Philippians 2
1 If therefore there is any exhortation in Messiah, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
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,
2 make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
basi ikamilisheni furaha yangu kwa kuwa na nia moja, mkiwa na upendo huo moja, mkiwa wa roho na kusudi moja.
3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
Msitende jambo lolote kwa nia ya kujitukuza wala kujivuna, bali kwa unyenyekevu kila mtu amhesabu mwingine bora kuliko nafsi yake.
4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Kila mmoja wenu asiangalie faida yake mwenyewe tu, bali pia ajishughulishe kwa faida ya wengine.
5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Messiah Yeshua,
Kuweni na nia ile ile aliyokuwa nayo Kristo Yesu:
6 who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Yeye, ingawa alikuwa na asili ya Mungu hasa, hakuona kule kuwa sawa na Mungu kuwa kitu cha kushikilia,
7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
bali alijifanya si kitu, akachukua hali hasa na mtumwa, naye akazaliwa katika umbo la mwanadamu.
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
Naye akiwa na umbo la mwanadamu, alijinyenyekeza, akatii hata mauti: naam, mauti ya msalaba!
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,
Kwa hiyo, Mungu alimtukuza juu sana, na kumpa Jina lililo kuu kuliko kila jina,
10 that at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
ili kwa Jina la Yesu, kila goti lipigwe, la vitu vya mbinguni, na vya duniani, na vya chini ya nchi,
11 and that every tongue should confess that Yeshua the Messiah is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
na kila ulimi ukiri ya kwamba Yesu Kristo ni Bwana, kwa utukufu wa Mungu Baba.
12 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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,
13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
kwa maana Mungu ndiye atendaye kazi ndani yenu, kutaka kwenu na kutenda kwenu kwa kulitimiza kusudi lake jema.
14 Do all things without complaining and arguing,
Fanyeni mambo yote bila kunungʼunika wala kushindana,
15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, amongst whom you are seen as lights in the world,
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.
16 holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Messiah that I didn’t run in vain nor labour in vain.
Mkilishika neno la uzima, ili nipate kuona fahari siku ya Kristo kwamba sikupiga mbio wala kujitaabisha bure.
17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
Lakini hata kama nikimiminwa kama sadaka ya kinywaji kwenye dhabihu na huduma itokayo katika imani yenu, mimi ninafurahi na kushangilia pamoja nanyi nyote.
18 In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Vivyo hivyo, ninyi nanyi imewapasa kufurahi na kushangilia pamoja nami.
19 But I hope in the Lord Yeshua to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
Natumaini katika Bwana Yesu kumtuma Timotheo hivi karibuni aje kwenu, ili nipate kufarijika moyo nitakapopata habari zenu.
20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
Sina mtu mwingine kama yeye, ambaye ataangalia hali yenu kwa halisi.
21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Yeshua the Messiah.
Kwa maana kila mmoja anajishughulisha zaidi na mambo yake mwenyewe wala si yale ya Yesu Kristo.
22 But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
Lakini ninyi wenyewe mnajua jinsi Timotheo alivyojithibitisha mwenyewe, kwa maana ametumika pamoja nami kwa kazi ya Injili, kama vile mwana kwa baba yake.
23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
Kwa hiyo, ninatumaini kumtuma kwenu upesi mara nitakapojua mambo yangu yatakavyokuwa.
24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
Nami mwenyewe ninatumaini katika Bwana kwamba nitakuja kwenu hivi karibuni.
25 But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your emissary and servant of my need,
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.
26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.
Kwa maana amekuwa akiwaonea sana shauku ninyi nyote, akiwa na wasiwasi kwa kuwa mlisikia kwamba alikuwa mgonjwa.
27 For indeed he was sick nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
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.
28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
Kwa hiyo mimi ninafanya bidii kumtuma kwenu ili mtakapomwona kwa mara nyingine, mpate kufurahi, nami wasiwasi wangu upungue.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honour,
Kwa hiyo mpokeeni katika Bwana kwa furaha kubwa, nanyi wapeni heshima watu kama hawa,
30 because for the work of Messiah he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service towards me.
kwa sababu alikaribia kufa kwa ajili ya kazi ya Kristo, akihatarisha maisha yake ili aweze kunihudumia vile ninyi hamkuweza.
