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| [1]Paul a prisoner of Ieshu The Messiah and Timotheos brother to Philemon beloved and a laborer our companion |
[1]PAULOS, the bondman of Jeshu Meshiha, and the brother Timotheos, to the beloved Philemon, our fellow-labourer,ⓘ |
| [2]And to Aphia our beloved and to Arkippus a laborer our companion and to the church that is in your house |
[2]And to our beloved Aphia, and to Arkipos our fellowlabourer,ⓘ and to the church which is in thy house. |
| [3]Grace with you and peace from Alaha our Father and from our Lord Ieshu The Messiah |
[3]Grace be with thee, and peace, from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. |
| [4]Thank I my Alaha in every time and remember I you in my prayers |
[4]I give thanks to Aloha at all time, and remember thee in my prayers. |
| [5]Behold from when I heard of your faith and love that is to you toward our Lord Ieshu and toward all of the holy ones |
[5]Behold, from [the time] when I heard of thy faith, and the love which thou hast to our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and to all the saints, |
| [6]That will be the sharing of your faith producing fruit in works and in knowledge of every good that is to you in Ieshu The Messiah |
[6](I have prayed) that there may be communication of thy faith [in] yielding fruits, in works and in the [manifestation of the] knowledge of all good which thou hast in Jeshu Meshiha. |
| [7]Joy for great is to us and comfort for by your love have been refreshed the affections of the saints |
[7]For we have great joy and consolation, that by thy love the bowels of the saints are refreshed. |
| [8]Because of this freedom great is to me in The Messiah to command you those things that are right |
[8]Wherefore I have great confidence in the Meshiha to command thee those acts which are righteous, |
| [9]Because of the love but begging it is beg I of you I Paul who am the elder as that know you now but also prisoner of Ieshu The Messiah |
[9]But for love's sake entreating I entreat of thee, I, Paulos, who am the aged as thou knowest, but now also the bondman of Jeshu Meshiha. |
| [10]And beg I of you concerning my son him whom I begat in my bondage Onesimus |
[10]And I entreat of thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimos, |
| [11]He who at times not there was for you in him usefulness now but also to you and to me very he is useful |
[11]Who once was of no use to thee, but [who will] now to thee, as also to me, be greatly useful; and I have sent him to thee. |
| [12]And I sent him to you you but as son my in this way receive him |
[12]But thou, as [one] who is my offspring, so receive him. |
| [13]Willing I was for that with me I would keep him to be ministering to me on your behalf in the bondage of the Gospel |
[13]For I would have retained him with me, that he might have served me for thy sake in the bonds of the gospel; |
| [14]Without your counsel but not I wanted anything to do that not as by necessity would be your benefit but by your will |
[14]But without thy counsel I was not willing to do any thing, that thy goodness might not be as by constraint, but of thy will. |
| [15]Perhaps but also because of this he departed for a time that for eternity you may keep him |
[15]But, perhaps, for this he passed away for an hour, that thou mayest hold him for ever; |
| [16]Not from now on as a servant but more than a servant brother beloved my one how much more? yours both in the flesh and in our Lord |
[16]Not henceforth as a servant, but as more than a servant, a beloved brother of mine, and how much more of thine, both in the flesh and in our Lord! |
| [17]If therefore you are to me a partner receive him as mine |
[17]If then thou art with me a partaker, receive him as mine. |
| [18]And if anything you lack or owes a debt this one to me account it |
[18]And if of any thing he hath deprived thee, or oweth, that reckon unto me. |
| [19]I Paul have written with my hand I will pay I myself without saying to you that also your soul owe you to me |
[19]I, Paulos, have written with my hands, I will repay thee; for I will not tell thee that thou owest thyself to me. |
| [20]Yes my brother I am refreshed by you in our Lord satisfy my love in The Messiah |
[20]Yes, my brother, I will be refreshed by thee in our Lord; refresh my bowels in the Meshiha. |
| [21]Because trust I that will listen you to me I have written to you and know I that more than what that said I will do you |
[21]Because I am confident of thy hearing me, I have written to thee, and I know that more than I have asked thou wilt do. |
| [22]Together but also prepare for me a place a dwelling hope I for that by your prayers am given I to you |
[22]But at once also prepare me a house of lodging, for I hope through your prayers I shall be given to you. |
| [23]Invokes your peace Epaphra a captive fellow in Ieshu The Messiah |
[23]Epaphra, a captive with me in Jeshu Meshiha, |
| [24]And Marqus and Aristarkus and Dema and Luqa my helpers |
[24]And Markos, and Aristarkos, and Dema, and Luka, my helpers, ask for your peace. |
| [25]The grace of our Lord Ieshu The Messiah with your spirits Amen |
[25]The grace of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha be with your spirit, my brethren. Amen.
Finished is the Epistle to Philemon, which was written from Ruma, and sent by the hand of Onesimos |