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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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;

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;

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

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

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

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

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,

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,

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁴Izay ananantsika fanavotana, dia ny famelana ny helotsika.

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

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

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

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]

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,

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

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

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]

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,

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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]

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,

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

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,

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

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

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;

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,

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.

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

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

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