Colossians 1
1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter to you], and our fellow believer Timothy [is with me]. I am an apostle who represents Christ Jesus, because that is what God wanted.
Ik' shunon Krstos Iyesush wosheets wottso P'awlosn at no eshu T'imotiyosoke.
2 [I am sending this letter] to you who are in Colossae [city], and who are God’s people, and our faithful fellow believers who have a close relationship with Christ. We pray that God our Father will be acting kindly towards you, and that he will cause you to have [inner] peace.
K'olasayasn beyiru Krstosn S'ayinonat amanek wotts amantsuwotssh. Ik'o no nihokere deeronat jeenon itsh wotowe.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
It jangosh Ik'o t k'onor nodoonz Iyesus Krstos nih Ik'o úni aawo údirwone.
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
Krstos Iyesusn it detsts imnetiyonat amants jamwotssh it detsts shuno shishrone.
5 You do that because you confidently expect to receive that which God is (reserving/keeping safe) for you in heaven, which you heard about previously when you heard the true message, that is, the message [about Christ].
Ari aap' wottso doo shishiyo shin shino itok b́bodor bítse fa'a jangeyirwo shishirute, mansh it imnetiyonat it shunon b́need' darotse k'aniyere itn kotirwo jangiyetsmanatsne.
6 [People] proclaimed it [PRS] to you, just like [people] have proclaimed it in many different countries [HYP, IDM]. The true message is changing more and more people’s lives, just like it changed your lives because you heard it and you truly experienced that God acts kindly towards us in ways we do not deserve.
Dooshishiyan dats jamatse shwonat eenoke b́fa'oni mank'o it doo shishyo itk'ebiyakonat Ik'i s'aato arik b́wottsok'owo t'iwints itdek'iyak aawotstson it dagots finoke b́faoni.
7 That is just what Epaphras taught you [would happen]. We love Epaphras. He serves Christ together with us and works for Christ faithfully for your benefit.
Hanowere no shegro Krstos guuts amanetso wottsonat noontonuwere towaat finirwo shuneetso Ep'afray itsh keewre.
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
Mank'owere Ik'i Shayiron it atsatseyo it shunewo bí noosh keewre.
9 Because of what we heard about you, we have also been praying [LIT] very often to God for you [HYP], ever since we heard this report about you. We pray that you will truly know all that God wants you to do; that is, that you will become very wise, and that you will understand spiritual matters well.
Mansh han noshishts aawotstson tuwat Shayiri dani teleefon t'iwints jamo Ik'i shunon t'iwints itdek'etu s'eents dano it detsetwok'o itsh Ik' k'ono ned'iratsone.
10 We have been praying like that in order that you will conduct yourselves as the Lord’s people should conduct themselves, in order that you will please the Lord in every way. Specifically, we have been praying like that in order that you will be doing every sort of good deed [IDM] and in order that you will be getting to know God truly, more and more.
Mank'owere doonzosh wotts weeron beyarr b́ jamon bín it gene'ushitwok'o kon naari sheeng fino finon shuwo it shwitwok'onat Ik' danon eenfere it ametuwok'o Ik'o k'onituwe.
11 And we pray that [God] will greatly strengthen you [spiritually] with the mighty power that he has shown [to people], in order that you will always be steadfast and patient [when you experience difficulties], while [at the same time] you will be rejoicing.
Doonzo aydek' een wotts b́ kup'on itsh ang jamo ime, k'amoon jam keewo falon k'andek'tswotsi it wotitwok'o itn woshwe,
12 And we pray that you will be thanking God our Father, because he has enabled you/us to receive the things that he will give to his people in heaven [SYN].
dabnuere shááni mengstutse S'ayinwotsnton rstiyo it kayitwok'o itn betsts Ik'o niho gene'on údooere.
13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that the evil one no longer rules us [MET, MTY], and he caused us now to be ruled by his Son, whom he loves.
Bíwere t'alwi angotse noon kashit shuneets naayo mengstots no kinditwok'o woshre.
14 That is, because of our relationship with his Son (OR, because of what the one who is also God did), God has redeemed/bought us; in particular, he has forgiven our sins.
Bíínowere noo aaniyi keeweyat no morrosh orowe eto daatsrone.
15 God’s Son reveals perfectly what God, his Father, is like, whom no one can see. God’s Son existed before and ranks above everything that God has created.
Krstos be'eraw Ik'osh bíariyoniye. Bí azeets jamoniyere k'aabe.
16 When God created everything that is on the earth, he did it by having his Son do it. He created everything that [people] can see, and also everything which is in heaven that [people] cannot see. In particular, his Son created all ranks of important spirit beings. [And his Son ranks above everything], because God by the work of had his Son, and because by his Son all things were created {because [God] had his Son create everything} in order that everything might praise his Son,
Daronat datsatse fa'awots, be'eyirwonat be'eraw, daratsi angwotsnat keewirwotsno, naashwotsnat aliru jamwots bo azee bíne. Ik'o jam keewo bí az bín bíshe.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Bí jam keewoniyere shine b́ teshi, jam keewo desheyat b́ need' bíne.
18 And [God’s Son ranks above everything], because it is his Son who [rules over his people] [MET] [as a person’s] head [controls his physical] body, because his Son causes his people to live [spiritually]. [God’s Son] is the first one who became alive again, in order that he should become more important than anything and everyone.
Bí bí ats wotts Ik' moosh b tooke, jam keewon shntso b́ wotitwok'o, k'irotse tuwon shintsonat k'aaboniye.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Han b́wotwere Ik'o Ik' b́woti s'eeno b́ naayn b́wotish Ik'o niho shuntso b́wottsotsne.
