1If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 17Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
19But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. 21For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. 22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. 25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. 26For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: 30Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
Koyi tawali’un Kiristi
1In kuna da wata ƙarfafawa daga tarayya da Kiristi, in da wata ta’aziyya daga ƙaunarsa, in da wani zumunci da Ruhu, in da juyayi da tausayi, 2to, sai ku sa farin cikina yă zama cikakke ta wurin kasance da hali ɗaya, kuna ƙauna ɗaya, kuna zama ɗaya cikin ruhu da kuma manufa. 3Kada ku yi kome da sonkai ko girman kai, sai dai cikin tawali’u, ku ɗauki waɗansu sun fi ku. 4Bai kamata kowannenku yă kula da sha’anin kansa kawai ba, sai dai yă kula da sha’anin waɗansu ma.
5A cikin dangantakarku da juna, ya kamata halayenku su zama kamar na Kiristi Yesu.
6Wanda, ko da yake cikin ainihin surar Allah yake,
bai mai da daidaitakansa nan da Allah wani abin riƙewa kam-kam ba,
7amma ya mai da kansa ba kome ba,
yana ɗaukan ainihin surar bawa,
aka yi shi cikin siffar mutum.
8Aka kuma same shi a kamannin mutum,
ya ƙasƙantar da kansa
ya kuma zama mai biyayya wadda ta kai shi har mutuwa,
mutuwar ma ta gicciye!
9Saboda haka Allah ya ɗaukaka shi zuwa mafificin wuri
ya kuma ba shi sunan da ya fi dukan sunaye,
10don a sunan Yesu kowace gwiwa za tă durƙusa,
a sama da a ƙasa da kuma a ƙarƙashin ƙasa,
11kowane harshe kuma yă furta cewa Yesu Kiristi Ubangiji ne,
don ɗaukakar Allah Uba.
Haskaka kamar taurari
12Saboda haka, ya abokaina ƙaunatattu, kamar yadda kullum kuke biyayya ba kawai sa’ad da ina nan ba, amma yanzu da ba na nan tare da ku, ku ci gaba da yin ayyukan cetonku da tsoro da kuma rawan jiki, 13gama Allah ne yake aiki a cikinku, don ku nufa ku kuma aikata bisa ga nufinsa mai kyau.
14Ku yi kome ba tare da gunaguni ko gardama ba, 15don ku zama marasa abin zargi, sahihai ’ya’yan Allah, waɗanda ba su da laifi, a zamanin mutane karkatattu, kangararru, waɗanda kuke haskakawa a cikinsu kamar fitilu a duniya 16kuna kuwa cin gaba da riƙe maganar rai domin in yi taƙama a ranar Kiristi cewa ban yi gudu ko fama a banza ba. 17Amma ko da ana tsiyaye jinina kamar hadaya ta sha a kan hadaya da kuma hidimar da take fitowa daga bangaskiyarku, ina murna ina kuma farin ciki da ku duka. 18Haka ma ya kamata ku yi murna ku kuma yi farin ciki tare da ni.
Timoti da Afaforiditus
19Ina sa rai a cikin Ubangiji Yesu cewa zan aika da Timoti zuwa gare ku ba da daɗewa ba, don ni ma in ji daɗi sa’ad da na ji labarinku. 20Ba ni da wani kamar sa, wanda yake da ainihin sha’awa a zaman lafiyarku. 21Gama kowa yana lura da al’amuran kansa ne kawai, ba na Kiristi Yesu ba. 22Amma, ai, kun san darajar Timoti yadda muka yi bautar bishara tare, kamar ɗa da mahaifinsa. 23Saboda haka, ina sa rai, in aike shi da zarar na ga yadda abubuwa suke a nan. 24Ni kuma ina da tabbaci a cikin Ubangiji cewa zan zo ba da daɗewa ba.
25Amma ina gani ya dace in aika da Afaforiditus, ɗan’uwana, abokin aikina da kuma abokin famana, wanda kuma yake ɗan saƙonku, wanda kuka aika domin yă biya mini bukatuna. 26Gama yana marmarin ganinku duka ya kuma damu domin kun ji cewa ya yi rashin lafiya. 27Ba shakka ya yi rashin lafiya, har ya kusa mutuwa. Amma Allah ya nuna masa jinƙai, ba shi kaɗai ba amma har da ni ma, don yă rage mini baƙin ciki kan baƙin ciki. 28Saboda haka na yi niyya ƙwarai in aike shi wurinku, don sa’ad da kuka sāke ganinsa za ku yi murna, ni kuma in rage damuwa. 29Ku marabce shi cikin Ubangiji da farin ciki mai yawa, ku kuma girmama mutane irinsa, 30domin ya kusa yă mutu saboda aikin Kiristi, ya yi kasai da ransa don yă cikasa taimakon da ba ku iya yi mini ba.
