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.
PAVL Iaincoaren vorondatez Iesus Christen Apostoluac eta Timotheo gure anayeac,
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.
Colossen diraden saindu eta anaye fideley Christean: Gratia dela çuequin eta baquea gure Iainco Aitaganic, eta Iesus Christ Iaunaganic.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Esquerrac emaiten drautzagu Iaincoari, cein baita, Iesus Christ gure Iaunaren Aita bethi çuengatic othoitz eguiten dugula,
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
Ençunic çuen fede Iesus Christ baithangoa eta saindu gucietara duçuen charitatea:
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].
Ceruètan çuey beguiratzen çaiçuen sperançagatic, cein Euangelioaren eguiazco hitzaz lehen ençun vkan baituçue,
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.
Cein heldu içan baita çuetara, mundu orotara-ere beçala, eta fructificatzen baitu, çuec baithan-ere beçala, Iaincoaren gratiá eguiazqui ençun eta eçagutu vkan duçuen egunaz gueroztic.
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.
Nola ikassi-ere baituçue Epaphras gure lagun maite eta cerbitzari-quideaganic, cein baita Christen ministre fidel çuendaco:
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
Ceinec declaratu-ere baitraucu çuen Spirituazco charitatea.
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.
Halacotz gu-ere haur ençun vkan guenduen egunaz gueroztic, ezgara baratzen çuengatic othoitz eguitetic eta galdeguitetic betha çaitezten haren vorondatearen eçagutzeaz, sapientia eta adimendu spiritual gucirequin:
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.
Iaunari dagocan beçala ebil çaiteztençát, gauça gucietan haren gogaraco çaretençát, obra on orotan fructificatzen duçuela, eta aitzinaratzen çaretala Iaincoaren eçagutzean.
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.
Indar orotan fortificaturic, haren gloriaren verthutearen arauez, suffrimendu eta spirituzco patientia orotara bozcariorequin:
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].
Esquerrac emaiten drautzaçuela Aitari, ceinec sufficient eguin baiquaitu sainduén heretagean participant içateco arguian:
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.
Ceinec deliuratu baiquaitu ilhumbearen botheretic eta eraman bere Seme maitearen resumara.
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.
Ceinetan baitugu redemptionea haren odolaz, baita, bekatuén barkamendua.
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.
Cein baita Iainco inuisiblearen imaginá, gauça creatu guciac baino lehen iayoa.
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,
Ecen hartan creatu içan dirade ceruètan eta lurrean diraden gauça guciac, visibleac eta inuisibleac, nahiz-biz Thronoac, nahiz Dominationeac, nahiz Principaltassunac, nahiz Puissançác, gauça guciac, diot, harçaz eta harengatic, creatu içan dirade.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Eta bera gauça guciac baino lehen da, eta gauça guciac harçaz consistitzen dirade.
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.
Eta hura da Eliça gorputzaren buruä, eta hatsea, eta hiletarico lehen iayoa: gauça gucietan lehen lekua eduqui deçançát.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Ecen Aitáren placer ona içan da complimendu gucia hartan habita ledin:
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.
Eta harçaz reconcilia litzan gauça guciac beregana, pacificaturic haren crutzeco odolaz hambat ceruän nola lurrean diraden gauçác.
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,
Eta çuec noizpait harenganic vrrunduac eta etsay cinetelaric, pensamenduz obra gaichtotan:
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.
Badaric-ere orain reconciliatu çaituzte bere haraguiaren gorputzean, herioaz: çuec eguin cintzatençát saindu, eta atchaquio gabe eta irreprehensible bere aitzinean:
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.
Bay baldin egoiten baçarete fedean fundatuac eta fermu, eta erautzen ezpaçarete ençun vkan duçuen Euangelioco sperançatic, cein Euangelio ceruären azpico creatura ororen artean predicatu içan baita, ceinetaco ministre ni Paul eguin içan bainaiz:
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.
Orain alegueratzen naiz çuengatic suffritzen ditudan gaucéz, eta Christen afflictionén gaineracoac complitzen ditut neure haraguian, haren gorputzagatic, cein baita Eliçá.
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.
Ceinetaco ministre eguin içan bainaiz, Iaincoaren dispensationez, cein eman içan baitzait çuec baithara, Iaincoaren hitzaren complitzeco:
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)
Cein baita, secula eta adin guciéz gueroztic estaliric egon içan den mysterioa, baina orain manifestatu içan çaye haren sainduey. (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].
Ceiney Iaincoac eçagut eraci nahi vkan baitraue, ceric den mysterio hunetaco gloriaren abrastassuna Gentilén artean, cein baita Christ çuetan, gloriazco sperançá:
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.
Cein guc predicatzen baitugu, admonestatzen dugularic guiçon gucia, eta iracasten dugularic guiçon gucia sapientia orotan: guiçon gucia perfect eguin deçagunçát Iesus Christ Iaunean.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
Hartacotzat trabaillatzen-ere naiz, combatitzen naicela haren operatione nitan botheretsuqui obratzen duenaren araura.
