Filimone 1
1 Lokwalo lo lo tswang kwa go: Paulo yo ke leng mo kgolegelong ka ntlha ya go rera Mafoko a a Molemo kaga Jesu Keresete le kwa go mokaulengwe Timotheo.
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, a brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow laborer,
2 Ke lo kwalela wena: Filimone, modiri ka rona yo o rategang thata, le phuthego e e kopanelang mo tlung ya gago, le Apefia kgaitsadia rona, le Arekipo yo jaaka nna e leng lesole la mokgoro.
and to Apphia, most beloved sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in your house.
3 A Modimo Rraa rona le Morena Jesu Keresete a lo neye masego a gagwe le kagiso.
Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Ke leboga Modimo ka malatsi otlhe fa ke lo rapelela, Filimone yo o rategang,
I give thanks to my God, always keeping remembrance of you in my prayers,
5 gonne ke ntse ke utlwalela lorato lwa gago le ka fa o ikanyang Morena Jesu ka teng mmogo le batho ba gagwe.
(for I am hearing of your charity and faith, which you have in the Lord Jesus and with all the saints)
6 Mme ke rapelela gore e re o ntse o abalana tumelo ya gago le ba bangwe le bone e gape matshelo a bone, ka ba bona khumo ya dilo tse di molemo mo go wena tse di tswang kwa go Keresete Jesu.
so that the participation of your faith may become evident by the recognition of every good work which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7 Nna ka sebele ke bonye boitumelo jo bogolo le kgomotso mo loratong lwa gago, mokaulengwe wa me, gonne bopelonomijwa gago ga bo bolo go nna bo nchafatsa dipelo tsa batho ba Modimo.
For I have found great joy and consolation in your charity, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
8 Jaanong ke batla go lo lopa gore lo ntirele sengwe. Ke ka se batla mo go lona ka leina la ga Keresete gonne ke selo se se lo siametseng go se dira, mme ke a lo rata ebile ke bona go tlhamaletse gore ke lo kope, nna Paulo, yo ke leng monnamogolo jaanong ke le kwano mo kgolegelong ka ntlha ya ga Jesu Keresete.
Because of this, I have enough confidence in Christ Jesus to command you concerning certain things,
but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10 Kopo ya me ke gore lo supe bopelonomi mo go ngwanake Onesimo, yo ke mo gapetseng mo Moreneng fa ke santse ke le mo kgolegelong.
I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus.
11 Onesimo (yo leina la gagwe le rayang “Thuso”) o ne a se botlhokwa thata mo go wena mo lobakeng lo lo fetileng, mme jaanong o tsile go nna botlhokwa mo go rona rotlhe.
In times past, he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to me and to you.
12 Ke mo romela gape kwa go wena, mme o tla ka pelo ya me yotlhe.
So I have sent him back to you. And may you receive him like my own heart.
13 Mme tota ke ne ke ratile go mo tshegetsa kwano go nna fa ke santse ke le mo dikeetaneng ka ntlha ya go rera Mafoko a a Molemo, mme o ne o tlaa bo o ne o ntse o nthusa ka ene,
I myself wanted to retain him with me, so that he might minister to me, on your behalf, while I am in the chains of the Gospel.
14 mme ke ne ke sa batle go dira jalo ke sa dumalana nao. Ke ne ke sa batle gore o nne pelonomi gonne o ne o tshwanetse go nna jalo mme ke ka gore o ne o batla go nna pelonomi.
But I was willing to do nothing without your counsel, so as not to make use of your good deed as if out of necessity, but only willingly.
15 Gongwe o ne o ka go akanya jaana: gore o siile kwa go wena ka lobakanyana gore jaanong a nne wa gago ka malatsi otlhe, (aiōnios g166)
So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity, (aiōnios g166)
16 e sa tlhole e le motlhanka fela, mme a le mongwe yo o botoka, mokaulengwe yo o rategang, segolo jang mo go nna. Jaanong le wena o tlaa go solegela molemo thata, gonne ga se motlhanka fela mme gape ke mokaulengwe wa gago mo go Keresete.
no longer as a servant, but, in place of a servant, a most beloved brother, especially to me: but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord!
17 Fa ke le tsala ya gago tota, mo amogele ka boitumelo jo o neng o ka nkamogela ka jone fa e ne e le nna yo ke tlang.
Therefore, if you hold me to be a companion, receive him as you would me.
18 Fa a go utlwisitse botlhoko ka tsela nngwe kgotsa a go utsweditse sengwe, se nkatlholele.
But if he has harmed you in any way, or if he is in your debt, charge it to me.
19 Ke tlaa se busa (nna Paulo ka sebele, ke solofetsa go dira jaana ka go kwala jalo ka seatla se e leng sa me) mme ga ke na go go bolelela gore o nkolota bokae! Boammaaruri ke gore, o nkolota le one mowa wa gago tota!
I, Paul, have written this with my own hand: I will repay. And I need not tell you, that you are also in debt yourself, to me.
20 Ee, mokaulengwe yo o rategang, intumedise ka yone tiro e e rategang e, mme pelo ya me e e lapileng e tlaa galaletsa Morena.
So it is, brother. May I delight with you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ.
21 Ke go kwaletse lokwalo lo gonne ke tlhomamisa gore o tlaa dira se ke se kopang, ebile o tlaa se dira go gaisa jaaka ke se batla!
I have written to you, trusting in your obedience, knowing, too, that you will do even more than what I say.
22 Tswee-tswee mpaakanyetsa ntlo ya baeng, gonne ke solofela gore Modimo o tlaa araba dithapelo tsa lona o baa o ntetla go tla kwa go lona ka bofefo.
But also, at once, prepare a lodging for me. For I am hoping, through your prayers, to present myself to you.
23 Epaferase legolegwa ka nna yo le ene a leng kwano ka ntlha ya go rera Keresete Jesu, o a lo dumedisa.
Greet Epaphras, my fellow captive in Christ Jesus,
24 Mareko, Arisetareko, Demase le Luke, badiri ka nna le bone ba a lo dumedisa.
and Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my helpers.
25 A masego a Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete a nne mo moweng wa lona.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
