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

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

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

²and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which [is] in thine house.

³ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

³Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

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

⁴I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,

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

⁵hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,

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

⁶in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].

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

⁷For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

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

⁸Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,

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

⁹for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.

¹²እርሱን እልከዋለሁ፤

¹⁰I exhort thee for *my* child, whom I have begotten in [my] bonds, Onesimus,

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

¹¹once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:

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

¹²whom I have sent back to thee: [but do *thou* receive] him, that is, *my* bowels:

¹⁵ተቀብለህ ለዘላለም እንድትይዘው ስለዚህ ምናልባት ለጊዜው ተለይቶሃልና፤

¹³whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

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

¹⁴but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

¹⁷እንግዲህ እንደ ባልንጀራ ብትቈጥረኝ፥ እንደ እኔ አድርገህ ተቀበለው።

¹⁵for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

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

¹⁶not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?

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

¹⁷If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [with thee], receive him as me;

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

¹⁸but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [to thee], put this to my account.

²¹ከምልህ ይልቅ አብልጠህ እንድታደርግ አውቄ እንድትታዘዝም ታምኜ እጽፍልሃለሁ።

¹⁹*I* Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; *I* will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.

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

²⁰Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.

²³በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ከእኔ ጋር የታሰረ ኤጳፍራ

²¹Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.

²⁴አብረውኝም የሚሰሩ ማርቆስና አርስጥሮኮስ ዴማስም ሉቃስም ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሃል።

²²But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.

²⁵የጌታችን የኢሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋ ከመንፈሳችሁ ጋር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

²³Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;

²⁴Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.

²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit.