Colossians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,
Jene bhaluwa jino kujikopoka kwangu nne a Pauli ntume na apwetu a Timoteo. Njishemwa na a Nnungu kwa pinga kwabho kubha ntume jwa a Yeshu Kilishitu.
2 to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossae: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father.
Tunakunjandishilanga mmandunji bha ukonjelo nninginji ku Koloshai, mmakulupalikanga nnundenenje na a Kilishitu. Nema na ulele ibhakutupa a Atati a Nnungu, ibhe na mmanganyanji.
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
Kila putukunnjujilanga, tunakwaatendela eja a Nnungu, Aina bhabho Bhakulungwa bhetu a Yeshu Kilishitu.
4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
Pabha tushipilikana ngani ja ngulupai yenunji nkulundana na a Yeshu Kilishitu, na nkwaapinganga bhandu bhowe bha ukonjelo.
5 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,
Kwa ligongo lya ngulupalilo ya indu immishilwenje kunnungu, numbe ngani jakwe mwapilikenenje bhukala kwa lilobhe lya kweli limwalungushiwenje, yani, Ngani ja Mmbone.
6 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;
Ngani ja Mmbone jinapunda peleshela mboka na shuma pashilambolyo, malinga shiili kunngwenunji kutandubhila lyubha limwapilikenenje na kujimanya nema ja a Nnungu shijili ja kweli.
7 even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf;
Malinga shinnjigenywenje ga nema ja a Nnungu na a Epapula, bhatumishi ajetu bha a Kilishitu bhaakulupalika, kwa ligongo lyenu mmanganyanji.
8 who also brought to our knowledge your love in the Spirit.
Bhenebho bhatubhalanjile ga pinga kwenunji kumpatilenje naka Mbumu.
9 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;
Kwa lyene ligongolyo, numbe uwe tukapilikaneje tukaaleka kunnjujilanga kwa a Nnungu, nkupinga bhampanganje lunda na lumanyio lwa muntima.
10 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;
Penepo shinkombolanje tama malinga shibhapinga Bhakulungwa a Nnungu, nitenda yowe ikwaanonyela, ndamo jenunji shijipunde peleshela mboka ya kila namuna kwa itendi ya mmbone na shimpundanje kwaamanya a Nnungu.
11 endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;
A Nnungu bhampanganje mashili kwa kombola kwabho kwa ukonjelo, nkupinga mwiipilililanje kwa kila shindu na kwiiluma na angalala.
12 giving thanks to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;
Mwaatendelanje eja Atati a Nnungu, bhantendilenje nkombolanje poshela miadi ja indu ibhaabhishilenje bhandunji bha ukonjelo, muupalume gwabho gwa shilangaya.
13 who rescued us from the empire of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son;
Na bhenebho bhashinkututapula mmashili ga lubhindu, nikutushoya na kutujinjiya muupalume uka mwana gwabho jubhakumpinga.
14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins; —
Kwa bhenebho tunagombolwa, nileshelelwa yambi yetu.
15 who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation;
Na a Kilishitu ni shilanda shibhoneka, sha a Nnungu bhakaabhoneka, nantando jwa indu yowe ipengenywe.
16 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;
Pabha indu yowe ishipanganywa kupitila Bhenebho, kila shindu sha kunnungu na sha pa shilambolyo, indu ibhoneka na ikaabhoneka, ibhaga ashinanndenga, na majini na ashimaoka bhowe. Yowe puipengenywe na Bhenebho na kwa ligongo lyabho.
17 and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.
Bhenebho bhaapali indu yowe ikanabhe pagwa, yowe inatama ukoto kwa lundana na bhenebho.
18 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;
Bhenebho ni akalongolele bha likanisha, malinga ntwe shiukuti longolela shiilu, numbe bhenebho ni shiumilo sha gumi gwa shene shiilusho. Bhenebho ni nantando bha gumi, bhantai kuyuka bhakaweje, nkupinga bhabhe bha ntai kwa indu yowe.
19 for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,
Pabha a Nnungu bhashipinga kutimilila kwabho kowe kutame mubhanabhabho a Yeshu.
20 having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those in the heavens.
Na kwa bhana bhabho, a Nnungu bhayene bhashilundanywa na indu yowe, kwa shiwo sha a Yeshu munshalabha, a Nnungu gubhatendile ulele na indu yowe, ibhe ya pa shilambolyo eu ya kunnungu.
21 And you, that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Mmanganyanji bhukala mwashinkutalikangana na a Nnungu nibha magongo, kwa ligongo lya ng'aniyo yenunji na itendi yenunji ya nyata.
22 in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;
Ikabheje nnaino, kwa shiwo shika mwana gwabho atemi pa shilambolyo pano, a Nnungu bhashikunnundanyanga, nkupinga bhammikanje pamo na bhenebho, nninginji bha ukonjelo na bhammbonenji na wala sha gambwa,
23 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.
ikabheje nnapinjikwanga kwiishimilika ukoto nngulupai, wala nnakundanje kutendebhuywa nikunshoyanga nngulupai impatilenje pumwapilikenenje Ngani ja Mmbone. Nne a Pauli ni ntumishi jwa jene Ngani ja Mmbone, jilungwiywe pa shilambolyojo.
24 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;
Nnaino ngunaangalila kupotekwa kwangu kwa ligongo lyenunji, pabha ngunagumbashiya pashiilu shangu indu itubhile mmboteko ya a Kilishitu kwa ligongo lya likanisha, lili shiilu shabho.
25 of which I became a minister, according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me, for you, to fulfill the word of God,
Nne njibha ntumishi jwa likanisha malinga shibhapanjle a Nnungu kumba, kwa pwaida jenunji. Nunguye lilobhe lyabho gwangali leka shindu,
26 the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed to his saints; (aiōn g165)
indu ya nng'iyo ibhaishiywenje bhandu bhowe kuumila bhukala, ikabheje nnaino bhashikwaibhulilanga bhandunji bhabho bha ukonjelo. (aiōn g165)
27 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;
A Nnungu bhashinkupinga kwaibhulilanga bhanganyabho ga ukonjelo nkulu gwa gwene nng'iyogo, kubhandunji bhalinginji nngabha Bhayaudi. Nng'iyo gwene ni a Kilishitu, bhali mmitima jenunji. Na lyenelyo linalangula kuti shinkundikanywanje muukonjelo gwa a Nnungu.
28 whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
Kwa lyene ligongolyo, tunakwalunguya a Kilishitu kubhandu bhowe, kwaaleyanga na kwaajiganyanga bhandu bhowe kwa lunda lowe, nkupinga tunnjiyenajo kila mundu kwa a Nnungu ali aishimilishe nkulundana na a Kilishitu.
29 to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.
Kwa ligongo lyolyo, nne ngunalajilila tenda liengo, kwa mashili gungupegwa na a Kilishitu gakamula liengo muntima gwangu.
