¹Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants;

¹የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ባሪያዎች የሆኑ ጳውሎስና ጢሞቴዎስ በፊልጵስዩስ ለሚኖሩ ከኤጲስ ቆጶሳትና ከዲያቆናት ጋር በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ላሉት ቅዱሳን ሁሉ፤

²Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

³I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

³ሁልጊዜ በጸሎቴ ሁሉ ስለ እናንተ ሁሉ በደስታ እየጸለይሁ፥ ከፊተኛው ቀን እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ ወንጌልን በመስበክ አብራችሁ ስለ ሠራችሁ፥ ባሰብኋችሁ ጊዜ ሁሉ አምላኬን አመሰግናለሁ።

⁴always, in every supplication of mine for you all, with joy making the supplication,

⁶በእናንተ መልካምን ሥራ የጀመረው እስከ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ቀን ድረስ እንዲፈጽመው ይህን ተረድቼአለሁና፤

⁵for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

⁷በእስራቴም ወንጌልንም መመከቻና መጽኛ በማድረግ ሁላችሁ ከእኔ ጋር በጸጋ ተካፋዮች ስለ ሆናችሁ፥ በልቤ ትኖራላችሁና ስለ ሁላችሁ ይህን ላስብ ይገባኛል።

⁶having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform [it] till a day of Jesus Christ,

⁸በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ፍቅር ሁላችሁን እንዴት እንድናፍቃችሁ እግዚአብሔር ምስክሬ ነውና።

⁷according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and [in] the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

⁹ለእግዚአብሔርም ክብርና ምስጋና ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የሚገኝ የጽድቅ ፍሬ ሞልቶባችሁ፥ ለክርስቶስ ቀን ተዘጋጅታችሁ ቅኖችና አለ ነውር እንድትሆኑ የሚሻለውን ነገር ፈትናችሁ ትወዱ ዘንድ፥ ፍቅራችሁ በእውቀትና በማስተዋል ሁሉ ከፊት ይልቅ እያደገ እንዲበዛ ይህን እጸልያለሁ።

⁸For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ,

¹²ነገር ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ይህ የደረሰብኝ በእውነት ወንጌልን ለማስፋት እንደ ሆነ ታውቁ ዘንድ እወዳለሁ።

⁹and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,

¹³ስለዚህም እስራቴ ስለ ክርስቶስ እንዲሆን በንጉሥ ዘበኞች ሁሉና በሌሎች ሁሉ ዘንድ ተገልጦአል፥

¹⁰for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless — to a day of Christ,

¹⁴በጌታም ካሉት ወንድሞች የሚበዙት ስለ እስራቴ ታምነው የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንዲነግሩ ያለ ፍርሃት ከፊት ይልቅ ይደፍራሉ።

¹¹being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that [is] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹⁵አንዳንዶች ከቅንአትና ከክርክር እንኳ ሌሎች ግን ከበጎ ፈቃድ የተነሣ ክርስቶስን ይሰብኩታል፤

¹²And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

¹⁶እነዚህ ወንጌልን መመከቻ ለማድረግ እንደ ተሾምሁ አውቀው በፍቅር ይሰብካሉ፥

¹³so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places — all,

¹⁷እነዚያ ግን በእስራቴ ላይ መከራን ሊያመጡብኝ መስሎአቸው፥ ለወገናቸው የሚጠቅም ፈልገው በቅን አሳብ ሳይሆኑ ስለ ክርስቶስ ያወራሉ።

¹⁴and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold — fearlessly to speak the word.

¹⁸ምን አለ? ቢሆንም በሁሉ ጎዳና፥ በማመካኘት ቢሆን ወይም በቅንነት ቢሆን፥ ክርስቶስ ይሰበካል ስለዚህም ደስ ብሎኛል።

¹⁵Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

¹⁹ወደ ፊትም ደግሞ ደስ ይለኛል፤ ይህ በጸሎታችሁና በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ መንፈስ መሰጠት ለመዳኔ እንዲሆንልኝ አውቃለሁና፥

¹⁶the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

²⁰ይህ ናፍቆቴ ተስፋዬም ነውና፤ በአንድ ነገር እንኳ አላፍርም ነገር ግን በህይወት ብኖር ወይም ብሞት፥ ክርስቶስ በግልጥነት ሁሉ እንደ ወትሮው አሁን ደግሞ በስጋዬ ይከብራል።

¹⁷and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

²¹ለእኔ ሕይወት ክርስቶስ፥ ሞትም ጥቅም ነውና።

¹⁸what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed — and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

²²ነገር ግን በስጋ መኖር ለእኔ የሥራ ፍሬ ቢሆን፥ ምን እንድመርጥ ኣላስታውቅም።

¹⁹For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

²³በእነዚህም በሁለቱ እጨነቃለሁ፤ ልሄድ ከክርስቶስም ጋር ልኖር እናፍቃለሁ፥ ከሁሉ ይልቅ እጅግ የሚሻል ነውና፤

²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

²⁴ነገር ግን በሥጋ መኖሬ ስለ እናንተ እጅግ የሚያስፈልግ ነው።

²¹for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain.

²⁵ይህንንም ተረድቼ፥ በእናንተ ዘንድ እንደ ገና ስለ መሆኔ፥ በእኔ መመካታችሁ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ይበዛ ዘንድ፥ በእምነት ታድጉና ደስ ይላችሁ ዘንድ እንድኖር ከሁላችሁም ጋር እንድቈይ አውቃለሁ።

²²And if to live in the flesh [is] to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not;

²⁷ይሁን እንጂ፥ መጥቼ ባያችሁ ወይም ብርቅ፥ በአንድ ልብ ስለ ወንጌል ሃይማኖት አብራችሁ እየተጋደላችሁ፥ በአንድ መንፈስ እንድትቆሙ ስለ ኑሮአችሁ እሰማ ዘንድ፥ ለክርስቶስ ወንጌል እንደሚገባ ኑሩ።

²³for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

²⁸በአንድም ነገር እንኳ በተቃዋሚዎች አትደንግጡ፤ ይህም ለእነርሱ የጥፋት፥ ለእናንተ ግን የመዳን ምልክት ነው፥ ይህም ከእግዚአብሔር ነው፤

²⁴and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,

²⁹ይህ ስለ ክርስቶስ ተሰጥቶአችኋልና፤ ስለ እርሱ መከራ ደግሞ ልትቀበሉ እንጂ በእርሱ ልታምኑ ብቻ አይደለም፤

²⁵and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

³⁰በእኔ ያያችሁት አሁንም በእኔ እንዳለ የምትሰሙት፥ ያው መጋደል ደርሶባችኋልና።

²⁶that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence again to you.

²⁷Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

²⁸and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

²⁹because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

³⁰the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.