The Mind of Christ
1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Basi ikiwako faraja yo yote katika Kristo, yakiwako matulizo yo yote ya mapenzi, ukiwako ushirika wo wote wa Roho, ikiwako huruma yo yote na rehema,
2 fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
ijalizeni furaha yangu, ili mwe na nia moja, wenye mapenzi mamoja, wenye roho moja, mkinia mamoja.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Msitende neno lo lote kwa kushindana wala kwa majivuno; bali kwa unyenyekevu, kila mtu na amhesabu mwenziwe kuwa bora kuliko nafsi yake.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Kila mtu asiangalie mambo yake mwenyewe, bali kila mtu aangalie mambo ya wengine.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Iweni na nia iyo hiyo ndani yenu ambayo ilikuwamo pia ndani ya Kristo Yesu;
6 who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
ambaye yeye mwanzo alikuwa yuna namna ya Mungu, naye hakuona kule kuwa sawa na Mungu kuwa ni kitu cha kushikamana nacho;
7 but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
bali alijifanya kuwa hana utukufu, akatwaa namna ya mtumwa, akawa ana mfano wa wanadamu;
8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
tena, alipoonekana ana umbo kama mwanadamu, alijinyenyekeza akawa mtii hata mauti, naam, mauti ya msalaba.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Kwa hiyo tena Mungu alimwadhimisha mno, akamkirimia Jina lile lipitalo kila jina;
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
ili kwa jina la Yesu kila goti lipigwe, la vitu vya mbinguni, na vya duniani, na vya chini ya nchi;
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
na kila ulimi ukiri ya kuwa YESU KRISTO NI Bwana, kwa utukufu wa Mungu Baba.
12 Wherefore, 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.
Basi, wapendwa wangu, kama vile mlivyotii sikuzote, si wakati mimi nilipokuwapo tu, bali sasa zaidi sana mimi nisipokuwapo, utimizeni wokovu wenu wenyewe kwa kuogopa na kutetemeka.
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Kwa maana ndiye Mungu atendaye kazi ndani yenu, kutaka kwenu na kutenda kwenu, kwa kulitimiza kusudi lake jema.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
Yatendeni mambo yote pasipo manung'uniko wala mashindano,
15 that 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;
mpate kuwa wana wa Mungu wasio na lawama, wala udanganyifu, wasio na ila kati ya kizazi chenye ukaidi, kilichopotoka; ambao kati ya hao mnaonekana kuwa kama mianga katika ulimwengu,
16 holding 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.
mkishika neno la uzima; nipate sababu ya kuona fahari katika siku ya Kristo, ya kuwa sikupiga mbio bure wala sikujitaabisha bure.
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Naam, hata nikimiminwa juu ya dhabihu na ibada ya imani yenu, nafurahi; tena nafurahi pamoja nanyi nyote.
18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
Nanyi vivyo hivyo furahini, tena furahini pamoja nami.
19 But 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.
Walakini natumaini katika Bwana Yesu kumtuma Timotheo afike kwenu karibu, nifarijiwe na mimi, nikiijua hali yenu.
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
Maana sina mtu mwingine mwenye nia moja nami, atakayeiangalia hali yenu kweli kweli.
21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
Maana wote wanatafuta vyao wenyewe, sivyo vya Kristo Yesu.
22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
Ila mwajua sifa yake, ya kuwa ametumika pamoja nami kwa ajili ya Injili, kama mwana na baba yake.
23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
Basi, natumaini kumtuma huyo mara, hapo nitakapojua yatakayonipata.
24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
Nami naamini katika Bwana ya kuwa nitakuja na mimi mwenyewe hivi karibu.
25 Yet 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.
Lakini naliona imenilazimu kumtuma kwenu Epafrodito, ndugu yangu, mtenda kazi pamoja nami, askari pamoja nami; tena ni mtume wenu na mhudumu wa mahitaji yangu.
26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
Kwa kuwa alikuwa na shauku kwenu ninyi nyote, akahuzunika sana, kwa sababu mlisikia ya kwamba alikuwa hawezi.
27 For 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.
Kwa maana alikuwa hawezi kweli kweli, karibu na kufa; lakini Mungu alimhurumia; wala si yeye peke yake, ila na mimi pia; nisiwe na huzuni juu ya huzuni.
28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
Kwa hiyo nimefanya bidii nyingi zaidi kumtuma, ili mtakapomwona tena mpate kufurahi, nami nipunguziwe huzuni yangu.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
Mpokeeni, basi, katika Bwana, kwa furaha yote, mkawahesabu watu kama huyu kuwa watu wa kuheshimiwa.
30 because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
Maana kwa ajili ya kazi ya Kristo alikaribia kufa akaponza roho yake; ili kusudi ayatimize yaliyopungua katika huduma yenu kwangu.
