1From Sha'ul and Timotiyos, servants of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua; To all the Kedoshim in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua who are in the city of Philippi with the supervising mashgichim ruchaniyim (spiritual overseers, zekenim, mivakkerim, supervisors) and the klei kodesh (ministers), the ministering messianic shammashim.

2Chen v'chesed Hashem and shalom Hashem from Elohim Avinu and Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.

3Modeh Ani (I thank) my G-d upon every zikaron (remembrance) of you,

4Always in every tefillah of mine on behalf of all of you, davening with simcha, making techinnah (supplication)

5In view of your deveykus Hashem, your chavrusa partnership in the Besuras HaGeulah from day one until now.

6Being convinced of this: that He who began a pe'ulah hatovah ⁰(good work) in you, will bring that mitzvoh to completion ¹by Yom Hashem, the Yom Adoneinu, Moshiach Yehoshua. ²

7It is in fact b'tzedek for me to have hitbonenut (profound contemplation) about you all because I hold you in my lev with hartzige (heartfelt) sincerity, both in regard to my sharsherot (prison chains) and in the apologetic hitstaddekut (defense) and vindicatory work for the Besuras HaGeulah, you being all deveykus (attachment to G-d) participators in the Chen v'Chesed Hashem given to me.

8For der Oybershter is mine eidus (G-d is my witness) how I yearn for all of you with the ahavas Moshiach Yehoshua.

9And my tefillah (prayer) is this, that your ahavah (love) ³may yet increase more and more in profound da'as and binah,

10To help you approve the feste (excellent) things of musar (moral discipline) that matter, that you may be sincere and without michshol (stumbling block) of blame ⁴in the Yom HaMoshiach, ⁵

11Having been filled with the p'ri Tzedek (fruit of righteousness) through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua to the kavod Hashem and His tiferet (splendor).

12I want you to have da'as, Achim b'Moshiach, that the things concerning me have fallen out to an even greater advancement ⁶of the Besuras HaGeulah. ⁷

13So that my sharsherot ⁸(chains) have become a hisgalus (revelation) in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach! In all the imperial guard and the public at large!

14And most of the Achim b'Adoneinu, having been strengthened in bitachon by my sharsherot (chains), are more readily willing to dare to fearlessly proclaim the Dvar Hashem.

15Indeed some darshanim (preachers) preach their derashot (sermons) out of a ruach that is mekanne (jealous, envious) and one of madon (strife); but some have derashot proclaiming Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and these darshanim have kavvanah tovah (good intention).

16These latter proclaim Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach out of a ruach of ahavah, having da'as that the purpose of my divinely destined appointment here is for the hitstaddekut (apologetic defense) of the Besuras HaGeulah.

17But those other ones preach Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach out of anochiyut ⁹(selfishness), not with a lev tahor (pure in heart) motive, lu yetzuuyar (assuming) by means of my sharsherot ¹⁰to stir up tzoros.

18Nu? Whether the maggidim are or are not perfect in their intent, the significant thing is that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is preached! And in this I have simcha. And I will go right on having simcha!

19For, I have da'as that through your tefillos for me and through the ezrah (aid) given by the Ruach Moshiach, this will turn out for my Yeshu'ah (rescue, salvation). ¹¹

20It is my confident tikvah that in nothing I will be put to bushah (shame), but with all ometz lev ¹²(courage, boldness) as always, even now, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach will be magnified in my basar, ¹³whether through Chayyim (Life) or through Mavet (Death).

21For to me to live is Moshiach ¹⁴and to die is revach (gain, profit, hanaa).

22But if it means I am to go on living in the basar, this for me is p'ri for Hashem in the work of avodas kodesh ministry. What will I choose? I do not have da'as,

23I am kleir (deliberating). I am pulled two drakhim (ways) by a happy dilemma, on the one tzad (side) having the desire to depart and be with Moshiach, for this is much better. ¹⁵

24But on the other tzad (side) to remain in the basar is more necessary for your sake.

25And having been convinced of this fact, I have da'as that I blaib (remain, continue unchanged) and will continue with all of you, for your advancement ¹⁶and simcha of the ¹⁷Emunah, ¹⁸

26With the ultimate aim that by coming to you again your glorying may abound in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.

27Only one thing: conduct in practice your torat haEzrakhut ¹⁹(citizenship) worthily of the Besuras HaGeulah of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear concerning you that you are standing like a ma'oz (fortress, bastion) in one ruach, with one neshamah, contending for the Emunah ²⁰of the Besuras HaGeulah.

28And, I might add, not having pachad (fear, terror) in reaction to anything as far as the mitnaggedim (the ones opposing) are concerned, which is a proof to them of their churban (destruction), but of your Yeshu'ah ²¹(salvation ), and this from Hashem.

29For to you it was given on behalf of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, not only to have emunah in him but also on behalf of him to be laden with the burden of Messianic yissurim ²²(sufferings),

30With you having the same struggle, which you saw in me ²³and now hear to be in me. ²⁴