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

¹Katar o Pavlo, kai si phanglo le Jesus Kristoske, ai katar amaro phral o Timote. Tuke Philemon, amaro kuchi vortako, ai kai keres buchi amensa, ai kai khangeri kai chidelpe ande cho kher,

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

²ai amare pheiake e Apphia, ai ka Archippus kai marelpe amensa ando pachamos:

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

³O Del amaro Dat ai le Devles Jesus Kristo te del tume o lashimos ai e pacha.

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

⁴Swako data kai rhugiv ma, murho kuchi Philemon, da ma goji tute, ai naisiv murhe Devleske.

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

⁵Ke ashunav e dragostia kai si tu sa le Devleske narodoske, ai o pachamos kai si tu ando Jesus Kristo.

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].

⁶Ai mangav katar O Del o traio kai inkerel tu amensa katar o pachamos te kerel te zhanas mai mishto sa le mishtimata kai si ame ande amaro traio le Kristosa.

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

⁷Chiri dragostia, murho phral, dia man but raduimos ai zor! Ke raduisardian o ilo le Devlesko narodoske.

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

⁸Anda kodia, marka, pala Kristo me sim ivia te mothav tuke so trobul te keres.

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

⁹Numa ke mange drago tuke, mangav vari so tutar. Sar sim me o Pavlo, iek manush phuro, ai katse ande temnitsa, ai akana ek manush phanglo le Jesus Kristoske.

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

¹⁰Me mangav tutar vari so le Onesimeske, ke wo si murho shav ando Jesus Kristo; ke me kerdilem lesko dat ando Del katse ande temnitsa.

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

¹¹Mai anglal wo chi trobulas tu, numa akana trobul ame, vi tut ai vi man.

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

¹²Ai tradav les tute akana, premin les, sar te avilino iek kotor anda mande.

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

¹³Me manglemas te inkerav les pasha mande, zhi kai sim ande temnitsa ai te zhutil ma ande cho than.

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

¹⁴Numa chi manglem te kerav kanchi bi te phushav tutar, chi mangav te thav tu pe zor te keres mange mishtimos, ke mange mai drago te keres tu anda tute.

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

¹⁵Amborim o Onesimus sas lino tutar pe xantsi vriama, saxke te avel tusa porme sagda;

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?

¹⁶ke akana wo ma nai ferdi iek prosto sluga, numa mai but lo de sar iek sluga: wo si akana iek kuchi phral, ai mange defial drago lo, numa tuke trobul te avel mai but vi sar sluga, ai vi sar phral ando Kristo.

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

¹⁷Te jinesa man sar cho vortako, premisar les sar te premisardianas man.

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

¹⁸Ai te shubisailo vari so karing tute, vai te kamela tuke vari so, tu jin pa mande.

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.

¹⁹Me, murhe vastesa tradav tuke kado divano. Me, o Pavlo, pochinava tuke palpale, ai chi trobul te dav tu goji ke tu kames mange cho traio.

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

²⁰E, phrala, mangav ma tutar, ker mange kado mishtimos ande dragostia le Kristoski. Raduisar murho ilo, sar iek phral ando Jesus Kristo!

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

²¹Ke me pachav ma, ke ande kado lil kai ramov tuke, akana te keresa so mangav tutar, ai vi zhanav ke keresa mai but.

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

²²Ai ande kodia lashar i mange iek soba ke pachav ma ke O Del ashunela tumare rhugimata, ai dela te avav pale tumensa.

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

²³O Epaphras, kai si mansa ande temnitsa le Jesus Kristoske tradel tuke but bax, zor ai sastimos.

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

²⁴Ai vi o Marko, o Aristarchus, o Demas, ai o Luk, murhe vortacha kai keren mansa buchi.

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

²⁵O mishtimos amaro Devlesko Jesus Kristo te avel tumensa. Amen.