Ba Kkolose 1
1 Pawulu, mutumwa wa Kkilisito Jesu kwinda mubukanze bwa Leza, antomwe a Timoti mukwesu,
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,
2 akubasalali ba Leza akubakwesu basyomekede muli Kkilisito baliku Kkolose. Luzyalo lube anywe, aluumuno luzwa kuli Leza Taata wesu.
to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossae: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father.
3 Tupa kulumba kuli Leza, wisi wa Mwami wesu Jesu Kkilisito, elyo tulamukombela kwalyoonse.
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 Twakamvwa zyalusyomo lwenu lwamuli Kkilisito Jesu aluyando ndomulaalo kubasalali ba Leza boonse.
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5 Mulijisi luyando oolu nkambo kabulangizi mbomubambilidwe kujulu. Mwakamvwa atala abulangizi obu kamutana kukambawukilwa ijwi lyakasimpe, makani mabotu,
on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
6 Akasika kulindinywe. Ijwi eli lilazyala michelo akuya bukomena munyika yoonse. Lyakali kuchita obo akulindinywe kuzwa kubuzuba nimwakalimvwa animwakayiiya ataala aluzyalo lwa Leza mubwini.
which is come to you, as it is in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, as it doth also in you, from the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth;
7 Aya ngimakani ngimwakiiya kuli Epafulasi, muzikema uyandwa, muzike usyomeka wa Kkilisito utwimikilila.
even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf;
8 Epafulasi wachita kuti luyando lwako luzibinkane kulindiswe mumuuya.
who also brought to our knowledge your love in the Spirit.
9 Nkambo kaluyando olu, kuzwa mubuzuba mbutwakamvwa echi tetwakaleka pe kumukombela. Twali kumukumbilila kuti mukazuzigwe luzibo lwakuyanda kwakwe amubusongo boonse amukumvwisisisya kwamumuuya.
On this account we also, from the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 Twali kumukombela kuti mweende munzila iyeelede Mwami ayeeyo imubotelezya munzila zyoonse. Twalikumukombela kuti muzyale michelo yamilimo mibotu amukukomena mukuziba Leza.
that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 Tukombela kuti muyumisigwe mulizyonse mbuli mbukwelede mubulemu bwanguzu zyakwe, akuba akukakatila abulangizi.
endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;
12 Tukombela kuti mukape kulumba chakukondwa kuli Taatesu, wakamuchiita kuti mukonzye kuba achaabilo chalukono lwabasalali ba Leza bali mumumuuni.
giving thanks to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;
13 Wakatuvuna kuzwa kunguzu zyamumudima akutulonzya kututola kubwami bwa Mwana wakwe uyandwa.
who rescued us from the empire of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son;
14 Mu Mwana wakwe mutujene lununuko, lwakulekelelwa kwazibi.
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins; —
15 Oyu Mwana nchikozyano cha Leza utaboneki. Ngonguwe mutanzi kuzyalwa kuzilenge zyoonse.
who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation;
16 Nkambo mulinguwe zintu zyoonse zyakalengwa, ezyo zili kujulu, azezyo zitaboneki. Nikuba zyuno zyabwam, nibaba baami, nibaaba bendelezi, nibaaba basinguzu, zyoonse zyakalengwa kwinda mulinguwe kuti zibe zyakwe.
for in him were created all things, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things have been created through him and for him;
17 Ilwakwe mwini ngomutaanzi kuzintu zyoonse, elyo mulinguwe zintu zyoonse muzijisini.
and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.
18 Alubo ngomutwe wamubili, nkokuti imbungano. Ngonguwe matalikilo alubo ngomjtaanzi kukuzyaligwa kuzwa mukati kabafu, chaamba kuti ulabusena butaanzi bwazintu zyoonse.
And he is the head of the body, the church; since he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he may be in all things pre-eminent;
19 Nkambo Leza ubotelwa buzwide bwakwe kuti bukkale mulinguwe.
for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,
20 Alimwi wakali yanzanisizya mumwanakwe zintu zyoonse mulinguwe. Leza wakabikka lumuuno kwindila kubulowa achingano chakwe; Leza wakabweduluzya zintu zyonse kulinguwe, neziba zintu zyaansi neziba zintu zili kujulu.
having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those in the heavens.
21 Alimwi anwebo, kuchindi chakamana, mwakali bazwamaasi kuli Leza alimwi mwakali basinkondonyina a Leza mumizeezo amumichito mibi.
And you, that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 Pele lino wakamuyanzanya mumubili wakwe ufwika kwinda mulufu wakachita eezi kuti amupedekezye kamusalala, kamutakwe kampenda, akutaba amulandu kunembo lyakwe,
in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;
23 Nkukuti na mwakakatila mulusyomo, akwima njii akutasunzulusigwa mulusyomo lwamakani ngimwakamvwa. Aya makani akaambwa kumuntu woonse wakalengwa aansi ejulu. Aaya ngingawo makani mabotu kuti ime, ndi Pawulu, ndibe muzike.
if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.
24 Lino ndilakondelwa machiswe angu nkambo kandinywe. Alimwi ndilazuzya mubili wangu makani achisyeede amapenzi a Kkilisito nkambo kamubili wakwe, nkukuti imbungano.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;
25 Nkambo kambungano eeyi nchendimuzike, nkambo kakuti eyi milimo ndakayibikilwa a Leza nkambo kenu, akuzuzikizya ijwi lya Leza.
of which I became a minister, according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me, for you, to fulfill the word of God,
26 Makani aayubide aasisidwe muchindi chamazyalani akalekale. Pele kwaino aliyubunwidwe kubasalali ba Leza. (aiōn g165)
the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed to his saints; (aiōn g165)
27 Kulibaaba Leza wakayanda kuyubununa mbububede buvubi bulemu bwamakani aya akati kabamasi, nkukuti Kkilisito uli mulindinywe, bulangizi bwabulemu.
to whom it was the will of God to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;
28 Oyo ngonguwe ngutu kambawuka. Tulalulamika akuyiisya bantu boonse achabusongo, kuchitila kuti tubayimikizye boonse kubusyu bwa Kkilisito chakulondoka.
whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
29 Nchichonya echo nchembeleka akusolekesya mbuli nguzu zyakwe mbuzilokubeleka mulindime changuzu.
to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.
