Philippians 2
1 If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
Konsa, si se nan Kris la nou jwenn fòs kouraj nou tout bon vre, si se renmen li renmen nou an ki ban nou ankourajman tout bon vre, si Sentespri l' rete nan kè nou tout bon vre, si tout bon vre nou yonn renmen lòt, si nou sansib yonn pou lòt,
2 make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
enben, men sa m'ap mande nou: Fè kè m' kontan nèt. Se pou nou viv byen yonn ak lòt, se pou nou yonn renmen lòt menm jan an, pou nou tout gen yon sèl lide nan tèt nou ak yon sèl santiman nan kè nou.
3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
Pa fè anyen nan lide pou fè tèt nou pase pou pi bon, ni pou fè lwanj tèt nou. Men, soumèt nou devan Bondye. Mete nan tèt nou lòt yo pi bon pase nou.
4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Piga pesonn chache enterè pa l' ase. Se pou l' chache sa ki bon pou lòt yo tou.
5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
Se pou nou yonn gen pou lòt menm santiman ki te nan Jezi, Kris la.
6 who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Sa Bondye ye a, se sa l' te toujou ye. Men, li pa t' janm konsidere sa tankou yon avantaj pou l' te chache kenbe ak tout fòs.
7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
Okontrè, se li menm pou tèt pa l' ki chwazi mete sa sou kote. Li te pito tounen yon domestik. Li pran fòm yon moun, li vin tankou tout moun.
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
Li rabese tèt li. Tankou yon moun, li soumèt devan Bondye. Li obeyi Bondye jouk li rive asepte mouri, wi jouk li asepte mouri sou kwa a.
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,
Se poutèt sa, Bondye leve l' mete chita kote ki pi wo a. Li ba li yon non ki pi gran pase tout lòt non.
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
Konsa, tou sa ki nan syèl la, tou sa ki sou tè a ak anba tè a, yo tout va mete jenou yo atè devan Jezi pa respè pou non Bondye te ba li a.
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Tout moun va rekonèt Jezikri se Seyè a. Sa va sèvi yon lwanj pou Bondye Papa a.
12 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Se konsa, zanmi m' yo, nou tout nou te toujou obeysan lè m' te la avèk nou. Koulye a m' pa la ankò, se lè sa a pou n' pi obeyisan: toujou fè jefò pou nou ka fin sove nèt, avèk krentif pou Bondye, avèk soumisyon devan li.
13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Paske, se Bondye menm k'ap travay tout tan nan kè nou. Se li ki ban nou anvi fè sa ki pou fè l' plezi ansanm ak fòs pou nou ka fè l' vre.
14 Do all things without complaining and arguing,
Nan tou sa n'ap fè, pa plenyen, pa diskite,
15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
pou yo pa jwenn anyen pou yo repwoche nou, pou nou ka fè sa ki byen tankou bon pitit Bondye, antan n'ap viv nan mitan bann moun malonèt ak bann mechan sa yo ki sou latè. Se pou nou klere nan mitan yo tankou zetwal nan syèl la,
16 holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
lè n'ap ba yo mesaj ki bay lavi a. Konsa, n'a fè kè m' kontan lè jou Kris la va rive. Paske, m'a konnen mwen pa t' fatige kò m' pou gremesi, mwen pa t' travay mal.
17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
Menm si mwen dwe ofri lavi m', menm si san m' ta gen pou l' koule pou wouze ofrann n'ap fè pou Bondye paske nou gen konfyans nan li a, m'ap kontan anpil, epi m'ap fè kè nou tout kontan ansanm avè mwen.
18 In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Konsa, nou menm tou, se pou nou kontan, se pou nou fè kè m' kontan ansanm avè nou tou.
19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
Si se volonte Seyè Jezi, mwen fè lide voye Timote kote nou anvan lontan, pou lè m' pran nouvèl nou sa ka ban m' ankourajman.
20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
Timote se sèl moun ki gen menm lide avè m', ki vle wè byen nou. Mwen pa gen lòt.
21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
Tout lòt yo, se zafè pa yo ase y'ap regle, yo p'ap defann kòz Kris la.
22 But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
Nou menm tou nou konnen jan Timote se yon nèg serye. Tankou papa ak pitit nou travay ansanm pou bon nouvèl la.
23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
Mwen fè lide voye l' kote nou lè m'a fin wè ki jan sa ap pase pou mwen.
24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
Men, mwen gen konfyans sa a nan Bondye: m'a ka vin wè nou anvan lontan.
25 But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,
Konsa tou, nou chonje Epafwodit, frè nou an, ki te travay ansanm avè m', ki te la avè m' nan tout batay. Se nou menm ki te voye l' vin ban m' konkou. Enben, mwen wè se nesesè pou m' voye l' tounen ban nou.
26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.
Se pa ti anvi li anvi wè nou. Sa te travay tèt li anpil dèske nou te vin konnen jan l' te malad.
27 For indeed he was sick nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
Li te malad anpil, se vre. Li manke mouri. Men, Bondye te gen pitye pou li. Pa pou li sèlman, men pou mwen menm tou, pou sa pa t' ban mwen plis lapenn ankò.
28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
Se poutèt sa mwen pi anvi voye li bò kote nou pou nou ka kontan lè n'a wè l' ankò, epi pou m' ka gen mwens lapenn.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,
Konsa, resevwa l' ak kè kontan tankou yon frè nan Seyè a. Se pou nou gen anpil respè pou moun ki tankou Epafwodit,
30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
paske li te prèt pou mouri pou travay Kris la, li riske lavi l' pou l' te ka ban mwen konkou nou menm nou pa t' kapab ban mwen.
