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,

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

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

²and Apphia the beloved, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the assembly in thy house:

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

³Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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

⁴I give thanks to my God, always making mention of thee in my prayers,

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

⁵hearing of thy love and faith that thou hast unto the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

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.

⁶that the fellowship of thy faith may become working in the full knowledge of every good thing that [is] in you toward Christ Jesus;

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

⁷for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

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

⁸Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit —

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.

⁹because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

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.

¹⁰I entreat thee concerning my child — whom I did beget in my bonds — Onesimus,

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

¹¹who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,

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

¹²whom I did send again, and thou him (that is, my own bowels) receive,

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

¹³whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

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.

¹⁴and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

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

¹⁵for perhaps because of this he did depart for an hour, that age-duringly thou mayest have him,

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.

¹⁶no more as a servant, but above a servant — a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

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

¹⁷If, then, with me thou hast fellowship, receive him as me,

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

¹⁸and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;

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.

¹⁹I, Paul did write with my hand, I — I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.

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

²⁰Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

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

²¹having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;

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

²²and at the same time also prepare for me a lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

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

²³Salute thee doth Epaphras, (my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus,)

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

²⁴Markus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lukas, my fellow-workmen!

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

²⁵The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with your spirit! Amen.