Filipifo 2

1 Mo nkwa a mowɔ wɔ Kristo mu no hyɛ mo den ana? Ne dɔ kyekye mo werɛ ana? Mo ne Honhom no wɔ ayɔnkofa bi ana? Mowɔ ayamye ne ayamhyehye ma mo ho mo ho ana?

If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,

2 Sɛ ɛte saa de a, ɛno de, munnya adwene koro wɔ ɔdɔ ne Honhom ne botae koro mu, na mʼanigye awie pɛyɛ.

I entreat you to make my happiness complete – live together animated by the same spirit and in mutual love, one in heart, animated by one Spirit.

3 Monnyɛ pɛsɛmenkominya; monnhoahoa mo ho mfa mpɛ anuonyam hunu. Mommrɛ mo ho ase mma mo ho mo ho na mummu mo yɔnkonom nsen mo ankasa mo ho.

Nothing should be done out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility lift others up above yourselves,

4 Mommma obiara nhwɛ ne nko ara nʼade nko, na mmom onsusuw ne mfɛfo nso de ho bi.

considering not only your own interests but also the interests of others.

5 Momma mo abrabɔ nyinaa nyɛ sɛ Yesu Kristo de no bi.

Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also.

6 Ɔno na ɔwɔ Onyankopɔn tebea mu de, nanso wanhwɛ ne ho sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn bɛyɛ pɛ.

Though the divine nature was his from the beginning, yet he did not look on equality with God as above all things to be clung to,

7 Ɔdan ne tumi kɛse ne nʼanuonyam too nkyɛn. Mmom, ofii ne pɛ mu faa akoa tebea de too ne ho so, baa sɛ onipa bɛyɛɛ nʼade sɛ onipa.

but impoverished himself by taking the nature of a servant and becoming like one of us;

8 Ɔbrɛɛ ne ho ase, yɛɛ osetie de koduu owu mu, asennua ho wu mu mpo.

he appeared among us as a man, and still further humbled himself by submitting even to death – to death on a cross!

9 Eyi nti Onyankopɔn maa ne so kɔɔ baabi a ɛkorɔn koraa, maa no din a edi din nyinaa so.

And that is why God raised him to the very highest place, and gave him the name which stands above all other names,

10 Na ɛno nti sɛ wɔbɔ Yesu din a, ɔsorofo ne asase sofo ne asase asefo nkotodwe nyinaa bɛkotow no.

so that in adoration of the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven, on earth, and under the earth,

11 Na tɛkrɛma nyinaa apae mu aka se, Yesu Kristo ne Awurade, de ahyɛ Agya Onyankopɔn anuonyam.

and that every tongue should acknowledge JESUS CHRIST as LORD – to the glory of God the Father.

12 Enti me nnamfo pa, sɛnea na me ne mo te hɔ a na mutie me no, saa ara nso na bere a minni mo nkyɛn mprempren yi ɛsɛ sɛ mutie me ara ne no. Monkɔ so mfa ahopopo ne osuro nyɛ adwuma mfa nwie mo nkwagye ho adwumayɛ,

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

13 efisɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔma mufi mo pɛ mu di dwuma a ɛsɔ nʼani.

Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.

14 Dwuma biara a mudi no, munnnwiinwii na monnnye ho akyinnye,

In all that you do, avoid murmuring and dissension,

15 sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔrenka biribi ntia mo. Mobɛyɛ kronkron sɛ Onyankopɔn mma nokwafo a wɔte wiase a nkontompofo ne nnebɔneyɛfo ahyɛ mu ma tɔ no. Ɛsɛ sɛ mohyerɛn wɔ wɔn mu sɛ nsoromma a ɛwɔ soro

so as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent – faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation, in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world,

16 wɔ nkwa no ho asɛm a moka kyerɛ wɔn no mu. Sɛ moyɛ saa na Kristo da no mede mo hoahoa me ho a, na ne kwan so ara ne no; efisɛ ɛbɛda no adi sɛ dwuma a mibedii no anyɛ ɔkwa.

offering to them the message of life; and then I will be able at the day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.

