Philippians 3
1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
Hatimaye, ndugu zangu, furahini katika Bwana! Mimi kuwaandikia mambo yale yale hakuniudhi, kwa maana ni kinga kwa ajili yenu.
2 Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.
Jihadharini na mbwa, wale watenda maovu, jihadharini na wale wajikatao miili yao, wasemao ili kuokoka ni lazima kutahiriwa.
3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
Kwa maana sisi ndio tulio tohara, sisi tumwabuduo Mungu katika Roho, tunaona fahari katika Kristo Yesu, ambao hatuweki tumaini letu katika mwili,
4 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:
ingawa mimi mwenyewe ninazo sababu za kuutumainia mwili. Kama mtu yeyote akidhani anazo sababu za kuutumainia mwili, mimi zaidi.
5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
Nilitahiriwa siku ya nane, mimi ni Mwisraeli wa kabila la Benyamini, Mwebrania wa Waebrania. Kwa habari ya sheria, ni Farisayo,
6 concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
kwa habari ya juhudi, nilikuwa nalitesa kanisa, kuhusu haki ipatikanayo kwa sheria, mimi nilikuwa sina hatia.
7 However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.
Lakini mambo yale yaliyokuwa faida kwangu, sasa nayahesabu kuwa hasara kwa ajili ya Kristo.
8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
Zaidi ya hayo, nayahesabu mambo yote kuwa hasara tupu nikiyalinganisha na faida kubwa ipitayo kiasi cha kumjua Kristo Yesu Bwana wangu, ambaye kwa ajili yake nimepata hasara ya mambo yote, nikiyahesabu kuwa kama mavi ili nimpate Kristo.
9 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,
Nami nionekane mbele zake bila kuwa na haki yangu mwenyewe ipatikanayo kwa sheria, bali ile ipatikanayo kwa imani katika Kristo, haki ile itokayo kwa Mungu kwa njia ya imani.
10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,
Nataka nimjue Kristo na uweza wa kufufuka kwake na ushirika wa mateso yake, ili nifanane naye katika mauti yake,
11 if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
ili kwa njia yoyote niweze kufikia ufufuo wa wafu.
12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
Si kwamba nimekwisha kufikia, au kwamba nimekwisha kuwa mkamilifu, la hasha! Bali nakaza mwendo ili nipate kile ambacho kwa ajili yake, nimeshikwa na Kristo Yesu.
13 Brothers, I do not regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,
Ndugu zangu, sijihesabu kuwa nimekwisha kushika. Lakini ninafanya jambo moja: Ninasahau mambo yale yaliyopita, nakaza mwendo kufikia yale yaliyo mbele.
14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Nakaza mwendo nifikie ile alama ya ushindi iliyowekwa ili nipate tuzo ya mwito mkuu wa Mungu ambao nimeitiwa huko juu mbinguni katika Kristo Yesu.
15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
Hivyo sisi sote tuliokuwa kiroho tuwaze jambo hili, hata mkiwaza mengine katika jambo lolote, Mungu ataliweka wazi hilo nalo.
16 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.
Lakini na tushike sana lile ambalo tumekwisha kulifikia.
17 Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
Ndugu zangu, kwa pamoja fuateni mfano wangu na kuwatazama wale wanaofuata kielelezo tulichowawekea.
18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
Kwa maana, kama nilivyokwisha kuwaambia mara nyingi kabla, nami sasa nasema tena hata kwa machozi, watu wengi wanaishi kama adui wa msalaba wa Kristo.
19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
Mwisho wa watu hao ni maangamizi, Mungu wao ni tumbo, na utukufu wao ni aibu, na mawazo yao yamo katika mambo ya dunia.
20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Lakini uenyeji wetu uko mbinguni. Nasi tunamngoja kwa shauku Mwokozi kutoka huko, yaani, Bwana Yesu Kristo,
21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
atakayeubadili mwili wetu wa unyonge, ili upate kufanana na mwili wake wa utukufu, kwa uweza ule ambao kwa huo aweza hata kuvitiisha vitu vyote chini yake.