20 [God our Father caused his Son to rule us], because he decided to reconcile with himself everything that is on earth and that is in heaven by what his Son did, in order that everything might honor his Son; that is, God our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself as a result of his [Son’s] blood [flowing when he died] on the cross. [The chiastic material is rearranged below so that the directly related propositional clusters are joined together.] 13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that we are no longer ruled by the evil one, and God our Father caused us now to be ruled by his Son (OR, the man who is also God) whom he loves. 14a That is, by means of what his Son did, we have been redeemed by God, our Father. 14b In particular, our sins have been forgiven by God, our Father. 20 God, our Father, has done this because he decided to reconcile to himself, by means of his Son, everything that is on earth and that is in heaven, in order that his Son might be honored; that is, God, our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself by means of God’s Son’s blood [flowing out when he died] on the cross. 15b God cannot be seen by anyone, 15a but his Son reveals perfectly what God—his Father—is like, 19a because it is in his Son that the Father chose 19b that he himself would dwell completely. 15c God’s Son ranks above everything 15d that has been created, 16 because it was by means of God’s Son that God created everything that is on the earth and that can be seen by people, and also everything that is in heaven and that cannot be seen by people. In particular, all types of important spirit beings were created by means of him, since everything has been created by God by means of God’s Son. And his Son ranks above everything, because everything has been created by God, in order that God’s Son might be honored by everything, 17 and because it is he who existed before anything else existed, and since everything is sustained by God by means of God’s Son. 18 And God’s Son ranks above everything because it is he who [rules over all believers, just like a person’s] head [controls his physical body, because he causes all believers to live spiritually]. His Son is the first one who rose from among those who have died, in order that he should become more important than everything and everyone.
Bínowere daron wotowa datsatse fa'a keewu jamwotsi b́ tookonton maniyo shunre, jitatse kud'ts b́naay s'atson jeeno b́woshi.
21 As for you, [although] formerly God [considered you his] enemies (OR, [God considered you] as alienated [from him]) and [although] you were formerly hostile [to God] because you thought evil thoughts and because you did evil deeds,
Shin Ik'atse wokaatni it beefoni, it asaabiyona it gond finatse tuutson balangarwotsiye it teshi.
22 nevertheless, God our Father has now reconciled you [with himself. He did that] as a result of his Son dying physically. He did it in order that you should be completely holy when he brings you into his presence.
Andmó S'ayinwotsnat eegonor s'amiyerawotsi, boatse eeg eeg daatserawotsi woshdek't b́shinats itn t'intsosh, b́ naay meetson b́ k'irtsosh, Ik'o b́tookonton itin b́ maniyi.
23 He wants you to continue [DOU] to believe the message about Christ; specifically, he wants you to continue to be stable/steadfast and to continue to confidently expect to receive that which you heard about when you heard that message. That message has been proclaimed {They have proclaimed that message} to people in very many places [HYP]; and I, Paul, also become someone who tells it to people.
Han b́ wotitwere bíyats need'dek'at matseyat bíko dooshishiyatse daatsosh jangiyets keewatse it giwrawo amanon kup'arr it beewor s'uziye, dooshishiyanwere it it shishtsonat datsatsere fa'a ashuwotssh nabetsoniye, taa P'awlos guutso twot dooshishiyanshe.
24 At the present time I am rejoicing that I am suffering for your benefit; that is, I am completing what Christ [decided] that I should suffer physically for the benefit of all believers, [who are as dear to him as] his own body.
And it jangatse tdek'iru gond bek'osh geneeúwirwe, bíats wotts Ik'i moowshowere Krstos gondbek'o kaydek'oonton taash shapitwo tmeetson s'eentsitwe.
25 I myself became someone who serves God’s people, because I was appointed {[God] appointed me} to be responsible to [help] you [who are non-Jews]. I became one who serves God’s people in order that I should make known to you non-Jews the whole message from/about God.
Ik'i aap'o s'eenon itsh kitsosh Ik'oke taash imets alok'oon Ik'i moosh fintso wotere.
26 [We did not know this message previously; that is, God] concealed it from [the people who lived in all] the previous ages, but he has now revealed it to his people. (aiōn g165)
Ik'i aap'onwere beshts dúron shweets ash na'úwotssh ááshat teshtsonat andmó Ik'o bík S'ayinwotts jamwotssh b́kiitsts ááshat teshtsoniye. (aiōn g165)
27 That is, God decided to reveal to them this message, which declares that he will greatly bless the non-Jews. Specifically, this message declares that Christ, [by his Spirit], will live in you who are non-Jews, with the result that you confidently expect that you will experience how glorious [God is].
Ik'onwere bík S'ayinwotssh kitsosh b́geeyir hanoke fa'o ááshts mangi gaalo ititse Ik'i ashwoterawwots dagotse awuk'o bodts een b́wottsok'oniye, ááshtsanwere jangat nokotiru mang bín datsetu Krstos ititse b́ wotoniye.
28 We tell about Christ [to every class of persons]; we warn them, and specifically, we teach everyone very wisely. We do this in order that every person who (has a close relationship with/is united to) Christ may be (all that God wants them to be/perfect) when we present them to Christ.
Asho ik ikon Krstosn bodtso b́wotitwok'o kaldek'at t'intsosh ash jamosh dani teleef jamon daniyat izon Krstos jango nabirwone.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
Ik'o bíeen angon tgitsotse b́ finirwotse angaann no keewtsán b́finetwok'o kup'dek'at maak'orefetsat shaatsirwe.
