Bafilipi 1
1 Lokwalo lo lo tswang kwa go: Paulo le Timotheo batlhanka ba ga Jesu Keresete. Ba kwalela: Badisa ba diputhego le batiakone le Bakeresete botlhe mo Filipi.
PAULOS and Timotheus, servants of Jeshu the Meshiha, to all the saints who are in Jeshu Meshiha at Philipos, with the presbyters and deacons.
2 A Modimo o lo segofatse lotlhe. Ee, ke rapela gore Modimo Rraetsho le Morena Jesu Keresete a neye mongwe le mongwe wa lona masego a magolo a gagwe, le kagiso ya gagwe mo dipelong tsa lona le mo matshelong a lona.
Grace be with you and peace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
3 Go lo rapelela ga me gotlhe go tletse go baka Modimo!
I offer thanks unto Aloha upon the remembrance of you constantly,
4 Fa ke lo rapelela, pelo ya me e tlala boitumelo,
in all my prayers on your behalf; and while rejoicing,
5 Ka ntlha ya thuso ya lona e ntle mo go itsiseng Mafoko a a Molemo kaga Keresete go tloga nako e lo neng lo a utlwa ka yone go fitlha gompieno.
I pray, for your fellowship which is in the gospel from the first day until now;
6 Mme ke tlhomamisa gore Modimo o o simolotseng tiro e e molemo mo go lona o tlaa lo thusa go gola mo tshegofatsong ya one go fitlhelela tiro e kgolo mo go lona e fela ka letsatsi la fa Jesu Keresete a boa.
because I am confident of this, that he who hath begun good workings in you will himself make perfect until the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
7 Go ntshiametse jang go ikutlwa jaaka ke ikutlwa kaga lona, gonne lo na le bonno jo bo faphegileng mo pelong ya me. Re abelanye masego a Modimo rotlhe, fa ke le mo kgolegelong le fa ke dule, ke femela boammaaruri ebile ke bolelela ba bangwe kaga Keresete.
For so it is right for me to think concerning you all, because you are laid up in my heart; and in my bonds, and in the defence of the truth of the gospel, you are partakers with me in grace.
8 Ke Modimo fela o o itseng boteng jwa lorato lwa me le go lo tlhwaafalela, ka lorato lwa ga Jesu Keresete.
For Aloha is my witness how I love you with the bowels of Jeshu Meshiha.
9 Thapelo ya me ka lona ke gore lorato lwa lona lo oketsegele ba bangwe, lo bo lo gole mo kitsong ya semowa le mo temogong.
And this I pray, that your love may still increase and abound in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding;
10 Gonne ke batla gore ka nako tsotlhe lo bone sentle pharologanyo fa gare ga molemo le bosula, le gore lo bo lo nne phepa ka fa teng, go se ope yo o ka lo nyatsang go tloga jaanong go fitlhelela Morena wa rona a tla.
that you may distinguish those things that are proper, and may be pure and without offence in the day of the Meshiha,
11 Tswelelang ka go dira tshiamo ka nako tsotlhe, dilo tse di molemo tse di supang gore lo bana ba Modimo gonne se se tlaa tlisa pako e kgolo le kgalalelo mo Moreneng.
and filled with the fruits of righteousness which are in Jeshu Meshiha, to the glory and the honour of Aloha.
12 Mme ke rata gore lo itse se, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang: sengwe le sengwe se se ntiragaletseng kwano e ne e le botswelelo pele jo bogolo mo go boleleng Mafoko a a Molemo kaga Keresete.
BUT I wish you to know, my brethren, that my business tendeth the more to the forwarding of the gospel.
13 Gonne mongwe le mongwe kwano, le kwa masole otlhe a nnang teng ba itse gore ke mo dikgoleng fela ka ntlha ya gore ke Mokeresete.
For so also my bonds are manifest for the Meshiha in the whole palace, and unto all besides.
14 Mme ka ntlha ya go tshwarwa ga me Bakeresete ba le bantsi kwano ba bonala ba tlogetse letshogo la bone la go tshwarwa! Ka tsela nngwe bobelotelele jwa me bo ba kgothaditse mme ba pelokgale thata mo go boleleleng ba bangwe kaga Keresete.
And a multitude of brethren who are in our Lord are strengthened on account of my bonds, and have dared the more fearlessly to speak the word of Aloha.
15 Ba bangwe, ee, ba rera Mafoko a a Molemo ka ntlha ya gore ba fufegela tsela e Modimo o ntirisang ka yone. Ba batla go kaiwa e le bareri ba ba senang poifo! Mme ba bangwe ba na le maikaelelo a a phepa,
Some preach from envy and contention, but some from good-will,
16 ba rera ka ntlha ya gore ba a nthata, gonne ba itse gore Modimo o ntlisitse kwano go ntirisa go femela boammaaruri mme bangwe ba rerela go ntira gore ke fufege, ba gopola gore go fenya ga bone go tlaa ntsifatsa bohutsana jwa me mo kgolegelong!
and in the love of the Meshiha; for they know that for the defence of the gospel I am appointed.
