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

¹¶ Na Paora, raua ko Timoti, na nga pononga a Ihu Karaiti, ki te hunga tapu katoa i roto i a Karaiti Ihu e noho ana i Piripai, ratou ko nga pihopa, ko nga rikona.

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

²Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa, me te rangimarie, he mea na te Atua, na to tatou Matua, na te Ariki hoki, na Ihu Karaiti.

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

³¶ E whakawhetai ana ahau ki toku Atua i oku maharatanga katoa ki a koutou,

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

⁴I aku inoinga katoa, e puta ana taku inoi mo koutou i nga wa katoa i runga i te hari,

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

⁵Mo koutou i uru tahi mai hei tautoko i te rongopai, mai o te ra tuatahi a moroki noa nei;

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

⁶Pumau tonu toku whakaaro ki tenei mea nei ano, tera te kaitimata o te mahi pai i roto i a koutou e whakaoti, taea noatia te ra o Ihu Karaiti;

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.

⁷¶ He tika hoki kia penei oku whakaaro ki a koutou katoa, no te mea kei roto koutou i toku ngakau; ara, ahakoa i ahau nei i te here, ahakoa i ahau e korero whakaara nei, e whakau nei i te rongopai, ka uru tahi koutou katoa me ahau ki te aroha noa.

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

⁸Ko te Atua hoki hei kaiwhakaatu moku, mo te nui o toku koingo ki a koutou katoa, i runga i te ngakau aroha o Ihu Karaiti.

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

⁹¶ Ko taku inoi ano tenei, kia nui haere tonu to koutou aroha i runga i te matauranga, i nga mahara mohio katoa;

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,

¹⁰Kia whakaaetia ai e koutou nga mea papai; kia kore ai o koutou tinihanga, o koutou he, a taea noatia te ra o te Karaiti;

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

¹¹Kia ki ai hoki i nga hua o te tika, e puta mai ana i a Ihu Karaiti, hei kororia, hei whakamoemiti i te Atua.

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,

¹²¶ Na e mea ana ahau kia matau koutou, e oku teina, ki te tukunga iho o nga mea i pa ki ahau, pai tonu hei whakaneke ake i te rongopai;

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

¹³Kua kitea hoki oku mekameka mo ta te Karaiti, puta noa i te wahi katoa o nga hoia tiaki i te kingi, i era atu wahi katoa ano hoki;

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

¹⁴Kua ngakau nui hoki te tokomaha o nga teina i roto i te Ariki, i oku mekameka nei, hira rawa ano hoki to ratou maia ki te korero i te kupu, kahore he mataku.

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

¹⁵Ko etahi na te hae, na te totohe, i kauwhau ai i a te Karaiti; ko etahi na te whakaaro pai;

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

¹⁶Ko etahi na te aroha, e mahara ana kua waiho ahau hei korero whakaara i te rongopai:

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

¹⁷Ko etahi na te totohe ta ratou kauwhau i a te Karaiti, ehara i te whakaaro pono, e mea ana ki te whakatupu mamae moku e mekameka nei.

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;

¹⁸A tena, pehea iho? Anei ra, ahakoa tinihanga, ahakoa pono, e kauwhautia ana a te Karaiti; a e hari ana ahau ki tenei, ae ra, ka hari ano ahau.

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

¹⁹E matau ana hoki ahau ka ai tenei hei whakaora moku, i a koutou na ka inoi, i te Wairua ano hoki o Ihu Karaiti ka homai;

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.

²⁰Ko taku hoki tenei e whakamau tonu nei, e tumanako atu nei, e kore ahau e whakama i tetahi mea, engari ka tino maia ahau, a ka pera me to nga wa katoa, ka whakanuia ano a te Karaiti aianei e toku tinana, ahakoa i te ora, ahakoa i te mate.

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

²¹¶ Ki ahau hoki ko te ora ko te Karaiti, ko te mate he taonga.

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

²²Ki te ora ia ahau i te kikokiko, mehemea ko te hua tenei o taku mahi, heoi kahore ahau e mohio ko te aha taku e whiriwhiri ai.

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

²³E karapitia mai ana hoki ahau e nga mea e rua, he hiahia nei toku ki te haere, kia noho ai ahau ki a te Karaiti; ko te mea tino pai rawa hoki tera:

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

²⁴Ko te noho ranei i te kikokiko, ko te mea pai ake hoki tena mo koutou.

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

²⁵Na ka u nei toku whakaaro ki tenei, e matau ana ahau tera ahau e noho, ae ra, ka noho iho ahau ki a koutou katoa, hei whakaneke ake, hei whakahari i a koutou i runga i te whakapono;

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

²⁶Kia hira rawa ai to koutou whakamanamana i roto i a Karaiti Ihu ki ahau, moku ka noho tahi ano me koutou.

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;

²⁷¶ Engari kia tika ta koutou whakahaere, kia rite ki ta te rongopai o te Karaiti: na, ahakoa tae atu ahau kia kite i a koutou, ngaro mai ranei, kia rongo tonu atu ahau ki to koutou ahua, kei te tu koutou i runga i te wairua kotahi, i te ngakau kota hi, me te tohe tahi ano ki te whakapono o te rongopai:

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

²⁸Kahore hoki he wehi ki tetahi mea a o koutou hoariri: he tohu hoki tenei ki a ratou mo te whakangaromanga, ki a koutou ia mo te ora, i ahu mai i te Atua.

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

²⁹No te mea kua hoatu ki a koutou hei meatanga ma koutou ki a te Karaiti, ehara i te mea ko te whakapono anake ki a ia, engari ko te mate ano hoki mo te whakaaro ki a ia;

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

³⁰Kei a koutou hoki taua pakanga i kite ra koutou ki ahau, a ka rongo nei inaianei kei ahau.