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

¹Paula Pathian deihdana Kris Jesu sawltak leh Timothi i unauin.

²To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

²Kolossa khuaa Kris mi siangthoute leh unau muanhuaite kiangah: Pathian i Pa kianga kipan hehpihna leh lemna n akiang uah om hen.

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

³Nou adinga thum gigein Pathian i Toupa Jesu Kris Pa kiangah kipahthu ka gen uhi,

⁴having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

⁴Kris Jesu na gindan uh leh misiangthou tengteng tunga itnna na neihdan uh ka jak tak jiakun,

⁵because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

⁵Huaibel nou adinga lametna vana koihkholha a om jiak ahi. Huai lametna tanchin mah, tumain, tanchin hoih thutak thu ah na nazata ua;

⁶which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

⁶Huai tanchin hoih tuh khovel tengteng ah gaha a khan jel mah bangin, na kiang uh hongtung a, chih taktaka Pathian hehpihna tuh na ngaihkhiak ua na jak ni ua kipanin, noumau ah leng gahin a khang jel ahi;

⁷even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

⁷Huaimahbangin Epaphra i sikha hihpih ngaihtak laka na zil bang un, amah tuh kou sikin Kris nasempa muanhuai tak ahi a,

⁸who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

⁸Aman tuh Khaa na itna uh a honhilh hi.

⁹For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

⁹Huaijiakin, ka jak ni ua kipan kou leng noua dia thum leh nget ka tawp kei uhi; huchia khalam pilna leh theihna tengteng a a deihlam theihnaa hihdima nongom theihna dingun,

¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹⁰Huan, nasep hoih chitenga gaha, Pathian theihnaa hongkhanga, Amah kipah lamtaka Toupa a dia kilawmhima na hintheihna dingun.

¹¹strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

¹¹Kipahna toh kithuah thuak-hatna leh kuhkalna nei dingin, A hatna thupi bangjela hihhatin hongom un;

¹²giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

¹²Vaka misiangthoute gou luahpih dia honchingsak Pa kianga kipahthu genin.

¹³who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

¹³Aman tuh mial thuneihna lak akipan honsuaktasakin, a Tapa ittak gamah honkaisakta;

¹⁴in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

¹⁴Amah ah tuh i tatkhiakna uh i mu un i khelhnate ngaihdamna tak.

¹⁵who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

¹⁵Amah tuh muh theih louh Pathian batpih, thilsiam tengtenga piang masapen ahi a;

¹⁶for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

¹⁶Amah ah tuh bangkim siam ahi a, vana omte, leia omte toh, muhtheihte, muhtheihlouhte toh, laltutphahte leng, thuneihnate leng; bangkim amah siam ahi, amah ading maha siam ahi.

¹⁷and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

¹⁷Huan, amah jaw bangteng om main leng a om him ahi, amah ah tuh bangteng a ding khawm chiat uhi.

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.

¹⁸Amah tuh pumpi (huai tuh saptuamte) lutang ahi a; bangkima tungnungpen a honghih theihna ding in, a bulpi, misi laka kipana piang masapen tuh ahi.

¹⁹For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;

¹⁹Amaha Pathian tangchinna tengteng a om Pa deihlam tak ahi ngala.

²⁰and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

²⁰A kros sisana lemna nabawlin, amah ah bangkim amah toh a kilemsak hi; amah ngeiah leia thil omte leng, vana thil omte leng amah toh a kilemsak hi.

²¹And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

²¹Huan, nou, tumalamin na lungsim uah a melma na hi ua, na thilhih gilou ua amaha kipana khena naom na hi ua, himahleh tuin aman,

²²yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

²²A sihnain a pumpi ah amah toh noute a honkilemsakta hi, a maa siangthou tak leh, gensiatbei leh, mohsaktheihlouha a hondin sakna dingin,

²³if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

²³Kingakna neia kip taka oma, tanchin hoih na jak ua lametnaa kipana suan manga om loua, ginnaa na om gige peuhmah uleh; huai tanchin hoih tuh van nuaia thil siam tengteng laka tangkoupih ahi a; kei Paula leng huai nasem dia bawl ka hi.

²⁴Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

²⁴Nou jiaka tu-a ka gimthuaknate ah ka kipak hi; huan, a pumpi jiaka Krisin a gimthuaknate ban zom jel ka hi: a pumpi tuh Saptuam ahi.

²⁵whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

²⁵Noua dinga Pathian nasepna kei kianga piaka om bangjelin huai saptuam nasempa ka honghita, Pathian thu bukim taka theisak dingin.

²⁶[even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

²⁶Huai Pathian thu tuh khantawn leh akhang akhanga kipana thuguk kisel pen ahi; tun bel misiangthoute kiangah latsakin a omta hi.

²⁷to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

²⁷Amau kiangah, Jentelte laka huai thuguk thupina hauhsakna tamdan Pathianin theihsak a ut him ahi; huai thuguk tuh Kris noumaua om, thupina lametna pen tuh ahi:

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

²⁸Mi chih Krisa hoihkima ka piak theihna ding un, mi chih hilhin, mi chih pilna chitenga zilsakin, Amah tanchin ka gen jel uhi.Huchibang dingin, nakpi taka keimaha a sep sak thahatna tengteng zangin theih tawpin ka sem jel hi.

²⁹whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

²⁹Huchibang dingin, nakpi taka keimaha a sep sak thahatna tengteng zangin theih tawpin ka sem jel hi.