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

¹Pavel, apostol Kristusa Jezusa po volji Božji, in Timotej, brat,

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.

²svetim v Kolosah in vernim bratom v Kristusu: Milost vam in mir od Boga Očeta našega in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa!

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

³Zahvaljujemo Boga, Očeta Gospoda našega Jezusa Kristusa, in molimo vedno za vas, ker smo slišali za vero vašo v Kristusu Jezusu

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

⁴in za ljubezen, ki jo imate do vseh svetih,

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,

⁵zaradi upanja, ki se vam hrani v nebesih in ki ste o njem prej slišali v besedi resnice evangelija;

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;

⁶ta je prišel k vam, kakor je tudi po vsem svetu razširjen in rodi sad in raste, kakor tudi med vami, od dne, ko ste čuli in spoznali milost Božjo v resnici;

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

⁷kakor ste se jo naučili znati od Epafra, ljubljenega sohlapca našega, ki je zvest služabnik Kristusov za vas,

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

⁸ki nam je tudi naznanil ljubezen vašo v Duhu.

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,

⁹Zato molimo tudi mi od dne, ko smo to slišali, neprestano za vas in prosimo, da se napolnite s spoznanjem volje njegove v vsej modrosti in razumnosti duhovni,

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;

¹⁰da živite dostojno Gospoda, v vsem njemu po volji, in rodite sad v vsakem dobrem delu ter rastete po spoznanju Božjem,

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

¹¹z vso močjo krepčani po krepkosti slave njegove za vso stanovitnost in potrpežljivost, z radostjo

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

¹²zahvaljujoč Očeta, ki nas je storil sposobne za delež dediščine svetih v luči,

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

¹³ki nas je rešil iz teme oblasti in prestavil v kraljestvo Sina ljubezni svoje,

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

¹⁴v katerem imamo odrešenje, odpuščenje grehov.

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

¹⁵On je podoba Boga nevidnega, prvorojenec vse stvaritve,

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.

¹⁶ker v njem je bilo ustvarjeno vse, v nebesih in na zemlji, vidno in nevidno, ali prestoli, ali gospostva, ali poglavarstva, ali oblastva: vse je ustvarjeno po njem in zanj;

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

¹⁷in on je pred vsem in vse ima obstanek v njem.

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.

¹⁸In on je glava telesa, cerkve; on, ki je začetek, prvorojenec izmed mrtvih, da bi bil on v vsem prvi.

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

¹⁹Kajti vzvidelo se je Očetu, da v njem prebiva vsa polnost [Ali: Kajti vsa polnost Božja je sklenila prebivati v njem.]

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.

²⁰in da po njem spravi vse s seboj, storivši mir po krvi križa njegovega, po njem, bodisi kar je na zemlji, bodisi kar je v nebesih.

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

²¹Tudi vas, ki ste bili nekdaj odtujeni in sovražni v mišljenju pri svojih delih hudobnih, – zdaj pa vas je spravil

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

²²v telesu mesa njegovega, po njegovi smrti, da vas postavi svete in brezmadežne in brez graje pred seboj,

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.

²³ako le vztrajate v veri, utrjeni in stanovitni, in se ne ganete od upanja evangelija, ki ste ga slišali, oznanjevanega vsemu stvarjenju pod nebom; tega evangelija sem jaz Pavel postal služabnik.

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;

²⁴Sedaj se veselim v trpljenju svojem za vas in dopolnjujem, kar zaostaja od stisk Kristusovih, na mesu svojem za telo njegovo, ki je cerkev;

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,

²⁵katere sem jaz postal služabnik po oskrbništvu Božjem, ki mi je dano za vas, da izpolnim besedo Božjo,

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

²⁶skrivnost, ki je bila skrita od vekov in od rodov, zdaj pa je bila razodeta svetim njegovim,

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;

²⁷ki jim je Bog hotel naznaniti, kakšno je bogastvo slave te skrivnosti med pogani, ki je Kristus v vas, upanje slave;

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

²⁸njega mi oznanjamo, opominjajoč vsakega človeka in učeč vsakega človeka v vsej modrosti, da napravimo vsakega človeka popolnega v Kristusu;za to se tudi trudim, boreč se po krepkosti njegovi, ki deluje v meni z močjo.

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

²⁹za to se tudi trudim, boreč se po krepkosti njegovi, ki deluje v meni z močjo.