¹If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

¹በክርስቶስም አንዳች ምክር ቢሆን፥ የፍቅር መጽናናት ቢሆን፥ የመንፈስ ኅብረት ቢሆን፥ ምሕረትና ርኅራኄ ቢሆኑ፥ ደስታዬን ፈጽሙልኝ፤

²make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

²በአንድ አሳብ ተስማሙ፥ አንድ ፍቅር አንድም ልብ አንድም አሳብ ይሁንላችሁ፤

³doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

³ለወገኔ ይጠቅማል በማለት ወይም በከንቱ ውዳሴ ምክንያት አንድ እንኳ አታድርጉ፥ ነገር ግን እያንዳንዱ ባልንጀራው ከራሱ ይልቅ እንዲሻል በትሕትና ይቍጠር፤

⁴each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

⁴እያንዳንዱ ለራሱ የሚጠቅመውን አይመልከት፥ ለባልንጀራው ደግሞ እንጂ።

⁵Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

⁵በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ የነበረ ይህ አሳብ በእናንተ ዘንድ ደግሞ ይሁን።

⁶who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

⁶እርሱ በእግዚአብሔር መልክ ሲኖር ሳለ ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር መተካከልን መቀማት እንደሚገባ ነገር አልቈጠረውም፥

⁷but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

⁷ነገር ግን የባሪያን መልክ ይዞ በሰውም ምሳሌ ሆኖ ራሱን ባዶ አደረገ፥

⁸And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

⁸በምስሉም እንደ ሰው ተገኝቶ ራሱን አዋረደ፥ ለሞትም ይኸውም የመስቀል ሞት እንኳ የታዘዘ ሆነ።

⁹Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;

⁹በዚህ ምክንያት ደግሞ እግዚአብሔር ያለ ልክ ከፍ ከፍ አደረገው፥ ከስምም ሁሉ በላይ ያለውን ስም ሰጠው፤

¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

¹⁰ይህም በሰማይና በምድር ከምድርም በታች ያሉት ሁሉ በኢየሱስ ስም ይንበረከኩ ዘንድ፥

¹¹and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹¹መላስም ሁሉ ለእግዚአብሔር አብ ክብር ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጌታ እንደ ሆነ ይመሰክር ዘንድ ነው።

¹²So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹²ስለዚህ፥ ወዳጆቼ ሆይ፥ ሁልጊዜ እንደ ታዘዛችሁ፥ በእናንተ ዘንድ በመኖሬ ብቻ ሳይሆን ይልቁን አሁን ስርቅ፥ በፍርሃትና በመንቀጥቀጥ የራሳችሁን መዳን ፈጽሙ፤

¹³For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

¹³ስለ በጎ ፈቃዱ መፈለግንም ማድረግንም በእናንተ የሚሠራ እግዚአብሔር ነውና።

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

¹⁴በመጥፎና በጠማማ ትውልድ መካከል ያለ ነቀፋ የዋሆችም ነውርም የሌለባቸው የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች እንድትሆኑ ሳታንጐራጉሩ ክፉም ሳታስቡ ሁሉን አድርጉ፤

¹⁵that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

¹⁶በእነርሱም መካከል የሕይወትን ቃል እያቀረባችሁ በዓለም እንደ ብርሃን ትታያላችሁ፥ ስለዚህም በከንቱ እንዳልሮጥሁ በከንቱም እንዳልደከምሁ በክርስቶስ ቀን የምመካበት ይሆንልኛል።

¹⁶holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

¹⁷ነገር ግን በእምነታችሁ መሥዋዕትና አገልግሎት ተጨምሬ ሕይወቴ እንኳ ቢፈስ፥ ደስ ብሎኛል፤ ከሁላችሁም ጋር አብሬ ደስ ብሎኛል፤

¹⁷Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

¹⁸እናንተም ደግሞ እንዲሁ ደስ ይበላችሁ ከእኔም ጋር አብራችሁ ደስ ይበላችሁ።

¹⁸In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

¹⁹ነገር ግን ኑሮአችሁን ሳውቅ እኔ ደግሞ ደስ እንዲለኝ ፈጥኜ ጢሞቴዎስን ልልክላችሁ በጌታ በኢየሱስ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ።

¹⁹But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.

²⁰እንደ እርሱ ያለ፥ ስለ ኑሮአችሁ በቅንነት የሚጨነቅ፥ ማንም የለኝምና፤

²⁰For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

²¹ሁሉ የራሳቸውን ይፈልጋሉና፥ የክርስቶስ ኢየሱስን አይደለም።

²¹For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

²²ነገር ግን ልጅ ለአባቱ እንደ ሚያገለግል ከእኔ ጋር ሆኖ ለወንጌል እንደ አገለገለ መፈተኑን ታውቃላችሁ።

²²But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

²³እንግዲህ እንዴት እንደምሆን ባየሁ ጊዜ፥ እርሱን ቶሎ እንድልክ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ፤

²³Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

²⁴ራሴ ደግሞ ግን ፈጥኜ እንድመጣ በጌታ ታምኜአለሁ።

²⁴But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

²⁵ነገር ግን ወንድሜንና ከእኔ ጋር አብሮ ሠራተኛ ወታደርም የሚሆነውን፥ የእናንተ ግን መልእክተኛ የሆነውና የሚያስፈልገኝን የሚያገለግለውን አፍሮዲጡን እንድልክላችሁ በግድ አስባለሁ፤

²⁵But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

²⁶ሁላችሁን ይናፍቃልና፥ እንደ ታመመም ስለ ሰማችሁ ይተክዛል።

²⁶since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

²⁷በእውነት ታሞ ለሞት እንኳ ቀርቦ ነበርና፤ ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር ማረው፥ ኀዘን በኀዘን ላይ እንዳይጨመርብኝ ለእኔ ደግሞ እንጂ ለእርሱ ብቻ አይደለም።

²⁷For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

²⁸እንግዲህ እንደ ገና ስታዩት ደስ እንዲላችሁ ለእኔም ኀዘኔ እንዲቃለል በብዙ ፍጥነት እልከዋለሁ።

²⁸I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁹እንግዲህ በሙሉ ደስታ በጌታ ተቀበሉት፥ እርሱን የሚመስሉትንም አክብሩአቸው፤

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,

³⁰በእኔ ዘንድ ካላችሁ አገልግሎት እናንተ ስለሌላችሁ የጎደለኝን እንዲፈጽም፥ በነፍሱ ተወራርዶ ከጌታ ሥራ የተነሣ እስከ ሞት ቀርቦአልና።

³⁰because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.