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

¹Paul and Timotheus, bondmen of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with [the] overseers and ministers;

²ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

²grace to you, and peace from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

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

³I thank my God for my whole remembrance of you,

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

⁴constantly in my every supplication, making the supplication for you all with joy,

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

⁵because of your fellowship with the gospel, from the first day until now;

⁸በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ፍቅር ሁላችሁን እንዴት እንድናፍቃችሁ እግዚአብሔር ምስክሬ ነውና።

⁶having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day:

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።

⁷as it is righteous for me to think this as to you all, because ye have *me* in your hearts, and that both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the glad tidings ye are all participators in my grace.

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

⁸For God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus.

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

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

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

¹⁰that ye may judge of and approve the things that are more excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence for Christ's day,

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

¹¹being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which [is] by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise.

¹⁶እነዚህ ወንጌልን መመከቻ ለማድረግ እንደ ተሾምሁ አውቀው በፍቅር ይሰብካሉ፥

¹²But I would have you know, brethren, that the circumstances in which I am have turned out rather to the furtherance of the glad tidings,

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

¹³so that my bonds have become manifest [as being] in Christ in all the praetorium and to all others;

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

¹⁴and that the most of the brethren, trusting in [the] Lord through my bonds, dare more abundantly to speak the word of God fearlessly.

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

¹⁵Some indeed also for envy and strife, but some also for good will, preach the Christ.

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

¹⁶These indeed out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the glad tidings;

²¹ለእኔ ሕይወት ክርስቶስ፥ ሞትም ጥቅም ነውና።

¹⁷but those out of contention, announce the Christ, not purely, supposing to arouse tribulation for my bonds.

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

¹⁸What is it then? at any rate, in every way, whether in pretext or in truth, Christ is announced; and in this I rejoice, yea, also I will rejoice;

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

¹⁹for I know that this shall turn out for me to salvation, through your supplication and [the] supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ;

²⁴ነገር ግን በሥጋ መኖሬ ስለ እናንተ እጅግ የሚያስፈልግ ነው።

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

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

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

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

²²but if to live in flesh [is my lot], this is for me worth the while: and what I shall choose I cannot tell.

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

²³But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, [for] [it is] very much better,

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

²⁴but remaining in the flesh [is] more necessary for your sakes;

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

²⁵and having confidence of this, I know that I shall remain and abide along with you all, for your progress and joy in faith;

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

²⁷Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings;

²⁸and not frightened in anything by the opposers, which is to them a demonstration of destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

²⁹because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also,

³⁰having the same conflict which ye have seen in me, and now hear of in me.