Wafilipi 2
1 Kama kukiwa na jambo lolote la kutia moyo katika kuunganishwa na Kristo, kukiwa faraja yoyote katika upendo wake, kukiwa na ushirika wowote na Roho, kukiwa na wema wowote na huruma,
If [there is] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 basi ikamilisheni furaha yangu kwa kuwa na nia moja, mkiwa na upendo huo moja, mkiwa wa roho na kusudi moja.
Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, [being] of one accord, of one mind.
3 Msitende jambo lolote kwa nia ya kujitukuza wala kujivuna, bali kwa unyenyekevu kila mtu amhesabu mwingine bora kuliko nafsi yake.
[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Kila mmoja wenu asiangalie faida yake mwenyewe tu, bali pia ajishughulishe kwa faida ya wengine.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Kuweni na nia ile ile aliyokuwa nayo Kristo Yesu:
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Yeye, ingawa alikuwa na asili ya Mungu hasa, hakuona kule kuwa sawa na Mungu kuwa kitu cha kushikilia,
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 bali alijifanya si kitu, akachukua hali hasa na mtumwa, naye akazaliwa katika umbo la mwanadamu.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 Naye akiwa na umbo la mwanadamu, alijinyenyekeza, akatii hata mauti: naam, mauti ya msalaba!
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross.
9 Kwa hiyo, Mungu alimtukuza juu sana, na kumpa Jina lililo kuu kuliko kila jina,
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 ili kwa Jina la Yesu, kila goti lipigwe, la vitu vya mbinguni, na vya duniani, na vya chini ya nchi,
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] on earth, and [things] under the earth;
11 na kila ulimi ukiri ya kwamba Yesu Kristo ni Bwana, kwa utukufu wa Mungu Baba.
And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Kwa hiyo, wapenzi wangu, kama vile ambavyo mmekuwa mkitii siku zote, si tu wakati nikiwa pamoja nanyi, bali sasa zaidi sana nisipokuwepo, utimizeni wokovu wenu kwa kuogopa na kutetemeka,
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 kwa maana Mungu ndiye atendaye kazi ndani yenu, kutaka kwenu na kutenda kwenu kwa kulitimiza kusudi lake jema.
For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.
14 Fanyeni mambo yote bila kunungʼunika wala kushindana,
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 ili msiwe na lawama wala hatia, bali mwe wana wa Mungu wasio na kasoro katika kizazi chenye ukaidi na kilichopotoka, ambacho ndani yake ninyi mnangʼaa kama mianga ulimwenguni.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Mkilishika neno la uzima, ili nipate kuona fahari siku ya Kristo kwamba sikupiga mbio wala kujitaabisha bure.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.
17 Lakini hata kama nikimiminwa kama sadaka ya kinywaji kwenye dhabihu na huduma itokayo katika imani yenu, mimi ninafurahi na kushangilia pamoja nanyi nyote.
And if I am even offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18 Vivyo hivyo, ninyi nanyi imewapasa kufurahi na kushangilia pamoja nami.
For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
19 Natumaini katika Bwana Yesu kumtuma Timotheo hivi karibuni aje kwenu, ili nipate kufarijika moyo nitakapopata habari zenu.
But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20 Sina mtu mwingine kama yeye, ambaye ataangalia hali yenu kwa halisi.
For I have no man like-minded, who will naturally care for your state.
21 Kwa maana kila mmoja anajishughulisha zaidi na mambo yake mwenyewe wala si yale ya Yesu Kristo.
For all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
22 Lakini ninyi wenyewe mnajua jinsi Timotheo alivyojithibitisha mwenyewe, kwa maana ametumika pamoja nami kwa kazi ya Injili, kama vile mwana kwa baba yake.
But ye know the proof of him, that as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
23 Kwa hiyo, ninatumaini kumtuma kwenu upesi mara nitakapojua mambo yangu yatakavyokuwa.
Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
24 Nami mwenyewe ninatumaini katika Bwana kwamba nitakuja kwenu hivi karibuni.
But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
25 Lakini nadhani ni muhimu kumtuma tena kwenu Epafrodito, ndugu yangu na mtendakazi pamoja nami, aliye askari mwenzangu, ambaye pia ni mjumbe wenu mliyemtuma ili ashughulike na mahitaji yangu.
Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
26 Kwa maana amekuwa akiwaonea sana shauku ninyi nyote, akiwa na wasiwasi kwa kuwa mlisikia kwamba alikuwa mgonjwa.
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because ye had heard that he was sick.
27 Kweli alikuwa mgonjwa, tena karibu ya kufa. Lakini Mungu alimhurumia, wala si yeye tu, bali hata na mimi alinihurumia, nisipatwe na huzuni juu ya huzuni.
For indeed he was sick nigh to death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Kwa hiyo mimi ninafanya bidii kumtuma kwenu ili mtakapomwona kwa mara nyingine, mpate kufurahi, nami wasiwasi wangu upungue.
I sent him therefore the more speedily, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
29 Kwa hiyo mpokeeni katika Bwana kwa furaha kubwa, nanyi wapeni heshima watu kama hawa,
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
30 kwa sababu alikaribia kufa kwa ajili ya kazi ya Kristo, akihatarisha maisha yake ili aweze kunihudumia vile ninyi hamkuweza.
Because for the work of Christ he was nigh to death, not regarding his life, to supply the want of your service towards me.
