Philippians 2:5-11 translation
(NOTE: My goal was to translate one or two paragraphs per week. Philippians 2:1-4 probably belong to the same paragraph as Philippians 2:5-11. However, for the sake of less translation, I’ve separated this paragraph into two weeks.)
My translation:
Have this same intent among yourselves which was also in Jesus Christ: Although his nature was divine, he did not consider his divinity to be something he had to hold onto. Instead, he humbled himself by taking on the nature of a servant, by being born in the form of humanity. When he had the same form as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even the death caused by crucifixion. For this very reason, God honored him and gave him the name that is more than every name, so that, by Jesus’ name, everyone (those in heaven, those on the earth, and those under the earth) might bow before him and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:5-11)
Greek Text:
τοῦτο φÏονεῖτε á¼Î½ ὑμῖν ὃ καὶ á¼Î½ ΧÏιστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ὃς á¼Î½ μοÏφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάÏχων οá½Ï‡ á¼Ïπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ, ἀλλὰ ἑαυτὸν á¼Îºá½³Î½Ï‰ÏƒÎµÎ½ μοÏφὴν δούλου λαβών, á¼Î½ á½Î¼Î¿Î¹á½½Î¼Î±Ï„ι ἀνθÏώπων γενόμενος: καὶ σχήματι εὑÏεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθÏωπος á¼Ï„απείνωσεν ἑαυτὸν γενόμενος ὑπήκοος μέχÏι θανάτου, θανάτου δὲ σταυÏοῦ. διὸ καὶ ὠθεὸς αá½Ï„ὸν ὑπεÏύψωσεν καὶ á¼Ï‡Î±Ïίσατο αá½Ï„á¿· τὸ ὄνομα τὸ á½‘Ï€á½²Ï Ï€á¾¶Î½ ὄνομα, ἵνα á¼Î½ Ï„á¿· ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ á¼Ï€Î¿Ï…Ïανίων καὶ á¼Ï€Î¹Î³Îµá½·Ï‰Î½ καὶ καταχθονίων, καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα á¼Î¾Î¿Î¼Î¿Î»Î¿Î³á½µÏƒÎ·Ï„αι ὅτι κύÏιος Ἰησοῦς ΧÏιστὸς εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ πατÏός.
Here is another translation for comparison:
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:5-11 ESV)