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Xaqnimada Runta Ah

Walaalahayow, ugu dambaysta, waxaan idinku leeyahay, Rabbiga ku farxa. Sida xaqiiqadaa anigu inaan isla wixii idiin soo qoro dhib iguma aha, laakiinse idinka way idiin roon tahay. Eeyaha iska jira, oo iska jira kuwa sharka sameeya, oo iska jira gudniinta beenta ah, waayo, innagu waxaynu nahay kuwa gudan oo Ruuxa Ilaah ku caabuda, oo Ciise Masiix ku faana, oo aan jidhkana ku kalsoonayn, in kastoo aan aniga qudhayduba jidhka ku kalsoonahay, haddii nin u malaynayo inuu jidhka ku kalsoon yahay anigu waan ka sii daranahay. Aniga waxaa lay guday maalintii siddeedaad, oo waxaan ahay jinsiga reer binu Israa'iil, oo waxaan ka ahay qabiilka Benyaamiin, oo waxaan ahay Cibraani ka mid ah Cibraaniyada; oo xagga sharcigana waxaan ahay Farrisi; xagga qiiradana waxaan ahaa mid silcin jiray kiniisadda, xagga xaqnimada sharciga ku jirtana waxaan ahaa eedlaawe. Habase yeeshee waxyaalihii faa'iidada ii ahaa kuwaas Masiixa aawadiis ayaan khasaare ku tiriyey. Runtii anigu wax kasta ayaan khasaare ku tirinayaa wanaagga aqoonta aan aqaan Rabbigayga Ciise Masiix aawadiis, kaas oo aan aawadiis wax kasta ugu khasaaray, oo haatan waxaan ku tirinayaa inay yihiin qushaash inaan Masiix faa'iido ahaan u helo oo isaga dhexdiisa layga helo, anigoo aan lahayn xaqnimo tayda ah, taas oo sharciga laga helo, laakiinse anigoo leh tan laga helo rumaysadka Masiixa, taas oo ah xaqnimada xagga Ilaah rumaysadka lagaga helo, 10 inaan ogaado isaga iyo xoogga sarakiciddiisa iyo wadawadaagidda xanuunsigiisa, anigoo isaga xagga dhimashadiisa ugu ekaanaya, 11 si kasta ha ahaatee haddii aan gaadhi karo sarakicidda kuwii dhintay. 12 Mana aha inaan hore u helay amase hore la ii kaamilay, laakiinse waan ku sii dadaalayaa inaan qabsado wixii Ciise Masiix ii qabtay. 13 Walaalahayow, anigu ku tirin maayo inaan aniga qudhaydu weli qabsaday, laakiinse wax keliya ayaan samaynayaa, waxyaalihii iga dambeeyey intaan illoobo ayaan waxaan laacayaa waxyaalaha iga horreeya. 14 Anigu waxaan dadaal ugu roorayaa xagga goolka iyo ilaa abaalgudka yeedhista sare oo Ilaah oo ah xagga Ciise Masiix. 15 Sidaas daraaddeed in alla inteennii kaamil ahu aan sidaas ku fikirno, oo haddii aad si kala duwan wax kaga fikirtaan, xataa waxaas Ilaah baa idiin muujin doona. 16 Laakiin wixii aynu hore u gaadhnay, isla waxaas aynu ku soconno.

17 Walaalayaalow, idinku kulligiin igu wada dayda, oo u fiirsada kuwa sidaas u socda xataa sidaad annaga masaal noogu haysataan.

Cadaawayaasha Iskutallaabta Masiixa

18 Waayo, waxaa jira kuwa badan oo socda oo aan marar badan wax idiinka sheegay, oo aan haddana anigoo ooyaya idiin sheegayo inay yihiin cadaawayaasha iskutallaabta Masiixa, 19 oo kuwaas dhammaadkoodu waa halligaad, ilaahooduna waa caloosha, ammaantooduna waxay ku jirtaa ceebtooda, oo waxay ka fikiraan waxyaalaha dunida. 20 Laakiinse innaga waddaninimadeennu waxay ku jirtaa jannada halkaasoo aynu weliba ka sugayno Badbaadiye kaas oo ah Rabbi Ciise Masiix. 21 Isagu wuxuu beddeli doonaa jidhkeenna liita inuu u ekaado jidhkiisa ammaanta leh, oo wuxuu ku beddelayaa xoogga uu isagu ku awoodo inuu wax kastaba isaga hoosaysiiyo.

No Confidence in the Flesh

Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,(A) and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out for those dogs,(B) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision,(C) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,(D) and who put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reasons for such confidence.(E)

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised(F) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(G) of the tribe of Benjamin,(H) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(I) as for zeal,(J) persecuting the church;(K) as for righteousness based on the law,(L) faultless.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(M) for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(N) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(O) and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(P) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(Q) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(R) 10 I want to know(S) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(T) becoming like him in his death,(U) 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(V) from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(W) but I press on to take hold(X) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(Y) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(Z) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(AA) toward the goal to win the prize(AB) for which God has called(AC) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Following Paul’s Example

15 All of us, then, who are mature(AD) should take such a view of things.(AE) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.(AF) 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

17 Join together in following my example,(AG) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(AH) 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,(AI) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.(AJ) 19 Their destiny(AK) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(AL) and their glory is in their shame.(AM) Their mind is set on earthly things.(AN) 20 But our citizenship(AO) is in heaven.(AP) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(AQ) 21 who, by the power(AR) that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies(AS) so that they will be like his glorious body.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of