Filipo 1

1 UPaulo nu Timoti, vasung'wa va Kilisite Yesu, kuvala vano vatengilue mwa Kilisite wanovikukala ku Filipi, palikimo na valolelesi navalolelesi.

Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Christ Jesus: To all God's people in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the ministers of the Church and their assistants.

2 Uvumosi vuve kulyumue nulutengano lunoluhuma kwa Nguluve Nhaata ghwitu uYesu Kilisite.

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Nikumwongesia uNguluve ghwango panonikuvakumbuka umue mweni.

I thank my God at my every remembrance of you--

4 Mufighono fyoni ulufunyo lwango kukuvasumila umue mweni, nanihovoka panonikuvafunyila.

always when offering any prayer on behalf of you all, finding a joy in offering it.

5 Nili nuluhongesio lwinga lwakuva ulukong'ano lwinu mulivangili kuhuma ikighono ikyakwasia mpaka umusyughu.

I thank my God, I say, for your cooperation in spreading the Good News, from the time it first came to you even until now.

6 Nili ni kyang'ani kuva umwene juno alyatengulisie imbombo inofu kyongo mun'kate jinu ilighendelela kukujivomba mpaka ikighono kya Mutwa uYesu Kilisite.

For of this I am confident, that He who has begun a good work within you will go on to perfect it in preparation for the day of Jesus Christ.

7 Kekanono kulyune kukwighinia nahele kulyumue mwevoni ulwakuva nivavikile munumbula jango. ulwakuva mulivakong'anike vajango muvumosi mukifungo kyango na.

And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.

8 Unguluve ghwesaidi ghwago, ndavule pwenile nulunogheluo lwango kulyumue mulughano ulwa mun'kate ula Yesu Kilisite.

For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.

9 Kange Nisuma kulyumue kuti: ulughano lwinu lwongelele kyongo.

And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more accompanied by clear knowledge and keen perception, for testing things that differ,

10 Nisuma mu ili neke muve nuvuweso uvwa kupima nakutavula sino sili vunono kyongo. kange nikuvasumila neke muve kanono mulekaghe kuva nuvuhosi vyovyoni mukighono kya Kilisite.

so that you may be men of transparent character, and may be blameless, in preparation for the day of Christ,

11 Neke kange mumemesivue ni meke ija lifyulisi ilya kyang'ani linolipatikana mwa Yesu Kilisite, muvuvaha nulughinio lwa Nguluve.

being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God.

12 Lino vanyalukolo vango, nilonda mukagule kuva, isi sinosihumile kulyune sivombike neke ilivangili lighendelel fijo.

Now I would have you know, brethren, that what I have gone through has turned out to the furtherance of the Good News rather than otherwise.

13 Fyenambe ifipinywa fyango mwa Kilisite, fimanyike kuvalolelesi va ikulu jooni nakuvange vooni.

And thus it has become notorious among all the Imperial Guards, and everywhere, that it is for the sake of Christ that I am a prisoner;

14 Navanyalukolo vinga mwa Mutwa, lwakuva ifipinywa fyango, vasyovike na kughela kudalikila iliso kisila vyoghofi.

and the greater part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord through my imprisonment, now speak of God's Message without fear, more boldly than ever.

15 Vamonga lweli vikun'tangasia uKilisite kwa kitule nilibatu, navange kuvufumbue.

Some indeed actually preach Christ out of envy and contentiousness but there are also others who do it from good will.

16 Vala vanovikun'tangasia uKilisite mulunghano vikagula kuva nivikilue apa neke kutetela ilivangili.

These latter preach Him from love to me, knowing that I am here for the defence of the Good News;

17 Pe avange vikun'tangasia uKilisite mu sila imbivi. visagha kuti vitengulisia ulupumuko mufipinywa fwango.

while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely, supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment.

18 Pe lino nanisagha, nambe isila jingave ja gila au ja lweli, uKilisite itangasivua, namuili nihovokela! kange nihovokela.

What does it matter, however? In any case Christ is preached--either perversely or in honest truth; and in that I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

19 Ulwakuva nikagula kuti lilileta kudindulivua kwango. ili lilihumila mulufunyo lwinu namuvutangilisi vwa Umhepo Umwimike ghwa Yesu Kilisite.

For I know that it will result in my salvation through your prayers and a bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

20 Kuling'ana nuluhuvisio lwango lya kyang'ani ni lweli kwekuti, nanilivona soni. pepano kulukangasio lwoni, ndavule ifighono fyoni na lino, nihuvila kuwa uKilisite ikwinulivua mum'bili ghwango, lungave mu vwumi nambe muvufue.

in fulfilment of my eager expectation and hope that I shall never have reason to feel ashamed, but that by my perfect freedom of speech Christ will be glorified in me, now as always, either by my life or by my death.

21 Ulwakuva uvwumi vyango ghwe Kilisite na kufua lweluvumbulilo.

For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

22 Neke nambe uvwumi vwa m'bili vuhola imeke mu mbombo jango, pe nanikwelevua lye liliku ilya kutavula.

But since to live means a longer stay on earth, that implies more labour for me--and not unsuccessful labour; and which I am to choose I cannot tell.

23 lwakuva nisukung'wa kyongo namasaghe agha ghavili. ninoghua kukusileka isa m'bili na piva palikimo nu Kilisite, ikinu kino kya lutalama kyongo.

I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better.

24 Nambe kusighala num'bili ughu kanono fijo kulyumue.

But for your sakes it is more important that I should still remain in the body.

25 Ulwakuva nilinikyang'ani mu ili, nikagula nilijigha nakughendelela kuva palikimo numue mweni, kwaajili ja maghendeleo napihovokela ulwitiko lwinu.

I am convinced of this, and I know that I shall remain, and shall go on working side by side with you all, to promote your progress and joy in the faith;

26 Niji jilileta ulukelo lwinu ulukome mwa Kilisite Yesu, ulwakuva uvuvoneke vyango palikimi numue.

so that, as Christians, you may have additional reason for glorying about me as the result of my being with you again.

27 Muvaghile kukukala muvwumi vwinu mumaghendele amanono ghano ghanoghile mulivangili lya Kilisite. vombagha ndikio neke ningise kuvavona nambe ningaleke kukwisa, nipulikaghe kuti mwimile kikangafu mu numbula jimo. ninoghuwa kupulika kuti muli ninumbula jimo, mwimilaghe ulwitiko lwa livangili palikimo.

Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.

28 Namungoghopaghe ikinu kyokyoni kinokivombua navalugu vinu. iki kuvanave kyekivalilo kya vunangifu. Neke kulyumue kwekivalilo kya vuvangi kuhuma kwa Nguluve.

Never for a moment quail before your antagonists. Your fearlessness will be to them a sure token of impending destruction, but to you it will be a sure token of your salvation--a token coming from God.

29 Lwakuva umue mupelilue kwaajili ja Kilisite, sio kukumwitikila kwene, neke napipumuka kange mwa mwene.

For you have had the privilege granted you on behalf of Christ--not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf;

30 Ulwakuva mulinulukwesano lulalula ndavule mukalwaghile kulyune mupulika kuti nilinalwo nambe lino.

maintaining, as you do, the same kind of conflict that you once saw in me and which you still hear that I am engaged in.