¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,

¹የክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እስር ጳውሎስ ወንድሙም ጢሞቴዎስ፥ ለተወደደውና አብሮን ለሚሠራ ለፊልሞና፥

²and Apphia the beloved, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the assembly in thy house:

²ለእኅታችንም ለአፍብያ፥ ከእኛም ጋር አብሮ ወታደር ለሆነ ለአርክጳ፥ በቤትህም ላለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን፤

³Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

³ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

⁴I give thanks to my God, always making mention of thee in my prayers,

⁴በጌታ በኢየሱስ ዘንድ በቅዱሳንም ሁሉ ዘንድ ስላለህ ስለ ፍቅርህና ስለ እምነትህ ሰምቼ፥ በጸሎቴ እያሳሰብሁ ሁልጊዜ አምላኬን አመሰግናለሁ፤

⁵hearing of thy love and faith that thou hast unto the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

⁶የእምነትህም ኅብረት፥ በእኛ ዘንድ ያለውን በጎ ነገር ሁሉ በማወቅ፥ ለክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ፍሬ እንዲያፈራ እለምናለሁ፤

⁶that the fellowship of thy faith may become working in the full knowledge of every good thing that [is] in you toward Christ Jesus;

⁷የቅዱሳን ልብ በአንተ ስራ ስለ ዐረፈ፥ ወንድሜ ሆይ፥ በፍቅርህ ብዙ ደስታንና መጽናናትን አግኝቼአለሁና።

⁷for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

⁸ስለዚህ የሚገባውን አዝህ ዘንድ በክርስቶስ ምንም እንኳ ብዙ ድፍረት ቢኖረኝ፥

⁸Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit —

⁹ይልቁንም እንደዚህ የሆንሁ እኔ ጳውሎስ ሽማግሌው፥ አሁንም ደግሞ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እስር የሆንሁ፥ ስለ ፍቅር እለምናለሁ።

⁹because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

¹⁰አስቀድሞ ስላልጠቀመህ፥ አሁን ግን ለእኔም ለአንተም ስለሚጠቅም በእስራቴ ስለ ወለድሁት ስለ ልጄ ስለ አናሲሞስ እለምንሃለሁ።

¹⁰I entreat thee concerning my child — whom I did beget in my bonds — Onesimus,

¹²እርሱን እልከዋለሁ፤

¹¹who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,

¹³አንተም ልቤ እንደሚሆን ተቀበለው። እኔስ በወንጌል እስራት ስለ አንተ እንዲያገለግለኝ ለራሴ ላስቀረው እፈቅድ ነበር፥

¹²whom I did send again, and thou him (that is, my own bowels) receive,

¹⁴ነገር ግን በጎነትህ በፈቃድህ እንጂ በግድ እንዳይሆን፥ ሳልማከርህ ምንም እንኳ ላደርግ አልወደድሁም።

¹³whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

¹⁵ተቀብለህ ለዘላለም እንድትይዘው ስለዚህ ምናልባት ለጊዜው ተለይቶሃልና፤

¹⁴and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

¹⁶ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ እንደ ባሪያ አይሆንም፥ ነገር ግን ለእኔ በተለየ የተወደደ ወንድም ከሆነ፥ ለአንተማ ይልቅ በስጋውም በጌታም ዘንድ ከባሪያ የሚሻል የተወደደ ወንድም እንዴት አይሆንም።

¹⁵for perhaps because of this he did depart for an hour, that age-duringly thou mayest have him,

¹⁷እንግዲህ እንደ ባልንጀራ ብትቈጥረኝ፥ እንደ እኔ አድርገህ ተቀበለው።

¹⁶no more as a servant, but above a servant — a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

¹⁸በአንዳች ነገር የበደለህ ቢኖር ግን ወይም ብድር ያለበት እንደሆነ፥ ይህን በእኔ ላይ ቍጠር፤

¹⁷If, then, with me thou hast fellowship, receive him as me,

¹⁹እኔ ጳውሎስ። እኔ እመልሰዋለሁ ብዬ በእጄ እጽፋለሁ፤ ከዚህም በላይ ለእኔ የራስህ ደግሞ ብድር እንዳለብህ አልልህም።

¹⁸and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;

²⁰አዎን፥ ወንድሜ ሆይ፥ በጌታ እኔ እንድጠቀምብህ ይሁን፤ በክርስቶስ ልቤን አሳርፍልኝ።

¹⁹I, Paul did write with my hand, I — I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.

²¹ከምልህ ይልቅ አብልጠህ እንድታደርግ አውቄ እንድትታዘዝም ታምኜ እጽፍልሃለሁ።

²⁰Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

²²ደግሞ ከዚህም ጋር የማስተናገጃ ቤት አዘጋጅልኝ፤ በጸሎታችሁ ለእናንተ እንድሰጥ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁና።

²¹having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;

²³በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ከእኔ ጋር የታሰረ ኤጳፍራ

²²and at the same time also prepare for me a lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

²⁴አብረውኝም የሚሰሩ ማርቆስና አርስጥሮኮስ ዴማስም ሉቃስም ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሃል።

²³Salute thee doth Epaphras, (my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus,)

²⁵የጌታችን የኢሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋ ከመንፈሳችሁ ጋር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

²⁴Markus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lukas, my fellow-workmen!

²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with your spirit! Amen.