tumbila kwa kaje mpaka nikulipoteka likanisha, na kwa ngani ja uguja gwa kagulila shalia ja a Musha, ngakweteje shilebho.
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 Ikabheje kwa indu inaganishiyaga ya mbwaa nne, njikwibhona nngabha shindu kupunda kwaapinga a Kilishitu.
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 Elo, nngabha genegope, ikabhe indu yowe ngunakwibhona nngabha shindu, kwa ligongo lya mmbone lya kwaamanya a Kilishitu Yeshu, Bhakulungwa bhangu. Kwa ligongo lya Bhenebho njileka kila shindu, nikwiibhona mbuti mai, nkupinga naapate a Kilishitu,
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 nilundana nabho kaje. Nne ngunakole aki jipatikana kwa kunda shalia. Ikabheje nnaino njikola aki pungwaakulupalila a Kilishitu, aki jikopoka kwa a Nnungu kwa ligongo lya ngulupai.
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 Shingupinga naamanye a Kilishitu na kugabhona mashili ga yuka kwabho, na kundikanywa mmboteko yabho nililandanywa nshiwo shabho,
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 numbe nne ngulikulupalila kuti ng'waga shinyuywe.
[because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
12 Nngabha kuti njimaliya eu njitimilila, ng'oo! Ikabhe ngunatumbila ga mwanja nkupinga mbate shene shiindenda ngamulwe na a Yeshu Kilishitu.
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 Mwashaalongo ajangunji, ngaganishiya kuti mbatile shenesho, ikabheje shingutenda shimo, ngunalibhala gapitile gala, nitumbilila gali mmujo.
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 Bhai, ngunatumbila na mwanja kuloya kundumbilile, nkupinga mbate upo injemelwe na a Nnungu kopoka ku nnungu, kupitila a Yeshu Kilishitu.
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 Bhai, uwe tubhowe tukomele mmitima, uwe tuganishiye genego, na ibhaga nnganishiyangaga muna, bhai a Nnungu shibhannanguyanje genego.
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 Bhai apano putuishile pano tunaleshelele, ikabheje tupunde kwenda mmujo.
What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
17 Ashaalongo ajangunji, nngaguyanje ingutenda nne, na mwaalolanje bhene bhaakaguyanga gutunnjigenyenje gala.
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 Nammalanjilenje genego papagwinji, nnaino ngunakummalanjilanga akuno nilikopoka minyoi kuti, bhandu bhabhagwinji bhanatamangana mbuti bha magongo, bha shiwo sha a Kilishitu munshalabha.
[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 Mpelo gwabhonji ni kuobha, na nnungu jwabhonji ni ilokoli ya shiilu, na bhanakwiipunilanga ya tokomala, ibhaganishiyanga ya pa shilambolyope.
[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 Ikabheje uwe ushilambo gwetu kuuli kunnungu, koposhela kweneko tunakwaalolela kwa lilaka, Bhaatapula na Bhakulungwa bhetu a Yeshu Kilishitu.
[But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
21 Bhaapinga tindiganya iilu yetu yangali mashili ino, nkupinga ilandane na shiilu shabho sha ukonjelo, kwa gene mashiligo shibhaibhishe indu yowe, ibhe muukulungwa gwabho.
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.
