Philippians 1
1 [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.
Filipa yaaba. Mini Polo leni Timote, Jesu Kilisiti naacenba, n diani yipo li tili, yinba yaaba n tie bi nigagihanba Jesu Kilisiti nni ki ye Filipa dogu nni leni yi nitaanli yudanba leni yi todikaaba kuli.
2 [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.
Ti Baa U Tienu leni ti diedo Jesu Kilisiti n pa yi li hanbili leni mi yanduanma.
3 I thank my God whenever I think about you.
N tuondi U Tienu min tiadi yipo ya yogunu kuli.
4 Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.
Min jaandi yikuli po ya yogunu kuli, n jaandi leni li pamanli.
5 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.
Kelima yin taa leni nni ki todi nni o laabaalihamo wangima po maama, ki cili yin den gbadi o ya daali ki pundi hali moala.
6 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].
N daani ki go bani cain ke yua n cili laa tuonhanli yi niinni baa tuuni li hali lin gbeni Jesu Kilisiti guacuama daali.
7 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.
Li pundi min ya tiadi yikuli po kelima n kubi yikuli n pali nni. Min ye kadi nni leni min maadi ki ga o laabaaliham
8 God [can] verify that Christ Jesus causes me to [love and] long for all of you very much, [just like] Christ loves [you].
o ki teni ke o se ki pa, yikuli taani leni nni ki baadi min baadi ya hanbili U Tienu kani. U Tienu tie npo seedi ke n bua yikuli leni Jesu Kilisiti ya buamoanma.
9 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.
Min miadi U Tienu yipo yaala n jaandi nni tie ke yi buama n yaa yabidi ki pugidi leni mi bandima leni mi yafuomoanma,
10 [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],
ke yin bandi ki gagidi ki gandi yaala n hani ki cie. Lani n baa teni yin ya hani cain ki naa pia ban baa fidi ki tabi yi leni yaala Kilisiti guacuama daali.
11 [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]).
Yeni yi baa ya tuuni mi teginma tuona yaa ñni Jesu Kilisiti kani lan tua ti kpiagidi leni ti pagidi U Tinu po.
12 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].
N kpiiba, n bua yin bandi line, yaala n den cua npo teni ke o laabaalihamo wangima suagi liiga.
13 [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.
Moamoani li doagidi yaa minteela n gu o bado diegu kuli leni nitoaba kuli po ke n lo li kadidieli nni kelima Kilisiti yaapo.
14 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].
N kado teni ke ti kpiiba boacianla dugi o Diedo po ki cie, ki go paagi bi pala ki wangi U Tienu maama kaa go jie.
15 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].
Li tie moamoani ke bi siiga tianba wangi Kilisiti laabaalihamo kelima bi pia n po li nunponli ki bua ki cie nni. Ama bi tianba mo li wangi o leni li yantiahanle.
Bine wangi o laabaalihamo kelima bi bua nni ki bani ke n ye ne kelima U Tienu gandi nni ke min maadi ki ga o laabaalihamo ki doagidi ke o tie moamoani.
17 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].
Bine mo wangi o ki bua ki cie nni, bi yatiana naa hani, bi tema ke bi ya tieni yeni li baa pugini n fala li kadidieli nni.
18 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,
Likuli tie npo yenma. Baa lan tie maama kuli, bi ya wangi o leni mi tuonanma bi ban wangi o leni li yantiamoanli, bi wangi Kilisiti laabaalihamo. N mangi n pali lipo ki go baa mangidi li ki pugidi.
19 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.
Kelima n bani ke likuli baa juodi ki tua n tindima yaapo kelima yin jaandi ki miadi npo maama leni Jesu Kilisiti Fuoma todima yaapo.
20 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.
Nani min bua ki go sugini maama tie ke n kan la i fe liba kuli po. Ama nani lan den kpa tie maama, li go tie yene moala. N sugini ke Kilisiti baa ba ti kpiagidi n miali yema nni kuli, li ya tie ke n baa kpe leni n ya baa ye kuli.
21 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].
Kelima mini yaapo Kilisiti tie n miali, mi kuuma mo tie npo ñuadi.
22 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.
Ama, li yaa tie ke li hani min tuuni ya tuonli yaapo ke min yaa ye n gbannandi nni mii bani min baa gandi yaala.
23 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].
Laa bonliedila miabi nni. N bua ki gedi ki ban yaa ye leni Kilisiti, lani n cie npo hali boncianla.
24 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].
Ama yi mo ya todima po, min ya ye ki fo cie.
25 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.
N daani ki go bani ke n baa fo ki ye leni yikuli, ke yin fidi ki ya suagi liiga ki go pia li pamanli li dandanli nni.
26 [That is], you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus [bringing] me [to be with you again].
Yeni, n guacuama yikani go baa teni yin baa yaa pamanli n yaba Jesu Kilisiti nni.
27 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].
Lanwani bonyenla tugi li yuli, lani n tie yi tagi n yaa da leni Kilisiti ya laabaalihamo. N ya fidi ki cua yikani ki laa yi, leni n yaa fidi ki cua, min ya gba ke yi se bonhanla ki pia yantiayenli, ki moa o laabaalihamo n cuani ya dandanli ya muali.
28 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.
Yin da cedi yi koaginkaaba n jieni yi baa waamu. Lani n tie bipo seedi ke bi baa bodi, ama li tie yinba yaapo seedi yi tindima yaapo. Laa bonla ñani U Tienu ya kani.
29 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.
Kelima U Tienu n tieni yipo yaa hanbili yeni, laa tie ke yi daani Kilisiti bebe ka, ama yin go ya laadi opo fala moko.
30 [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.
Yi moko taa leni nni ki moa yin den laa ke n moa ya muali ki go gbadi moala ke n baa moa.
