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1 kiMkrIyAnagarIyadharmmasamAjasya paricArikA yA phaibInAmikAsmAkaM dharmmabhaginI tasyAH kRtE'haM yuSmAn nivEdayAmi,
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
2 yUyaM tAM prabhumAzritAM vijnjAya tasyA AtithyaM pavitralOkArhaM kurudhvaM, yuSmattastasyA ya upakArO bhavituM zaknOti taM kurudhvaM, yasmAt tayA bahUnAM mama cOpakAraH kRtaH|
Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.
3 aparanjca khrISTasya yIzOH karmmaNi mama sahakAriNau mama prANarakSArthanjca svaprANAn paNIkRtavantau yau priSkillAkkilau tau mama namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
4 tAbhyAm upakArAptiH kEvalaM mayA svIkarttavyEti nahi bhinnadEzIyaiH sarvvadharmmasamAjairapi|
who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
5 aparanjca tayO rgRhE sthitAn dharmmasamAjalOkAn mama namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM| tadvat AziyAdEzE khrISTasya pakSE prathamajAtaphalasvarUpO ya ipEnitanAmA mama priyabandhustamapi mama namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
6 aparaM bahuzramENAsmAn asEvata yA mariyam tAmapi namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
7 aparanjca prEritESu khyAtakIrttI madagrE khrISTAzritau mama svajAtIyau sahabandinau ca yAvAndranIkayUniyau tau mama namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
8 tathA prabhau matpriyatamam Ampliyamapi mama namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
9 aparaM khrISTasEvAyAM mama sahakAriNam UrbbANaM mama priyatamaM stAkhunjca mama namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.
10 aparaM khrISTEna parIkSitam ApilliM mama namaskAraM vadata, AriSTabUlasya parijanAMzca mama namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
11 aparaM mama jnjAtiM hErOdiyOnaM mama namaskAraM vadata, tathA nArkisasya parivArANAM madhyE yE prabhumAzritAstAn mama namaskAraM vadata|
Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
12 aparaM prabhOH sEvAyAM parizramakAriNyau truphEnAtruphOSE mama namaskAraM vadata, tathA prabhOH sEvAyAm atyantaM parizramakAriNI yA priyA parSistAM namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
13 aparaM prabhOrabhirucitaM rUphaM mama dharmmamAtA yA tasya mAtA tAmapi namaskAraM vadata|
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
14 aparam asuMkRtaM phligOnaM harmmaM pAtrabaM harmmim EtESAM saggibhrAtRgaNanjca namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.
15 aparaM philalagO yUliyA nIriyastasya bhaginyalumpA caitAn EtaiH sArddhaM yAvantaH pavitralOkA AsatE tAnapi namaskAraM jnjApayadhvaM|
Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.
16 yUyaM parasparaM pavitracumbanEna namaskurudhvaM| khrISTasya dharmmasamAjagaNO yuSmAn namaskurutE|
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
17 hE bhrAtarO yuSmAn vinayE'haM yuSmAbhi ryA zikSA labdhA tAm atikramya yE vicchEdAn vighnAMzca kurvvanti tAn nizcinuta tESAM saggaM varjayata ca|
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
18 yatastAdRzA lOkA asmAkaM prabhO ryIzukhrISTasya dAsA iti nahi kintu svOdarasyaiva dAsAH; aparaM praNayavacanai rmadhuravAkyaizca saralalOkAnAM manAMsi mOhayanti|
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
19 yuSmAkam AjnjAgrAhitvaM sarvvatra sarvvai rjnjAtaM tatO'haM yuSmAsu sAnandO'bhavaM tathApi yUyaM yat satjnjAnEna jnjAninaH kujnjAnE cAtatparA bhavEtEti mamAbhilASaH|
Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
20 adhikantu zAntidAyaka IzvaraH zaitAnam avilambaM yuSmAkaM padAnAm adhO marddiSyati| asmAkaM prabhu ryIzukhrISTO yuSmAsu prasAdaM kriyAt| iti|
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
21 mama sahakArI tImathiyO mama jnjAtayO lUkiyO yAsOn sOsipAtrazcEmE yuSmAn namaskurvvantE|
Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.
22 aparam EtatpatralEkhakastarttiyanAmAhamapi prabhO rnAmnA yuSmAn namaskarOmi|
I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
23 tathA kRtsnadharmmasamAjasya mama cAtithyakArI gAyO yuSmAn namaskarOti| aparam Etannagarasya dhanarakSaka irAstaH kkArttanAmakazcaikO bhrAtA tAvapi yuSmAn namaskurutaH|
Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
24 asmAkaM prabhu ryIzukhrISTA yuSmAsu sarvvESu prasAdaM kriyAt| iti|
25 pUrvvakAlikayugESu pracchannA yA mantraNAdhunA prakAzitA bhUtvA bhaviSyadvAdilikhitagranthagaNasya pramANAd vizvAsEna grahaNArthaM sadAtanasyEzvarasyAjnjayA sarvvadEzIyalOkAn jnjApyatE, (aiōnios g166)
Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past (aiōnios g166)
26 tasyA mantraNAyA jnjAnaM labdhvA mayA yaH susaMvAdO yIzukhrISTamadhi pracAryyatE, tadanusArAd yuSmAn dharmmE susthirAn karttuM samarthO yO'dvitIyaH (aiōnios g166)
but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith — (aiōnios g166)
