FILIPOARREI 1

Agurra

1 Paulo eta Timoteok, Jesu Kristoren zerbitzariok, Filipon bizi zareten kristau fededun guztioi eta bertako elkarte-zuzendari eta laguntzaileoit idazten dizuegu.

2 Jainko gure Aitak eta Jesu Kristo Jaunak eman biezazkizuete grazia eta bakeat.

PAULO ETA FILIPOKO ELIZ ELKARTEA (1,3-26)

Esker ona eta eskaria

6 Badakit ziur, zuengan hain lan ederra hasi zuenak burutu ere egingo duela, Kristo Jesus berriro agertuko den eguna artet t.
7 Bidezko iruditzen zait zuen guztionganako dudan sentipen hau, barru-barruan baitzaramaztet; izan ere, partaide zaituztet Jainkoarengandik hartu dudan dohainean, bai preso nagoen honetant, bai berri ona defendatzeko eta sendotzeko aukera dudanean ere. 8 Jainkoa dut lekukot nola nagoen zuek guztiok ikusteko irrikaz Jesu Kristoren maitasun eztiaren eraginez. 9 Eta hauxe eskatzen dut otoitzean: zuen maitasuna izan dadila ezagueraz geroz eta jantziagoa eta sentiberatasunez biziagoa, 10 egokient dena bereizten jakin dezazuen; horrela, Kristo agertuko den egunean garbi eta errugabe aurkituko zaituzte,

11 Jesu Kristok guregan betetzen dituen egintza onetan aberats, Jainkoaren aintza eta gorespenerako.

Paulorentzat bizitzea Kristo da

14 Eta ni preso egoteari esker, gure senide gehienak, Jaunarenganako konfiantzan indarberriturik, ausartago sentitzen dira Jainkoaren mezua beldurrik gabe hots egiteko.
15 Egia da, bai, batzuk bekaizkeriaz eta nireganako etsaigoz ari direla Kristo predikatzen; baina beste batzuk asmo onez ari dira. 16 Hauek maitasunez jokatzen dute, hemen berri ona defendatzeko nagoela jakinik; 17 besteek, berriz, nire aurkako lehian predikatzen dute Kristo; ez dira asmo garbiz ari, nire kate hauek astunago egin nahian baizik. 18 Baina niri zer? Edonola ere, itxurakeriaz nahiz egiaz, Kristo predikatzen dute, eta honek pozten nau. Eta are gehiago poztuko naiz, 19 ondo baitakit, zuen otoitzari eskert eta Jesu Kristoren Espirituaren laguntzaz, bizi dudan egoera hau salbamenerako gertatuko zaidala: 20 itxaropen sutsua dut ez didala usteak huts egingo eta ziur nago beti bezala orain ere, bizi nadila ala hil, Kristok bere handitasuna agertuko duela niregan. 21 Izan ere, niretzat bizitzea Kristot da eta hiltzea irabazpide. 22 Baina bizitzen jarraituz lan onuragarria egin ahal baneza, ez nuke jakingo zer hautatu. 23 Alde bietatik nago erakarria: alde batetik, hil egin nahi nuke, Kristorekin egotekot, hau askogatik onena delarik; 24 baina bestetik, nik bizitzen jarraitzea beharrezkoagoa da zuentzat. 25 Eta honetaz ziur nagoelarik, badakit gelditu egingo naizela eta zuekin guztiokin jarraituko oraindik, zuen sinesmenaren aurrerapen eta pozerako.

26 Horrela, zuek ikustera berriro joatean, Kristo Jesusenak izateaz duzuen harrotasuna areagotu egingo da niri esker.

KRISTAU ELKARTEAREN JOKABIDEA (1,27—3,1a)

Sinesmenean sendo

Philippians 1

Salutation

1 From Pault and Timothy, slavests of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi,s with the overseerss and deacons.

2 Grace and peace to yout from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Prayer for the Church

3 I thank my God every time I remember you.t4 I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you5 because of your participations in the gospel from the first day until now.t6 For I am sure of this very thing,t that the onet who began a good work int you will perfect itt until the day of Christ Jesus.7 Fort it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart,t since both in my imprisonmentt and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s gracet together with me.8 For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Ministry as a Prisoner

12 I want you to know, brothers and sisters,t that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel:t13 Thet whole imperial guards and everyone else knowst that I am in prisont for the sake of Christ,

14 and most of the brothers and sisters,t having confidence in the Lordt because of my imprisonment, now more than evert dare to speak the words fearlessly.
15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.16 The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.17 The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.t

18 What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.
Yes,t and I will continue to rejoice,19 for I know that this will turn out for my deliverancets through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.20 My confident hopet is that I will in no way be ashamedt but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.t21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.22 Now if I am to go on living in the body,t this will mean productive workt for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:ts23 I feel torn between the two,t because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,24 but it is more vital for your sake that I remaint in the body.t25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progresst and joy in the faith,s

26 so that what you can be proud of may increaset because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.t
27 Only conduct yourselvests in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear thatt you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,t28 and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This ists a sign of theirts destruction, but of your salvation – a sign whicht is from God.29 For it has been granted to yout not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,

30 since you are encounteringt the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.t