1Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
1ጌቶች ሆይ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ በሰማይ ጌታ እንዳላችሁ ታውቃላችሁና ለባሪያዎቻችሁ በጽድቅና በቅንነት አድርጉላቸው።
2Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
2ከማመስገን ጋር በጸሎት እየነቃችሁ ለእርሱ ትጉ።
3praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
3በዚያን ጊዜም ስለ እርሱ ደግሞ የታሰርሁበትን የክርስቶስን ምሥጢር እንድንነግር እግዚአብሔር የቃሉን ደጅ ይከፍትልን ዘንድ ስለ እኛ ደግሞ ጸልዩ።
4that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
4ልናገር እንደሚገባኝ ያህል እገልጠው ዘንድ ጸልዩልኝ።
5Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
5ዘመኑን እየዋጃችሁ፥ በውጭ ባሉቱ ዘንድ በጥበብ ተመላለሱ።
6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
6ለእያንዳንዱ እንዴት እንድትመልሱ እንደሚገባችሁ ታውቁ ዘንድ ንግግራችሁ ሁልጊዜ፥ በጨው እንደ ተቀመመ፥ በጸጋ ይሁን።
7All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.
7የተወደደ ወንድምና የታመነ አገልጋይ በጌታም አብሮኝ ባሪያ የሆነ ቲኪቆስ ኑሮዬን ሁሉ ያስታውቃችኋል።
8I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
8ወሬያችንን እንድታውቁና ልባችሁን እንዲያጽናና፥ ከእናንተ ከሆነውና ከታመነው ከተወደደውም ወንድም ከአናሲሞስ ጋር ወደ እናንተ የምልከው ስለዚህ ምክንያት ነው። የዚህን ስፍራ ወሬ ሁሉ ያስታውቁአችኋል።
9together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.
10ከተገረዙት ወገን ያሉት፥ አብሮ ከእኔ ጋር የታሰረ አርስጥሮኮስ የበርናባስም የወንድሙ ልጅ ማርቆስ ኢዮስጦስም የተባለ ኢያሱ ሰላምታ ያቀርቡላችኋል። ስለ ማርቆስ። ወደ እናንተ ቢመጣ፥ ተቀበሉት የሚል ትእዛዝ ተቀበላችሁ። በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከእኔ ጋር አብረው የሚሠሩት እነዚህ ብቻ ናቸው፥ እኔንም አጽናንተውኛል።
10Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),
12ከእናንተ የሆነ የክርስቶስ ባሪያ ኤጳፍራ ሰላምታ ያቀርብላችኋል። በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ ሁሉ ተረድታችሁና ፍጹማን ሆናችሁ እንድትቆሙ፥ ሁልጊዜ ስለ እናንተ በጸሎቱ ይጋደላል።
11and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for the Kingdom of God who are of the circumcision, men who have been a comfort to me.
13ስለ እናንተ በሎዶቅያም በኢያራ ከተማም ስላሉቱ እጅግ እንዲቀና እመሰክርለታለሁና።
12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
14የተወደደው ባለ መድኃኒቱ ሉቃስ ዴማስም ሰላምታ ያቀርቡላችኋል።
13For I testify about him, that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.
15በሎዶቅያ ላሉቱ ወንድሞችና ለንምፉን በቤቱም ላለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን ሰላምታ አቅርቡልን።
14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
16ይህችም መልእክት በእናንተ ዘንድ ከተነበበች በኋላ፥ በሎዶቅያ ሰዎች ማኅበር ደግሞ እንድትነበብ አድርጉ። ከሎዶቅያም የምትገኘውን መልእክት እናንተ ደግሞ አንብቡ።
15Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.
17ለአክሪጳም። በጌታ የተቀበልኸውን አገልግሎት እንድትፈጽሙው ተጠንቀቅ በሉልኝ።
16When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
18በገዛ እጄ የተጻፈ የእኔ የጳውሎስ ሰላምታ ይህ ነው። እስራቴን አስቡ። ጸጋ ከእናንተ ጋር ይሁን።
17Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”
18The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.