ᏉᎳ ᏈᎵᎩᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏧᏬᏪᎳᏁᎸᎯ 1
1 ᏉᎳ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎹᏗ, ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎬᏩᏂᏅᏏᏙᎯ, ᏫᏙᏍᏙᏪᎳᏏ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏘ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏥᏌ ᎬᏬᎯᏳᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏈᎵᎩᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᏙᏍᎦᏠᏯᏍᏗᎭ ᏗᏂᎦᏘᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏯᏙᎯᎯ;
[I], Paul, and Timothy, [who is with me, are] men who serve Christ Jesus. I [am writing this letter] to all [of you who are] pastors and deacons in Philippi [city] and to the rest of God’s people [there who have a close relationship] with Christ Jesus.
2 ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ ᎢᏤᎳᏗᏙᎮᏍᏗ ᏅᏓᏳᎾᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏁ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᎩᏙᏓ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ.
[We both] (OR, [I]) [pray that] God, [who is] our Father, and Jesus Christ, [who is our] Lord, [will continue to] be kind to you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.
3 ᎠᏆᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏥᏯᎵᎡᎵᏤᎰ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᎭ ᎢᏨᏯᏅᏓᏗᎬᎢ,
I thank my God whenever I think about you.
4 ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᏂᎦᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᏂᏥᏔᏲᎯᎲ ᏂᎯ ᏂᏥᎥ ᎡᏥᏙᎵᏍᏗᏱ, ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏛ ᎦᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ,
Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.
5 ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᎢᏣᏖᏆᎶᏒ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏕᏥᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏒᎢ, ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎢᎦ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎪᎯ ᎢᏯᏍᏘ;
I [thank God and rejoice] because you have been [working] together with me in order to [make known] the good message about Christ. [You started doing that] when you first [MTY] [believed it, and you have continued doing it] until now.
6 ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏑᏓᎴᎩ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏆᏜᏓᏏᏛᎡᎲᎾ, ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎤᎴᏅᏛ ᏙᏗᏣᏓᏅᏛᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏰᎢᎸᏍᏗᏱ ᎬᎵᏍᏆᏗᏍᎩ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᎦ ᎠᎵᏰᎵᎢᎶᎸ ᎬᏗᏍᎩ;
I am completely confident that [God], who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since [God] has begun to do in you what is good, he) will continue to do that until he finishes doing it on the day Christ Jesus [MTY] [returns].
7 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏚᏳᎪᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏨᏰᎵᏎᏗᏱ ᏂᏥᎥᎢ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᎩᎾᏫᏱ ᎢᏨᏍᏆᏂᎪᏛᎢ; ᎾᏍᏉᏰᏃ ᎥᏆᎸᎢᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏍᏕᎵᏍᎬ ᎠᎴ ᏥᏍᏓᏱᏗᏍᎬ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏂᎯ ᏂᏥᎥ ᎢᏤᎳᏗᏍᏗᎭ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎥᎩᏙᎵᎬᎢ.
During this time that I have been a prisoner [MTY] and during the times I was previously able to defend the good message about Christ and proved/confirmed [to others] that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work [that God] kindly gave [to me to do. So] indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear [IDM] to me.
8 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏰᏃ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᎦᏔᎯ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎢᏨᎨᏳᏒᎵ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏓᎨᏳᏗ ᎬᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
God [can] verify that Christ Jesus causes me to [love and] long for all of you very much, [just like] Christ loves [you].
9 ᎠᎴ ᏥᏔᏲᎯᎭ ᎦᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏤᎲ ᎠᏏ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᏁᏉᏨᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎵᏠᏯᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎪᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ;
And what I pray [for you] is that [God will enable] you to truly know and learn how to love [one another] more and more in every situation.
10 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏥᎪᏩᏛᏗᏱ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏚᏓᎴᎿᎭᎥᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏣᏠᎾᏍᏛᎾ ᎢᏣᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏣᏓᎿᎭᏍᏆᎶᏍᏗᏍᎬᎾ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᎦ ᎠᎵᏱᎶᎸ ᎬᏗᏍᎩ;
[And I pray that he will enable] you to completely understand [how you should believe and act]. I [pray this] in order that you might be [spiritually] pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless [DOU]) on the day that Christ [returns] [MTY],
11 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏥᎧᎵᏨᎯ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏓᎴᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏐᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎸᏉᏙᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏩᏁᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ.
