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.
Hiche lekhathot hi Pathen in alunglama alhendoh Christa Yeshua solchah Paul le i-sopiu Timothy a kon ahi.
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.
Pathen mithengte Colossae khopia um, Christa a tahsan umtah sopiho henga dinga kahin jih'u ahi. I Pau Pathen chun lungset le cham-lungmon napeuhen.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Keiho nangho dingin katao jingun chule i-Pakaiyu Yeshua Christa Pa Pathen chu kathangvah jingun ahi.
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
Kipana Thupha thutah nanajah patniuva pat nangho dinga kinepna vana kikoipeh nahi tauve.
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].
Ajeh chu keihon Christa Yeshua a natahsanu chule Pathen mite jouse nangailut u thudol kanaja tauve.
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.
Hiche Kipana Thupha nahenguva hung chu vannoi muntin a kisol a ahitai. Pathen milungsetna kidangtah thu najahpat uva chule thutah thu chu nahet chet niuva pat a nahinkhou akikhel banga gasoa hinkhoho akikhelsah ahi.
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.
I-sopiu deitah katohkhompiu Epaphras a kon in jong Kipana Thupha nanahe tauve. Amahi Christa lhacha tahsan umtah le nangho thalhenga eikithopiuva pangah ahi.
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
Amahin Lhagao Thengin napeh u ngailutna naneiyu thu eiseipeh u ahi.
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.
Nangho thu kajah niuvapat nangho dinga tao jinga kahiuve: hichu Alunglam nahet bulhingset uva chule Lhagaolama chihna le hetthemna napehna dinguva tao kahiuve.
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.
Hichea chu nahinkho mandan u Pakai jabolna le lunglhaina ahijinga, chule nahinkhou chun gapha asodohna dinga, chule Pathen hetna a nakhantou becheh cheh theina dingu hi ahiye.
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.
Kataonau jong hi, nangho athaneina loupi jal a nangho thahatsah a thohhatle lungdehat nangaichat dungjui uva napeh uva kipana a nadim letsetna dingu ahi.
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].
Vah'a cheng Amithengte chuto goulo ding Apeh chu changkhom dinga eisemuva Pachu thangvah jingun.
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.
Ajeh chu Amahin muthim lenggama kona eihuhdoh uva chule Alungset Chapa Lenggam mia eisemu ahitai.
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.
Athisana chamlhatna eichohdoh peh uva, ichonsetnau jengjong angaidam ahitai.
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.
Christa chu mutheilou Pathen chu muthei limpua hung ahi. Ama thil kisem masangpeh a ana umsa chule thilsem jouse chunga thunei vaihoma ahi.
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,
Ajeh chu Ama jal a Pathen in ijakai vana hihen chule leichunga umho hijongleh, imutheiyu le imutheilouvu hijongleh anasem ahi-laltouna ho, lenggamho, vaipoh naho, chule thuneinaho akimuphalou vannoi pumpia um, aboncha Ama jal le Ama dinga kisema ahi.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Ama imacha um masangpeh a anaumjingsa ahin, chule Aman thilsem jouse akhut a atuh ahi.
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.
Christa hi houbung luchang (hichu Ama tipum) ahi. Ama abul kipatna, thinaa kon a thoudoh jouse chunga thuneipa ahijeh a, ima jousea masapen ahi.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Ajeh chu hichu Pa lunglam ahi.
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.
Chule Christa a hi Pathen hina bulhingset um thingpel chunga Christa thisan kiso chun kichamna asem a; van'a umho hihen chuleh leiya umho hijongleh Pathen in ijakai Ama a dinga chamna chu asem ahitai.
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,
Hichehin, masanga nangho Pathen a kona gamlatah a naum uva, nalunggel u phaloule chonna phatlou jeh a amelmate nanahiu ahiye.
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.
Chuti jongleh, tua hi Christa hin atahsa tah a thina ato ahitah jeh in, Amatah in kichamna chu asem ahitai. Hiche hin, themmona neokhat jong neitalouva athenga le nolna beiya Ama angsunga nadinsah u ahitai.
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.
Hijongleh nanghon hiche thutah hi natahsan jomuva chule nadin detjom dingu ahi. Kipana Thupha nanajah uva nakisan u photchetna a kon chun kiheimang gohihbeh un. Hiche Kipana Thuphahi vannoi leiset munjousea kihillhanga ahitai, chule keima Paul hi Pathen lhacha hina a seiphong dinga eikingansea ahitai.
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.
Katahsatah a nangho dinga kagimthoh hi kakipah-e, ajeh chu keiman Christa hesoh thohna'a atipum, hichu Houbung, kathoh khompi ahi ti kahet ahi.
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.
Pathen in Ahoubung lhacha kinbol dinga eingansea Athupoh chu poa nangho henga phongdoh dinga hunga kahi.
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)
Hiche thupoh hi kum aja ja a chule akhang khanga aguh a kikoi chu, tua hi Pathen mite henga kilangdoh a ahitai. (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].
Ajeh chu Pathen in Christa a ahaona le aloupina chu chidang namdang nangho jong nahetsah nom hin Aloupina nachantha nomu ahi ti aphotchetna ahi.
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.
Hijeh a hi keihon midang Christa thu kaseipeh uva, amitakip Pathen in chihna eipeh jouseu mangcha a hilchah le thuhilna kaneiyu hi, amitakip Christa to akiguijopnau chamkimsahna dinga ahi.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
Hijeh a hi keima tonggima kiseh tah a kapan a, kasunga Christan thahattah'a anatoh a chu kingam'a kahi.