But those who preach the Meshiha from contention do it not sincerely, but think to add affliction to my bonds.
18 Mme le fa maikaelelo a bone e ka ne e le eng, boammaaruri ke gore Mafoko a a Molemo kaga Keresete a a rerwa ebile ke a itumela.
Yet in this I have rejoiced, and do rejoice, that in every way, if for an occasion, or if in truth, the Meshiha shall be preached.
19 Ke tlaa nna ke ntse ke itumela, gonne ke itse gore fa lo nthapelela, le Mowa O O Boitshepo o nthusa, mo gotlhe go tlaa fetoga polokego ya me.
For I know that these things shall be found unto my life by your prayers, and by the gift of the Spirit of Jeshu Meshiha;
20 Gonne ke tshela mo tebelelong ya tlhwaafalo le tsholofelo ya gore ga ke kitla ke dira sepe se se tlaa dirang gore ke itlhabelwe ke ditlhong mme ke tlaa nna ke ipaakanyeditse go bua kaga Keresete ka bopelokgale fa ke santse ke tsweletse mo ditekong tse kwano; fela jaaka ke ne ke ntse mo lobakeng lo lo fetileng; mme ke tlaa aga ke tlotlega mo go Keresete, e ka ne e le ka botshelo kgotsa ka loso.
even as I hope and expect, that in nothing I shall be confounded, but manifestly, as at all times, so also now, the Meshiha shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
21 Gonne mo go nna, go tshela go raya dipako tsa ga Keresete, mme go swa, go siame bogolo!
For my life is the Meshiha; and if I die, it is gain to me.
22 Mme fa go tshela go ka nnaya lobaka lo lo ntsi go gapela batho mo go Keresete, foo, tota ga ke itse gore go botoka eng, go tshela kgotsa go swa!
But if in this life of the flesh there be also fruit to me from my works, I know not what to choose.
23 Ka dinako tse dingwe ke batla go tshela mme ka dinako tse dingwe ga ke batle, gonne ke tlhwaafalela go ya go nna le Keresete. Go ka nna boitumelo jang mo go nna go na le go nna kwano!
For these two straiten me. I desire to be set free, that I might be with the Meshiha, and this is greatly preferable to me;
24 Mme boammaaruri ke gore ke ka nna le thuso thata mo go lona fa ke nna!
but also to remain in my body is the thing which constraineth me on your account.
25 Ee, ke santse ke tlhokega mo lefatsheng leno, mme jalo ke ikutlwa ke tlhomamisa gore ke tlaa nama ke le mo lefatsheng go se kae, go lo thusa go gola lo bo lo itumela mo tumelong ya lona.
For I know this confidently, that I am to remain and tarry for your joy and for the increase of your faith:
26 Go nna kwano ga me go tlaa lo itumedisa go ba go lo naya mabaka a go galaletsa Keresete Jesu ka go mpabalela, fa ke lo etela gape.
that when I come again to you, your glorying which is in Jeshu Meshiha alone shall abound in me.
27 Mme le fa e le eng se se ka ntiragalelang, gakologelwang ka nako tsotlhe go tshela jaaka Bakeresete ba tshwanetse go tshela, gore, fa ke ka lo bona gape kgotsa ke se kake ka lo bona, ke tlaa nna ke utlwa dipego tse di siameng gore lo eme ka maikaelelo a le mangwe fela a a nonofileng, go bolela Mafoko a a Molemo,
As it becometh the gospel of the Meshiha, so have your conversation; that if coming I see you, or absent, I may hear of you, that you stand in one spirit and in one soul, conquering together for the faith of the gospel;
28 lo sa boife sepe, go sa re sepe gore baba ba lona ba ka dirang. Ba tlaa bona se e leng sesupo sa gore ba fentswe, mme mo go lona e tlaa nna sesupo se se bonalang sentle se se tswang kwa Modimong gore o na le lona, le gore o lo neile botshelo jo bo sa khutleng ka ene.
in nothing moved by them who stand against us, to the forthshowing of their perdition, and of our salvation,
29 Gonne lona lo neilwe tshwanelo e seng ya go mo ikanya fela mme e leng go mmogela.
And this from Aloha hath been given to you, not only believing to believe in the Meshiha, but also for his sake to suffer,
30 Re mo ntweng e mmogo. Lo mponye ke mmogela mo lobakeng lo lo fetileng; mme le gompieno ke santse ke le fa gare ga ntwa e kgolo e e boitshegang, jaaka lo itse sentle.
and to sustain a conflict, as you have seen in me, and now hear concerning me.
