KwabaseFiliphi 2

1 Ngakho uba kukhona inkuthazo kuKristu, uba kukhona induduzo yothando, uba kukhona ubudlelwano bukaMoya, uba kukhona imihelo lesihawu,

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

2 gcwalisani intokozo yami, ukuze libe ngqondonye, libe lothando olufananayo, libe lenhliziyonye, ukuqonda kunye;

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

3 lingenzi lutho ngokubangisana kumbe ngokuziqhenya, kodwa ngokuthobeka liphakamise omunye komunye ngcono kulani;

[doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

4 ngulowo lalowo angakhathaleli okwakhe, kodwa ngulowo lalowo lokwabanye.

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

5 Ngoba kawube kini lowomqondo owawukhona lakuKristu Jesu;

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 owathi esesimeni sikaNkulunkulu, kanakananga ukuthi kuyikuphanga ukulingana loNkulunkulu,

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

7 kodwa wazidela, ethatha isimo senceku, enziwe esimeni sabantu;

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;

8 njalo eficwe elesimo njengomuntu, wazithoba, waba ngolalelayo kwaze kwaba sekufeni, yebo ukufa kwesiphambano.

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

9 Ngakho laye uNkulunkulu wamphakamisa kakhulu, wamnika ibizo eliphezu kwalo lonke ibizo;

Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

10 ukuze kuthi ebizweni likaJesu lonke idolo liguqe, elabezulwini, lelabemhlabeni, lelabangaphansi komhlaba,

that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth,

11 lenlimi zonke zivume ukuthi uJesu Kristu uyiNkosi, kube ludumo kuNkulunkulu uYise.

and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12 Ngakho, bathandiweyo bami, njengalokho lilalela ngezikhathi zonke, kungenjengebukhoneni bami kuphela, kodwa khathesi ikakhulukazi ngingekho, fezani usindiso lwenu ngokwesaba langokuthuthumela;

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

13 ngoba kunguNkulunkulu osebenza kini kokubili ukuthanda lokwenza njengentando yakhe enhle.

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

14 Yenzani zonke izinto kungelakusola lokuphikisana,

Do all things without murmurings and questionings:

15 ukuze lingasoleki libe msulwa, abantwana bakaNkulunkulu abangelasici phakathi kwesizukulwana esigobileyo lesiphambeneyo, elikhanya phakathi kwaso njengokukhanya emhlabeni,

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

16 libonakalise ilizwi lempilo, ekuzincomeni kwami osukwini lukaKristu, ukuthi kangigijimelanga ize, njalo kangitshikatshikelanga ize.

holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

17 Yebo, uba lami ngithululwa njengomnikelo wokunathwayo phezu komhlatshelo lenkonzo yokholo lwenu, ngiyathokoza njalo ngithokoza kanye lani lonke;

Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

18 ngenxa yalokho-ke thokozani lani njalo lithokoze kanye lami.

and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

19 Ngiyathemba-ke eNkosini uJesu ukuthuma uTimothi kini masinyane, ukuze lami ngithokoze lapho ngisazi izindaba zenu.

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

20 Ngoba kangilaye olengqondo enjengeyakhe, ozananzelela indaba zenu ngobuqotho,

For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

21 ngoba bonke bazidingela okwabo, kungeyisikho okukaKristu Jesu.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

22 Kodwa liyazi ukuqinisa kwakhe, ukuthi njengomntwana kuyise, usebenzile lami evangelini.

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.

23 Ngiyathemba-ke ukuhle ngimthume yena, nxa sengibonisisile okuqondene lami;

Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:

24 kodwa ngiyathemba eNkosini, ukuthi lami ngizakuza kini masinyane.

but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.

25 Kodwa ngibone kufanele ukuthi ngithume kini uEpafrodithu, umzalwane lesisebenzi lolibutho kanye lami, kodwa isithunywa senu, lesisebenzi sokuswela kwami;

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

26 njengoba wayelilangatha lonke, njalo ekhathazekile kakhulu, ngoba lezwa ukuthi wayegula;

since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

27 ngoba njalo wagula waphosa wafa, kodwa uNkulunkulu wamhawukela, njalo kungeyisuye yena yedwa, kodwa lami, ukuze ngingabi losizi phezu kosizi.

for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

28 Ngakho ngitshisekela kakhulu ukumthuma, ukuze kuthi, nxa limbona, lithokoze futhi, losizi lwami lunciphe.

I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

29 Memukeleni-ke eNkosini ngentokozo yonke, libahloniphe abanjalo-ke;

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

30 ngoba ngenxa yomsebenzi kaKristu waphose wafa, edela impilo, ukuze aphelelise okusileleyo komsebenzi wenu kimi.

because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.