Wafilipi 1
| 1:1 | Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. |
| 1:2 | Neema na amani iwe kwenu, kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kutoka kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo. |
| 1:3 | Namshukuru Mungu wangu, with every remembrance of you, |
| 1:4 | always, in all my prayers, making supplication for all of you with joy, |
| 1:5 | because of your communion in the Gospel of Christ, from the first day even until now. |
| 1:6 | I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus. |
| 1:7 | Hivyo basi, it is right for me to feel this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, and because, in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers of my joy. |
| 1:8 | For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you. |
| 1:9 | And this I pray: that your charity may abound more and more, with knowledge and with all understanding, |
| 1:10 | so that you may be confirmed in what is better, in order that you may be sincere and without offense on the day of Christ: |
| 1:11 | filled with the fruit of justice, kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo, in the glory and praise of God. |
| 1:12 | Sasa, ndugu, I want you to know that the things concerning me happened for the advancement of the Gospel, |
| 1:13 | in such a way that my chains have become manifest in Christ in every place of judgment and in all other such places. |
| 1:14 | And many from among the brothers in the Lord, becoming confident through my chains, are now much bolder in speaking the Word of God without fear. |
| 1:15 | Hakika, some do so even because of envy and contention; na wengine, pia, do so because of a good will to preach Christ. |
| 1:16 | Some act out of charity, knowing that I have been appointed for the defense of the Gospel. |
| 1:17 | But others, out of contention, announce Christ insincerely, claiming that their difficulties lift them up to my chains. |
| 1:18 | Lakini inajalisha nini? Ili mradi, kwa kila njia, iwe kwa kisingizio au kwa ukweli, Kristo anatangazwa. Na kuhusu hili, nafurahi, na zaidi ya hayo, Nitaendelea kufurahi. |
| 1:19 | Kwa maana najua kwamba hii itanileta kwenye wokovu, kwa maombi yenu na chini ya huduma ya Roho wa Yesu Kristo, |
| 1:20 | kwa njia ya matarajio yangu na matumaini yangu. Maana sitaaibishwa kwa lolote. Badala yake, kwa kujiamini kabisa, sasa kama kawaida, Kristo atatukuzwa katika mwili wangu, iwe kwa uhai au kwa kifo. |
| 1:21 | Kwa ajili yangu, kuishi ni Kristo, na kufa ni faida. |
| 1:22 | Na wakati ninaishi katika mwili, Kwa ajili yangu, kuna matunda ya matendo. Lakini sijui ningechagua nini. |
| 1:23 | Kwa maana nimebanwa kati ya hayo mawili: wenye shauku ya kufutwa na kuwa pamoja na Kristo, ambayo ni jambo bora zaidi, |
| 1:24 | lakini ni lazima kubaki katika mwili kwa ajili yenu. |
| 1:25 | Na kuwa na ujasiri huu, Ninajua kwamba nitabaki na kwamba nitaendelea kubaki pamoja nanyi nyote, kwa ajili ya maendeleo yenu na kwa furaha yenu katika imani, |
| 1:26 | ili fahari yenu iwe nyingi katika Kristo Yesu kwa ajili yangu, kwa kurudi kwangu tena. |
| 1:27 | Acha tu tabia yako istahili Injili ya Kristo, Kwahivyo, kama nitarudi na kukuona, au kama, kutokuwepo, Nasikia kukuhusu, bado mnaweza kusimama imara kwa roho moja, kwa nia moja, tukishirikiana kwa ajili ya imani ya Injili. |
| 1:28 | And in nothing be terrified by the adversaries. For what is to them is an occasion of perdition, is to you an occasion of salvation, and this is from God. |
| 1:29 | For this has been given to you on behalf of Christ, not only so that you may believe in him, but even so that you may suffer with him, |
| 1:30 | engaging in the same struggle, of a kind which you also have seen in me, and which you now have heard from me. |
Wafilipi 2
| 2:1 | Kwa hiyo, ikiwa kuna faraja yoyote katika Kristo, faraja yoyote ya hisani, ushirika wowote wa Roho, hisia yoyote ya kusikitishwa: |
| 2:2 | kamilisha furaha yangu kwa kuwa na ufahamu sawa, kushikilia sadaka sawa, kuwa na nia moja, kwa hisia sawa. |
| 2:3 | Usifanye lolote kwa mabishano, wala kwa utukufu bure. Badala yake, kwa unyenyekevu, kila mmoja wenu na amhesabu mwenziwe kuwa bora kuliko nafsi yake. |
| 2:4 | Kila mmoja wenu asifikirie chochote kuwa ni chake, bali kuwa mali ya wengine. |
| 2:5 | For this understanding in you was also in Christ Jesus: |
