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

¹O Pavlo, ek apostle le Jesus Kristosko, katar e voia le Devleski, ai katar o Timote amaro phral.

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].

²Ka le Devleske narodoske kai si ando Colossae, ai kai si amare phral ando Kristo: O Del amaro Dat ai le Devles Jesus Kristo del tume o mishtimos ai e pacha.

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

³Ame das o naisimos sagda ka Del ai ka Dat amaro Devles O Jesus Kristosko, kana rhugisavas tumenge.

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

⁴De katar ashundiam pa tumaro pachamos kai si tume ando Jesus Kristo, ai e dragostia kai si tume ka le Devleske narodoske.

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,

⁵Kana e vorba le chachimaski e lashi viasta avili e pervo data tumende, diam tume te zhanen o raduimos kai del, no tumaro pachamos ai tumari dragostia thodine le ande so azhukeren kai si garado tumenge ando rhaio.

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:

⁶E lashi viasta zhal katar godi, ai anel pesko swuntsomos ande sa e lumia, vorta sar kerdia mashkar tumende de katar o dies kai e pervo data ashundian pa lashimos le Devlesko, ai sichilian te zhanen so si chaches o lashimos le Devlesko.

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

⁷O Epaphras, amare kuchi vortako ande buchi si kai sichardia tume kadia diela, wo si tumenge iek sluga kai kerel e buchi kai dia les O Kristo;

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

⁸Wo phendia amenge pa dragostia kai O Swunto Duxo dia tume.

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,

⁹Anda kodia ame sagda rhugisavas anda tumende, de katar o dies kai ashundiam pa tumende. Ame mangas katar O Del te del tume te zhanen leski voia, ai te del tume sa o pachivalimos ai e goji kai del lesko Swunto Duxo.

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;

¹⁰Ai kadia sai phirena sar O Kristo mangel, ai te keren sagda so plachal les. Tume kerena but lashe dieli, ai zhana angle te zhanen mai but le Devles.

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

¹¹Ame mangas katar O Del te aven defial zurliarde katar leski putiera e luvudime, saxke te sai rhevdin swako fielo rhavdasa ai raduimasa.

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

¹²Das naisimos raduimasa ka O Dat, kai dia tume te sai aven anda kodola kai si vi lenge o mishtimos kai O Del garavel ando rhaio la vediarako kodolenge kai si leske.

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

¹³Wo lia ame katar e putiera le tuniarikoske, ai andia ame ando rhaio peske shavesko kai si leske drago.

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

¹⁴Ame samas chindiam pala lesko rat ai amare bezexa iertimele.

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

¹⁵O Kristo si o patreto le Devlesko kai chi dichol. Wo kerdilo o pervo mai anglal sar sa le kolaver dieli.

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.

¹⁶Ke lestar O Del kerdia swako fielo ando rhaio ai pe phuv, so dichol ai vi so chi dichol, le putieri kai chi dichon, le amperaturia vai le amperetsi, vai le putieri; O Del kerdia swako fielo lestar ai leske.

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

¹⁷Wo sas mai anglal sar swako diela, ai lesa andek than sa le dieli kai si kerde beshen pe pengo than.

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:

¹⁸Wo si o shero le statosko kai kerel e khangeri; ande leste si kai nachinail o traio o nevo, wo si o shav kai kerdilo o pervo, wo si o pervo kai sas andino katar e martia ka traio, saxke te avel leste o pervo than ande soste godi.

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

¹⁹Ke O Del manglia te avel wo sa peska putierasa ande pesko Shav.

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.

²⁰Ai vi manglia te chidel sa e lumia peste katar O Shav. O Del andia e pacha kana mulo lesko Shav ai shordia pesko rat po trushul, ai kadia chidia swako diela pesa, pe phuv ai vi ando rhaio.

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

²¹Vi tume mai anglal sanas dur katar O Del, tume sanas leske duzhmaia pala sa o nasulimos kai gindinas ai kerenas.

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

²²Numa akana katar e martia kai lesko Shav lia ande pesko stato manushesko, O Del kerdia te avel tume e pacha lesa, saxke te kerel te aven angla leste Swuntsi, vuzhe, ai bi doshako,

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.

²³numa akana trobul tume te beshen ando pachamos zurales, thodino andek zurali fundania, ai te na meken tume te durion katar o lashimos kai azhukeren, ai kai si tumaro de sar ashundian e lashi viasta kodia lashi viasta si kodia kai sas phendi swakone manusheske ande lumia, ai kodia kai me o Pavlo kerdilem ek pasturi.

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;

²⁴Akana raduiv ma ando chino kai si ma tumenge. Ke katar murhe vutuimata kai sim ando stato, zhutiv te pherav so mai trobul kal vutuimata le Kristoske leske statoske kai si e khangeri.

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

²⁵Me kerdilem ek pasturi la khangeriaki, palai buchi kai O Del dia ma te kerav tumenge, ando gindo le Devlesko te phenav tumenge sa leski vorba.

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

²⁶Kodia si e buchi kai garadia sas la sagda katar e lumia. Numa kai sikadia akana kodolenge kai si leske.

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:

²⁷O Del manglia te del le te zhanen o baro mishtios kai si ande kodo diela kai sas garadi. Mashkar sa le manush kai chi zhanen le Devles. So si kodo lashimos garado? Te zhanen ke O Kristo ande tumende lo, ai del tume ande tumaro ilo te zhanen ke vi tume avena ando rhaio le Devlesa.

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.

²⁸No ame mothas pa Kristo swakone manusheske. Ame phenas ai sicharas swakones sa la gojasa kai dashtilpe, saxke te keras te avel angla Del sar iek baro manush astardo le Kristosa.

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

²⁹Te kerav kadia buchi, kerav buchi ai marav ma la putierasa ai la zorasa kai del O Kristo, ai kodia zor kerel buchi ande mande.