[and in order that] you might conduct your lives [IDM] completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ [enabling you to do so], in order that [people will] honor God and praise him (OR, [people will] praise God very much [DOU]).
12 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ ᎢᏥᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎫᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ ᎤᏁᏉᎢᏍᏗᏱᏉ ᏄᏩᏁᎸ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ;
My fellow believers, I want you to know that the [troubles] I have experienced [have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead], [these things that I have experienced] have enabled even more people to hear the good message [about Christ].
13 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᎩᏍᏛᏗᏍᎬ ᎥᏆᎸᎥᎢ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎦᏁᎸ ᏂᎬ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎬᎾᏛᏉ;
[Specifically], all the military guards who are stationed [here in Rome] and many other [HYP] [people in this city] [HYP] now know that I am a prisoner [MTY] because I [proclaim the good news] about Christ.
14 ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎪᏗᏳ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᎥᏆᎸᎥ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ ᏚᎾᎵᎪᏒ ᏚᎾᏓᏅᏛᎢ, ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎾᏂᎾᏰᏍᎬᎾ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎾᏂᏍᎦᎢᎲᎾ ᎤᏂᏃᎮᏗᏱ.
Also, most of the believers [here now] proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly [because] they trust the Lord [more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more] because [they have seen how the Lord has helped me] while I have been a prisoner [MTY] [here].
15 ᎢᎦᏛ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᎠᏛᏳᎨᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏗᏒᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎬ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎠᎾᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎦ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᏂᏃᎮᎭ, ᎢᎦᏛᏃ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏂᏰᎸᏒᎢ.
Some people proclaim [the message about Christ as I do] because they are happy [with my work]. They proclaim [the message about] Christ because they love [me and because] they know that [God] has placed me [here] to defend the message about Christ [CHI].
16 ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏑᎾᏓᎴᎩ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎾᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎦ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᏂᏃᎮᎭ ᎠᏗᏒᏍᏗᏉ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎬ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ, ᎥᏝᏃ ᏄᎾᏠᎾᏍᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ ᏯᏅᏗᎭ, ᎤᏂᏁᏉᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏂᏰᎸᎭ ᏥᎩᎵᏲᎬ ᎥᏆᎸᎢᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ.
17 ᎠᏂᏐᎢᏍᎩᏂ ᎬᎩᎨᏳᎯᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ, ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎭᏰᏃ ᎥᎩᏁᏤᎸᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎩᏍᏕᎸᏗᏱ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ.
Others proclaim [the message about] Christ because they envy [me] and oppose [me]. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They [wrongly] assume [that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result], I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY] [here].
18 ᎦᏙᎨᏃ? ᎤᏁᎳᎩ, ᏂᎦᎥᏉ ᎾᎾᏛᏁᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏎᏉᏉ ᏱᎾᎾᏛᏁᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᏳᏂᏰᎸᎭ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᏥᏃᎮᎭ; ᎠᎴ ᎾᎿᎭᏂ ᎦᎵᎡᎵᎦ, ᎥᎥ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏎ ᎦᎵᎡᎵᎨᏍᏗ.
But it does not matter whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have wrong motives, or whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that [the message about] Christ is being proclaimed {people are proclaiming [the message about] Christ}. And because of that I rejoice! Philippians 1:18b-26 Furthermore, I will continue to rejoice,
19 ᏥᎦᏔᎭᏰᏃ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᎩᏍᏕᎸᏗᏱ ᏭᎵᏰᎢᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏣᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏙᏔᏂ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ ᎥᎩᏁᎲᎢ;
because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves [of what I have done] (OR, that [the Roman authorities] will set me free). [This will happen] as a result of your praying for me, and [as a result] of [God’s] Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me.
20 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏚᎩ ᎠᏋᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏕᎰᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᏂᎦᎥᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏂᏥᏍᎦᎢᎲᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏥᏄᏍᏙᏉ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎪᎯ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏥᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏥᏰᎸ ᎬᏗ, ᎾᏍᏉ ᎬᏃᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎩᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
I [know that this will happen] because I very confidently expect [DOU] that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always [have done], Christ will be greatly honored {I will continue now also to very boldly honor Christ} by means of all that I do [SYN, MTY], whether by [the way I] live or [by the way I] die.