| 2:6 | WHO, ingawa alikuwa katika umbo la Mungu, hakuona kuwa sawa na Mungu ni kitu cha kunyakuliwa. |
| 2:7 | Badala yake, alijimwaga, kuchukua umbo la mtumishi, kuumbwa kwa sura ya wanadamu, na kukubali hali ya mwanaume. |
| 2:8 | Alijinyenyekeza, kuwa mtii hata kufa, hata kifo cha Msalaba. |
| 2:9 | Kwa sababu hii, Mungu pia alimwadhimisha na kumpa jina ambalo ni juu ya kila jina, |
| 2:10 | Kwahivyo, kwa jina la Yesu, kila goti lingeinama, ya walio mbinguni, ya walio duniani, na wale waliomo kuzimu, |
| 2:11 | na kila ulimi ukiri ya kuwa Bwana Yesu Kristo yu katika utukufu wa Mungu Baba. |
| 2:12 | Na hivyo, my most beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but even more so now in my absence: work toward your salvation with fear and trembling. |
| 2:13 | For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will. |
| 2:14 | And do everything without murmuring or hesitation. |
| 2:15 | So may you be without blame, simple sons of God, without reproof, in the midst of a depraved and perverse nation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, |
| 2:16 | holding to the Word of Life, until my glory in the day of Christ. For I have not run in vain, nor have I labored in vain. |
| 2:17 | Aidha, if I am to be immolated because of the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and give thanks with all of you. |
| 2:18 | And over this same thing, you also should rejoice and give thanks, together with me. |
| 2:19 | Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, in order that I may be encouraged, when I know the things concerning you. |
| 2:20 | For I have no one else with such an agreeable mind, WHO, with sincere affection, is solicitous for you. |
| 2:21 | For they all seek the things that are of themselves, not the things that are of Jesus Christ. |
| 2:22 | So know this evidence of him: that like a son with a father, so has he served with me in the Gospel. |
| 2:23 | Kwa hiyo, I hope to send him to you immediately, as soon as I see what will happen concerning me. |
| 2:24 | But I trust in the Lord that I myself will also return to you soon. |
| 2:25 | Now I have considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, kaka yangu, and co-worker, and fellow soldier, and an attendant to my needs, but your Apostle. |
| 2:26 | Kwa hakika, he has desired all of you, and he was saddened because you had heard that he was sick. |
| 2:27 | For he was sick, hata kufa, but God took pity on him, and not only on him, but truly on myself also, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. |
| 2:28 | Kwa hiyo, I sent him more readily, ili kwamba, by seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow. |
| 2:29 | Na hivyo, receive him with every joy in the Lord, and treat all those like him with honor. |
| 2:30 | For he was brought close even to death, for the sake of the work of Christ, handing over his own life, so that he might fulfill what was lacking from you concerning my service. |
Wafilipi 3
| 3:1 | Kuhusu mambo mengine, ndugu zangu, rejoice in the Lord. It is certainly not tiresome for me to write the same things to you, but for you, it is not necessary. |
| 3:2 | Beware of dogs; beware of those who work evil; beware of those who are divisive. |
| 3:3 | Maana sisi ndio waliotahiriwa, sisi tunaomtumikia Mungu katika Roho na tunajisifu katika Kristo Yesu, kutokuwa na imani katika mwili. |
| 3:4 | Hata hivyo, Nipate kuwa na ujasiri katika mwili pia, maana mtu mwingine akionekana kuwa na imani katika mwili, zaidi ndivyo mimi. |
| 3:5 | Kwa maana nilitahiriwa siku ya nane, ya hisa ya Israeli, kutoka kabila la Benyamini, Mwebrania kati ya Waebrania. Kwa mujibu wa sheria, Nilikuwa Farisayo; |
| 3:6 | kulingana na bidii, Nilitesa Kanisa la Mwenyezi Mungu; kwa mujibu wa haki iliyo katika sheria, Niliishi bila lawama. |
| 3:7 | Lakini mambo ambayo yalikuwa kwa faida yangu, hiyo hiyo nimeiona hasara, kwa ajili ya Kristo. |
| 3:8 | Bado kweli, Ninaona kila kitu kuwa hasara, kwa sababu ya ujuzi mkuu wa Yesu Kristo, Bwana wangu, ambaye kwa ajili yake nimepata hasara ya kila kitu, ukizingatia yote ni kama mavi, ili nipate Kristo, |
| 3:9 | na ili mpatikane ndani yake, sina haki yangu, ambayo ni ya sheria, bali ile imani ya Kristo Yesu, haki ndani ya imani, ambayo ni ya Mungu. |
| 3:10 | Hivyo nitamjua, na uweza wa kufufuka kwake, na ushirika wa Mateso yake, akiwa ameumbwa kulingana na kifo chake, |
