¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,

¹Paulus, Jumala tahtmisel Kristuse Jeesuse apostel, ja vend Timoteos - pühadele, kes on Kolossas, ustavatele vendadele Kristuses:

²to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

²Armu teile ja rahu Jumalalt, meie Isalt [ja meie Issandalt Jeesuselt Kristuselt]!

³We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

³Me täname Jumalat ja meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse Isa alati, kui me teie eest palvetame,

⁴having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that [is] to all the saints,

⁴sest me oleme kuulnud teie usust Kristusesse Jeesusesse ja armastusest kõigi pühade vastu

⁵because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

⁵lootuse pärast, mis teile on tallele pandud taevas. Sellest lootusest te olete juba kuulnud evangeeliumi tõesõnas,

⁶which is present to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which ye heard, and knew the grace of God in truth;

⁶mis on tulnud teie juurde, nõnda nagu see kogu maailmas on vilja kandmas ja kasvamas. Nii on see ka teie seas sellest päevast peale, mil te kuulsite ja tõeliselt ära tundsite Jumala armu;

⁷as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

⁷nõnda nagu te olete õppinud Epafrase, meie armsa kaassulase käest, kes on ustav Kristuse teener teie heaks.

⁸who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

⁸See ongi tema, kes meile on teatanud teie armastusest Vaimus.

⁹Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

⁹Seepärast ei ole ka meie, sellest päevast peale kui me seda kuulsime, lakanud teie eest palvetamast ega palumast, et teid täidetaks tema tahtmise tundmisega kogu tarkuses ja vaimulikus mõistmises,

¹⁰to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

¹⁰et te käiksite Issanda vääriliselt talle kõigiti meeldida püüdes, kandes vilja igasuguses heas töös ja kasvades Jumala tundmises

¹¹in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

¹¹ning saaksite vägevaks kogu väega tema kirkuse tugevust mööda kõigeks püsivuseks ja pikaks meeleks, rõõmuga

¹²Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,

¹²tänades Isa, kes teid on teinud kõlblikuks osa saama pühade pärandist valguse riigis,

¹³who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate [us] into the reign of the Son of His love,

¹³kes meid on kiskunud välja pimeduse meelevallast ja asetanud oma armsa Poja kuningriiki,

¹⁴in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins,

¹⁴kelles meil on lunastus, pattude andeksandmine.

¹⁵who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

¹⁵Tema on nähtamatu Jumala kuju, kogu loodu esmasündinu,

¹⁶because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

¹⁶sest tema läbi on loodud kõik, mis on taevais ja maa peal, mis on nähtav ja nähtamatu, olgu troonid või ülemused, olgu valitsused või meelevallad - kõik on loodud tema läbi ja tema poole.

¹⁷and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

¹⁷Tema ise on enne kõike ja kõik püsib koos temas

¹⁸And himself is the head of the body — the assembly — who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all [things] — himself — first,

¹⁸ja ta on oma ihu, koguduse pea. Tema on algus, esmasündinu surnuist, et ta kõiges saaks esimeseks.

¹⁹because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

¹⁹Sest Jumalal on olnud hea meel lasta kogu täiusel temas elada

²⁰and through him to reconcile the all things to himself — having made peace through the blood of his cross — through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

²⁰ja lepitada tema läbi enesega kõik, niihästi maapealsed kui taevalised, tehes rahu tema ristivere läbi.

²¹And you — once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,

²¹Ka teid, kes te varem olite Jumalast võõrdunud ja oma mõtlemise poolest tema vaenlased oma kurjade tegudega,

²²in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

²²on Kristus lepitanud nüüd oma lihalikus ihus surma läbi, et teid seada pühadena ja veatutena ja laitmatutena Jumala palge ette,

²³if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that [is] under the heaven, of which I became — I Paul — a ministrant.

²³kui te vaid jääte kindlaks ja rajatuks usule ega lase end kõrvale viia evangeeliumis olevast lootusest, mida te olete kuulnud ja mida on kuulutatud kogu loodule taeva all ja mille teenriks olen saanud mina, Paulus.

²⁴I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

²⁴Nüüd ma rõõmustan oma kannatustes teie pärast, ja oma ihus ma täidan puuduvat osa Kristuse kannatustest tema ihu, see tähendab koguduse heaks,

²⁵of which I — I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,

²⁵kelle teenriks ma olen saanud Jumala korralduse järgi, mis mu kätte on antud teie heaks, et teile täielikult kuulutada Jumala sõna,

²⁶the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints,

²⁶seda saladust, mis oli varjatud endiste aegade ja sugupõlvede eest, nüüd on aga avaldatud tema pühadele,

²⁷to whom God did will to make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations — which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

²⁷kellele Jumal tahtis teada anda, mis on selle saladuse kirkuse rikkus kõigi rahvaste seas; see on - Kristus teie sees, kirkuse lootus.

²⁸whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

²⁸Meie kuulutame teda, manitsedes iga inimest ja õpetades iga inimest kogu tarkuses, et seada iga inimest Jumala ette täiuslikuna Kristuses.

²⁹for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.

²⁹Selleks ka mina näen vaeva ja võitlen tema jõu toimel, mis minus on tegev väega.