फिलिपिनः 2
1 ख्रीष्टाद् यदि किमपि सान्त्वनं कश्चित् प्रेमजातो हर्षः किञ्चिद् आत्मनः समभागित्वं काचिद् अनुकम्पा कृपा वा जायते तर्हि यूयं ममाह्लादं पूरयन्त
If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,
2 एकभावा एकप्रेमाण एकमनस एकचेष्टाश्च भवत।
I entreat you to make my happiness complete – live together animated by the same spirit and in mutual love, one in heart, animated by one Spirit.
3 विरोधाद् दर्पाद् वा किमपि मा कुरुत किन्तु नम्रतया स्वेभ्योऽपरान् विशिष्टान् मन्यध्वं।
Nothing should be done out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility lift others up above yourselves,
4 केवलम् आत्महिताय न चेष्टमानाः परहितायापि चेष्टध्वं।
considering not only your own interests but also the interests of others.
5 ख्रीष्टस्य यीशो र्यादृशः स्वभावो युष्माकम् अपि तादृशो भवतु।
Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also.
6 स ईश्वररूपी सन् स्वकीयाम् ईश्वरतुल्यतां श्लाघास्पदं नामन्यत,
Though the divine nature was his from the beginning, yet he did not look on equality with God as above all things to be clung to,
7 किन्तु स्वं शून्यं कृत्वा दासरूपी बभूव नराकृतिं लेभे च।
but impoverished himself by taking the nature of a servant and becoming like one of us;
8 इत्थं नरमूर्त्तिम् आश्रित्य नम्रतां स्वीकृत्य मृत्योरर्थतः क्रुशीयमृत्योरेव भोगायाज्ञाग्राही बभूव।
he appeared among us as a man, and still further humbled himself by submitting even to death – to death on a cross!
9 तत्कारणाद् ईश्वरोऽपि तं सर्व्वोन्नतं चकार यच्च नाम सर्व्वेषां नाम्नां श्रेष्ठं तदेव तस्मै ददौ,
And that is why God raised him to the very highest place, and gave him the name which stands above all other names,
10 ततस्तस्मै यीशुनाम्ने स्वर्गमर्त्यपातालस्थितैः सर्व्वै र्जानुपातः कर्त्तव्यः,
so that in adoration of the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven, on earth, and under the earth,
11 तातस्थेश्वरस्य महिम्ने च यीशुख्रीष्टः प्रभुरिति जिह्वाभिः स्वीकर्त्तव्यं।
and that every tongue should acknowledge JESUS CHRIST as LORD – to the glory of God the Father.
12 अतो हे प्रियतमाः, युष्माभि र्यद्वत् सर्व्वदा क्रियते तद्वत् केवले ममोपस्थितिकाले तन्नहि किन्त्विदानीम् अनुपस्थितेऽपि मयि बहुतरयत्नेनाज्ञां गृहीत्वा भयकम्पाभ्यां स्वस्वपरित्राणं साध्यतां।
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.
13 यत ईश्वर एव स्वकीयानुरोधाद् युष्मन्मध्ये मनस्कामनां कर्म्मसिद्धिञ्च विदधाति।
Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.
14 यूयं कलहविवादर्विजतम् आचारं कुर्व्वन्तोऽनिन्दनीया अकुटिला
In all that you do, avoid murmuring and dissension,
15 ईश्वरस्य निष्कलङ्काश्च सन्तानाइव वक्रभावानां कुटिलाचारिणाञ्च लोकानां मध्ये तिष्ठत,
so as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent – faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation, in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world,
16 यतस्तेषां मध्ये यूयं जीवनवाक्यं धारयन्तो जगतो दीपका इव दीप्यध्वे। युष्माभिस्तथा कृते मम यत्नः परिश्रमो वा न निष्फलो जात इत्यहं ख्रीष्टस्य दिने श्लाघां कर्त्तुं शक्ष्यामि।
offering to them the message of life; and then I will be able at the day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.
