Colossians 1
1 Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
Paulusi, mu apositola wa Jesu Keresite che tanto ya Ireza, ni Timotea muzwale wetu,
2 To them which are at Colosse, Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ: Grace bee with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
ku va lumere ni mizwale yi sepahala mwa Keresite vena kwa Makolose. Chisemo chive kwenu, ni koozo izwa kwe Ireza i Shetu.
3 We giue thankes to God euen ye Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, alway praying for you:
Tu ha vuitumero kwa Ireza, Isi wa Simwine we tu Jesu Keresite, mi inako yonse tulaperera inwe.
4 Since wee heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of your loue toward all Saintes,
Tuva zuwi ze tumero yenu kwa Keresite Jesu ni ze rato limukwete kwavo vava kauhanyizwa kwe Ireza.
5 For the hopes sake, which is laide vp for you in heauen, whereof yee haue heard before by the word of trueth, which is the Gospel,
Mwina ili lato ivaka lye sepo imulindire ivikirwe nwe kwi wulu. Muva zuwi zeyi sepo ilindirwe piri linzwi lye niti, ivangeli,
6 Which is come vnto you, eue as it is vnto al the world, and is fruitful, as it is also amog you, from ye day that ye heard and truely knew ye grace of God,
iyo iva kezi kwenu. Iyi ivangeli i vika misero mi ikwete kukula mu kanda zonse. Ivali kupanga izi ni mwenu vulyo kuzwa he zuva limuva lizuwi ni kulituta kuama ni chishemo che Ireza mu niti.
7 As yee also learned of Epaphras our deare fellowe seruaunt, which is for you a faithfull minister of Christ:
Iyi nji Ivangeli sina hamu va ilituti iyo kwa Efafarasi, yo sakiwa wetu mutanga, ili yo sepahala muhikana wa Keresite ku mbali yetu.
8 Who hath also declared vnto vs your loue in the Spirit.
Efafarasi ave zivahazi kwetu i lato lyenu mu Luhuho.
9 For this cause wee also, since the day wee heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with knowledge of his will in all wisdome, and spirituall vnderstanding,
Ivaka lyeli i lato, kuzwa he zuva litu va zuwi izi kena tuva siyi kulaperera inwe. Tuvali kukumbira kuti mumwi zuziwe che ngana ya cha saka muvutali vonse ni kutwisiso ya zo luhuho.
10 That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, and please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God,
Tuvali kulapera kuti mumu yende cho kusepahala kwa Simwine mwi zira zi tavisa. Tuvali kulapera kuti mumu vike misero mwi kenzo indotu ni kuti mumu kule mwi ngana ya Ireza.
11 Strengthened with all might through his glorious power, vnto all patience, and long suffering with ioyfulnesse,
Tulapera muwole kukoziwa muzintu zonse cho kuya cha mata e kanya yakwe muku kwatisisa konse ni kulindira.
12 Giuing thankes vnto the Father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saintes in light,
Tu lapera kuti mumu sangwe ni kuha vuitumero kwe Shetu, yava mi pangi kuwola kuva ni chivaka muku yola ku va zumina mwi seri.
13 Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,
Ava tuhazi kwi kamaiso ye fifi ni kutushimbulwira ku muvuso wa mwanakwe yo sakiwa.
14 In whome we haue redemption through his blood, that is, the forgiuenesse of sinnes,
Ku mwana kwe twina kupulusiwa, ku wonderwa zivi.
15 Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first begotten of euery creature.
Mwana chi swaniso che Ireza yasa vonwa. Nji we ntazi kuzonse ziva bumbiwa.
16 For by him were all things created, which are in heauen, and which are in earth, thinges visible and inuisible: whether they be Thrones or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, all things were created by him, and for him,
Kakuli cha kwe zintu zonse ziva vumbiwa, izo zina mumawulu nezo za hansi, zivoneka ni zisa voneki zintu. Kamba zipura kamba vuyendisi kamba mivuso kamba ziho, zintu zonse ziva vumbiwa nji ye mi zakwe.
17 And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.
Wina havusu bwezitu zonse, mi kwali zintu zonse zikwatana hamwina.
18 And hee is the head of the body of the Church: he is the beginning, and the first begotten of the dead, that in all thinges hee might haue the preeminence.
Mi nji mutwi wo muviri, i kereke. Nji yena matangiro ni we mweri kuvamwi va fwire, jokuti wina chi vaka cha matangiro muzintu zonse.
19 For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,
Kakuli Ireza avali kusangitwe kuti konse kulizuziriza kwa kweke mwali,
20 And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen.
ni kuzumizanisa cho mwana zonse zintu kwali mwine. Ireza ivapangi inkozo cha malaha e chifapano chakwe. Ireza ava zumizanisi zintu zonse kwali mwine, kamba zintu hanu hasi kamba zintu mwi wulu.
21 And you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your mindes were set in euill workes, hath he nowe also reconciled,
Mi nanwe vulyo, he nako yimwi, muvali muma zwahule kwe Ireza ni zila zakwe mwi ngana ni mwi nkenzo zivi.
22 In that body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, and vnblameable and without fault in his sight,
Kono hanu chava mizumizanisi cho muviri wakwe u voneka che fu. Ava pangi ichi iri kuti a mivonahaze ku jolola, kusa nyazahala, ni kusavi ni vuvi havusu bwakwe,
23 If ye continue, grounded and stablished in the faith, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, whereof ye haue heard, and which hath bene preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am a minister.
haiva ni mu zwira havusu mwi tumero, kuzakwa ni kukozwa, kusa zwiswa kule ni sepo kuliverera kwe ivageri i muva zuwi. Iyi nje ivangeri iva wambiwa ku muntu yense ya vavumbwa mwi konde lye wulu, Iyi nje ivageri iyo Ime, Paulusi, niva sanduki muhikana.
24 Now reioyce I in my suffrings for you, and fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,
Hanu ni sanga muma sukuluko chenu. Mi ni nyemuna mwi wulu mumu viri wangu chinzi chisa mwina muma sikuluko a Keresite che vaka lyo muviri wakwe, iyo ikereke.
25 Whereof I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen mee vnto you ward, to fulfill the word of God,
Ivaka lyeyi i kereke hanili ni muhikana, cho kuya cha musevezi uzwa kwe Ireza uva hewa kwangu chenu, kwi zuziriza manzwi a Ireza.
26 Which is the mysterie hid since the world began, and from all ages, but nowe is made manifest to his Saintes, (aiōn g165)
Iyi nje kunutu ye niti ivali ku patitwe che zirimo zingi ni ku masika. Kono hanu chiye zivahazwa kwavo va zumina kwa li. (aiōn g165)
27 To whome God woulde make knowen what is the riches of his glorious mysterie among the Gentiles, which riches is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
Nji kuvali Ireza avali kusaka kwi zivahaza vufumu bwe kanya bwe yi nkunutu mukanti kava Machava. Nji yena zuna Keresite wina mwenu, i nsepo ye nkaya i kezite.
28 Whome we preache, admonishing euery man, and teaching euery man in all wisdome, that we may present euery man perfect in Christ Iesus,
U zu njiyena utu wamba. Tu wambira muntu yense, mi tu ruta muntu yense cho vutali vonse, iri kuti tuvonise muntu yense kuva hande mwa Keresite.
29 Whereunto I also labour and striue, according to his working which worketh in me mightily.
Che chi ni seveza ni kukwatisa kuya che ziho zakwe ziseveza mwangu cha mata.
