Filipifo 3
1 Anuanom, asɛm a mede rewie ne sɛ, momma mo ani nnye wɔ Awurade mu. Ɛnhaw me sɛ meti nsɛm a makyerɛw dedaw no mu. Ɛma mo akwankyerɛ.
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me, and is a safeguard for you.
2 Monhwɛ nnebɔneyɛfo no a wɔte sɛ akraman a wɔka se twa na ɛsɛ sɛ onipa twa twetia ansa na wanya nkwagye no yiye.
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.
3 Ɛyɛ yɛn, na ɛnyɛ wɔn na agye nokware twetiatwa ato mu. Efisɛ ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn Honhom na ɔma yɛn tumi ma yɛsom no, na hyɛ a yɛde yɛn ho ahyɛ Kristo Yesu mu no nti yenya ahosɛpɛw. Yɛmmfa yɛn ho nto ɔhonam so.
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
4 Sɛ obi wɔ hɔ a osusuw sɛ, sɛ ɔde ne ho to amanne so na eye a anka ɛyɛ me.
though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:
5 Bere a midii nnaawɔtwe pɛ na wotwaa me twetia. Meyɛ Israelni fi mʼawosu mu. Mifi Benyamin abusua a wɔyɛ Hebrifo kronkron no mu. Sɛ wɔka Yudafo mmara sodi ho asɛm nso a, meyɛ Farisini
circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
6 a na me ho pere me sɛ mɛtaa Kristo. Sɛ mmara no sodi nko na ɛma obi yɛ ɔtreneeni a, ɛno de, na me so nni mfomso biara.
concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
7 Nanso nneɛma a na mefa no sɛ ɛyɛ mfaso nyinaa no, esiane Kristo nti, ayɛ adehwere.
However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.
8 Ɛnyɛ ɛno nko, na migye di nso sɛ biribiara nkyɛn sɛ wode wo ho bɛto Kristo Yesu a ɔyɛ mʼAwurade no so. Ne nti matow biribiara akyene. Mefa ne nyinaa sɛ nneɛma hunu bi, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a me nsa bɛka Kristo,
More than that, I count all things to be a loss compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
9 na mahu sɛ me ne no ayɛ baako. Afei meremfa mʼahoɔden mpere sɛ mɛyɛ pɛ; pɛyɛ a efi mmara no mu no. Na mmom mehwehwɛ pɛyɛ a efi Kristo mu gyidi ne Onyankopɔn mu a gyidi na ɛyɛ ne fapem.
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
10 Nea merehwehwɛ ara ne sɛ, mehu Kristo na menya ne wusɔre no mu osuahu, na mahu nʼamane no bi, na mayɛ sɛ ɔno wɔ ne wu no mu;
that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
11 na mewɔ anidaso sɛ, me nso me wu akyi no, wɔbɛma masɔre afi owu mu.
if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Ɛnyɛ sɛ manya eyinom nyinaa dedaw, anaasɛ madu me botae ho dedaw. Na mmom merepere akɔ mʼanim ara sɛ me nsa beso nea enti a Kristo Yesu nso soo me mu no mu.
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
13 Anuanom, memfa no sɛ me nsa aso mu. Ade baako a ɛsɛ sɛ meyɛ ne sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ me werɛ fi mʼakyi na meyere me ho, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a medu nea ɛwɔ mʼanim no ho.
Brothers, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to the things which are ahead,
14 Eyi nti mitu mmirika kɔ mʼanim tee na madu ɔsoro botae no a Onyankopɔn nam Kristo Yesu so afrɛ me no ho.
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn a yenyin wɔ Honhom mu no nyinaa dwene saa. Sɛ mo mu bi nso wɔ adwene foforo a, Onyankopɔn bɛda no adi akyerɛ mo.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
16 Nanso nea yɛn nsa aka dedaw no, momma yɛnkɔ so saa ara nkura mu.
Nevertheless, to what we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, being of the same mind.
17 Anuanom, monkɔ so nsuasua me. Yɛama mo nhwɛso pa nti muntie wɔn a wɔwɔ saa nhwɛso pa no.
Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
18 Maka saa asɛm yi akyerɛ mo se, nnipa bebree wɔ hɔ a wɔn abrabɔ ma wɔyɛ Kristo wu a owui wɔ asennua no ho no atamfo.
For many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ,
19 Saa nnipa no bɛkɔ ɔsɛe mu, efisɛ wɔn nyame ara ne wɔn honam mu nneɛma. Wɔma wɔn ho so wɔ nneɛma a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn ani wu wɔ ho no ho, na wodwen wiase nneɛma nko ara ho.
whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
20 Yɛn de, yɛyɛ ɔsoro mma na yɛde ahosɛpɛw twɛn yɛn Agyenkwa a ɔyɛ yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo a ofi ɔsoro bɛba no.
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Ɔnam tumi a etumi ma biribiara hyɛ nʼase no so bɛsakra yɛn nipadua a ɛyɛ mmerɛw na ewu no, na wayɛ no sɛ ne de a ɛwɔ anuonyam no.
who will transform our lowly body into the likeness of his glorious body, according to the power by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
