¹በቀረውስ፥ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ በጌታ ደስ ይበላችሁ። ስለ አንድ ነገር መልሼ ልጽፍላችሁ እኔን አይታክተኝም ለእናንተ ግን ደኅና ነው።

¹Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

²ከውሾች ተጠበቁ፥ ከክፉዎችም ሠራተኞች ተጠበቁ፥ ከሐሰተኛም መገረዝ ተጠበቁ።

²Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

³እኛ በመንፈስ እግዚአብሔርን የምናመልክ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስም የምንመካ በሥጋም የማንታመን እኛ የተገረዝን ነንና።

³For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

⁴እኔ ግን በሥጋ ደግሞ የምታመንበት አለኝ። ሌላ ሰው ማንም ቢሆን በሥጋ የሚታመንበት እንዳለው ቢመስለው፥ እኔ እበልጠዋለሁ።

⁴though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

⁵በስምንተኛው ቀን የተገረዝሁ፥ ከእስራኤል ትውልድ፥ ከብንያም ወገን፥ ከዕብራውያን ዕብራዊ ነኝ፤ ስለ ሕግ ብትጠይቁ፥ ፈሪሳዊ ነበርሁ፤

⁵circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

⁶ስለ ቅንዓት ብትጠይቁ፥ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን አሳዳጅ ነበርሁ፤ በሕግ ስለሚገኝ ጽድቅ ብትጠይቁ፥ ያለ ነቀፋ ነበርሁ።

⁶concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

⁷ነገር ግን ለእኔ ረብ የነበረውን ሁሉ ስለ ክርስቶስ እንደ ጉዳት ቈጥሬዋለሁ።

⁷However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

⁸አዎን፥ በእውነት ከሁሉ ይልቅ ስለሚበልጥ ስለ ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ስለ ጌታዬ እውቀት ነገር ሁሉ ጉዳት እንዲሆን እቈጥራለሁ፤ ስለ እርሱ ሁሉን ተጐዳሁ፥ ክርስቶስንም አገኝ ዘንድ፥ በክርስቶስም በማመን ያለው ጽድቅ ማለት በእምነት ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ያለው ጽድቅ እንጂ ከሕግ ለእኔ ያለው ጽድቅ ሳይሆንልኝ፥ በእርሱ እገኝ ዘንድ ሁሉን እንደ ጕድፍ እቈጥራለሁ፤

⁸Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

¹⁰እርሱንና የትንሣኤውን ኃይል እንዳውቅ፥ በመከራውም እንድካፈል፥ ወደ ሙታንም ትንሣኤ ልደርስ ቢሆንልኝ፥ በሞቱ እንድመስለው እመኛለሁ።

⁹and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

¹²አሁን እንዳገኘሁ ወይም አሁን ፍጹም እንደ ሆንሁ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን ስለ እርሱ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ የተያዝሁበትን ያን ደግሞ እይዛለሁ ብዬ እፈጥናለሁ።

¹⁰that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

¹³ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔ ገና እንዳልያዝሁት እቈጥራለሁ፤ ነገር ግን አንድ ነገር አደርጋለሁ፤ በኋላዬ ያለውን እየረሳሁ በፊቴ ያለውን ለመያዝ እዘረጋለሁ፥

¹¹if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

¹⁴በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ከፍ ከፍ ያለውን የእግዚአብሔርን መጥራት ዋጋ እንዳገኝ ምልክትን እፈጥናለሁ።

¹²Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

¹⁵እንግዲህ ፍጹማን የሆንን ሁላችን ይህን እናስብ፤ በአንዳች ነገርም ልዩ አሳብ ቢኖራችሁ፥ እግዚአብሔር ይህን ደግሞ ይገልጥላችኋል፤

¹³Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

¹⁶ሆኖም በደረስንበት በዚያ እንመላለስ።

¹⁴I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ እኔን የምትመስሉ ሁኑ፥ እኛም እንደ ምሳሌ እንደምንሆንላችሁ፥ እንዲሁ የሚመላለሱትን ተመልከቱ።

¹⁵Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

¹⁸ብዙዎች ለክርስቶስ መስቀል ጠላቶቹ ሆነው ይመላለሳሉና፤ ብዙ ጊዜ ስለ እነርሱ አልኋችሁ፥ አሁንም እንኳ እያለቀስሁ እላለሁ።

¹⁶Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind.

¹⁹መጨረሻቸው ጥፋት ነው፥ ሆዳቸው አምላካቸው ነው፥ ክብራቸው በነውራቸው ነው፥ አሳባቸው ምድራዊ ነው።

¹⁷Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

²⁰እኛ አገራችን በሰማይ ነውና፥ ከዚያም ደግሞ የሚመጣ መድኃኒትን እርሱንም ጌታን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን እንጠባበቃለን፤

¹⁸For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

²¹እርሱም ሁሉን እንኳ ለራሱ ሊያስገዛ እንደሚችልበት አሠራር፥ ክቡር ሥጋውን እንዲመስል የተዋረደውን ሥጋችንን ይለውጣል።

¹⁹whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

²⁰For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

²¹who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.