| 3:11 | kama, kwa njia fulani, nipate ufufuo wa wafu. |
| 3:12 | Sio kana kwamba tayari nimepokea hii, au walikuwa tayari wakamilifu. Lakini badala yake nafuatilia, ili kwa njia fulani nipate, ambayo ndani yake nimekwisha kufikiwa na Kristo Yesu. |
| 3:13 | Ndugu, Sidhani kama tayari nimepata hii. Badala yake, Nafanya jambo moja: kusahau yale yaliyo nyuma, na kujitanua kuelekea yale yaliyo mbele, |
| 3:14 | Ninafuatilia marudio, tuzo la mwito wa mbinguni wa Mungu katika Kristo Yesu. |
| 3:15 | Kwa hiyo, as many of us as are being perfected, let us agree about this. And if in anything you disagree, God will reveal this to you also. |
| 3:16 | Bado kweli, whatever point we reach, let us be of the same mind, and let us remain in the same rule. |
| 3:17 | Muwe waigaji wangu, ndugu, na waangalieni wale wanaokwenda sawa, kama vile ulivyoona kwa mfano wetu. |
| 3:18 | Kwa watu wengi, ambaye nimewaambia mara nyingi habari zake (na sasa niambie, kulia,) wanatembea kama maadui wa msalaba wa Kristo. |
| 3:19 | Mwisho wao ni uharibifu; mungu wao ni tumbo; na utukufu wao uko katika aibu yao: kwa maana wamezama katika mambo ya duniani. |
| 3:20 | Lakini njia yetu ya maisha iko mbinguni. Na kutoka mbinguni, pia, tunamngoja Mwokozi, Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, |
| 3:21 | ambaye ataugeuza mwili wa unyonge wetu, kwa mfano wa mwili wa utukufu wake, kwa uweza ule ambao kwa huo anaweza hata kuvitiisha vitu vyote chini yake. |
Wafilipi 4
| 4:1 | Na hivyo, ndugu zangu wapendwa na ninaowatamani sana, furaha yangu na taji yangu: simama imara namna hii, katika Bwana, mpendwa zaidi. |
| 4:2 | I ask Euodia, and I beg Syntyche, to have the same understanding in the Lord. |
| 4:3 | And I also ask you, as my genuine companion, to assist those women who have labored with me in the Gospel, with Clement and the rest of my assistants, whose names are in the Book of Life. |
| 4:4 | Rejoice in the Lord always. Tena, nasema, furahini. |
| 4:5 | Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is near. |
| 4:6 | Usiwe na wasiwasi juu ya chochote. Lakini katika mambo yote, kwa maombi na dua, kwa matendo ya shukrani, maombi yenu na yajulishwe Mungu. |
| 4:7 | Na ndivyo amani ya Mungu itakavyokuwa, ambayo inapita ufahamu wote, zilindeni mioyo yenu na nia zenu katika Kristo Yesu. |
| 4:8 | Kuhusu wengine, ndugu, chochote ambacho ni kweli, chochote kilicho safi, chochote ni haki, chochote kilicho kitakatifu, chochote kinachostahili kupendwa, chochote chenye sifa njema, kama kuna wema wowote, ikiwa kuna nidhamu yoyote yenye kusifiwa: tafakari haya. |
| 4:9 | Mambo yote mliyojifunza na kuyakubali na kuyasikia na kuyaona kwangu, fanya haya. Na hivyo Mungu wa amani atakuwa pamoja nanyi. |
| 4:10 | Sasa nafurahi sana katika Bwana, kwa sababu hatimaye, baada ya muda fulani, hisia zako kwangu zimeshamiri tena, kama vile ulivyohisi hapo awali. Kwa maana ulikuwa umejishughulisha. |
| 4:11 | Sisemi haya kana kwamba kwa uhitaji. Maana nimejifunza hilo, katika hali yoyote niliyo, inatosha. |
| 4:12 | Najua jinsi ya kunyenyekea, nami najua kufanikiwa. Niko tayari kwa lolote, popote: ama kushiba au kuwa na njaa, ama kuwa na wingi au kustahimili uhaba. |
| 4:13 | Yote yanawezekana katika yeye aliyenitia nguvu. |
| 4:14 | Bado kweli, mmefanya vyema kwa kushiriki katika dhiki yangu. |
| 4:15 | Lakini pia unajua, Enyi Wafilipi, hapo mwanzoni mwa Injili, nilipoondoka Makedonia, hakuna hata kanisa moja lililoshiriki nami katika mpango wa kutoa na kupokea, isipokuwa wewe peke yako. |
| 4:16 | Maana hata mlituma watu huko Thesalonike, mara moja, na kisha mara ya pili, kwa kile kilichokuwa na manufaa kwangu. |
| 4:17 | Sio kwamba ninatafuta zawadi. Badala yake, Natafuta matunda ambayo ni mengi kwa faida yako. |
| 4:18 | Lakini nina kila kitu kwa wingi. Nimejazwa, mkipokea kutoka kwa Epafrodito yale mliyotuma; hii ni harufu ya utamu, sadaka inayokubalika, kumpendeza Mungu. |
| 4:19 | Na Mungu wangu atimize haja zako zote, kwa kadiri ya utajiri wake katika utukufu ndani ya Kristo Yesu. |
| 4:20 | And to God our Father be glory forever and ever. Amina. |
| 4:21 | Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. |
| 4:22 | The brothers who are with me greet you. All the saints greet you, but especially those who are of Caesar’s household. |
| 4:23 | Neema ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo na iwe pamoja na roho zenu. Amina. |