17 युष्माकं विश्वासार्थकाय बलिदानाय सेवनाय च यद्यप्यहं निवेदितव्यो भवेयं तथापि तेनानन्दामि सर्व्वेषां युष्माकम् आनन्दस्यांशी भवामि च।
And yet, even if, when your faith is offered as a sacrifice to God, my lifeblood must be poured out in addition, still I will rejoice and share the joy of you all;
18 तद्वद् यूयमप्यानन्दत मदीयानन्दस्यांशिनो भवत च।
and you must also rejoice and share my joy.
19 युष्माकम् अवस्थाम् अवगत्याहमपि यत् सान्त्वनां प्राप्नुयां तदर्थं तीमथियं त्वरया युष्मत्समीपं प्रेषयिष्यामीति प्रभौ प्रत्याशां कुर्व्वे।
I hope, however, as one who trusts in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may myself be cheered by receiving news of you.
20 यः सत्यरूपेण युष्माकं हितं चिन्तयति तादृश एकभावस्तस्मादन्यः कोऽपि मम सन्निधौ नास्ति।
For I have no one but him to send – no one of kindred spirit who would take the same genuine interest in your welfare.
21 यतोऽपरे सर्व्वे यीशोः ख्रीष्टस्य विषयान् न चिन्तयन्त आत्मविषयान् चिन्तयन्ति।
They are all pursuing their own aims and not those of Christ Jesus.
22 किन्तु तस्य परीक्षितत्वं युष्माभि र्ज्ञायते यतः पुत्रो यादृक् पितुः सहकारी भवति तथैव सुसंवादस्य परिचर्य्यायां स मम सहकारी जातः।
But you know what Timothy has proved himself to be, and how, like a child working for his father, he worked hard with me in spreading the good news.
23 अतएव मम भाविदशां ज्ञात्वा तत्क्षणात् तमेव प्रेषयितुं प्रत्याशां कुर्व्वे
It is Timothy, then, whom I hope to send, just as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me here.
24 स्वयम् अहमपि तूर्णं युष्मत्समीपं गमिष्यामीत्याशां प्रभुना कुर्व्वे।
And I am confident, as one who trusts in the Lord Jesus, that before long I myself will follow.
25 अपरं य इपाफ्रदीतो मम भ्राता कर्म्मयुद्धाभ्यां मम सहायश्च युष्माकं दूतो मदीयोपकाराय प्रतिनिधिश्चास्ति युष्मत्समीपे तस्य प्रेषणम् आवश्यकम् अमन्ये।
Still I think it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you now, for he is my dear friend, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and he was also your messenger to help me in my need.
26 यतः स युष्मान् सर्व्वान् अकाङ्क्षत युष्माभिस्तस्य रोगस्य वार्त्ताश्रावीति बुद्ध्वा पर्य्यशोचच्च।
For he has been longing to see you all, and has been distressed because you heard of his illness.
27 स पीडया मृतकल्पोऽभवदिति सत्यं किन्त्वीश्वरस्तं दयितवान् मम च दुःखात् परं पुनर्दुःखं यन्न भवेत् तदर्थं केवलं तं न दयित्वा मामपि दयितवान्।
And I can assure you that his illness very nearly proved fatal. But God had pity on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
28 अतएव यूयं तं विलोक्य यत् पुनरानन्देत ममापि दुःखस्य ह्रासो यद् भवेत् तदर्थम् अहं त्वरया तम् अप्रेषयं।
I am all the more ready, therefore, to send him, so that the sight of him may revive your spirits and my own sorrow be lightened.
29 अतो यूयं प्रभोः कृते सम्पूर्णेनानन्देन तं गृह्लीत तादृशान् लोकांश्चादरणीयान् मन्यध्वं।
Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such people in great honor.
30 यतो मम सेवने युष्माकं त्रुटिं पूरयितुं स प्राणान् पणीकृत्य ख्रीष्टस्य कार्य्यार्थं मृतप्रायेऽभवत्।
For it was owing to his devotion to the Master’s work that he was at the point of death, having risked his own life in the effort to supply what was wanting in the help that you sent me.
