Mga Filipos 3
1 Sa wakas, mga kapatid, magalak kayo sa Panginoon. Para sa akin, hindi kaabalahan ang isulat muli ang parehong mga bagay na ito sa inyo. Pananatilihin kayong ligtas ng mga bagay na ito.
[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].
2 Mag-ingat kayo sa mga asal aso. Mag-ingat kayo sa mga gumagawa ng masama. Mag-ingat kayo sa mga paninira.
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].
3 Sapagkat tayo ang pagtutuli. Tayo na sumasamba sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu ng Diyos. Tayo na ipinagmamalaki si Cristo Jesus at walang anumang pagtitiwala sa laman.
[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].
4 Gayunpaman, ako sa aking sarili ay maaaring magkaroon ng pagtitiwala sa laman. Kung iniisip ninuman na siya ay may pagtitiwala sa laman, maaari akong magkaroon ng higit pa.
[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.
5 Tinuli ako noong ika-walong araw. Ipinanganak ako sa lahi ng Israel, sa lipi ni Benjamin. Ipinanganak akong isang Hebreo ng mga Hebreo. Bilang paggalang sa kautusan, ipinanganak akong isang Pariseo.
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].
6 Masigasig kong inusig ang iglesiya. Bilang paggalang sa katuwiran ng batas, wala akong sala.
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.
7 Ngunit anumang mga bagay na nagbigay karangalan sa akin, itinuring kong gaya ng mga basura dahil kay Cristo.
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).
8 Sa katunayan, ngayon ay itinuring ko ang lahat ng bagay na walang kabuluhan dahil sa kahusayan ng kaalaman ni Cristo Jesus na aking Panginoon. Binalewala ko ang lahat ng bagay para sa kaniya. Itinuring kong gaya ng mga basura ang mga ito upang makamtan ko si Cristo
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],
9 at matagpuan ako sa kaniya. Wala akong katuwiran sa aking sarili mula sa kautusan. Sa halip, mayroon akong katuwiran sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya kay Cristo, ang katuwirang mula sa Diyos ayon sa pananampalataya.
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].
10 Kaya ngayon, nais kong makilala siya at ang kapangyarihan ng kaniyang muling pagkabuhay at maging kabahagi sa kaniyang mga pagdurusa. Nais kong mabago sa pamamagitan ni Cristo tungo sa larawan ng kaniyang kamatayan,
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,
11 upang kahit papaano maaari kong maranasan ang muling pagkabuhay sa mga patay.
[because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
12 Hindi totoo na natanggap ko na ang mga bagay na ito, o ako ay naging isang ganap. Ngunit nagsumikap ako upang aking matanggap ang anumang natanggap ko sa pamamagitan ni Cristo Jesus.
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].
13 Mga kapatid, hindi ko iniisip na natanggap ko na ito. Ngunit mayroong isang bagay, kinakalimutan ko kung ano ang nakalipas at pinagsisikapan ko kung ano ang nasa hinaharap.
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.
14 Nagpatuloy ako sa layunin upang makamit ang gantimpala ng pagkatawag ng Diyos, kay Cristo Jesus.
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].
15 Lahat tayong mga matatag na, mag-isip tayo sa ganitong paraan. At kung iba ang paraan ng inyong pag-iisip tungkol sa anumang bagay, ipahahayag din iyon ng Diyos sa inyo.
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.
16 Gayunpaman, anuman ang ating nakamit, lumakad tayo sa maayos na paraang naaayon dito.
What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
17 Tularan ninyo ako, mga kapatid. Tingnan ninyong mabuti ang mga lumalakad sa pamamagitan ng mga halimbawang mayroon kayo sa amin.
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].
18 Marami ang lumalakad, sila ang mga madalas kong sinasabi sa inyo, at ngayon sinasabi ko sa inyo na may kasamang pagluha—marami ang lumalakad bilang mga kaaway ng krus ni Cristo.
[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].
19 Kapahamakan ang kanilang patutunguhan. Sapagkat ang diyos nila ay ang kanilang sikmura, at ang kanilang pagmamalaki ay nasa kanilang kahihiyan. Iniisip nila ang tungkol sa mga makamundong bagay.
[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.
20 Ngunit ang ating pagkamamamayan ay sa langit, kung saan naghihintay rin tayo sa isang tagapagligtas na ang Panginoong Jesu-Cristo.
[But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
21 Babaguhin niya ang ating mga katawang lupa upang maging mga katawang binuo gaya ng kaniyang maluwalhating katawan, binuo sa pamamagitan ng lakas ng kaniyang kapangyarihan upang mapasailalim sa kaniya ang lahat ng bagay.
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.
