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

¹PAVL Iaincoaren vorondatez Iesus Christen Apostoluac eta Timotheo gure anayeac,

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.

²Colossen diraden saindu eta anaye fideley Christean: Gratia dela çuequin eta baquea gure Iainco Aitaganic, eta Iesus Christ Iaunaganic.

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

³Esquerrac emaiten drautzagu Iaincoari, cein baita, Iesus Christ gure Iaunaren Aita bethi çuengatic othoitz eguiten dugula,

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

⁴Ençunic çuen fede Iesus Christ baithangoa eta saindu gucietara duçuen charitatea:

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,

⁵Ceruètan çuey beguiratzen çaiçuen sperançagatic, cein Euangelioaren eguiazco hitzaz lehen ençun vkan baituçue,

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;

⁶Cein heldu içan baita çuetara, mundu orotara-ere beçala, eta fructificatzen baitu, çuec baithan-ere beçala, Iaincoaren gratiá eguiazqui ençun eta eçagutu vkan duçuen egunaz gueroztic.

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

⁷Nola ikassi-ere baituçue Epaphras gure lagun maite eta cerbitzari-quideaganic, cein baita Christen ministre fidel çuendaco:

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

⁸Ceinec declaratu-ere baitraucu çuen Spirituazco charitatea.

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,

⁹Halacotz gu-ere haur ençun vkan guenduen egunaz gueroztic, ezgara baratzen çuengatic othoitz eguitetic eta galdeguitetic betha çaitezten haren vorondatearen eçagutzeaz, sapientia eta adimendu spiritual gucirequin:

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;

¹⁰Iaunari dagocan beçala ebil çaiteztençát, gauça gucietan haren gogaraco çaretençát, obra on orotan fructificatzen duçuela, eta aitzinaratzen çaretala Iaincoaren eçagutzean.

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

¹¹Indar orotan fortificaturic, haren gloriaren verthutearen arauez, suffrimendu eta spirituzco patientia orotara bozcariorequin:

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

¹²Esquerrac emaiten drautzaçuela Aitari, ceinec sufficient eguin baiquaitu sainduén heretagean participant içateco arguian:

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

¹³Ceinec deliuratu baiquaitu ilhumbearen botheretic eta eraman bere Seme maitearen resumara.

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

¹⁴Ceinetan baitugu redemptionea haren odolaz, baita, bekatuén barkamendua.

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

¹⁵Cein baita Iainco inuisiblearen imaginá, gauça creatu guciac baino lehen iayoa.

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.

¹⁶Ecen hartan creatu içan dirade ceruètan eta lurrean diraden gauça guciac, visibleac eta inuisibleac, nahiz-biz Thronoac, nahiz Dominationeac, nahiz Principaltassunac, nahiz Puissançác, gauça guciac, diot, harçaz eta harengatic, creatu içan dirade.

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

¹⁷Eta bera gauça guciac baino lehen da, eta gauça guciac harçaz consistitzen dirade.

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.

¹⁸Eta hura da Eliça gorputzaren buruä, eta hatsea, eta hiletarico lehen iayoa: gauça gucietan lehen lekua eduqui deçançát.

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

¹⁹Ecen Aitáren placer ona içan da complimendu gucia hartan habita ledin:

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.

²⁰Eta harçaz reconcilia litzan gauça guciac beregana, pacificaturic haren crutzeco odolaz hambat ceruän nola lurrean diraden gauçác.

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

²¹Eta çuec noizpait harenganic vrrunduac eta etsay cinetelaric, pensamenduz obra gaichtotan:

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

²²Badaric-ere orain reconciliatu çaituzte bere haraguiaren gorputzean, herioaz: çuec eguin cintzatençát saindu, eta atchaquio gabe eta irreprehensible bere aitzinean:

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.

²³Bay baldin egoiten baçarete fedean fundatuac eta fermu, eta erautzen ezpaçarete ençun vkan duçuen Euangelioco sperançatic, cein Euangelio ceruären azpico creatura ororen artean predicatu içan baita, ceinetaco ministre ni Paul eguin içan bainaiz:

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;

²⁴Orain alegueratzen naiz çuengatic suffritzen ditudan gaucéz, eta Christen afflictionén gaineracoac complitzen ditut neure haraguian, haren gorputzagatic, cein baita Eliçá.

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,

²⁵Ceinetaco ministre eguin içan bainaiz, Iaincoaren dispensationez, cein eman içan baitzait çuec baithara, Iaincoaren hitzaren complitzeco:

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

²⁶Cein baita, secula eta adin guciéz gueroztic estaliric egon içan den mysterioa, baina orain manifestatu içan çaye haren sainduey.

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;

²⁷Ceiney Iaincoac eçagut eraci nahi vkan baitraue, ceric den mysterio hunetaco gloriaren abrastassuna Gentilén artean, cein baita Christ çuetan, gloriazco sperançá:

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

²⁸Cein guc predicatzen baitugu, admonestatzen dugularic guiçon gucia, eta iracasten dugularic guiçon gucia sapientia orotan: guiçon gucia perfect eguin deçagunçát Iesus Christ Iaunean.

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

²⁹Hartacotzat trabaillatzen-ere naiz, combatitzen naicela haren operatione nitan botheretsuqui obratzen duenaren araura.