AFILIPI 1 - Sena

¹ Kubulukira kuna ine Paulo, na Timoti, anyabasa a Khristu Yesu. Kwenda kuna anthu a Mulungu onsene a ku Filipi, ale ngakuphatanizana na Khristu Yesu, kuthimizapo akadamu a mpingo pabodzi na anyakuphedzera.

² Kukoma mtima pontho mtendere pyakubulukira kuna Mulungu Babathu na Mbuya Yesu Khristu pikhale namwe.

Paulo apempherera anyakuwerengache

³ Ndimbapereka takhuta kuna Mulungu wanga pandzidzi onsene umbakukumbukani ine;

⁴ pontho ndzidzi onsene umbakupemphererani ine monsenene, ndimbapemphera na kukomerwa

⁵ thangwi ya kundiphedza kudachita imwe pabasa ya kuvekesa Mphangwa Zadidi kutomera nsiku yakutoma kufikirana lero.

⁶ Natenepo ndikupidziwadi kuti Mulungu, ule adatoma basa yadidi muna imwe anati athimize kuiphata kufikirana imalisike pansiku yakudza pontho kwa Khristu Yesu.

⁷ Imwe ndimwe apamtima panga, natenepo mphyakuthemadi kuti ndinyerezere pya imwe ninga mumbachitira inemu. Thangwi imwe monsenene mwagawana na ine mwayi udandipasa Mulungu, podi kwene ndzidzi una ine m'perezo, penu pikhali ine wakusudzulwa kutchinjiriza Mphangwa Zadidi na kuzichitisa kukhala zakukhazikika mwadidi.

⁸ Mulungu ndiye mboni yanga kuti kukufunani kwanga na mtimanga onsene kumbabulukira kuna kukufunani kukulu kwa Khristu Yesu mwenechiro.

⁹ Ndikupemphera kuti kufunana kwanu kuthimize kukula pabodzi na udziwisi chadi-chadi pontho na kuona kwa pinthu mwadidiletu,

¹⁰ towera mukwanise kusankhula chadidiletu. Tenepo munakhala akusowa chinthu chakukuipisani pontho chakukupokanyisani pansiku yakudza pontho kwa Khristu.

¹¹ Moyo wanu unakhala na makhaliro akulungama, ale anakwanisa kubulukira kuna Yesu Khristu yekha basi, kudzesa demelero kuna Mulungu na kumkuza.

Kukhala na moyo ndi Khristu

¹² Ndinafuna mupidziwe, abale anga, kuti pinthu pyandichitikira pile pyaphedzadi kuti Mphangwa Zadidi ziende m'tsogolo.

¹³ Penepi pyachitisa kuti anyakulondali nyumba yachifumu onsene pabodzi na anthu anango onsene kuno apidziwe kuti ndili m'perezo thangwi ya kukhala nyabasa wa Khristu.

¹⁴ Kukhala kwanga m'perezo muno kwachitisa abale azinji ene kunyindira Mbuya mwakuti awanga mtima ndzidzi onsene kulalika Mphangwa Zadidi mwakukhonda gopa kupiringana pakutoma.

¹⁵ Ndimomwene kuti anthu anango ambalalika Khristu thangwi iwo akuchita bivu pontho ambafuna pyakuthimbana, mbwenye anango ambapichita na mtima wakufuna kuphedza anango.

¹⁶ Enewa ambapichita na mtima wakufunana thangwi ambapidziwa kuti Mulungu andipasa basa yakutchinjiriza Mphangwa Zadidi.

¹⁷ Anangombo ambalalika Khristu na manyerezero akupotoka pontho na mtima wakupithemba; iwo ambanyerezera kuti anathimiza kundidzesera nyatwa ndzidzi unakhala ine m'perezo muno.

¹⁸ Nkhabe basa tayu! Ine ndakomerwa napyo, male munakwanisira Khristu kulalikwamo, penu na manyerezero adidi penu akupotoka. Tenepo ndinathimiza kukomerwa,

¹⁹ thangwi ndikupidziwa kuti kudzera muna kupemphera kwanu, pontho na chiphedzo chakubulukira kuna Mzimu wa Yesu Khristu ndinati ndisudzulwe.

²⁰ Chinakhumba ine chikulu pontho chidikhiro changa ntchakuti ine nkhabe na pang'ono pene dzachimwana basanga tayu, mbwenye kuti ndzidzi onsene, maka-maka chinchino pano, ndinawanga mtima pyakwanga, towera Khristu akuzwe kudzera muna ine, penu ndikhale na moyo penu ndife.

²¹ Thangwi kuna ine kukhala na moyo ndi Khristu, pontho kufa nkhwakuganyalisa.

²² Mbwenye ngakhala kuthimiza kwanga kukhala na moyo kunandipasa mwayi wakuti ndiphate basa yakuganyalisa anango, penepa ine chakuti ndisankhule nkhabe kuchidziwa tayu.

²³ Ndalaswa uku na uku, kwinangoku ndikufuna pyakwanga kuti ndiende pyanga kakhala pabodzi na Khristu, thangwi chenechi ntchakundikomera pikulu;

²⁴ mbwenye kwinangomboku nkhwakufunika pyakwanga kuti ndikhale na moyo thangwi ya imwe.

²⁵ Penepi pyandichitisa kupidziwadi kuti ndinati ndikhale na moyo. Ndinathimiza kukhala basi na imwe monsene kuphedza chikhulupiro pontho kukomerwa kwanu kuti pikule,

²⁶ towera ndingakhala namwe pontho, mukhale nawo mathangwi akuinjipa akuti munakwanisa kundinyadira nawo m'moyo wanu wakuphatanizana na Khristu Yesu.

Paulo akuapanga kuti apirire

²⁷ Chinchino chinthu chakufunika ntchakuti makhaliro a moyo wanu akhale akuthemerana na pinafuna Mphangwa Zadidi za Khristu. Tenepo ngakhala ndinakwanisa kudza dzakuonani penu tayu, ndinati ndive kuti mukuimira dzololo na manyerezero abodzi, pontho kuti na chikhumbo chibodzi mumbaphedzana kumenya nkhondo kutchinjiriza chikhulupiro chakuthemerana na Mphangwa Zadidi.

²⁸ Lekani gopa anyamalwanu; khalani akuwanga mtima ndzidzi onsene. Penepi pinaatsikimizira kuti iwo anavungwa, pontho kuti imwe munakunda, thangwi ambakuchitisani kukunda ndi Mulungu.

²⁹ Imwe mwapaswa mwayi wa kutumikira Khristu, nee wa kumkhulupira kokha tayu, mbwenye na kumbonerera kwene.

³⁰ Chinchino mukumenyambo nkhondo pabodzi na ine. Nkhondo yache njontho idandiona imwe kale kuimenya ile ninga munapivera imwe kuti ndikuthimiza kuimenya.