Afilipi 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Tsono ngati kuli chilimbikitso chilichonse mwa Khristu, chitonthozo chilichonse cha chikondi, chiyanjano chakuya chilichonse mwa Mzimu Woyera, kukoma mtima ndi chifundo chilichonse, ²kwaniritsani chimwemwe changa: khalani a maganizo amodzi, a chikondi chimodzi, ogwirizana mu mzimu, a cholinga chimodzi. ³Musachite kanthu modzikonda kapena modzitukumula kwachabe, koma modzichepetsa muziona ena kukhala oposa inu. ⁴Aliyense wa inu asasamalire zinthu zake zokha, koma azisamaliranso za ena.

⁵Khalani ndi maganizo omwewa pakati panu, amene ali anu mwa Khristu Yesu, ⁶amene, pokhala m'maonekedwe a Atate wathu, sanaone kufanana ndi Atate wathu kukhala chinthu chogwiritsitsa, ⁷koma anadzikhuthula yekha, potenga maonekedwe a kapolo, nabadwa m'chifaniziro cha munthu. ⁸Ndipo pooneka ngati munthu, anadzichepetsa yekha, pokhala womvera mpaka imfa—ngakhale imfa ya pamtanda. ⁹Choncho Atate wathu anamkweza Iye pamwamba penipeni, ndipo anampatsa dzina loposa maina onse, ¹⁰kuti pa dzina la Yesu bondo lililonse ligwade, kumwamba ndi padziko lapansi ndi pansi pa dziko, ¹¹ndipo lilime lililonse livomereze kuti Yesu Khristu ndiye Ambuye, ku ulemerero wa Atate wathu.

Ana a Atate wathu, Nyenyezi Zowala

¹²Tsono, okondedwa anga, monga mwakhala mukumvera nthawi zonse—osati pamene ndinali nanu kokha, koma tsopano koposa pamene ndilibe nanu—pitirizani kugwira ntchito ya chipulumutso chanu ndi mantha ndi kunjenjemera, ¹³pakuti Atate wathu ndiye akugwira ntchito mwa inu, kukupatsani chofuna ndi kuchita, molingana ndi cholinga chake chabwino.

¹⁴Chitani zonse popanda kung'ung'udza kapena kutsutsana, ¹⁵kuti mukhale opanda cholakwa ndi oyera mtima, ana a Atate wathu opanda chilema pakati pa mbadwo wokhotakhota ndi wonyansa—mowala pakati pawo ngati nyenyezi m'dziko, ¹⁶mutagwiritsitsa mawu a moyo, kuti pa tsiku la Khristu ndidzinyadire kuti sindinathamange kapena kugwira ntchito pachabe. ¹⁷Koma ngakhale nditakhuthulidwa ngati nsembe yachakumwa pa nsembe ndi utumiki wa chikhulupiriro chanu, ndikukondwa ndi kusangalala pamodzi ndi inu nonse. ^a a v17 Nsembe yachakumwa inali vinyo wokhuthulidwa pa guwa la nsembe polambira; Paulo akufanizira moyo wake wokhuthulidwa pa chikhulupiriro chawo. ¹⁸Momwemonso inu muzikondwa ndi kusangalala pamodzi ndi ine.

Timoteo ndi Epafrodito

¹⁹Ndikuyembekezera, mwa Ambuye Yesu, kukutumizirani Timoteo posachedwa, kuti inenso ndilimbikitsidwe, podziwa mmene mulili. ²⁰Ndilibe wina wofanana naye, amene adzasamalira moona mtima za moyo wanu. ²¹Pakuti onse amafunafuna zawo zokha, osati za Yesu Khristu. ²²Inu mukudziwa kuyesedwa kwake kwa Timoteo—monga mwana ndi atate wake, anatumikira pamodzi ndi ine mu ntchito ya uthenga wabwino. ²³Choncho ndikuyembekezera kumtumiza msanga ngati ndiona mmene zinthu zidzandiyendere, ²⁴ndipo ndili ndi chidaliro mwa Ambuye kuti ine mwini ndidzabwera posachedwa.

²⁵Ndinaona kuti nkofunika kukutumizirani Epafrodito—m'bale wanga, mnzanga wantchito, ndi msilikali mnzanga, mthenga wanu ndi wotumikira zosowa zanga. ²⁶Iye wakhala akukulakalakani nonse, ndipo akuvutika mumtima chifukwa munamva kuti anadwala. ²⁷Ndithudi anadwala, nafika pafupi ndi kufa. Koma Atate wathu anamchitira chifundo—osati iye yekha, komanso ine, kundipulumutsa ku chisoni pa chisoni. ²⁸Choncho ndikufunitsitsa kumtumiza, kuti mukadzamuonanso mudzakondwa ndipo ine ndichepetse nkhawa. ²⁹Mlandireni mwa Ambuye ndi chimwemwe chonse, ndipo lemekezani anthu onga iye, ³⁰chifukwa anafika pafupi ndi imfa chifukwa cha ntchito ya Khristu, poika moyo wake pa chiswe kuti akwaniritse thandizo limene inu simunathe kundipatsa.