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

¹[Fiarahabana ny Kolosiana, sy fisaorana an'Andriamanitra noho ny toetr'ireo] Paoly, Apostolin'i Kristy Jesosy noho ny sitrapon'Andriamanitra, ary Timoty rahalahy,

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].

²mamangy ny olona masina any Kolosia, dia ny rahalahy mahatoky ao amin'i Kristy: ho aminareo anie ny fahasoavana sy ny fiadanana avy amin'Andriamanitra Raintsika.

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

³Misaotra an'Andriamanitra, Rain'i Jesosy Kristy Tompontsika, izahay amin'ny fangatahanay mandrakariva ho anareo,

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

⁴rehefa renay ny finoanareo an'i Kristy Jesosy sy ny fitiavanareo ny olona masina rehetra,

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,

⁵noho ny fanantenana izay tehirizina any an-danitra ho anareo, dia ilay efa renareo fahiny tamin'ny tenin'ny fahamarinan'ny filazantsara,

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:

⁶izay efa mby eo aminareo, tahaka ny eny amin'izao tontolo izao koa, sady vokatra sy mitombo tahaka ny eo aminareo koa hatramin'ny andro nandraisanareo sy nahalalanareo tsara ny fahasoavan'Andriamanitra araka ny marina;

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

⁷tahaka ny efa renareo tamin'i Epafra, mpanompo namanay sady malala, izay mpanompon'i Kristy mahatoky ho anay, [ Na: (anareo)]

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

⁸sady efa nanambara taminay koa ny fitiavanareo ao amin'ny Fanahy.

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,

⁹[Fivavahan'i Paoly ho an'ny Kolosiana, sy filazana ny fahalehibiazan'ny voninahitr'i Kristy] Ary noho izany izahay koa hatramin'ny andro nandrenesanay dia tsy mitsahatra mivavaka sy mangataka ho anareo, mba hofenoina fahalalana tsara ny sitrapony ianareo amin'ny fahendrena sy ny fahazavan-tsaina rehetra avy amin'ny Fanahy,

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;

¹⁰mba handehananareo miendrika ny Tompo, hanaovana ny sitrapony amin'ny zavatra rehetra, dia mahavokatra amin'ny asa tsara rehetra sady mitombo amin'ny fahalalana tsara an'Andriamanitra,

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

¹¹ary ampahatanjahina amin'ny hery rehetra araka ny herin'ny voninahiny ho amin'ny faharetana rehetra sy ny fandeferana amin'ny hafaliana,

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

¹²ka misaotra ny Ray, Izay nampahamendrika antsika hanana anjara amin'ny lovan'ny olona masina eo amin'ny mazava,

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

¹³sady nahafaka antsika tamin'ny fahefan'ny maizina ka namindra antsika ho amin'ny fanjakan'ny Zanany malalany,

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

¹⁴Izay ananantsika fanavotana, dia ny famelana ny helotsika.

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

¹⁵Izy no endrik'Andriamanitra tsy hita, ny Lahimatoa talohan'izao zavatra ary rehetra izao;

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.

¹⁶fa tao aminy no nahariana ny zavatra rehetra any an-danitra sy etỳ ambonin'ny tany, dia ny hita sy ny tsy hita, na fiandrianana, na fanjakana, na fanapahana, na fahefana, Izy no nahariana ny zavatra rehetra, sady ho Azy izany; [ Gr. seza fiandrianana]

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

¹⁷ary Izy no talohan'ny zavatra rehetra, sady ao aminy no aharetan'ny zavatra rehetra.

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:

¹⁸Ary Izy no Lohan'ny tena, dia ny fiangonana; Izy no voalohany, dia ny Lahimatoa tamin'ny maty, mba ho Lohany amin'ny zavatra rehetra Izy. [ Gr. eklesia]

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

¹⁹Fa sitraky ny Ray ho ao aminy no hitoeran'ny fahafenoana rehetra,

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.

²⁰sady Izy no hampihavanany ny zavatra rehetra aminy, ka dia ny ràny teo amin'ny hazo fijaliana no nanaovany fampihavanana - eny, Izy, hoy izaho, no fampihavanana izany, na ny etỳ ambonin'ny tany, na ny any an-danitra.

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

²¹Ary ianareo, izay olon-ko azy fahiny sy fahavalo tamin'ny sainareo noho ny fanaovan-dratsy, no efa nampihavaniny ankehitriny

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

²²tao amin'ny tenan'ny nofony, tamin'ny fahafatesana, mba hatolony ho masina sady tsy hanan-tsiny amam-pondro eo anatrehany,

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.

²³raha maharitra amin'ny finoana ianareo ka mafy orina sady tafatoetra ary tsy mety hafindra hiala amin'ny fanantenana avy amin'ny filazantsara, izay efa renareo sady notorina eny ambanin'ny lanitra rehetra eny; ary izany no nanaovana ahy Paoly ho mpanompo.

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;

²⁴Ankehitriny dia mifaly amin'ny fiaretako ho anareo aho, ary mahatanteraka ao amin'ny nofoko izay tsy vita tamin'ny fahorian'i Kristy ho an'ny tenany, dia ny fiangonana, [ Gr. eklesia]

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

²⁵izay nanaovana ahy ho mpanompo araka ny fitondran'Andriamanitra nomena ahy ho anareo, hahatanteraka ny fitoriana ny tenin'Andriamanitra,

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

²⁶dia ny zava-miafina, ilay voàfina hatramin'ny fahagola sy ny taranaka maro, fa voaseho ankehitriny amin'ny olony masina,

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:

²⁷izay efa tian'Andriamanitra ho nampahafantarina ny haren'ny voninahitr'ity zava-niafina ity any amin'ny jentilisa, dia Kristy ao anatinareo, Izay fanantenana ny voninahitra;

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.

²⁸Izy no torinay, ka samy anarinay sy ampianarinay amin'ny fahendrena rehetra ny olona rehetra, mba samy hatolotray ho tanteraka ao amin'i Kristy izy rehetra.Ary ny hahatanteraka izany no ikelezako aina koa sy iezahako fatratra araka ny fiàsan'ny herin'ilay miasa mahery ato anatiko.

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

²⁹Ary ny hahatanteraka izany no ikelezako aina koa sy iezahako fatratra araka ny fiàsan'ny herin'ilay miasa mahery ato anatiko.