Bafilipi 3
1 Mme le fa go ka diregang, ditsala tse di rategang, itumeleng mo Moreneng. Ga nke ke lapisega go lo bolelela se, ebile go lo siametse go se utlwa gangwe le gape.
For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.
2 Itlhokomeleng mo bathong ba ba bosula, bao, dintsa tse di diphatsa, ke ba bitsa jalo, ba ba reng lo tshwanetse go rupisiwa gore lo bolokwe.
Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:
3 Gonne ga se go segwa ga mebele ya rona mo go reirang bana ba Modimo; ke go mo obamela ka mewa ya rona. E ke yone “thupiso” ya boammaaruri. Rona Bakeresete re galalela mo go se Keresete Jesu a se re diretseng ebile re lemoga gore ga re kake ra ithusa go ipoloka.
For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:
4 Legale fa mongwe a ka bo a kile a nna le mabaka a gore o ka ipoloka, e ka bo e le nna. Fa ba bangwe ba ne ba ka bolokwa ke se ba leng sone, tota ke ka bo ke ipolokile.
Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:
5 Gonne ke rupisitswe mo thupisong ya Sejuta fa ke le malatsi a ferabobedi, ke tsaletswe mo lelapeng la Sejuta tota mo lotsong lwa ga Benjamini. Jalo ke ne ke le Mojuta wa Bajuta tota! Mo gongwe ke eng? ke ne ke le leloko la Bafarasai ba ba neng ba le kutlo mo molaong mongwe le mongwe le ngwao ya Sejuta.
Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:
6 Mme a go boammaruri? Ee, ke ne ke bogisa phuthego thata; mme ke rata go ikobela molao mongwe le mongwe wa Sejuta go fitlhelela kwa bofelong.
In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
7 Mme dilo tse tsotlhe tse ke kileng ka gopola gore di siame thata, jaanong ke di latlhile gore ke beye tshepo le tsholofelo ya me mo go Keresete a le esi.
But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
8 Ee, sengwe le sengwe ga se na mosola fa se tshwantshanngwa le poelo e e senang theko ya go itse Morena wa me Jesu Keresete. Ke beetse tsotlhe fa thoko, ke di bona e se sepe, gore ke tle ke nne le Keresete,
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
9 ke nne mongwe fela nae, ke sa tlhole ke bona gore ke tshwanetse go bolokwa ka go siama thata kgotsa go obamela melao ya Modimo, fa e se fela ka go ikanya Keresete go mpoloka; gonne tsela ya Modimo ya go re dira gore re nne tshiamo nao e eme mo tumelong, re beile mo go Keresete a le nosi.
And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 Mme jaanong ke tlogetse sengwe le sengwe, ke bonye e le yone fela tsela ya go itse Keresete le go lemoga nonofo e kgolo e e mo rudisitseng, le go bona gore go boga le go swa nae go rayang.
That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;
11 Gore e tle e re kgotsa ka mokgwa mongwe ke tle ke nne mo botshelong jo bosha jwa ba ba tshedileng mo baswing.
If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.
12 Ga ke reye gore ke itekanetse. Ga ke ise ke ithute tsotlhe tse ke tshwanetseng go di ithuta, mme ke lekela pele go fitlhelela letsatsi le ke tlaa bong ke le se Keresete a se mpoloketseng le se o batlang ke nna sone.
Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.
13 Nnyaa, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, ga ke ise ke nne gotlhe mo ke tshwanetseng go nna gone, mme ke leka ka natla yotlhe go tlhokomela selo se le sengwe fela se: go lebala tse di kwa morago ke lebelela tse di kwa pele.
Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,
14 Ke gagamaletse go fitlha kwa bokhutlong jwa lobelo le go amogela sekgele se Modimo o se re biletsang kwa legodimong ka ntlha ya se Jesu Keresete a se re diretseng.
I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Ke solofela gore lotlhe ba lo leng Bakeresete ba ba godileng mo tumelong lo tlaa nna maikutlo a le mangwe le nna mo mabakeng one a, mme fa re sa dumalane mo ntlheng nngwe ke dumela gore Modimo o tlaa lo e tlhalosetsa sentle,
Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:
16 fa lo ikobela boammaaruri jo lo nang najo.
Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.
17 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, lo nne baetsi ba me mme lo eleng tlhoko ba ba tshelang ka fa sekaong sa me.
Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.
18 Gonne ke lo boleletse gantsi, mme ke bua gape jaanong ka dikeledi mo matlhong a me, go na le ba le bantsi ba ba tsamayang mo tseleng ya Sekeresete mme tota e le baba ba mokgoro wa ga Keresete.
For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
19 Bokamoso jwa bone ke tatlhego e e sa khutleng, gonne modimo wa bone ke mpa ya bone: ba ipelafatsa ka se se tshwanetseng go tlhabisa ditlhong; mme se ba akanyang kaga sone fela ke botshelo jwa lefatshe leno.
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
20 Mme legae la rona le kwa legodimong, kwa Mmoloki wa rona Morena Jesu Keresete a leng teng; mme ebile re lebeletse go boa ga gagwe a tswa teng koo.
For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 E tlaa re fa a tla o tlaa tsaya mebele e e swang e ya rona, a e fetolele mo mebeleng e e galalelang jaaka wa gagwe, a dirisa nonofo e le nngwe fela e o tlaa e dirisang go tlhabana le sengwe le sengwe gongwe le gongwe.
By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
