Philippians 3
1 [Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].
Pakupwililisha mobanse bame, ndambangeti, kamukondwani pakwikatana ne Mwami. Nkacela kundemesha kumulembela kayi bintu mbyondalamulembela kendi, pakwinga awo maswi ngamunyamfwilisha kutatonshanya.
2 Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].
Cenjelani ne bantu bamicito yabukabwa, beshikwinsa byaipa, bayuminina nta pakupalula mubili.
3 [Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].
Afwe njafwe twalapalulwa cancinencine, afwe tukute kukambilila Lesa pakutanguninwa ne Mushimu Uswepa. Tukute kutwangila mukwikatana ne Yesu Klistu. Neco nkatukute kushoma myambo ilambangowa sha pamubili sobwe.
4 [We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.
Lino njame ndalikuba welela kushoma myambo ya mubili ilicisa. Na pali muntu layeyengeti washoma myambo ya kumubili ya mushoboyu, ame nkute cebo capitapo,
5 I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].
pakwinga ame ndalapalulwa kandicili ne masubowa asanu ne atatu. Njame Muislayeli wamu mukowa wa Benjameni, njame muHebeli nkonko walasemwa kumashali ba ciHebeli. Na tulamba sha Milawo ya Bayuda ndalikuba mulikoto lya Bafalisi.
6 I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.
Kayi Ndalikuba wakangwabu cakwinseti ndalapensha mubungano. Lino kwelana ne kululama kukute kucanika mukukonkela milawo, ame nkandalikukute kampenda kali konse sobwe.
7 Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).
Nomba byonse mbyondalikuboneti bikute pindu, lino ndabicaneti paliyawa mobibilele cebo ca Klistu.
8 More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],
Cakubinga bintu byonse ibi biliya pindu, pakwinga nkabyelana ne pindu ili mukwinshiba Yesu Klistu, Mwami wakame. Ecebo cakendi ndabitaya byonse. Ndabibonongoweti byunsho, kwambeti pindu inene yakame ibe Klistu,
9 and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].
kwambeti ame nendiye twikale pamo cakupwililika. Nkandalyelekeshenga kuba walulama palwakame pakukonkela Milawo, nsombi ndelela kuba walulama pakucanika mukushoma Klistu, bululami bweshikufuma kuli Lesa, bwebakwa palushomo.
10 I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,
Ncondayandishishinga nikwambeti njinshibe Klistu, nekubona ngofu shakendi shakupunduka kubafu. kayi ndayandanga kunyumfwa byeshikubaba pamo nendiye kwambeti mbeti endiye mulufu lwakendi.
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
Ndelekeshenga kwinseco pakupembeleleti mpani nenjame nkekale nebuyumi pakupunduka kubafu.
12 I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].
Nkandambangeti ndacikonsho kendi kayi nkandololoka sobwe. Nsombi ndafwambanga mwakutalefuka kwambeti nkacane cilambo ncalanyandila Yesu Klistu pakunkwela kwambeti mbe wakendi.
13 My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.
Mobanse bame, nkandambangeti ndatambulu kendi cilambo sobwe. Nsombi pali cintu cimo nconkute kwinsa, nkute kuluba byakunyuma nekwelekesha cangofu kucana byakuntangu.
14 Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].
Ndafwambanga lubilo kayi ndipepi kushika pacikonkwani, kwambeti nkatatambule cilambo Kwilu ico Lesa ncalatukuwilinga kupitila mukwikatana pamo ne Yesu Klistu.
15 So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.
Lino afwe twense otulakulu mubuyumi bwetu bwaku mushimu, tube ne moyo wopelowo. Na pali bintu nabimbi mbyomukutepo miyeyo yapusana, Lesa nakamumunikile.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Neco nambi cibaconi, katwikatishani mwangofu bintu ibyo mbyotukute kendi mpaka lino.
17 My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].
Mobanse bame, kamukonkelani njame, kayi mubalabilile abo bantu balendenga mwakukonkela cilesho calumbuluka ncetwalamushiyila.
18 [Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].
Ndamwambili sha bintu ibi mankanda angi, nomba kayi ndabweshengaponga kandila misoshi kwambeti pali bantu bangi balendenga mubuyumi bulaleshengeti nibalwani ba lusanda lwa Klistu.
19 [God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.
Mapwililisho abo nikulobelela, pakwinga mbyobasuni byakumubili ebilabanga Lesa wabo. Nabo balatwanganga ne bintu byanga byelela kubapa nsoni, kayi bashowa miyeyo yabo pabintu byapacishi capanshi byonka.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Nsombi afwe tobene cishi ca Kwilu, kayi enkweshakafumine Mupulushi ngotulapembelelenga, uyo ni Mwami Yesu Klistu.
21 By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.
Nendi nakaisandule mibili yetu ikute kubola, ikabeti mubili wakendi wabulemu. Ee, nakacinse mungofu shakendi isho nshela kusebensesha pakubika bintu byonse panshi pa bwendeleshi bwakendi.
