Colossians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,
u ne Paulo nu n'sunghua ghwitu u Timoteo twevasung'ua va Yesu kilisite mu lughano lwa Nguluve.
2 to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossae: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father.
kulyumue mwe vitiki na vanyalukolo vanywilifu mwa kilisite mwe vano muli ku Kolosai, uvumosi vuve kulyumue, nu lutengano kuhuma kwa Nguluve Nhaata ghwitu.
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
tuku muhongesia uNguluve, Nhhata ghwa Mutwa ghwitu uYesu Kilisite, kange tukuvasuumila ke kinga ifighono fyoni.
4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
tupuliilke ulwitiko lwinu mwa Yesu Kilisite nu lughano luno mulinalwo ku vaanhu vooni vano vabaghulivue vwimila Nguluve.
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,
mili nu lughano ulu lwakuva nihuviila ulwa kyang'haani kuuti, lino livikilue kukyanya vwimila jiinu. mulyapulike muluhuvilo uluo ulwa kyang'haani ye likyale ilivangili ilya kyang'haani. lino lisile kulyumue.
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;
ilivangili ili lyalihola imheke nakupulikika mu iisi sooni. kuhuma ikighono kino mulyapulike na kumanyila uvumosi vwa Nguluve mu kyang'haani.
7 even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf;
ili lye livangili lino mulyamanyile kuhuma kwa Eupafula, mughanike kange m'bomba mbombo n'jiitu, juno ghwe m'bombi nyilifu ghwa Kilisite,
8 who also brought to our knowledge your love in the Spirit.
UEpafula ghwe alyavombile kuuti tukagule ulughano lwinu mwa Mhepo.
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;
kuhuma ikoghono kino tulyapuliike ulughano ulu natughele tubuhile kukuvasumila. jaatu tusuuma kuuti mumemesevue nu luhala lwa Nguluve.
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;
tukuvasuumila kuuti mughendaghe mu lugudo vwa Mutwa mu sila sino sinoghiile. kange tukuvasuumila kuuti mlihola imheke mu nono sooni sino muvomba muliiva mu luhala la Nguluve.
11 endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;
tukuvasuumia kuuti muwesie kuponekesevua ingufu kuling'hana ni ngufu sa vwimike vwake mu lugudo lwoni.
12 giving thanks to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;
tukuvasuumila kuuti ke lukeelo muli kumuhosngesia uNhaata juno avavombile umue muwesie kuva nu lubale ulwa kukwimilila avitki mu lumuli.
13 who rescued us from the empire of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son;
atupokile kuhuma mu vutavike vwa ng'iisi na kukututwala ku vutwa vwa n'swambe mughanike.
14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins; —
mwa n'swambe tuli nu ... nu lu saghilo lwa sambi.
15 who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation;
Un'swambe kye kihwani kya Nguluve kino nakivooneka. ghwe muholua ghwa kwasia mu vuvumbi vwoni.
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;
ulwakuva kwa ifinu fyoni fikavumbilue, vino fili kukyanaya na fino fili pa iisi, ifinu fino fivoneka na fino nafivoneka. ndeve fya muvwandilo vwa iisi, nambe muvutavulua, nambe vutavike nambe uvunya ngufu, ifinu fyoni fikavumbilue vwimila jaake.
17 and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.
umwene alya nambe ye fikyale ifinu fyoni, mwa mwene ifinu fyoni fikakoline palikimo.
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;
umwene ghwe mutu ghwa ilembile, umwene ghwe vwandilo kange muholua ghwa kwasia kuhuma mu vafue, lino alini nafasi ija kwasia mu finu fyoni.
19 for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,
ulwakuva uNguluve akanoghilue kuuti uvufwilifu vwake vwoni vukale n'kate jaake.
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 kusambania ifinu fyoni ku sila ja n'swambe. UNguluve alyavikile ulutengano kukilila idanda ja kikovekano kya mwene. UNguluve akasambinie ifinu fyoni kwa mwene, nde fyalefya mu iisi nambe fya kukyanya.
21 And you, that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
numue kange, un'siki ghuno mulyale vaghesi kwa Nguluve kange mulyale valugu vake ku kuhala na maghendele gha vuhosi.
22 in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;
neke lino avasambinie umue ku m'bili ghake kkilila uvufue. akavombile ndiki neke kukuvaleta umue mwe vwimike mwevasila lupiko kange kisila vuhosi pa maaso ghake,
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.
ndeve mulighendelela mu lwitiko, luno mukangasivue mu lweli, kisila kuvikua kutaali kuhuma ku luhivilo lwa vukangafu vwa livangili lino mukapilike. ili lwe livangili lino likapulisivue ku vaanhu vano alyavavumbile pa iisi. ili lye livangili lino une ne Paulo nilyale m'bombi.
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;
lino nihovokela imhumhuko sango vwimila jiinu. najune nikamilisia mu mbili ghwango kino kipelela mu mhumhuko ja Kilisite vwimila um'bili ghwake, ghuno je tembile.
25 of which I became a minister, according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me, for you, to fulfill the word of God,
une nilim'bombi ghwa tembile iji, kulinganga nu vutavike vuno nipelilue kuhuma kwa Nguluve vwimila jinu kukulimemia ilisi lwa Nguluve.
26 the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed to his saints; (aiōn g165)
iji je kyang'haani jini jikafisime mu maka minga ni fisina fyoni. neke lino jifunulivue ku viti voni. (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;
ve vala vano uNguluve kukuvasona vule kuli nuvutajili vwa vwimike mu lifiso lwa kyang'haani mu iisi simonga. kwe kuuti uKilisite ali n'kate jinu mu lukangasio lwa vwimike vunovukwisa.
28 whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
uju ghwe mwene tukumpulisia. tuum'bunga na kukum'bulanisia umuunhu ghweni ku vukola vwoni, neke kuuti tumulete umuunhu ghweni fywilifu mwa Kilisite.
29 to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.
mu vwimike uvu, une nivomba ku ngufu sango sooni na kukujitanga ni ngufu ja mwene vule jivomba imbombo n'kate jango.
