Wafilipi 2
1 Kama kukiwa na jambo lolote la kutia moyo katika kuunganishwa na Kristo, kukiwa faraja yoyote katika upendo wake, kukiwa na ushirika wowote na Roho, kukiwa na wema wowote na huruma,
If, therefore, there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort arising from love, if any participation of the Spirit, if any affections and mercies,
2 basi ikamilisheni furaha yangu kwa kuwa na nia moja, mkiwa na upendo huo moja, mkiwa wa roho na kusudi moja.
fulfill my joy, that you be of the same mind, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind;
3 Msitende jambo lolote kwa nia ya kujitukuza wala kujivuna, bali kwa unyenyekevu kila mtu amhesabu mwingine bora kuliko nafsi yake.
doing nothing in strife and vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
4 Kila mmoja wenu asiangalie faida yake mwenyewe tu, bali pia ajishughulishe kwa faida ya wengine.
Consider not each one his own gifts, but each one also the gifts of others.
5 Kuweni na nia ile ile aliyokuwa nayo Kristo Yesu:
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 Yeye, ingawa alikuwa na asili ya Mungu hasa, hakuona kule kuwa sawa na Mungu kuwa kitu cha kushikilia,
who, being in the form of God, did not think it an act of robbery to be equal with God;
7 bali alijifanya si kitu, akachukua hali hasa na mtumwa, naye akazaliwa katika umbo la mwanadamu.
but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men:
8 Naye akiwa na umbo la mwanadamu, alijinyenyekeza, akatii hata mauti: naam, mauti ya msalaba!
and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross.
9 Kwa hiyo, Mungu alimtukuza juu sana, na kumpa Jina lililo kuu kuliko kila jina,
For which reason God has highly exalted him, and, also, bestowed on him a name that is above every name;
10 ili kwa Jina la Yesu, kila goti lipigwe, la vitu vya mbinguni, na vya duniani, na vya chini ya nchi,
that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those who are in heaven, and those who are on earth, and those who are under the earth;
11 na kila ulimi ukiri ya kwamba Yesu Kristo ni Bwana, kwa utukufu wa Mungu Baba.
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Kwa hiyo, wapenzi wangu, kama vile ambavyo mmekuwa mkitii siku zote, si tu wakati nikiwa pamoja nanyi, bali sasa zaidi sana nisipokuwepo, utimizeni wokovu wenu kwa kuogopa na kutetemeka,
So, then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
13 kwa maana Mungu ndiye atendaye kazi ndani yenu, kutaka kwenu na kutenda kwenu kwa kulitimiza kusudi lake jema.
for it is God, who, of his good pleasure, works in you both the will and the power to perform.
14 Fanyeni mambo yote bila kunungʼunika wala kushindana,
Do all things without murmurings and disputings,
15 ili msiwe na lawama wala hatia, bali mwe wana wa Mungu wasio na kasoro katika kizazi chenye ukaidi na kilichopotoka, ambacho ndani yake ninyi mnangʼaa kama mianga ulimwenguni.
that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,
16 Mkilishika neno la uzima, ili nipate kuona fahari siku ya Kristo kwamba sikupiga mbio wala kujitaabisha bure.
holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
17 Lakini hata kama nikimiminwa kama sadaka ya kinywaji kwenye dhabihu na huduma itokayo katika imani yenu, mimi ninafurahi na kushangilia pamoja nanyi nyote.
But if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
18 Vivyo hivyo, ninyi nanyi imewapasa kufurahi na kushangilia pamoja nami.
In like manner do you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
19 Natumaini katika Bwana Yesu kumtuma Timotheo hivi karibuni aje kwenu, ili nipate kufarijika moyo nitakapopata habari zenu.
But I trust in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be refreshed by knowing your condition;
20 Sina mtu mwingine kama yeye, ambaye ataangalia hali yenu kwa halisi.
for I have no one of a kindred spirit who will sincerely care for your condition:
21 Kwa maana kila mmoja anajishughulisha zaidi na mambo yake mwenyewe wala si yale ya Yesu Kristo.
for all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
22 Lakini ninyi wenyewe mnajua jinsi Timotheo alivyojithibitisha mwenyewe, kwa maana ametumika pamoja nami kwa kazi ya Injili, kama vile mwana kwa baba yake.
But you know his approved character, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
23 Kwa hiyo, ninatumaini kumtuma kwenu upesi mara nitakapojua mambo yangu yatakavyokuwa.
Him, therefore, I hope to send immediately, as soon as I know how it may go with me.
24 Nami mwenyewe ninatumaini katika Bwana kwamba nitakuja kwenu hivi karibuni.
But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
25 Lakini nadhani ni muhimu kumtuma tena kwenu Epafrodito, ndugu yangu na mtendakazi pamoja nami, aliye askari mwenzangu, ambaye pia ni mjumbe wenu mliyemtuma ili ashughulike na mahitaji yangu.
Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labor and fellow-soldier, but your apostle, who also ministered to my want,
26 Kwa maana amekuwa akiwaonea sana shauku ninyi nyote, akiwa na wasiwasi kwa kuwa mlisikia kwamba alikuwa mgonjwa.
because he longed after you all, and was much distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.
27 Kweli alikuwa mgonjwa, tena karibu ya kufa. Lakini Mungu alimhurumia, wala si yeye tu, bali hata na mimi alinihurumia, nisipatwe na huzuni juu ya huzuni.
And, indeed, he was sick near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Kwa hiyo mimi ninafanya bidii kumtuma kwenu ili mtakapomwona kwa mara nyingine, mpate kufurahi, nami wasiwasi wangu upungue.
I sent him, therefore, the sooner, that, by seeing him again, you might rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.
29 Kwa hiyo mpokeeni katika Bwana kwa furaha kubwa, nanyi wapeni heshima watu kama hawa,
Receive him, therefore, in the Lord with all joy, and regard such as worthy of honor;
30 kwa sababu alikaribia kufa kwa ajili ya kazi ya Kristo, akihatarisha maisha yake ili aweze kunihudumia vile ninyi hamkuweza.
because for the work of the Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he might supply that which was lacking in your service to me.
