Filipian 3
1 Dalej mówiąc, bracia moi! radujcie się w Panu. Jedneż rzeczy wam pisać mnie nie mierzi, a wam jest bezpiecznie.
[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 Upatrujcie psy, upatrujcie złych robotników, upatrujcie rozerwanie.
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 Albowiem my jesteśmy obrzezaniem, którzy duchem służymy Bogu i chlubimy się w Chrystusie Jezusie, a w ciele nie ufamy.
[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 Aczci i ja w ciele mam ufanie; jeźli kto inszy zda się mieć ufanie w ciele, bardziej ja,
[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 Obrzezany będąc ósmego dnia, z narodu Izraelskiego, z pokolenia Benjaminowego, Żyd z Żydów, według zakonu Faryzeusz;
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 Według gorliwości prześladowca kościoła, według sprawiedliwości onej, która jest z zakonu, będąc bez przygany.
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 Ale to, co mi było zyskiem, tom poczytał dla Chrystusa za szkodę.
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 Owszem i wszystko poczytam sobie za szkodę dla zacności znajomości Chrystusa Jezusa, Pana mojego, dla któregom wszystko utracił i mam to sobie za gnój, abym Chrystusa zyskał,
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 I był znaleziony w nim, nie mając sprawiedliwości mojej, tej która jest z zakonu, ale tę, która jest przez wiarę Chrystusową, to jest sprawiedliwość z Boga, która jest przez wiarę;
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 Żebym go poznał i moc zmartwychwstania jego, i społeczność ucierpienia jego, przykształtowany będąc śmierci jego,
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 Owabym jakimkolwiek sposobem doszedł do powstania z martwych.
[because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
12 Nie iżbym już uchwycił, albo już doskonałym był; ale ścigam, ażbym też uchwycił to, na com też od Chrystusa Jezusa uchwycony.
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 Bracia! jać o sobie nie rozumiem, żebym już uchwycił.
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 Ale jedno czynię, że tego, co za mną jest, zapamiętywając, a do tego się, co przede mną jest, spiesząc, bieżę do kresu ku zakładowi powołania onego Bożego, które jest z góry w Chrystusie Jezusie.
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 Ile tedy nas doskonałych, toż rozumiejmy; a jeźli co inaczej rozumiecie, i toć wam Bóg objawi.
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 Wszakże w tem, czegośmy doszli, według jednegoż sznuru postępujmy i jednoż rozumiejmy.
What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
17 Bądźcież wespół naśladowcami moimi, bracia! a upatrujcie tych, którzy tak chodzą, jako nas za wzór macie.
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 Albowiem wiele ich chodzi, o którychem wam często powiadał, a teraz i z płaczem mówię, iż są nieprzyjaciołmi krzyża Chrystusowego;
[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 Których koniec jest zatracenie, których Bóg jest brzuch, a chwała w hańbie ich, którzy się o rzeczy ziemskie starają.
[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 Aleć nasza rzeczpospolita jest w niebiesiech, skąd też zbawiciela oczekujemy, Pana Jezusa Chrystusa.
[But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
21 Który przemieni ciało nasze podłe, aby się podobne stało chwalebnemu ciału jego, według skutecznej mocy, którą też wszystkie rzeczy sobie podbić może.
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.
