Kolawte 4
1 Mahpae aw, khankhawa nami Mahpa veki ti ksing u lü, nami mpyaea khana dawki pawh ua.
you who [are] Masters, that which [is] righteous and that which [is] equal to the slaves do give knowing that also you yourselves have a Master in (heaven. *N(k)O*)
2 Aläa ktaiyü ua, ktaiyünak üng käh bawngbai lü Pamhnam jekyai na ua.
In prayer do continue steadfastly watching in it with thanksgiving;
3 Ngthupki Khritawa thang sangnak hüa kcün kdaw a jah pet vaia Pamhnama veia jah ktaiyü petsih ua. Acuna phäh ni atuh hin thawng üng ka kyum ve.
praying at the same time also for us that God may open to us a door for the word to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which also I have been bound,
4 Angkhaia ngthu ka pyen thei vaia na ktaiyü pet ua.
so that I may make clear it as it behooves me to speak.
5 Khritaw am jumeikie maa nami ve üng mcei lü ve ua. Kcün kdaw nami yahei naküt cen Khritawa phäh sumei u bä.
In wisdom do walk toward those outside the time redeeming.
6 Ngthu nami pyen üng hlimtui se ami ngaihsim vaia pyen ua. Khyang naküt akdawa nami msangnak be vai pi ksingei u bä.
[Let] the speech of you [be] always in grace, with salt seasoned, to know how it behooves you one each to answer.
7 Bawipaa khut üng sitih lü Bawipa khut ka bipüi, Taikikah naw ka thang naküt ning jah mtheh law khai.
The [things] concerning me myself all will make known to you Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in [the] Lord,
8 Mi vana khana i thawn lawki ti cun ning jah mtheh lü ning jah jekyaisak khaia ani ka tüih law ni.
whom I sent to you for this very purpose that (you may know *N(K)(O)*) the [things] concerning (us *N(K)O*) and he may encourage the hearts of you,
9 Nangmi üngka, sitih lü ka mhlänak Onesimas pi lawki. Anini naw hia thawnve nakütki cun ning jah mtheh khai xawi.
with Onesimus the faithful and beloved brother, who is [one] of you; All things to you they will make known here.
10 Ka hlawnga thawng üng kyumki Aristakhas, Banabaha na Makuh naw ning jah hnukset ve ni. Makuh nami dokham vaia ka ning jah mtheh pänga mäiha, a law üng a na dodang kawm uki.
Greets you Aristarchus the fellow prisoner of mine and Mark the cousin of Barnabas, concerning whom you have received instructions: if he shall come to you, do welcome him;
11 Jastasa pi ami sui Josuh naw pi yai ning jah kbi law hngaki. Ahina kthume hin jumeikia Judah khyangmjüe, Pamhnama khaw phäh aktäa na khüikhawmpüikie ni.
and also Jesus who is being named Justus, those being among [the] circumcision these only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, who have been to me a comfort.
12 Jesuh Khritawa mpya, nangmi üngka Epapharah naw yai u se ti ve. Nangmi cun khritjan xüngsei ning üng xüxam lü, Pamhnama mlung hlüa ve lü nami ngkhängpang vaia alä se ning jah ktaiyü petki ni.
Greets you Epaphras who [is] [one] of you, a servant of Christ (Jesus, *NO*) always struggling for you in the prayers, so that (you may be stood *N(k)O*) mature and (fully complete *N(k)O*) in all [the] will of God.
13 Nangmi üng cutei lü Lodikih ja Helapolih mlüha awmki hea phäh kthanaki ti cun kei hin ania saksi ni.
I bear witness for to him that he has great (labour *N(K)O*) for you and those in Laodicea and [those] of them in Hiera polis.
14 Mi mhlänaka Dawkta Luhka ja Demah naw pi ning jah hnukset ve ni.
Greets you Luke the physician beloved and also Demas.
15 Lodikih mlüha veki benae ja Niphah ja a ima ngpumkia jumeikie pi yai u lü ve u se jah mtheh u bä.
do greet the in Laodicea brothers and also (Nympha *N(K)O*) and the in house (of her *N(K)(o)*) church.
16 Ahina kca hin nami kheh käna Lodikih mlüh sangcim üng pi jah khehsak u bä. Acuna mlüh naw a yaha kca pi nangmi naw khe hnga kawm uki.
And when may be read among you the letter, do cause that also in the of [the] Laodiceans church it may be read, and the [one] from Laodicea that also you yourselves may read.
17 Akhipah üng “Bawipa naw a bisaka khut a kpäng vaia” mtheh u bä.
And do say to Archippus; do take heed to the ministry that you have received in [the] Lord, that it you may fulfill.
18 Pawluha Hnuksetnak hin kamäta kut am ka yuk ni. Thawng üng ka kyum hin käh mhnih u bä. Pamhnama bäkhäknak nami khana be se.
The greeting in my own hand — by Paul. do remember my chains. Grace [be] with you (Amen. *KO*) (to Colossian it was written from Rome through Tychicus and Onesimus. *K*)
