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

¹በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ የሆነ ጳውሎስ ጢሞቴዎስም ወንድሙ፥

²to the saints and faithful brothers The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²በቈላስይስ ለሚኖሩ ቅዱሳንና በክርስቶስ ለታመኑ ወንድሞች፤ ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ይሁን።

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

³ስለ እናንተ ስንጸልይ፥ በሰማይ ከተዘጋጀላችሁ ተስፋ የተነሣ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ስለ እምነታችሁ ለቅዱሳንም ሁሉ ስላላችሁ ፍቅር ሰምተን፥ የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን አባት እግዚአብሔርን ሁልጊዜ እናመሰግናለን፤ ስለዚህም ተስፋ በወንጌል እውነት ቃል አስቀድማችሁ ሰማችሁ።

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

⁶ይህም በዓለም ሁሉ ደግሞ እንዳለ ወደ እናንተ ደርሶአል፥ እግዚአብሔርንም ጸጋ በእውነት ከሰማችሁበትና ካወቃችሁበት ቀን ጀምሮ፥ በእናንተ ደግሞ እንዳለ እንዲህ በዓለም ፍሬ ያፈራል ያድግማል።

⁵because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,

⁷ከተወደደ ከእኛም ጋር አብሮ ባሪያ ከሆነው ከኤጳፍራ እንዲህ ተማራችሁ፥ እርሱም ስለ እናንተ ታማኝ የክርስቶስ አገልጋይ ነው።

⁶which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

⁸ደግሞም በመንፈስ ስለሚሆን ስለ ፍቅራችሁ አስታወቀን።

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

⁹ስለዚሁ እኛ ደግሞ ይህን ከሰማንበት ቀን ጀምረን የፈቃዱ እውቀት መንፈሳዊ ጥበብንና አእምሮን ሁሉ እንዲሞላባችሁ እየለመንን፥ ስለ እናንተ ጸሎትን አልተውንም።

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

¹⁰በበጎ ሥራ ሁሉ ፍሬ እያፈራችሁ በእግዚአብሔርም እውቀት እያደጋችሁ፥

⁹For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

¹²ከደስታም ጋር በሁሉ ለመጽናትና ለመታገሥ እንደ ክብሩ ጉልበት መጠን በኃይል ሁሉ እየበረታችሁ፥ በቅዱሳንም ርስት በብርሃን እንድንካፈል ያበቃንን አብን እያመሰገናችሁ፥ በነገር ሁሉ ደስ ልታሰኙ ለጌታ እንደሚገባ ትመላለሱ ዘንድ እንለምናለን።

¹⁰that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹³እርሱ ከጨለማ ሥልጣን አዳነን፥ ቤዛነቱንም እርሱንም የኃጢአትን ስርየት ወዳገኘንበት ወደ ፍቅሩ ልጅ መንግሥት አፈለሰን።

¹¹strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;

¹⁵እርሱም የማይታይ አምላክ ምሳሌ ነው። የሚታዩትና የማይታዩትም፥ ዙፋናት ቢሆኑ ወይም ጌትነት ወይም አለቅነት ወይም ሥልጣናት፥ በሰማይና በምድር ያሉት ሁሉ በእርሱ ተፈጥረዋልና ከፍጥረት ሁሉ በፊት በኵር ነው። ሁሉ በእርሱና ለእርሱ ተፈጥሮአል።

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

¹⁷እርሱም ከሁሉ በፊት ነው ሁሉም በእርሱ ተጋጥሞአል።

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

¹⁸እርሱም የአካሉ ማለት የቤተ ክርስቲያን ራስ ነው። እርሱም በሁሉ ፊተኛ ይሆን ዘንድ፥ መጀመሪያ ከሙታንም በኵር ነው።

¹⁴in whom we have our redemption, TR adds “through his blood,” the forgiveness of our sins;

¹⁹እግዚአብሔር ሙላቱ ሁሉ በእርሱ እንዲኖር፥ በእርሱም በኩል በመስቀሉ ደም ሰላም አድርጎ በምድር ወይም በሰማያት ያሉትን ሁሉ ለራሱ እንዲያስታርቅ ፈቅዶአልና።

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

²¹እናንተንም ነውርና ነቀፋ የሌላችሁና ቅዱሳን አድርጎ በእርሱ ፊት ያቀርባችሁ ዘንድ፥ በፊት የተለያችሁትን ክፉ ሥራችሁንም በማድረግ በአሳባችሁ ጠላቶች የነበራችሁትን አሁን በሥጋው ሰውነት በሞቱ በኩል አስታረቃችሁ።

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

²³ይህም፥ ተመሥርታችሁና ተደላድላችሁ ከሰማችሁትም ከወንጌል ተስፋ ሳትናወጡ፥ በሃይማኖት ጸንታችሁ ብትኖሩ ይሆናል። ያም ወንጌል ከሰማይ በታች ባለው ፍጥረት ሁሉ ዘንድ የተሰበከ ነው፥ እኔም ጳውሎስ የእርሱ አገልጋይ ሆንሁ።

¹⁷He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

²⁴አሁን በመከራዬ ስለ እናንተ ደስ ይለኛል፥ ስለ አካሉም ማለት ስለ ቤተ ክርስቲያን በሥጋዬ በክርስቶስ መከራ የጐደለውን እፈጽማለሁ።

¹⁸He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

²⁵ስለ እናንተ እንደ ተሰጠኝ እንደ እግዚአብሔር መጋቢነት፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ፈጽሜ እንድሰብክ እኔ የቤተ ክርስቲያን አገልጋይ ሆንሁ።

¹⁹For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;

²⁶ይህም ቃል ከዘላለምና ከትውልዶች ጀምሮ ተሰውሮ የነበረ ምሥጢር ነው፥ አሁን ግን ለቅዱሳኑ ተገልጦአል።

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

²⁷ለእነርሱም እግዚአብሔር በአሕዛብ ዘንድ ያለው የዚህ ምሥጢር ክብር ባለ ጠግነት ምን እንደ ሆነ ሊያስታውቅ ወደደ፥ ምሥጢሩም የክብር ተስፋ ያለው ክርስቶስ በእናንተ ዘንድ መሆኑ ነው።

²¹You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

²⁸እኛም በክርስቶስ ፍጹም የሚሆን ሰውን ሁሉ እናቀርብ ዘንድ ሰውን ሁሉ እየገሠጽን ሰውንም ሁሉ በጥበብ ሁሉ እያስተማርን የምንሰብከው እርሱ ነው።

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

²⁹ለዚህም ነገር ደግሞ፥ በእኔ በኃይል እንደሚሠራ እንደ አሠራሩ እየተጋደልሁ፥ እደክማለሁ።

²³if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

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 assembly;

²⁵of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,

²⁶the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

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

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

²⁹for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.