BaFilipi1
1Imi Paulu naTimoti, bashingi baKristo Jesu.
Kubachena bose munaKristo Jesu baiko kuFilipi, madebuji bamakubungano nabadikoni.2Chipiwo kwamuli nolunyalalo lunova kunaMwali Tate bedu nokunaTezi Jesu Kristo.3Ndinoboka Mwali wangu mukumukumbulukwa kwangu kwose,4unshaji wose wandinomunamatila mose, ndozwita nolushanto,5pezhulu pokubhatana kwedu namwi mundebo imbuya kuva kuzhuba lyotanga kuswika ngweno.6Akale ndinechokomende kuti iye Mwali wakatanga unshingo umbuya uchompejisisa nezhuba lyaKristo Jesu.7Zwibuya kunami kuti ndiwhe ali pezhulu penu mose, mumo mumwoyo wangu, nokuti tose imwi nami tokobelana chipiwo, mose mukusungwa kwangu akale nomukulwila nechisimiso chendebo imbuya.8Nokuti Mwali unsumikiji wangu, kuti ndinomuzwimba chini mose noludo lwaKristo Jesu.9Akale unamato wangu kuti ludo lwenu lukubuke kasakasa, noluzibo akale nokuwhisisa zwose,10kutila kuti muvumile zwibuya, akale mube bachena basinandandu nezhuba lyaKristo,11mukazhajwa nonchelo wobululami bunozhila munaJesu Kristo, zwikuja nokutunhumwija Mwali.12Banakwaina, ndinoda kuti muzibe, yezwi zwakatikana kwandili zwakabhancha kasa mukukwendesa indebo imbuya.13Nokudalo zwazibikana kubalindi bonzinda waTezi wabaRoma nokunaibo bose kuti ndilosungilwa Kristo,14banakwaina banji bananolubimbo munaTezi pezhulu pokusungwa kwangu, akale balozwipila kulebeleka iwhi lyaMwali nesimba besina lutyo.15Bamwe muchokomende bamubhaunula Kristo nokunyucha akale nonchilijano, koga bamwe mububuya.16Yabo bamuta mububuya noludo, banoziba kuti ndakabigwa yomuno nokulwila iNdebo iMbuya,17bamwe bakabepupula Kristo nomwoyo wobuchiba, betila kuti bepamije masheto angu ndili mutolongo.18Ini biya? Munzila jose, kungaba kuniepejela kana mulebeswa, Kristo umupupulwa, akale munoozwo ndoshanta,19nokuti ndoziba kuti pezhulu peminamato yenu akale nolubhancho lwoMpepo waJesu Kristo yezwi zwinooshanduka kuba kusungunulwa kwangu.20Ishungu jangu kulingilila mulubimbo kuti muzwinhu zwose anditoswabiswa kana neni, nomwoyo unsimu wandinanawo, ngweno nonshaji wose, Kristo unokujwa mumbili wangu, kungaba mubupenyu kana mulufu.21Nokuti kwandili kulalama ndiKristo, akale kufa ingwano.22Kana kulikulalama mumbili, zwinoleba unshingo una michelo kwandili. Zwakadalo zwandichashala andingazwizibe.23Ndilosindamijwa kasa pakati pezwi zwibili. Chido changu ngechokuti ndinde ndinoba naKristo, yezwi zwibuya kasa,24koga kubampenyu kwangu mumbili yoyu zwinodikana kasa kwamuli.25Ndikaguchikana nezwi, ndoziba kuti ndichagala akale ndinobeli namwi mose, kutila kubhudilila kwenu nokushanta mukudimbwa,26kutila kuti mwandili muwane chisoko chilopamijika chokushiya munaKristo Jesu, nokuzha kwangu kabili kwamuli.27Chete zwito zwenu zwobupenyu zwibe zwinokwelela indebo imbuya yaKristo, kutila kuti kana ndibuya koomubona kana ndisipo ndiwhe kuti mulobhatana mupepo umwempela mwakasima, mundangalilo imwempela mulwa mwakabhatana mulwila kudimbwa mundebo imbuya.28Musinotya chili chose kunabo bamunonyenyejana nabo. Yeli ishula lipopachena kwabali lyokupalajwa kwabo, koga lyochijwa kwenu, zwiva kunaMwali.29Nokudalo zwakapiwa imwi nokuda kwaKristo kuti amujilokwelela kudimbwa kunaiye chete, koga nokuunjabulila,30mulimuhondo imwempela imwakabona, ngweno imukumuwha kuti ngiyangu.
