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

¹የክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እስር ጳውሎስ ወንድሙም ጢሞቴዎስ፥ ለተወደደውና አብሮን ለሚሠራ ለፊልሞና፥

²to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

²ለእኅታችንም ለአፍብያ፥ ከእኛም ጋር አብሮ ወታደር ለሆነ ለአርክጳ፥ በቤትህም ላለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን፤

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

³ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ለእናንተ ይሁን።

⁴I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

⁴በጌታ በኢየሱስ ዘንድ በቅዱሳንም ሁሉ ዘንድ ስላለህ ስለ ፍቅርህና ስለ እምነትህ ሰምቼ፥ በጸሎቴ እያሳሰብሁ ሁልጊዜ አምላኬን አመሰግናለሁ፤

⁵hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

⁶የእምነትህም ኅብረት፥ በእኛ ዘንድ ያለውን በጎ ነገር ሁሉ በማወቅ፥ ለክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ፍሬ እንዲያፈራ እለምናለሁ፤

⁶that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

⁷የቅዱሳን ልብ በአንተ ስራ ስለ ዐረፈ፥ ወንድሜ ሆይ፥ በፍቅርህ ብዙ ደስታንና መጽናናትን አግኝቼአለሁና።

⁷For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

⁸ስለዚህ የሚገባውን አዝህ ዘንድ በክርስቶስ ምንም እንኳ ብዙ ድፍረት ቢኖረኝ፥

⁸Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

⁹ይልቁንም እንደዚህ የሆንሁ እኔ ጳውሎስ ሽማግሌው፥ አሁንም ደግሞ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እስር የሆንሁ፥ ስለ ፍቅር እለምናለሁ።

⁹yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰አስቀድሞ ስላልጠቀመህ፥ አሁን ግን ለእኔም ለአንተም ስለሚጠቅም በእስራቴ ስለ ወለድሁት ስለ ልጄ ስለ አናሲሞስ እለምንሃለሁ።

¹⁰I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus, Onesimus means “useful.”

¹²እርሱን እልከዋለሁ፤

¹¹who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

¹³አንተም ልቤ እንደሚሆን ተቀበለው። እኔስ በወንጌል እስራት ስለ አንተ እንዲያገለግለኝ ለራሴ ላስቀረው እፈቅድ ነበር፥

¹²I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

¹⁴ነገር ግን በጎነትህ በፈቃድህ እንጂ በግድ እንዳይሆን፥ ሳልማከርህ ምንም እንኳ ላደርግ አልወደድሁም።

¹³whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

¹⁵ተቀብለህ ለዘላለም እንድትይዘው ስለዚህ ምናልባት ለጊዜው ተለይቶሃልና፤

¹⁴But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

¹⁶ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ እንደ ባሪያ አይሆንም፥ ነገር ግን ለእኔ በተለየ የተወደደ ወንድም ከሆነ፥ ለአንተማ ይልቅ በስጋውም በጌታም ዘንድ ከባሪያ የሚሻል የተወደደ ወንድም እንዴት አይሆንም።

¹⁵For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

¹⁷እንግዲህ እንደ ባልንጀራ ብትቈጥረኝ፥ እንደ እኔ አድርገህ ተቀበለው።

¹⁶no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

¹⁸በአንዳች ነገር የበደለህ ቢኖር ግን ወይም ብድር ያለበት እንደሆነ፥ ይህን በእኔ ላይ ቍጠር፤

¹⁷If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

¹⁹እኔ ጳውሎስ። እኔ እመልሰዋለሁ ብዬ በእጄ እጽፋለሁ፤ ከዚህም በላይ ለእኔ የራስህ ደግሞ ብድር እንዳለብህ አልልህም።

¹⁸But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

²⁰አዎን፥ ወንድሜ ሆይ፥ በጌታ እኔ እንድጠቀምብህ ይሁን፤ በክርስቶስ ልቤን አሳርፍልኝ።

¹⁹I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

²¹ከምልህ ይልቅ አብልጠህ እንድታደርግ አውቄ እንድትታዘዝም ታምኜ እጽፍልሃለሁ።

²⁰Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

²²ደግሞ ከዚህም ጋር የማስተናገጃ ቤት አዘጋጅልኝ፤ በጸሎታችሁ ለእናንተ እንድሰጥ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁና።

²¹Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

²³በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ከእኔ ጋር የታሰረ ኤጳፍራ

²²Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

²⁴አብረውኝም የሚሰሩ ማርቆስና አርስጥሮኮስ ዴማስም ሉቃስም ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሃል።

²³Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

²⁵የጌታችን የኢሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋ ከመንፈሳችሁ ጋር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

²⁴as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

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