17 Ebia na ɛsɛ sɛ wohwie me mogya gu sɛ afɔrebɔde sɛnea mo ɔsom no nso yɛ afɔrebɔde ma Onyankopɔn no. Sɛ ɛba saa a, ɛbɛyɛ anigyesɛm a me ne mo nyinaa na ebenya saa ahosɛpɛw no.

And yet, even if, when your faith is offered as a sacrifice to God, my lifeblood must be poured out in addition, still I will rejoice and share the joy of you all;

18 Yiw, momma mo ani nnye, sɛnea me nso mʼani agye no.

and you must also rejoice and share my joy.

19 Anidaso a mewɔ wɔ Awurade Yesu mu no nti, mɛsoma Timoteo ma waba mo nkyɛn na mo ho nsɛm a mɛte no ahyɛ me nkuran.

I hope, however, as one who trusts in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may myself be cheered by receiving news of you.

20 Ɔno nko ne obi a ɔwɔ ɔtema ma me na mo ho asɛm nso hia no.

For I have no one but him to send – no one of kindred spirit who would take the same genuine interest in your welfare.

21 Obiara pɛ ɔno ara ne yiyedi a Yesu Kristo ho asɛm mfa ne ho.

They are all pursuing their own aims and not those of Christ Jesus.

22 Mo ankasa mudi ho adanse wɔ dwuma a wadi ho. Wakyerɛ nso sɛ, ɔne me te sɛ ɔba ne nʼagya a wɔaka abɔ mu adi asɛmpa no ho dwuma.

But you know what Timothy has proved himself to be, and how, like a child working for his father, he worked hard with me in spreading the good news.

23 Sɛ mihu sɛnea nneɛma rekɔ so ma me a, ɛrenkyɛ biara mɛsoma no aba mo nkyɛn.

It is Timothy, then, whom I hope to send, just as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me here.

24 Na Awurade mu anidaso a mewɔ nti, minim sɛ ɛrenkyɛ biara mʼankasa mɛba mo nkyɛn.

And I am confident, as one who trusts in the Lord Jesus, that before long I myself will follow.

25 Mʼadwene ho sɛ, mɛsoma yɛn nua Epafrodito a wayɛ adwuma, na odi me nkyɛn mu ako na wasom mo sɛ mo somafo de aboa me no wɔ mo nkyɛn.

Still I think it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you now, for he is my dear friend, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and he was also your messenger to help me in my need.

26 Ne ho pere no sɛ obehu mo nyinaa na ɛhaw mo nso sɛ motee ne nka sɛ ɔyare.

For he has been longing to see you all, and has been distressed because you heard of his illness.

27 Ampa ara, na ɔyare a anka ɔreyɛ awu. Nanso Onyankopɔn huu no ne me nso mmɔbɔ, efisɛ wamma manni awerɛhow.

And I can assure you that his illness very nearly proved fatal. But God had pity on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

28 Me ho peree me yiye sɛ mɛsoma no aba mo nkyɛn na muhu no a, mo ani asan agye, na me nso mʼawerɛhow to atwa.

I am all the more ready, therefore, to send him, so that the sight of him may revive your spirits and my own sorrow be lightened.

29 Momfa ahosɛpɛw nnye no sɛ onua wɔ Awurade mu. Momfa obu ne nidi mma nnipa a wɔte sɛ ɔno nyinaa,

Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such people in great honour.

30 efisɛ ɔde ne nkwa bɔɔ afɔre a ɛnam so maa anka ɔrewu ama Kristo adwuma de aboa me a anka morentumi mmoa saa no.

For it was owing to his devotion to the Master’s work that he was at the point of death, having risked his own life in the effort to supply what was wanting in the help that you sent me.