21 ᎠᏏᏰᏃ ᏯᏆᎴᏂᏙᎸ ᎦᎶᏅᏛ ᏥᎸᏉᏙᏗ, ᏯᎩᏲᎱᏒᏃ ᎠᏴ ᎠᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗ.
As for me, I live [in order to honor] Christ. But if I die, it will be better [for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him].
22 ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎤᏇᏓᎸ ᏯᏆᎴᏂᏙᎸ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎩᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᏗ ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᎪᎲᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏑᏰᏍᏗᏱ.
On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve [Christ] effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose.
23 ᏔᎵᏰᏃ ᎢᏳᏓᎴᎩ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏳ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᎭ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬ ᎠᏆᏂᎩᏍᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏤᎲ ᏩᏆᏕᏗᏱ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᏭᏓᎪᎾᏛᏛ ᎤᏟ ᎣᏏᏳ ᏥᎩ;
That is, I am not sure which of those two I [prefer]. I long to leave [this world] and [go to] be with Christ, because that will be very much better [for me].
24 ᎤᏍᏓᎸᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎠᏆᎴᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏟ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎢᏣᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᏂᎯ.
Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive [than that I go to be with Christ because] you still need [me to help you].
25 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᏣᏉᎯᏳᎭ, ᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎠᏆᎴᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᏂᏥᎥ ᎢᏨᏰᎳᏗᏓᏍᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏥᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎢᏣᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗᏱ ᎢᏦᎯᏳᏒᎢ.
Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain [alive] and that I will [go/come to] be with you all. [As a result], you will believe [in Christ] more firmly, and [as a result of that], you will rejoice.
26 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎤᏁᏉᏨᏍᏗᏱ ᎢᏣᎵᎮᎵᎬ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ, ᎠᏴ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏔᎵᏁ ᏫᏨᎷᏤᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ.
[That is], you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus [bringing] me [to be with you again].
27 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎠᏗᎾ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏧᎵᎶᎲᏍᎦ ᏂᏣᏛᏁᎵᏙᎮᏍᏗ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏱᏫᏨᎷᏤᎸ ᎠᎴ ᏱᏫᏨᎪᎥ, ᎠᎴ ᏯᎩᎪᏁᎸᏉ, ᏱᎦᏛᎬᎦ ᏂᏣᏛᎿᎭᏕᎬᎢ, ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏛ ᏕᏥᏙᎬ ᏌᏉ ᎠᏓᏅᏙᎩᎯ, ᏌᏉ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎬᏗ, ᎠᏖᏆᎶᎯ ᎢᏣᏟᏂᎬᏁᏗᏱ ᎢᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗᏱ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ.
Most importantly, as fellow [believers in Christ], conduct yourselves just like [you learned you should do when you heard] the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether [I am away from you and] people tell me about you, [what I hear or see will make me happy]. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting [those who oppose the message about Christ] (OR, [oppose you]). I [will know] that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel [about Christ].
28 ᎠᎴ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᎾᏛᏁᎲ ᎨᏣᏡᏗᏍᎩ ᏱᏥᏍᎦᏍᏓᏁᎮᏍᏗ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏅᏁᎯ ᎨᏥᏛᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏨᏁᎯ ᎡᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
And I [will know] that you are not at all frightened by {afraid of} the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that [God] will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that [God] will save you eternally. It is God who is doing [all] this.
29 ᏂᎯᏰᏃ ᎡᏥᏁᎸᎯ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ, ᎥᏝ ᎡᏦᎢᏳᏗᏱᏉ ᎤᏩᏒ, ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎡᏥᎩᎵᏤᏗᏱ;
Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ, [he] has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ.
30 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎠᏗᏒᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏤᎲ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᏥᏍᎩᎪᎡᎸᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎯ ᏥᏣᏛᎩᎭ ᎠᏇᎲᎢ.
[As a result], you are [having to] resist [those who oppose the good message], just like you saw that I [had to] resist [such people there in Philippi], and just like you hear that I [still have to resist such people here] now.
