Wafilipi 2
1 Ikiwa kuna kutiwa moyo katika Kristo. Ikiwa kuna faraja kutoka katika pendo lake. Ikiwa kuna ushirika wa Roho. Ikiwa kuna rehema na huruma.
Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship from the Spirit, if any tenderness and acts of compassion,
2 Ikamilisheni furaha yangu kwa kunia mamoja mkiwa na upendo mmoja, mkiwa wamoja katika roho, na kuwa na kusudi moja.
make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
3 Msifanye kwa ubinafsi na majivuno. Isipokuwa kwa unyenyekevu mkiwaona wengine kuwa bora zaidi yenu.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard one another as being better than yourselves.
4 Kila mmoja wenu asiangalie tu mahitaji yake binafsi, bali pia ajali mahitaji ya wengine.
Let each of you look out not only for his own concerns, but also for what concerns others.
5 Muwe na nia kama aliyonayo Kristo Yesu.
In fact, let this mindset be in you that was also in Christ Jesus,
6 Ingawaje yeye ni sawa na Mungu. Lakini hakujali kuwa sawa na Mungu ni kitu cha kushikamana nacho.
who, existing in God's form, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 Badala yake, alijishusha mwenyewe. Alichukua umbo la mtumishi. Akajitokeza katika mfano wa wanadamu. Alionekana mwanadamu.
but divested Himself, taking a slave's form, coming to be in the likeness of men.
8 Yeye alijinyeyekeza na kuwa mtii hadi kifo, kifo cha msalaba.
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross!
9 Hivyo basi Mungu alimtukuza sana. Alimpa jina kuu lipitalo kila jina.
Indeed, that is why God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name,
10 Alifanya hivyo ili kwamba katika jina la Yesu kila goti sharti liiname. Magoti ya walio mbinguni na walio juu ya ardhi na chini ya ardhi.
so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow—of those in heaven, those on earth and those under the earth—
11 Na alifanya hivyo ili kwamba kila ulimi sharti ukiri kwamba Yesu kristo ni Bwana, kwa utukufu wa Mungu Baba.
and every tongue will acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Sovereign, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Kwa hiyo basi, wapendwa wangu kama mnavyotii siku zote, Si tu katika uwepo wangu lakini sasa ni zaidi sana hata pasipo uwepo wangu, uwajibikeni wokovu wenu wenyewe kwa hofu na kutetemeka.
So then, my dear ones, just as you have always obeyed (not only in my presence but now much more in my absence), keep working out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
13 Kwa kuwa ni Mungu anayetenda kazi ndani yenu ili kuwawezesha kunia na kutenda mambo yale yampendezayo yeye.
because God Himself is the One at work in you, both to will and to produce, for His good pleasure.
14 Fanyeni mambo yote bila malalamiko na mabishano.
Do all things without grumbling or arguing,
15 Fanyeni hivyo ili kwamba msilaumike na kuwa watoto wa Mungu waaminifu wasiyo na lawama. Fanyeni hivyo ili kwamba muwe nuru ya dunia, katika kizazi cha uasi na uovu.
so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and depraved generation, among whom you shine as light bearers in the world,
16 Shikani sana neno la uzima ili kwamba niwe na sababu ya kutukuza siku ya Kristo. Kisha nitafahamu kwamba sikupiga mbio bure wala sikutaabika bure.
holding fast the Word of Life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor labor for nothing.
17 Lakini hata kama ninamiminwa kama sadaka juu ya dhabidhu na huduma ya imani yenu, ninafurahi, na ninafurahi pamoja nanyi nyote.
Yes, even if I am a libation being poured on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
18 Vilevile na ninyi pia mnafurahi, na mnafurahi pamoja nami.
For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.
19 Lakini natumaini katika Bwana Yesu kumtuma Timotheo kwenu hivi karibuni, ili kwamba niweze kutiwa moyo nitakapojua mambo yenu.
Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be encouraged when I know how you are doing.
20 Kwa kuwa sina mwingine aliye na mtazamo kama wake, mwenye nia ya kweli kwa ajili yenu.
For I have no one else like-minded, who will be genuinely concerned about your welfare
21 Wengine wote ambao ningewatuma kwenu wanatafuta mambo yao binafsi tu, na siyo mambo ya Yesu Kristo.
(for all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus).
22 Lakini mnaijua thamani yake, kwa sababu kama mtoto anavyomhudumia baba yake, ndivyo alivyotumika pamoja nami katika injili.
But you know the proof of him, that as a son with his father he slaved with me for the Gospel.
23 Kwa hiyo ninatumaini kumtuma haraka pindi tu nitakapofahamu nini kitatokea kwangu.
Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how things go with me.
24 Lakini nina hakika katika Bwana kwamba mimi mwenyewe pia nitakuja hivi karibuni.
Still, I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
25 Lakini nafikiri ni muhimu kumrejesha kwenu Epafradito. Yeye ni ndugu yangu na mtenda kazi mwenzangu na askari mwenzangu, mjumbe na mtumishi wenu kwa ajili ya mahitaji yangu.
However, I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker and fellow soldier; also your messenger and minister to my need;
26 Kwa sababu alikuwa na hofu na alitamani kuwa pamoja nanyi nyote, kwa kuwa mlisikia kwamba alikuwa mgonjwa.
since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
27 Maana hakika alikuwa mgonjwa sana kiasi cha kufa. Lakini Mungu alimhurumia, na wema huo haukuwa juu yake tu, lakini pia ulikuwa juu yangu, ili kwamba nisiwe na huzuni juu ya huzuni.
Well, he really was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Kwa hiyo ninamrejesha kweny haraka iwezekanavyo, Ili kwamba mtakapomwona tena mpate kufurahi na mimi nitakuwa nimeondolewa wasi wasi.
So I sent him the more eagerly, that upon seeing him you might have joy, and I be less anxious.
29 Mkaribisheni Epafradito katika Bwana kwa furaha zote. Waheshimuni watu kama yeye.
Receive him in Sovereign with great joy, and hold such men in honor,
30 Kwa kuwa ilikuwa kwa ajili ya kazi ya Kristo kwamba alikaribia kufa. Alihatarisha maisha yake ili kuniokoa mimi na akafanya kile ambacho hamkuweza kufanya katika kunihudumia mimi kwa mko mbali nami.
because for the work of the Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to complete what was lacking in your service toward me.
