Colossians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus [our] brother,

Ko au Paula, ko e ʻaposetolo ʻa Sisu Kalaisi ʻi he finangalo ʻoe ʻOtua, mo hoku tehina ko Timote,

2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ki he kāinga māʻoniʻoni mo angatonu ʻia Kalaisi ʻoku ʻi Kolose: Ke ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae ʻaloʻofa, mo e monūʻia, mei he ʻOtua ko ʻetau Tamai pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi.

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

‌ʻOku ma fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua ko e Tamai ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻo hūfia maʻu pe ʻakimoutolu,

4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love [which ye have] to all the saints,

Talu ʻema fanongo ki hoʻomou tui kia Kalaisi Sisu, pea mo hoʻomou ʻofa ki he kāinga māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē,

5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Koeʻuhi ko e ʻamanaki lelei ʻaia kuo hilifaki ʻi he langi maʻamoutolu, ʻaia naʻa mou fanongo ki ai ʻi muʻa ʻi he lea ʻoe moʻoni ʻoe ongoongolelei;

6 Which is come unto you, as [it is] in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:

‌ʻAia kuo aʻu atu kiate kimoutolu, pea pehē foki ki māmani kotoa pē; pea ʻoku tupu ai ʻae fua, ʻo hangē foki ko ia ʻiate kimoutolu, talu ʻae ʻaho naʻa mou ongoʻi ʻo ʻilo moʻoni ʻae ʻofa ʻae ʻOtua:

7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

‌ʻO hangē ko ia foki kuo mou ʻilo meia Epafasi, ko homa kaungā tamaioʻeiki ʻofeina, ʻaia ko e faifekau angatonu ʻa Kalaisi kiate kimoutolu;

8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

‌ʻAia foki naʻe fakahā kiate kimoua hoʻomou ʻofa ʻi he Laumālie.

9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Pea ko e meʻa ko ia foki, talu ʻae ʻaho naʻa ma fanongo ki ai, ʻoku ʻikai tuku ʻema hūfia ʻakimoutolu, pea mo e holi ke fakafonu ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae ʻilo ki hono finangalo ʻi he poto kotoa pē mo e ʻilo fakalaumālie;

10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Pea ke mou ʻaʻeva ʻo taau mo e ʻEiki ʻo fakafiemālie ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, ke mou fua lahi ʻi he ngāue lelei kotoa pē, pea tupulekina ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua;

11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Pea ke fakamālohi ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae mafai kotoa pē, ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene mālohi lahi ʻaupito, ki he faʻa kātaki kotoa pē mo e kātaki fuoloa ʻi he fiefia;

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

‌ʻO fakafetaʻi ki he Tamai, ʻaia kuo ne ngaohi ʻakitautolu ke tau taau ke kau ʻi he tofiʻa ʻoe kāinga māʻoniʻoni ʻi he maama:

13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son:

‌ʻAia kuo ne fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu mei he mālohi ʻoe poʻuli, pea kuo ne hiki ʻakitautolu ki he puleʻanga ʻo hono ʻAlo ʻofaʻanga:

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins:

‌ʻAia ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻae huhuʻi ʻi hono taʻataʻa, ko e fakamolemole ʻoe ngaahi angahala:

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

‌ʻAia ko hono tatau ʻoe ʻOtua taʻehāmai, ko e ʻuluaki fānau ʻi he meʻa fakatupu kotoa pē:

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

He naʻe fakatupu ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he langi, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻi māmani, ʻae meʻa hā mai mo e taʻehāmai, pe ko e ngaahi nofoʻa fakaʻeiʻeiki, pe ko e ngaahi ʻeikiʻanga, pe ko e ngaahi pule, pe ko e ngaahi mālohi: naʻe fakatupu ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea naʻe maʻana ia:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Pea ʻoku ki muʻa ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻoku tuʻumaʻu ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.

Pea ko e ʻulu ia ʻoe sino, ko e siasi: ʻaia ko e kamataʻanga, ko e ʻuluaki tupu mei he mate; koeʻuhi ke māʻolunga taha pe ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē.

19 For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell;

He naʻe leleiʻia ke nofo ʻae fonu kotoa pē ʻiate ia;

20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.

Pea ʻi he fakamelino ʻaki ʻae taʻataʻa ʻi hono [tutuki ki he ]ʻakau, ke fakalelei ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē kiate ia; ʻiate ia, pe ko ha ngaahi meʻa ʻi māmani, pe ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he langi.

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

Pea ko kimoutolu, naʻe ʻāuhē ko e ngaahi fili ʻi muʻa ʻi loto ʻi he ngaahi ngāue kovi, ka ko eni kuo ne fakalelei...

22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

‌ʻI he sino ʻo hono kakano, ʻi he mate, koeʻuhi ke ne ʻatu ʻakimoutolu ʻoku mou māʻoniʻoni mo taʻemele mo taʻevalokiʻia ʻi hono ʻao:

23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

‌ʻO kapau te mou tuʻumaʻu ʻi he tui ʻo aka mo tuʻu fakamakatuʻu, pea ʻikai hiki mei he ʻamanaki lelei ʻoe ongoongolelei, ʻaia naʻa mou fanongo, pea naʻe malangaʻaki ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻi lalo langi; ʻaia kuo fakanofo au ko Paula ko e faifekau ʻo ia;

24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

Pea ʻoku ou fiefia ni ʻi heʻeku ngaahi mamahi koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, peau fakakakato ʻaia ʻoku toe ʻi he ngaahi mamahi ʻa Kalaisi ʻi hoku kakano koeʻuhi ko hono sino ʻoʻona, ʻaia ko e siasi.

25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

‌ʻAia kuo fakanofo au ko e faifekau ʻo ia, ʻo taau mo e tuʻutuʻuni ʻae ʻOtua naʻe foaki kiate au koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, ke malanga lahi ʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua;

26 [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: (aiōn g165)

Ko e meʻa fufū ʻaia naʻe fakalilolilo ki he ngaahi kuonga mo e ngaahi toʻutangata, ka kuo fakahā eni ki heʻene kakai māʻoniʻoni: (aiōn g165)

27 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

‌ʻAkinautolu ʻoku finangalo ʻae ʻOtua ke fakahā ki ai ʻae koloa ʻoe lelei lahi ʻoe meʻa fakalilolilo ni ki he kakai Senitaile: ko Kalaisi ʻiate kimoutolu, ko e ʻamanaki lelei ki he hakeakiʻi:

28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

‌ʻAia ʻoku mau malangaʻaki, ʻo valoki ʻae tangata kotoa pē, mo akonakiʻi ʻae tangata taau taha ʻi he poto kotoa pē; koeʻuhi ke mau ʻatu ʻae tangata kotoa pē kuo haohaoa ʻia Kalaisi Sisu:

29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

‌ʻAe meʻa ko ia ʻoku ou ngāue ai foki, ʻi he fai feinga ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene ngāue, ʻaia ʻoku fai mālohi ʻaupito ʻiate au.