Kolosa 4

1 Angraengnawk, nangcae doeh van ah Angraeng na tawnh o, tiah panoek oh loe, na tamnanawk nuiah kangvan ah toenghaih hoiah toksah oh.

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 Lawkthui o toepsoep ah loe, kawnhaih lawkthuihaih hoiah zing oh;

In prayer do continue steadfastly watching in it with thanksgiving;

3 kai loe kathuk Kri ih lok to ka taphong pongah, sumqui hoi pathlet ah ka oh, Sithaw mah lokthuihaih loklam ang paongh pae hanah, kaicae han doeh lawk na thui pae oh:

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 to tiah ni ka taphong han koi lok to kamtueng ah ka thui thai tih.

so that I may make clear it as it behooves me to speak.

5 Tasa bang ih kaminawk khaeah palunghahaih hoiah khosah oh loe, atue to paawt oh.

In wisdom do walk toward those outside the time redeeming.

6 Kami boih han lok na pathim pae o thai hanah, na paeh o ih lok loe paloi baktih kakhrum, tahmenhaih hoiah kakoi lok to apae o poe nasoe.

[Let] the speech of you [be] always in grace, with salt seasoned, to know how it behooves you one each to answer.

7 Angraeng ah nawkamya, oep kaom toksahkung hoi tok nawnto sah tamna ah kaom, Tukika mah kai ih tamthang to na thui o boih tih:

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 anih mah nangcae khosakhaih panoek pongah, na poek o haih palungthin mongsak han ih ni, anih to nangcae khaeah kang patoeh;

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 anih loe oep kathok, palung ih kam nawk, Onesima hoi nawnto angzo tih, anih loe nangcae thungah kaom kami maeto ah oh. Nihnik mah haeah kaom hmuennawk boih to nangcae khaeah thui hoi tih.

with Onesimus the faithful and beloved brother, who is [one] of you; All things to you they will make known here.

10 Thongim nawnto ka krakhaih ampui, Aristarka mah ban ang sin o, Barnaba tanuh ih capa Marka mah doeh ban ang sin o; (anih taham ah lokpaekhaih to na hnuk o boeh; anih nangcae khaeah angzo nahaeloe, khenzawn oh; )

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 Jasta, tiah kawk ih Jesu loe, tangzat hin aat kami ah oh. Sithaw prae taham ah kai hoi nawnto toksah kami loe nihcae khue ni, nihcae loe kai poek mongsak kami ah oh o.

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 Nangcae khaeah kaom Kri ih tamna, Ephaphra mah ban ang sin o, Sithaw koehhaih baktiah hmuennawk boih ah na koep o moe, kacakah nang doet o thai hanah, anih loe nangcae han palung tang hoi toksak moe, lawk ang thuih pae o toepsoep.

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 Anih loe nangcae hoi Laodicia hoi Hierapolis ah kaom kaminawk han doeh, kawkruk maw tha pathok, tito ka panoek.

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 Palung ih tasi sah kop kami, Luka hoi Dema mah ban ang sin o.

Greets you Luke the physician beloved and also Demas.

15 Laodicia hoi Nympha ah kaom nawkamyanawk, anih im ah kaom kricaabunawk to ban sin oh.

do greet the in Laodicea brothers and also (Nympha *N(K)O*) and the in house (of her *N(K)(o)*) church.

16 Hae capat na kroek o pacoengah, Laodicia kricaabunawk doeh kroek o sak toeng ah; to Laodicia vangpui hoiah na hnuk o ih ca to nangcae mah doeh kroek oh.

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 Angraeng khae hoi hnuk ih Sithaw tok to boeng khoek to sak hanah, Arkhipa to thui pae oh.

And do say to Archippus; do take heed to the ministry that you have received in [the] Lord, that it you may fulfill.

18 Ban sinhaih ca loe, kai, Pawl mah ni ban hoiah ka tarik. Sumqui hoi pathlet ah ka ohhaih hae pahnet o hmah. Tahmenhaih nangcae khaeah om nasoe. Amen.

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*)