| 斐理伯書 |
Philippians |
| 1所以，如果你們在基督內獲得了鼓勵，愛的勸勉，聖神的交往，哀憐和同情， |
1 If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, |
| 2你們就應彼此意見一致，同氣相愛，同心合意，思念同樣的事，以滿全我的喜樂。 |
2complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. |
| 3不論做什麼，不從私見，也不求虛榮，只存心謙下，彼此該想自己不如人； |
3Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, |
| 4各人不可只顧自己的事，也該顧及別人的事。 |
4each looking out not for his own interests, but (also) everyone for those of others. |
| 5你們該懷有基督耶穌所懷有的心情： |
5Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, |
| 6他雖具有天主的形體，並沒有以自己與天主同等，為應當把持不捨的， |
6Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. |
| 7卻使自己空虛，取了奴僕的形體，與人相似，形狀也一見如人； |
7Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, |
| 8他貶抑自己，聽命至死，且死在十字架上。 |
8he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. |
| 9為此，天主極其舉揚他，賜給了他一個名字，超越其他所有的名字， |
9Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, |
| 10致使上天、地上和地下的一切，一聽到耶穌的名字，無不屈膝叩拜； |
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, |
| 11一切唇舌無不明認耶穌基督是主，以光榮天主聖父。 |
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
| 12為此，我可愛的，就如你們常常聽了命，不但我與你們同在的時候，就是如今不在的時候，你們更應該聽命。你們要懷着恐懼戰慄，努力成就你們得救的事， |
12 So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. |
| 13因為是天主在你們內工作，使你們願意，並使你們力行，為成就他的善意。 |
13For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work. |
| 14你們做一切事，總不可抱怨，也不可爭論， |
14Do everything without grumbling or questioning, |
| 15好使你們成為無可指摘和純潔的，在乖僻敗壞的世代中，做天主無瑕的子女；在世人中你們應放光明，有如宇宙間的明星， |
15that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, |
| 16將生命的話顯耀出來，使我到基督的日子，有可自誇的，那我就沒有白跑，也沒有徒勞。 |
16as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. |
| 17即使我應在你們信德的祭祀和供獻上奠我的血，我也喜歡，且與你們眾位一同喜歡； |
17But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you. |
| 18同樣，你們也該喜歡，也該與我一同喜歡。 |
18In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me. |
| 19我在主耶穌內希望不久打發弟茂德到你們那裏去，好叫我知道你們的事而放心。 |
19 I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be heartened by hearing news of you. |
| 20實在，我沒有一個像他那樣誠心關照你們的人， |
20For I have no one comparable to him for genuine interest in whatever concerns you. |
| 21因為其他的人都謀求自己的事，而不謀求基督耶穌的事。 |
21For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. |
| 22至於他，你們知道他所受過的考驗，他對我如同兒子對待父親一樣，與我一同從事了福音的工作。 |
22But you know his worth, how as a child with a father he served along with me in the cause of the gospel. |
| 23所以，我希望，幾時我一看出我的事怎樣了結，就立即打發他去； |
23He it is, then, whom I hope to send as soon as I see how things go with me, |
| 24並且在主內我自信，我自己也快去。 |
24but I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon. |
| 25再者，我以為必須把我的弟兄、同事和戰友，即你們派來為供給我的急需的使者，厄帕洛狄托給你們打發回去， |
25With regard to Epaphroditus, my brother and co-worker and fellow soldier, your messenger and minister in my need, I consider it necessary to send him to you. |
| 26因為他常想念你們眾人，又因你們聽說他病了，他更為心焦。 |
26For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was ill. |
| 27實在，他曾病得幾乎要死；但天主可憐了他，不但他，而且也可憐了我，免得我愁上加愁。 |
27He was indeed ill, close to death; but God had mercy on him, not just on him but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. |
| 28那麼，我儘速打發他回去，好叫你們看見他再感到喜樂，而我也減少憂苦。 |
28I send him therefore with the greater eagerness, so that, on seeing him, you may rejoice again, and I may have less anxiety. |
| 29所以你們應該在主內滿心喜歡接待他；像這樣的人，你們應當尊敬， |
29Welcome him then in the Lord with all joy and hold such people in esteem, |
| 30因為他為了基督的工作，曾冒性命的危險，接近了死亡，為彌補你們未能事奉我的虧缺。 |
30because for the sake of the work of Christ he came close to death, risking his life to make up for those services to me that you could not perform. |
