¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

¹ Yaadin gaa, za kaŋ bine yaamaryaŋ go Almasihu ra, za kaŋ bine-gaabandiyaŋ go baakasinay ra, za kaŋ markasinay go Biya* _Hanno|_ do, za kaŋ bine bakaraw da suuji go no mo,

²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

² w'ay farhã toonandi hal araŋ ma bara nda laakal folloŋ, da baakasinay folloŋ mo. Araŋ biney d'araŋ miiley mo ma ciya afolloŋ.

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

³ Araŋ ma si hay kulu te da fayyaŋ, wala boŋbeeray yaamo, amma lalabu ra boro kulu ma nga boŋ lasaabu kaŋ boro fo bisa nga.

⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

⁴ Manti danga boro kulu ma haggoy da nga boŋ muraadey hinne bo, amma araŋ ra boro kulu ma haggoy da nga cala muraadey mo.

⁵Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

⁵ Araŋ ma bara nda miila araŋ gaa kaŋ dumi go Almasihu Yesu ra mo.

⁶Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

⁶ Nga kaŋ ga ti Irikoy bumbo mana nga Irikoytara sabayaŋo lasaabu haŋ kaŋ nga ga gaay da gaabi.

⁷But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

⁷ Amma nga bumbo yadda ka nga Irikoytara hino dabaro naŋ ka nga boŋ ciya bannya, ka ciya mo boro taka cine.

⁸And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁸ Kaŋ a kaa boro alhaali ra mo, a na nga boŋ kaynandi ka yadda ka to hala buuyaŋ gaa, oho, hala kanjiyaŋ* bundo gaa buuyaŋo do.

⁹Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

⁹ Woodin sabbay se no Irikoy n'a beerandi ka bisa hay kulu, ka maa daŋ a gaa kaŋ bisa maa kulu.

¹⁰That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

¹⁰ Zama Yesu maa gaa no kange kulu ga gurfa, beena ra waney, da ndunnya boŋ waney, da ndunnya cire waney.

¹¹And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹¹ Deene kulu mo ma seeda ka ne: Yesu Almasihu ya Rabbi no, ka koy Baaba Irikoy darza gaa.

¹²Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹² Ya ay baakoy, araŋ goono ga gana waati kulu. Araŋ goono ga gana manti ay jine hinne bo, amma baa kaŋ ay si noodin araŋ goono ga koy da jina. Woodin se, goyey kaŋ araŋ go ga te zama araŋ jin ka du faaba, w'i te da humburkumay da jijiriyaŋ.

¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹³ Zama Irikoy no goono ga goy araŋ ra hal araŋ ma miila da goy mo te kaŋ ga kaan a se.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

¹⁴ Araŋ ma si hay kulu te da jance nda kakaw,

¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

¹⁵ hal araŋ ma ciya boroyaŋ kaŋ i si du ka jance, kaŋ ga hanan mo. Araŋ ma ciya mo Irikoy izeyaŋ kaŋ sinda taali zamana wo ize darantey da siirantey game ra. I game ra no araŋ goono ga kaari sanda handariyayzeyaŋ ndunnya ra,

¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

¹⁶ kaŋ araŋ goono ga fundi sanno salle. D'araŋ ga woodin te, ay ga farhã Almasihu zaaro ra, zama yaadin gaa ay mana zuru yaamo, ay mana taabi yaamo mo.

¹⁷Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

¹⁷ Ay g'ay fundo lasaabu sanda haŋyaŋ sargay kaŋ i ga soogu. Baa d'i g'ay fundo no ya-cine araŋ sarga d'araŋ saajaw goy boŋ, kaŋ araŋ goono ga te cimbeeri ra, ay maa kaani. Ay ga farhã mo araŋ kulu banda.

¹⁸For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

¹⁸ Yaadin no araŋ mo, araŋ ma farhã ka maa kaani ay banda.

¹⁹But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

¹⁹ Amma ay gonda anniya Rabbi Yesu ra ay ma Timotiyos donton araŋ do d'a tonton kayna, zama ay mo ma du bine-gaabi waati kaŋ ay du k'araŋ gora baaru bay.

²⁰For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

²⁰ Zama ay sinda boro kulu kaŋ laakalo ga saba nda Timotiyos wano, kaŋ g'araŋ gora haggoy da cimi.

²¹For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

²¹ Zama borey kaŋ cindi goono ga haggoy da ngey boŋ muraadey, manti nda Yesu Almasihu waney bo.

²²But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

²² Amma araŋ ga Timotiyos seeda bay: danga mate kaŋ cine ize ga may baaba se, yaadin mo no a goy ay banda Baaru Hanna goyo ra.

²³Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

²³ Nga binde no ay gonda anniya ay ma donton da waasi, waati kaŋ ay ga di haŋ kaŋ ga te ay do.

²⁴But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

²⁴ Amma ay goono ga de Rabbi gaa kaŋ ay bumbo ga kaa d'a tonton kayna.

²⁵Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

²⁵ Amma ay di a ga hagu ay m'ay nya-izo Abafaroditos donton araŋ do. Ay goy hangasino, d'ay wongu ra hangasino mo no, amma araŋ diya d'araŋ saajawko no hari kaŋ ay ga laami ciine ra.

²⁶For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

²⁶ A faaji gumo araŋ kulu se, a bine sara gumo mo zama araŋ maa baaru kaŋ a jante.

²⁷For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁷ Da cimi mo a jante, hal a ba ka bu. Amma Irikoy n'a suuji, day manti nga hinne bo, hala nda baa ay mo, zama ay ma si du bine saray bine saray ra.

²⁸I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁸ Woodin sabbay se no ay n'a donton araŋ do da anniya zama waati kaŋ araŋ di a, araŋ ma farhã, zama ay bine sara mo ma te daama.

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

²⁹ Araŋ m'a ta mo Rabbi ra da farhã koonu. Araŋ ma boro wo dumi beerandi mo.

³⁰Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

³⁰ Zama Almasihu goyo sabbay se no a ga ba ka bu. A na nga fundo yababa zama a ma tonton hari kaŋ gaze araŋ saajawo ra ay se.