Colossians 1
1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and from Timothy, also a follower of the Lord.
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 Christ’s people at Colossae – the followers who are faithful to him: May God, our Father, bless you and give you peace.
Tunakunjandishilanga mmandunji bha ukonjelo nninginji ku Koloshai, mmakulupalikanga nnundenenje na a Kilishitu. Nema na ulele ibhakutupa a Atati a Nnungu, ibhe na mmanganyanji.
3 Whenever we pray we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you,
Kila putukunnjujilanga, tunakwaatendela eja a Nnungu, Aina bhabho Bhakulungwa bhetu a Yeshu Kilishitu.
4 now that we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all his people,
Pabha tushipilikana ngani ja ngulupai yenunji nkulundana na a Yeshu Kilishitu, na nkwaapinganga bhandu bhowe bha ukonjelo.
5 because of the hope which is kept safe for you in heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true message of the good news which reached you,
Kwa ligongo lya ngulupalilo ya indu immishilwenje kunnungu, numbe ngani jakwe mwapilikenenje bhukala kwa lilobhe lya kweli limwalungushiwenje, yani, Ngani ja Mmbone.
6 bearing fruit and growing, as it does, through all the world, just as it did among you from the very day that you heard of God’s loving kindness, and understood what that loving kindness really is.
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 It is just what you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who, as a minister of the Christ, faithfully represents us,
Malinga shinnjigenywenje ga nema ja a Nnungu na a Epapula, bhatumishi ajetu bha a Kilishitu bhaakulupalika, kwa ligongo lyenu mmanganyanji.
8 and who told us of the love with which the Spirit has inspired you.
Bhenebho bhatubhalanjile ga pinga kwenunji kumpatilenje naka Mbumu.
9 And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.
Kwa lyene ligongolyo, numbe uwe tukapilikaneje tukaaleka kunnjujilanga kwa a Nnungu, nkupinga bhampanganje lunda na lumanyio lwa muntima.
10 Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and grow into a fuller 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 you will be made strong at all points with a strength worthy of the power manifested in his glory – strong to endure with patience, and even with gladness, whatever may happen to you;
A Nnungu bhampanganje mashili kwa kombola kwabho kwa ukonjelo, nkupinga mwiipilililanje kwa kila shindu na kwiiluma na angalala.
12 and you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ’s people in the realms of light.
Mwaatendelanje eja Atati a Nnungu, bhantendilenje nkombolanje poshela miadi ja indu ibhaabhishilenje bhandunji bha ukonjelo, muupalume gwabho gwa shilangaya.
13 For God has rescued us from the tyranny of darkness, and has removed us into the kingdom of his Son, who is the embodiment of his love,
Na bhenebho bhashinkututapula mmashili ga lubhindu, nikutushoya na kutujinjiya muupalume uka mwana gwabho jubhakumpinga.
14 and through whom we have found deliverance in the forgiveness of our sins.
Kwa bhenebho tunagombolwa, nileshelelwa yambi yetu.
15 For Christ is the incarnation of the invisible God – firstborn and head of all creation;
Na a Kilishitu ni shilanda shibhoneka, sha a Nnungu bhakaabhoneka, nantando jwa indu yowe ipengenywe.
16 for in him was created all that is in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible – angels and archangels and all the powers of heaven.
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 All has been created through him and for him. He was before all things, and all things unite in him;
Bhenebho bhaapali indu yowe ikanabhe pagwa, yowe inatama ukoto kwa lundana na bhenebho.
18 and he is the head of the church, which is his body. The firstborn from the dead, he is to the church the source of its life, that he, in all things, may stand first.
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 it pleased the Father that in him the divine nature in all its fulness should live,
Pabha a Nnungu bhashipinga kutimilila kwabho kowe kutame mubhanabhabho a Yeshu.
20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself (making peace by the shedding of Christ’s blood offered on the cross) – whether on earth or in heaven.
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 it pleased God that you, once estranged from him and hostile towards him in your thoughts, intent only on wickedness –
Mmanganyanji bhukala mwashinkutalikangana na a Nnungu nibha magongo, kwa ligongo lya ng'aniyo yenunji na itendi yenunji ya nyata.
22 but now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ’s earthly body in death – it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,
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 only you remain true to your faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made an assistant.
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 at last I can rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and in my own person I supplement the afflictions endured by the Christ, for the sake of his body, 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 myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the message of God in all its fulness –
Nne njibha ntumishi jwa likanisha malinga shibhapanjle a Nnungu kumba, kwa pwaida jenunji. Nunguye lilobhe lyabho gwangali leka shindu,
26 that truth which has been hidden from former ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to God’s people, (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 his pleasure to make known the surpassing glory of that hidden truth when proclaimed among the Gentiles – ‘Christ among you! Your 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 This is the Christ whom we proclaim, warning everyone, and instructing everyone, with all the wisdom that we possess, in the hope of bringing everyone into God’s presence perfected by union with 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 It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.
Kwa ligongo lyolyo, nne ngunalajilila tenda liengo, kwa mashili gungupegwa na a Kilishitu gakamula liengo muntima gwangu.