Kubachena bose munaKristo Jesu baiko kuFilipi, madebuji bamakubungano nabadikoni.2Chipiwo kwamuli nolunyalalo lunova kunaMwali Tate bedu nokunaTezi Jesu Kristo.3Ndinoboka Mwali wangu mukumukumbulukwa kwangu kwose,4unshaji wose wandinomunamatila mose, ndozwita nolushanto,5pezhulu pokubhatana kwedu namwi mundebo imbuya kuva kuzhuba lyotanga kuswika ngweno.6Akale ndinechokomende kuti iye Mwali wakatanga unshingo umbuya uchompejisisa nezhuba lyaKristo Jesu.7Zwibuya kunami kuti ndiwhe ali pezhulu penu mose, mumo mumwoyo wangu, nokuti tose imwi nami tokobelana chipiwo, mose mukusungwa kwangu akale nomukulwila nechisimiso chendebo imbuya.8Nokuti Mwali unsumikiji wangu, kuti ndinomuzwimba chini mose noludo lwaKristo Jesu.9Akale unamato wangu kuti ludo lwenu lukubuke kasakasa, noluzibo akale nokuwhisisa zwose,10kutila kuti muvumile zwibuya, akale mube bachena basinandandu nezhuba lyaKristo,11mukazhajwa nonchelo wobululami bunozhila munaJesu Kristo, zwikuja nokutunhumwija Mwali.12Banakwaina, ndinoda kuti muzibe, yezwi zwakatikana kwandili zwakabhancha kasa mukukwendesa indebo imbuya.13Nokudalo zwazibikana kubalindi bonzinda waTezi wabaRoma nokunaibo bose kuti ndilosungilwa Kristo,14banakwaina banji bananolubimbo munaTezi pezhulu pokusungwa kwangu, akale balozwipila kulebeleka iwhi lyaMwali nesimba besina lutyo.15Bamwe muchokomende bamubhaunula Kristo nokunyucha akale nonchilijano, koga bamwe mububuya.16Yabo bamuta mububuya noludo, banoziba kuti ndakabigwa yomuno nokulwila iNdebo iMbuya,17bamwe bakabepupula Kristo nomwoyo wobuchiba, betila kuti bepamije masheto angu ndili mutolongo.18Ini biya? Munzila jose, kungaba kuniepejela kana mulebeswa, Kristo umupupulwa, akale munoozwo ndoshanta,19nokuti ndoziba kuti pezhulu peminamato yenu akale nolubhancho lwoMpepo waJesu Kristo yezwi zwinooshanduka kuba kusungunulwa kwangu.20Ishungu jangu kulingilila mulubimbo kuti muzwinhu zwose anditoswabiswa kana neni, nomwoyo unsimu wandinanawo, ngweno nonshaji wose, Kristo unokujwa mumbili wangu, kungaba mubupenyu kana mulufu.21Nokuti kwandili kulalama ndiKristo, akale kufa ingwano.22Kana kulikulalama mumbili, zwinoleba unshingo una michelo kwandili. Zwakadalo zwandichashala andingazwizibe.23Ndilosindamijwa kasa pakati pezwi zwibili. Chido changu ngechokuti ndinde ndinoba naKristo, yezwi zwibuya kasa,24koga kubampenyu kwangu mumbili yoyu zwinodikana kasa kwamuli.25Ndikaguchikana nezwi, ndoziba kuti ndichagala akale ndinobeli namwi mose, kutila kubhudilila kwenu nokushanta mukudimbwa,26kutila kuti mwandili muwane chisoko chilopamijika chokushiya munaKristo Jesu, nokuzha kwangu kabili kwamuli.27Chete zwito zwenu zwobupenyu zwibe zwinokwelela indebo imbuya yaKristo, kutila kuti kana ndibuya koomubona kana ndisipo ndiwhe kuti mulobhatana mupepo umwempela mwakasima, mundangalilo imwempela mulwa mwakabhatana mulwila kudimbwa mundebo imbuya.28Musinotya chili chose kunabo bamunonyenyejana nabo. Yeli ishula lipopachena kwabali lyokupalajwa kwabo, koga lyochijwa kwenu, zwiva kunaMwali.29Nokudalo zwakapiwa imwi nokuda kwaKristo kuti amujilokwelela kudimbwa kunaiye chete, koga nokuunjabulila,30mulimuhondo imwempela imwakabona, ngweno imukumuwha kuti ngiyangu.
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