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¹Yie, Baulo, weic Giduc Yesu zuqc wuonx jienv loh. Yie caux mbuo nyei youz, Ti^mo^tai, fiev fienx bun yie mbuo hnamv nyei doic, dongh caux yie mbuo juangc gong zoux nyei mienh, Fi^le^mon, ²yaac fiev bun yie mbuo nyei muoc, Apc^fie, aengx caux yie mbuo lomh nzoih zoux baeng wuov dauh Aan^kipv^batc,⚓ caux yiem Fi^le^mon nyei biauv gapv zunv zoux leiz-baaix nyei jiu-baang.
³Tov mbuo nyei Zaangc Diex Tin-Hungh caux Ziouv Yesu Giduc ceix en ceix baengh orn bun meih mbuo.

Fi^le^mon Sienx Longx

⁴Fi^le^mon youz aac, yie daux gaux nyei ziangh hoc yie jangx zuqc meih yaac zanc-zanc weic meih laengz zingh yie nyei Tin-Hungh, ⁵weic zuqc yie haiz gorngv meih sienx longx Ziouv Yesu yaac hnamv haic Tin-Hungh nyei zuangx mienh. ⁶Yie tov Tin-Hungh bun mbuo weic mbuo dongh nyungc sienx maaih nyei jiu tong, tengx mbuo jaa hiuv duqv mbuo caux Giduc juangc maengc ziangh duqv daaih longx nyei yietc zungv. ⁷Youz aac, meih ndongc naaic hnamv mienh bun yie gengh njien-youh orn-lorqc haic, weic zuqc meih tengx Tin-Hungh nyei zuangx mienh nyei hnyouv henv jiez daaih.

Baulo Tengx O^ne^si^matv Tov Fi^le^mon

⁸Weic zuqc mbuo se lomh nzoih sienx Giduc nyei gorx-youz, yie haih bungx laangc nyei paaiv meih zoux meih horpc zuqc zoux nyei sic. ⁹Mv baac weic zuqc yie hnamv meih, yie cingx daaih tov meih hnangv. Yie, Baulo, mienh gox mienh,⚓ ih zanc yaac weic Giduc Yesu zuqc wuonx jienv loh. ¹⁰Yie tengx yie nyei dorn, O^ne^si^matv,⚓ tov. Yie zuqc wuonx jienv loh nyei ziangh hoc yie duqv O^ne^si^matv daaih zoux yie nyei dorn.⚓ ¹¹Zinh ndaangc meih buatc ninh maiv lamh longc. Mv baac ih zanc ninh weic meih yaac weic yie maaih lamh longc haic aqv.
¹²Ih zanc yie fungx ninh nzuonx meih naaic, se hnangv maeqv yietc buonc yie nyei mba'nziu gan jienv mingh mi'aqv nor. ¹³Yie weic kuv fienx zuqc wuonx jienv loh yaac haiz oix liouh ninh yiem naaiv div meih tengx yie. ¹⁴Mv baac yie maiv gaengh zoux haaix nyungc taux meih nqoi nzuih, weic bun meih zoux haaix nyungc longx se yiem meih ganh maaih hnyouv zoux, maiv zeiz aapv zoux.
¹⁵Nziex O^ne^si^matv leih caamx baav meih se weic bun meih duqv ninh nzuonx daaih yietc liuz yiem. ¹⁶Mv baac ih zanc ninh maiv zeiz kungx zoux nouh, ninh zoux gauh longx jiex nouh, se zoux hnamv nyei gorx-youz. Yie za'gengh hnamv ninh, mv baac meih zungv oix hnamv ninh gauh camv weic zuqc ninh se meih nyei mienh yaac caux meih zoux sienx Ziouv nyei gorx-youz.
¹⁷Hnangv naaiv, se gorngv meih funx yie caux meih juangc gong zoux nyei mienh, oix zuqc zipv O^ne^si^matv hnangv zipv yie nor. ¹⁸Se gorngv ninh zoux haaix nyungc dorngc meih fai qiemx meih nyei haaix nyungc zaeqv, oix zuqc funx benx yie nyei. ¹⁹Yie longc yie ganh nyei buoz fiev naaiv. “Yie, Baulo, laengz jaauv sung meih.” Yie maiv gorngv meih qiemx yie nyei zaeqv, se meih zungv qiemx meih ganh yie. ²⁰Youz aac, tov meih weic Ziouv hnangv naaiv nor tengx yie, bun yie nyei hnyouv orn-lorqc, weic zuqc mbuo lomh nzoih sienx Giduc.
²¹Yie fiev naaiv zeiv fienx, yie hiuv dingc meih oix ei jienv yie tov nyei zoux. Yaac hiuv duqv meih zungv oix zoux camv jiex ndaangc yie tov nyei. ²²Aengx maaih diuc. Tov meih mbuo liuc leiz dorngx bun yie hitv. Yie hnamv daaih Tin-Hungh oix dau meih mbuo daux gaux nyei waac bun yie maiv lauh aengx duqv nzuonx meih mbuo naaic.

Setv Mueiz Waac

²³E^baa^faa,⚓ dongh weic Giduc Yesu zuqc caux yie wuonx jienv naaiv loh wuov dauh, jangx taux meih mbuo. ²⁴Caux yie juangc gong zoux nyei mienh, Maako,⚓ Aa^litv^taa^katv,⚓ Ndemaatv⚓ caux Lugaa⚓ yaac jangx taux meih mbuo. ²⁵Tov Ziouv Yesu Giduc ceix en bun meih mbuo.⚓

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¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker— ²also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home:
³Grace and peace to you⚓ from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

⁴I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, ⁵because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. ⁶I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. ⁷Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.

Paul’s Plea for Onesimus

⁸Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do, ⁹yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus— ¹⁰that I appeal to you for my son Onesimus,⚓ who became my son while I was in chains. ¹¹Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
¹²I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you. ¹³I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel. ¹⁴But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would not seem forced but would be voluntary. ¹⁵Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever— ¹⁶no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.
¹⁷So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. ¹⁸If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. ¹⁹I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back—not to mention that you owe me your very self. ²⁰I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ. ²¹Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
²²And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.
²³Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. ²⁴And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.
²⁵The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.