¹PAVL Iaincoaren vorondatez Iesus Christen Apostoluac eta Timotheo gure anayeac,

¹Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother,

²Colossen diraden saindu eta anaye fideley Christean: Gratia dela çuequin eta baquea gure Iainco Aitaganic, eta Iesus Christ Iaunaganic.

²to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ which [are] in Colosse. Grace to you and peace from God our Father [and Lord Jesus Christ].

³Esquerrac emaiten drautzagu Iaincoari, cein baita, Iesus Christ gure Iaunaren Aita bethi çuengatic othoitz eguiten dugula,

³We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,

⁴Ençunic çuen fede Iesus Christ baithangoa eta saindu gucietara duçuen charitatea:

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

⁵Ceruètan çuey beguiratzen çaiçuen sperançagatic, cein Euangelioaren eguiazco hitzaz lehen ençun vkan baituçue,

⁵on account of the hope which [is] laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,

⁶Cein heldu içan baita çuetara, mundu orotara-ere beçala, eta fructificatzen baitu, çuec baithan-ere beçala, Iaincoaren gratiá eguiazqui ençun eta eçagutu vkan duçuen egunaz gueroztic.

⁶which are come to you, as [they are] in all the world, [and] are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard [them] and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:

⁷Nola ikassi-ere baituçue Epaphras gure lagun maite eta cerbitzari-quideaganic, cein baita Christen ministre fidel çuendaco:

⁷even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

⁸Ceinec declaratu-ere baitraucu çuen Spirituazco charitatea.

⁸who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit.

⁹Halacotz gu-ere haur ençun vkan guenduen egunaz gueroztic, ezgara baratzen çuengatic othoitz eguitetic eta galdeguitetic betha çaitezten haren vorondatearen eçagutzeaz, sapientia eta adimendu spiritual gucirequin:

⁹For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

¹⁰Iaunari dagocan beçala ebil çaiteztençát, gauça gucietan haren gogaraco çaretençát, obra on orotan fructificatzen duçuela, eta aitzinaratzen çaretala Iaincoaren eçagutzean.

¹⁰[so as] to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;

¹¹Indar orotan fortificaturic, haren gloriaren verthutearen arauez, suffrimendu eta spirituzco patientia orotara bozcariorequin:

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

¹²Esquerrac emaiten drautzaçuela Aitari, ceinec sufficient eguin baiquaitu sainduén heretagean participant içateco arguian:

¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,

¹³Ceinec deliuratu baiquaitu ilhumbearen botheretic eta eraman bere Seme maitearen resumara.

¹³who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

¹⁴Ceinetan baitugu redemptionea haren odolaz, baita, bekatuén barkamendua.

¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;

¹⁵Cein baita Iainco inuisiblearen imaginá, gauça creatu guciac baino lehen iayoa.

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

¹⁶Ecen hartan creatu içan dirade ceruètan eta lurrean diraden gauça guciac, visibleac eta inuisibleac, nahiz-biz Thronoac, nahiz Dominationeac, nahiz Principaltassunac, nahiz Puissançác, gauça guciac, diot, harçaz eta harengatic, creatu içan dirade.

¹⁶because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.

¹⁷Eta bera gauça guciac baino lehen da, eta gauça guciac harçaz consistitzen dirade.

¹⁷And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

¹⁸Eta hura da Eliça gorputzaren buruä, eta hatsea, eta hiletarico lehen iayoa: gauça gucietan lehen lekua eduqui deçançát.

¹⁸And *he* is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that *he* might have the first place in all things:

¹⁹Ecen Aitáren placer ona içan da complimendu gucia hartan habita ledin:

¹⁹for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell,

²⁰Eta harçaz reconcilia litzan gauça guciac beregana, pacificaturic haren crutzeco odolaz hambat ceruän nola lurrean diraden gauçác.

²⁰and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross -- by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.

²¹Eta çuec noizpait harenganic vrrunduac eta etsay cinetelaric, pensamenduz obra gaichtotan:

²¹And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled

²²Badaric-ere orain reconciliatu çaituzte bere haraguiaren gorputzean, herioaz: çuec eguin cintzatençát saindu, eta atchaquio gabe eta irreprehensible bere aitzinean:

²²in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,

²³Bay baldin egoiten baçarete fedean fundatuac eta fermu, eta erautzen ezpaçarete ençun vkan duçuen Euangelioco sperançatic, cein Euangelio ceruären azpico creatura ororen artean predicatu içan baita, ceinetaco ministre ni Paul eguin içan bainaiz:

²³if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.

²⁴Orain alegueratzen naiz çuengatic suffritzen ditudan gaucéz, eta Christen afflictionén gaineracoac complitzen ditut neure haraguian, haren gorputzagatic, cein baita Eliçá.

²⁴Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;

²⁵Ceinetaco ministre eguin içan bainaiz, Iaincoaren dispensationez, cein eman içan baitzait çuec baithara, Iaincoaren hitzaren complitzeco:

²⁵of which *I* became minister, according to the dispensation of God which [is] given me towards you to complete the word of God,

²⁶Cein baita, secula eta adin guciéz gueroztic estaliric egon içan den mysterioa, baina orain manifestatu içan çaye haren sainduey.

²⁶the mystery which [has been] hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints;

²⁷Ceiney Iaincoac eçagut eraci nahi vkan baitraue, ceric den mysterio hunetaco gloriaren abrastassuna Gentilén artean, cein baita Christ çuetan, gloriazco sperançá:

²⁷to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory:

²⁸Cein guc predicatzen baitugu, admonestatzen dugularic guiçon gucia, eta iracasten dugularic guiçon gucia sapientia orotan: guiçon gucia perfect eguin deçagunçát Iesus Christ Iaunean.

²⁸whom *we* announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.

²⁹Hartacotzat trabaillatzen-ere naiz, combatitzen naicela haren operatione nitan botheretsuqui obratzen duenaren araura.

²⁹Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power.