Filemon
Ang Biblia (1978)
1 Si Pablo, na (A)bilanggo ni Cristo Jesus, at si (B)Timoteo na ating kapatid kay Filemon na aming minamahal (C)at kamanggagawa,
2 At kay Apia na ating kapatid na babae, at kay (D)Arquipo na kapuwa kawal namin, at sa (E)iglesia sa iyong bahay:
3 Sumainyo nawa ang (F)biyaya at kapayapaang mula sa Dios na ating Ama at sa Panginoong Jesucristo.
4 (G)Nagpapasalamat akong lagi sa aking Dios, na ikaw ay binabanggit ko sa aking mga panalangin,
5 Sa pagkabalita ko ng iyong pagibig, (H)at ng pananampalataya mo sa Panginoong Jesus, at sa lahat ng mga banal;
6 Upang ang pakikipagkaisa ng iyong pananampalataya, ay maging mabisa (I)sa pagkaalam ng bawa't mabuting bagay na nasa iyo, sa kay Cristo.
7 (J)Sapagka't ako'y totoong nagalak at naaliw sa iyong pagibig, sapagka't (K)ang mga puso ng mga banal ay (L)naginhawahan sa pamamagitan mo, kapatid.
8 Kaya, (M)bagama't kay Cristo ay mayroon akong buong pagkakatiwala upang ipagtagubilin ko sa iyo ang nauukol,
9 Gayon ma'y alangalang sa pagibig ay bagkus akong namamanhik, kung sa bagay akong si Pablo ay matanda na, at ngayon nama'y (N)bilanggo ni Cristo Jesus:
10 Ipinamamanhik ko sa iyo ang aking anak, (O)na aking ipinanganak sa aking mga tanikala, si (P)Onesimo,
11 Na nang unang panahon ay hindi mo pinakinabangan, datapuwa't ngayon ay may pakikinabangin ka at ako man:
12 Na siya'y aking pinabalik sa iyo sa kaniyang sariling katawan, sa makatuwid baga'y, ang aking sariling puso:
13 Na ibig ko sanang pigilin siya sa aking piling, upang sa iyong pangalan ay paglingkuran ako sa (Q)mga tanikala ng evangelio:
14 Datapuwa't kung wala kang pasiya ay wala akong magagawang anoman; upang ang iyong kabutihang-loob ay huwag maging tila sa pagkakailangan, kundi sa sariling kalooban.
15 Sapagka't marahil sa ganito siya'y nahiwalay sa iyo sa sangdaling panahon, upang siya'y mapasa iyo magpakailan man;
16 Na (R)hindi na alipin, kundi higit sa alipin, (S)isang kapatid na minamahal, lalong lalo na sa akin, nguni't gaano pa kaya sa iyo, na siya'y minamahal mo maging sa (T)laman at gayon din sa Panginoon.
17 (U)Kung ako nga ay inaari mong kasama, ay tanggapin mo siyang tila ako rin.
18 Nguni't kung siya'y nagkasala sa iyo ng anoman, o may utang sa iyong anoman, ay ibilang mo sa akin;
19 Akong si Pablo na sumusulat nito ng aking sariling kamay, ay siyang magbabayad sa iyo: hindi sa sinasabi ko sa iyo na ikaw man ay utang mo pa sa akin.
20 Oo, kapatid, magkaroon nawa ako ng katuwaan sa iyo sa Panginoon: (V)panariwain mo ang aking puso kay Cristo.
21 Kita'y sinulatan sa pagkakatiwala sa iyong pagtalima, palibhasa'y aking nalalaman na gagawin mo ang higit pa kay sa aking sinasabi.
22 Datapuwa't bago ang lahat ay ipaghanda mo ako ng matutuluyan: sapagka't inaasahan kong (W)sa pamamagitan ng inyong mga panalangin ay ipagkakaloob ako sa inyo.
23 Binabati (X)ka ni (Y)Epafras, na aking kasama sa pagkabilanggo kay Cristo Jesus;
24 At gayon din ni (Z)Marcos, ni (AA)Aristarco, ni (AB)Demas, at ni Lucas na aking mga kamanggagawa.
25 (AC)Ang biyaya ng ating Panginoong Jesucristo ay sumainyo nawang espiritu. Siya nawa.
Philemon
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 Paul, a prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), and our brother Timothy, to Philemon our dearly beloved sharer with us in our work,
2 And to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier [in the Christian warfare], and to the church [assembly that meets] in your house:
3 Grace (spiritual blessing and favor) be to all of you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
4 I give thanks to my God for you always when I mention you in my prayers,
5 Because I continue to hear of your love and of your loyal faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and [which you show] toward all the saints (God’s consecrated people).
6 [And I pray] that the participation in and sharing of your faith may produce and promote full recognition and appreciation and understanding and precise knowledge of every good [thing] that is ours in [our identification with] Christ Jesus [and unto His glory].
7 For I have derived great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints [who are your fellow Christians] have been cheered and refreshed through you, [my] brother.
8 Therefore, though I have abundant boldness in Christ to charge you to do what is fitting and required and your duty to do,
9 Yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you just for what I am—I, Paul, an ambassador [of Christ Jesus] and an old man and now a prisoner for His sake also—
10 I appeal to you for my [own spiritual] child, Onesimus [meaning profitable], whom I have begotten [in the faith] while a captive in these chains.
11 Once he was unprofitable to you, but now he is indeed profitable to you as well as to me.
12 I am sending him back to you in [a]his own person, [and it is like sending] my very heart.
13 I would have chosen to keep him with me, in order that he might minister to my needs in your stead during my imprisonment for the Gospel’s sake.
14 But it has been my wish to do nothing about it without first consulting you and getting your consent, in order that your benevolence might not seem to be the result of compulsion or of pressure but might be voluntary [on your part].
15 Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated [from you] for a while, that you might have him back as yours forever,
16 Not as a slave any longer but as [something] more than a slave, as a brother [Christian], especially dear to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh [as a servant] and in the Lord [as a fellow believer].
17 If then you consider me a partner and a [b]comrade in fellowship, welcome and receive him as you would [welcome and receive] me.
18 And if he has done you any wrong in any way or owes anything [to you], charge that to my account.
19 I, Paul, write it with my own hand, I promise to repay it [in full]—and that is to say nothing [of the fact] that you owe me your very self!
20 Yes, brother, let me have some profit from you in the Lord. Cheer and refresh my heart in Christ.
21 I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
22 At the same time prepare a guest room [in expectation of extending your hospitality] to me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted [the gracious privilege of coming] to you.
23 Greetings to you from Epaphras, my fellow prisoner here in [the cause of] Christ Jesus (the Messiah),
24 And [from] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
25 The grace (blessing and favor) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with your spirit. Amen (so be it).
Footnotes
- Philemon 1:12 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
- Philemon 1:17 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
Ang Biblia Copyright © Philippine Bible Society 1905, 1915, 1933, 1978
Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
