1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
1በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ የሆነ ጳውሎስ ጢሞቴዎስም ወንድሙ፥
2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2በቈላስይስ ለሚኖሩ ቅዱሳንና በክርስቶስ ለታመኑ ወንድሞች፤ ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ይሁን።
3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
3ስለ እናንተ ስንጸልይ፥ በሰማይ ከተዘጋጀላችሁ ተስፋ የተነሣ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ስለ እምነታችሁ ለቅዱሳንም ሁሉ ስላላችሁ ፍቅር ሰምተን፥ የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን አባት እግዚአብሔርን ሁልጊዜ እናመሰግናለን፤ ስለዚህም ተስፋ በወንጌል እውነት ቃል አስቀድማችሁ ሰማችሁ።
4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
6ይህም በዓለም ሁሉ ደግሞ እንዳለ ወደ እናንተ ደርሶአል፥ እግዚአብሔርንም ጸጋ በእውነት ከሰማችሁበትና ካወቃችሁበት ቀን ጀምሮ፥ በእናንተ ደግሞ እንዳለ እንዲህ በዓለም ፍሬ ያፈራል ያድግማል።
5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
7ከተወደደ ከእኛም ጋር አብሮ ባሪያ ከሆነው ከኤጳፍራ እንዲህ ተማራችሁ፥ እርሱም ስለ እናንተ ታማኝ የክርስቶስ አገልጋይ ነው።
6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
8ደግሞም በመንፈስ ስለሚሆን ስለ ፍቅራችሁ አስታወቀን።
7As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
9ስለዚሁ እኛ ደግሞ ይህን ከሰማንበት ቀን ጀምረን የፈቃዱ እውቀት መንፈሳዊ ጥበብንና አእምሮን ሁሉ እንዲሞላባችሁ እየለመንን፥ ስለ እናንተ ጸሎትን አልተውንም።
8Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
10በበጎ ሥራ ሁሉ ፍሬ እያፈራችሁ በእግዚአብሔርም እውቀት እያደጋችሁ፥
9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
12ከደስታም ጋር በሁሉ ለመጽናትና ለመታገሥ እንደ ክብሩ ጉልበት መጠን በኃይል ሁሉ እየበረታችሁ፥ በቅዱሳንም ርስት በብርሃን እንድንካፈል ያበቃንን አብን እያመሰገናችሁ፥ በነገር ሁሉ ደስ ልታሰኙ ለጌታ እንደሚገባ ትመላለሱ ዘንድ እንለምናለን።
10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
13እርሱ ከጨለማ ሥልጣን አዳነን፥ ቤዛነቱንም እርሱንም የኃጢአትን ስርየት ወዳገኘንበት ወደ ፍቅሩ ልጅ መንግሥት አፈለሰን።
11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
15እርሱም የማይታይ አምላክ ምሳሌ ነው። የሚታዩትና የማይታዩትም፥ ዙፋናት ቢሆኑ ወይም ጌትነት ወይም አለቅነት ወይም ሥልጣናት፥ በሰማይና በምድር ያሉት ሁሉ በእርሱ ተፈጥረዋልና ከፍጥረት ሁሉ በፊት በኵር ነው። ሁሉ በእርሱና ለእርሱ ተፈጥሮአል።
12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
17እርሱም ከሁሉ በፊት ነው ሁሉም በእርሱ ተጋጥሞአል።
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
18እርሱም የአካሉ ማለት የቤተ ክርስቲያን ራስ ነው። እርሱም በሁሉ ፊተኛ ይሆን ዘንድ፥ መጀመሪያ ከሙታንም በኵር ነው።
14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
19እግዚአብሔር ሙላቱ ሁሉ በእርሱ እንዲኖር፥ በእርሱም በኩል በመስቀሉ ደም ሰላም አድርጎ በምድር ወይም በሰማያት ያሉትን ሁሉ ለራሱ እንዲያስታርቅ ፈቅዶአልና።
15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
21እናንተንም ነውርና ነቀፋ የሌላችሁና ቅዱሳን አድርጎ በእርሱ ፊት ያቀርባችሁ ዘንድ፥ በፊት የተለያችሁትን ክፉ ሥራችሁንም በማድረግ በአሳባችሁ ጠላቶች የነበራችሁትን አሁን በሥጋው ሰውነት በሞቱ በኩል አስታረቃችሁ።
16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
23ይህም፥ ተመሥርታችሁና ተደላድላችሁ ከሰማችሁትም ከወንጌል ተስፋ ሳትናወጡ፥ በሃይማኖት ጸንታችሁ ብትኖሩ ይሆናል። ያም ወንጌል ከሰማይ በታች ባለው ፍጥረት ሁሉ ዘንድ የተሰበከ ነው፥ እኔም ጳውሎስ የእርሱ አገልጋይ ሆንሁ።
17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
24አሁን በመከራዬ ስለ እናንተ ደስ ይለኛል፥ ስለ አካሉም ማለት ስለ ቤተ ክርስቲያን በሥጋዬ በክርስቶስ መከራ የጐደለውን እፈጽማለሁ።
18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
25ስለ እናንተ እንደ ተሰጠኝ እንደ እግዚአብሔር መጋቢነት፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ፈጽሜ እንድሰብክ እኔ የቤተ ክርስቲያን አገልጋይ ሆንሁ።
19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
26ይህም ቃል ከዘላለምና ከትውልዶች ጀምሮ ተሰውሮ የነበረ ምሥጢር ነው፥ አሁን ግን ለቅዱሳኑ ተገልጦአል።
20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
27ለእነርሱም እግዚአብሔር በአሕዛብ ዘንድ ያለው የዚህ ምሥጢር ክብር ባለ ጠግነት ምን እንደ ሆነ ሊያስታውቅ ወደደ፥ ምሥጢሩም የክብር ተስፋ ያለው ክርስቶስ በእናንተ ዘንድ መሆኑ ነው።
21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
28እኛም በክርስቶስ ፍጹም የሚሆን ሰውን ሁሉ እናቀርብ ዘንድ ሰውን ሁሉ እየገሠጽን ሰውንም ሁሉ በጥበብ ሁሉ እያስተማርን የምንሰብከው እርሱ ነው።
22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
29ለዚህም ነገር ደግሞ፥ በእኔ በኃይል እንደሚሠራ እንደ አሠራሩ እየተጋደልሁ፥ እደክማለሁ።
23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.