¹ Man Pool, ndawul Kirist Yeesu ci coobareg Yàlla, man ak Timote sunu mbokk,

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

² noo leen di bind, yéen gaayi Yàlla yu sell, yi dëkk Kolos te di ay bokk ci gëm Kirist. Na leen Yàlla sunu Baay may yiw ak jàmm.

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.

³ Dunu noppee sant Yàlla, Baayu sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist, saa su nu leen di ñaanal,

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

⁴ ndaxte yég nanu seen ngëm ci Kirist Yeesu ak seen mbëggeel ci gaayi Yàlla yépp.

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

⁵ Ngëm googu ak mbëggeel googu ñu ngi sosoo ci yaakaaru ëllëg, jiy cér bi leen Yàlla dencal ca asamaan. Mas ngeen a dégg yaakaar jooju ci kàddug dëgg gi, di xebaar bu baax bi.

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,

⁶ Ni xebaar bu baax bi wàcce ci yéen, noonu lay wàcce ci àddina sépp, di meññ te di law. Te noonu lay doxale ci yéen, li dale ci bés, ba ngeen dégge xebaaru yiwu Yàlla, te xam dëggam gi mu ëmb;

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;

⁷ moom ngeen jànge ci Epafras, miy sunu nawle ci liggéey bi te nu sopp ko, di jawriñu Kirist bu takku ngir seen njariñ.

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

⁸ Te moo nu yégal it mbëggeel, gi Xelu Yàlla mi sol ci yéen.

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

⁹ Looloo tax ci sunu wàllu bopp, ba nu ko yégee ba tey, jógunu ci di leen ñaanal. Nu ngi ñaan Yàlla, ngeen xam bu baax coobareem ci xel mu mat ak ràññee gu aju ci dooley Xelam.

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,

¹⁰ Noonu dingeen dund dund gu dëppoo ak seen bokk ci Boroom bi, ba neex ko ci fànn gu nekk, di def bépp jëf yu baax, te yokk seen xam-xam ci Yàlla.

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;

¹¹ Te Yàlla dina leen dooleel ak bépp doole, mu mengoo ak kàttanu ndamam, ngir ngeen man a tegoo coono te muñ, ba fa muñ di yem.

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

¹² Dingeen gërëm Yàlla Baay bi, ànd ci ak mbég, moom mi leen jagleel, ngeen bokk ci cér, bi mu dencal gaayam yu sell yi ci leer.

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

¹³ Yàlla musal na nu ci dooley lëndëm, yóbbu nu ci nguuru Doomam ji mu bëgg,

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

¹⁴ moom mi nu jot, maanaam baal nu sunuy bàkkaar.

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

¹⁵ Doom jooju moo di melokaanu Yàlla, ji kenn gisul. Mooy taaw bi, ki gën a màgg lépp luy mbindeef.

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

¹⁶ Ndaxte ci moom la Yàlla sàkke lépp lu nekk ci asamaan ak suuf, li ñuy gis ak li ñu mënul a gis, muy buur, njiit, kilifa mbaa boroom sañ-sañ. Lépp lu ñu sàkk, ci moom lañu ko jaarale, ci moom lañu ko jëme.

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.

¹⁷ Laata dara di am, fekkoon na moom mu nekk, te lépp a ngi jàppoo ci moom.

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

¹⁸ Mooy bopp bi yilif jëmm ji, di mbooloom ñi ko gëm, ndaxte moom mooy njàlbéen gi, di taaw bi, maanaam ki jëkk a dekki, ngir muy kilifa ci bépp fànn.

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.

¹⁹ Ndaxte soob na Yàlla mu dëkkal matam gépp ci moom

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

²⁰ te jaar ci moom, jubale lépp ak boppam, muy ci kaw asamaan yi mbaa ci suuf, ba mu wàccee jàmm jaarale ko ci deret ji tuuru, bi Doom ji deeyee ca bant ba.

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.

²¹ Te yéen ñi sore woon Yàlla te doon ay noonam ci seen xel ak seen jëf yu bon,

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

²² léegi nag Yàlla jubale na leen ak boppam jaare ko ci deewu Kirist ci yaramu nitam, ngir taxawal leen ca kanamam, ngeen sell te ñàkk sikk ak i ŋàññ.

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

²³ Loolu nag na fekk ngeen wéy ci ngëm, sampu ci ba dëgër ci, tey séentu cér, bi leen xebaar bu baax bi jox. Te xebaar bu baax, boobu ngeen dégg te ñu yégal waa àddina sépp, man Pool moom laay yégle.

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.

²⁴ Léegi nag maa ngi am bànneex ci coono, yi may daj ngir seen njariñ; te li des sax ci fitnay Kirist, noonu laa koy àggalee ngir njariñu mbooloom ñi gëm, di jëmmam.

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;

²⁵ Jawriñu mbooloo moomu laa, ndaxte Yàlla sas na ma ngir yéen, may yégle fu nekk kàddoom,

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,

²⁶ maanaam ma yégle kumpa, gi nëbbu woon ay jamonoy jamono, waaye léegi Yàlla xamal na ko ay gaayam

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

²⁷ ci xeeti àddina sépp. Ñoom nag la Yàlla bëgg a xamal ni ndamu kumpa googu màgge, maanaam Kirist a ngi dëkk ci yéen, di yaakaar ju wér ci ndamu ëllëg.

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;

²⁸ Moom Kirist lanuy yégle, di artu te di jàngal ku nekk, ànd ak xel mu mat, ngir jébbal Yàlla ku nekk ni ku mat ci Kirist.

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

²⁹ Ci loolu laay jëmale sama liggéey, di bëree dooley Kirist, jiy yengu ci man ak kàttan.

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