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.
Si Pablo, usa ka apostoles ni Cristo Jesus pinaagi sa kabubut-on sa Dios, ug si Timoteo nga atong igsoon,
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.
ngadto sa mga magtutuo ug matinud-anon nga mga kaigsoonan diha kang Cristo nga anaa sa Colosas. Ang grasya maanaa kaninyo, ug ang kalinaw nga gikan sa Dios nga atong Amahan.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Kami naghatag ug mga pagpasalamat sa Dios, ang Amahan sa atong Ginoong Cristo Jesus, ug kami kanunay moampo alang kaninyo.
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
Nadungog namo ang inyong pagtuo kang Cristo Jesus ug ang gugma nga anaa kaninyong tanan alang niadtong gigahin alang sa Dios.
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].
Aduna kamoy gugma niini tungod sa masaligong paglaom nga gitagana alang kaninyo sa kalangitan. Nakadungog kamo mahitungod niining masaligong paglaom sa wala pa ang pulong sa kamatuoran, ang ebanghelyo,
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.
diin miabot nganha kaninyo. Kini nga ebanghelyo naghatag ug bunga ug nagtubo sa tibuok kalibotan. Nagapamuhat na usab kini diha kaninyo gikan sa adlaw nga inyong nadungog kini ug nakakat-on mahitungod sa grasya sa Dios sa kamatuoran.
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.
Mao kini ang ebanghelyo ingon nga inyong nakat-onan gikan kang Epafras, ang among hinigugmang kaubanan nga alagad, nga matinud-anon nga nag-alagad kang Cristo alang kanamo.
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
Si Epafras nagpaila kanamo sa inyong gugma sa Espiritu.
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.
Tungod niini nga gugma, gikan sa adlaw nga nadungog namo kini wala kami mihunong sa pag-ampo alang kaninyo. Naghangyo kami nga pun-on kamo uban sa kahibalo sa iyang kabubut-on sa tibuok kaalam ug espirituhanong pagsabot.
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.
Naga-ampo kami nga magalakaw kamo nga takos diha sa Ginoo sa makapahimuot nga mga pamaagi. Naga-ampo kami nga kamo magapamunga sa matag maayong buhat ug magatubo kamo diha sa kahibalo sa Dios.
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.
Naga-ampo kami nga magmalig-on kamo sa matag abilidad sumala sa gahom sa iyang himaya ngadto sa tanang pagkamalahutayon ug pagpailob.
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].
Naga-ampo kami nga kamo magmalipayon nga magahatag ug pagpasalamat ngadto sa Amahan, nga naghimo kaninyo nga takos nga makaangkon ug bahin sa kabtangan sa mga magtutuo diha sa kahayag.
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.
Siya nagluwas kanato gikan sa pagdumala sa kangitngit ug nagbalhin kanato ngadto sa gingharian sa iyang hinigugmang Anak.
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.
Sa iyang Anak aduna kitay katubsanan, ang pagpasaylo sa mga sala.
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.
Ang Anak mao ang hulagway sa dili makita nga Dios. Siya ang kamagulangan sa tanan nga binuhat.
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,
Kay pinaagi kaniya ang tanang butang nabuhat, kadtong anaa sa kalangitan ug kadtong anaa sa kalibotan, ang makita ug ang dili makita nga mga butang. Bisan kon ang mga trono o pagdumala o ang mga panggamhanan o ang mga adunay awtoridad, ang tanang mga butang nabuhat pinaagi kaniya ug alang kaniya.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Siya anaa na sa wala pa ang tanang butang, ug kaniya ang tanang butang nahiusa.
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.
Ug siya mao ang ulo sa lawas, ang simbahan. Siya ang sinugdanan ug ang kamagulangan gikan sa mga patay, busa siya ang una taliwala sa tanang mga butang.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Kay ang Dios nahimuot nga ang kinatibuk-an niya nabuhi diha kaniya,
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.
ug aron sa pagpasig-uli pinaagi sa Anak sa tanang mga butang alang kaniya. Ang Dios naghimo ug kalinaw pinaagi sa dugo sa iyang krus. Ang Dios nagpasig-uli sa tanang butang kaniya sa iyang kaugalingon, bisan ang mga butang sa kalibotan o ang mga butang didto sa kalangitan.
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,
Ug kamo usab, sa usa ka higayon, mga dumuduong sa Dios ug iyang mga kaaway sa hunahuna ug sa daotang mga binuhatan.
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.
Apan karon gipasig-uli niya kamo pinaagi sa iyang tawhanong lawas pinaagi sa kamatayon. Gibuhat niya kini aron sa pagpakita kaninyo nga balaan, walay sala, ug dili salawayon sa iyang atubangan,
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.
kung mapadayonon kamo diha sa pagtuo, natukod nga lig-on, dili matarog gikan sa masaligong paglaom sa ebanghelyo nga inyong nadungog. Mao kini ang ebanghelyo nga gimantala sa matag-usa nga binuhat ubos sa kalangitan. Mao kini ang ebanghelyo diin ako, si Pablo, nahimong usa ka alagad.
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.
Karon nagmaya ako sa akong mga pag-antos alang kaninyo. Ug pun-on ko ang akong unod kung unsa man ang kulang sa kasakit ni Cristo tungod ug alang sa iyang lawas, diin mao ang simbahan.
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.
Mao kini ang simbahan nga ako usa ka alagad, sumala sa kaakuhan gikan sa Dios nga gihatag kanako alang kaninyo, aron pun-on ang pulong sa Dios.
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)
Mao kini ang tinagong kamatuoran nga gitagoan alang sa mga katuigan ug alang sa mga kaliwatan. Apan karon gipadayag na kini niadtong nagtuo kaniya. (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].
Mao kini kadtong buot sa Dios nga mahimong maila kung unsa ang mga bahandi sa himaya niining gitagoang kamatuoran taliwala sa mga Gentil. Mao kini nga si Cristo anaa kaninyo, ang pagsalig sa umaabot nga himaya.
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.
Mao kini siya ang atong gimantala. Gitambagan namo ang matag-usa, ug gitudloan namo ang matag-usa uban sa tanang kaalam, aron mapakita namo ang matag-usa nga hingpit diha kang Cristo.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
Kay alang niini nagtrabaho ug naningkamot ako sumala sa iyang kusog nga nagapamuhat kanako diha sa gahom.
