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,

¹Če je torej pri vas kako izpodbujanje v Kristusu, če je kaka tolažba ljubezni, če kaka sodeležnost Duha, če kako usmiljenje in milovanje:

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

²napolnite mi veselje s tem, da ste složni, da imate eno ljubezen, enodušno ravnate, za eno skrbite;

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

³ničesar ne delajte iz sebičnosti ali praznega slavoljubja, temuč po ponižnosti cenite drug drugega više od sebe.

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

⁴Ne glejte vsak na svoje, ampak vsak tudi na to, kar je drugega.

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

⁵To mišljenje bodi v vas, ki je bilo v Kristusu Jezusu:

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

⁶kateri, ko je bil v podobi Božji, ni štel za rop biti enak Bogu,

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

⁷temuč samega sebe je izpraznil [Ali: v nič dejal.] in je nase vzel podobo hlapca in postal enak človeku; in po zunanjosti spoznan za človeka,

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

⁸se je ponižal in je bil pokoren do smrti, smrti pa na križu.

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

⁹Zato ga je tudi Bog visoko povišal in mu podelil ime, ki je nad vsako ime;

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

¹⁰da se naj v imenu Jezusa pripogiblje vsako koleno teh, ki so v nebesih in na zemlji in pod zemljo,

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

¹¹in vsak jezik pripoznava, da Jezus Kristus je Gospod, v slavo Boga Očeta.

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.

¹²Zatorej, ljubljeni moji, kakor ste bili vsekdar poslušni, ne samo v pričujočnosti moji, temuč mnogo bolj sedaj v nepričujočnosti moji, v strahu in trepetu vršite zveličanje svoje;

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

¹³Bog namreč je, ki dela v vas i voljo i delovanje, po svoji dobri volji.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

¹⁴Vse delajte brez godrnjanja in pomišljanja,

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,

¹⁵da bodete brez pogreška in čisti, otroci Božji brez madeža sredi sključenega in spačenega rodú, med katerimi se svetite kakor nebeške luči na svetu

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.

¹⁶in jim predstavljate besedo življenja; da imam hvalo za dan Kristusov, da nisem zastonj tekal in ne trudil se zastonj.

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

¹⁷Ali ko bi bil tudi darovan nad daritvijo in službo vere vaše, veselim se in z vami vsemi vred se veselim.

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

¹⁸Enako pa se veselite tudi vi in veselite se z menoj vred!

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.

¹⁹Upam pa v Gospoda Jezusa, da vam skoraj pošljem Timoteja, da bodem tudi jaz mirnega srca, ko zvem, kako je pri vas.

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

²⁰Nikogar namreč nimam enakega mišljenja, ki bo pošteno skrbel za vaše zadeve;

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

²¹zakaj vsi iščejo svojega, ne kar je Kristusa Jezusa.

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.

²²Preizkušenost pa poznate njegovo, da je, kakor otrok z očetom, z menoj služil za širjenje evangelija.

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

²³Tega torej upam poslati, precej ko izprevidim, kako bo z menoj.

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

²⁴Trdno se pa nadejam v Gospodu, da tudi sam pridem skoraj.

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

²⁵Potrebno se mi je pa zdelo poslati k vam Epafrodita, brata in sodelavca in sovojaka mojega, vašega pa poslanca in služabnika potrebe moje;

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

²⁶kajti hrepenel je po vas vseh in se žalostil, ker ste slišali, da je zbolel.

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.

²⁷In res, da je zbolel in je bil blizu smrti; ali Bog se ga je usmilil, a ne samo njega, ampak tudi mene, da ne bi imel žalosti nad žalost.

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.

²⁸Tem hitreje torej sem ga poslal, da ga vidite ter se veselite in da bodem jaz manj žalosten.

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

²⁹Sprejmite ga torej v Gospodu z vsem veseljem, in take imejte v čislih;kajti zaradi dela Kristusovega se je bil približal smrti, vnemar pustivši življenje, da bi nadomestil, s čimer mi vi niste mogli poslužiti.

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.

³⁰kajti zaradi dela Kristusovega se je bil približal smrti, vnemar pustivši življenje, da bi nadomestil, s čimer mi vi niste mogli poslužiti.