Colossians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
PABLO, apóstol de Jesu-Cristo por la voluntad de Dios, y el hermano Timotéo,
2 to the believers and faithful brothers in Christ who are at Colossae. May grace be to you, and peace from God our Father.
A los santos y hermanos fieles en Cristo que están en Colosas: Gracia y paz á vosotros de Dios Padre nuestro, y del Señor Jesu-Cristo.
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we always pray for you.
Damos gracias al Dios y Padre del Señor nuestro Jesu-Cristo, siempre orando por vosotros:
4 We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all those set apart for God.
Habiendo oido vuestra fé en Cristo Jesus, y el amor [que teneis] á todos los santos,
5 You have this love because of the certain hope reserved for you in heaven. You heard about this confident expectation before in the word of truth, the gospel,
A causa de la esperanza que os está guardada en los cielos; de la cual habeis oido ya por la palabra verdadera del Evangelio:
6 which has come to you. This gospel is bearing fruit and is growing in all the world. It has been doing this in you also from the day you heard it and learned about the grace of God in truth.
El cual ha llegado hasta vosotros, como por todo el mundo; y fructifica, y crece, como tambien en vosotros, desde el dia que oisteis y conocisteis la gracia de Dios en verdad,
7 This is the gospel as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf.
Como [la] habeis aprendido de Epafras, nuestro consiervo amado, el cual es un fiel ministro de Cristo á favor vuestro;
8 Epaphras has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
El cual tambien nos ha declarado vuestro amor en el Espíritu.
9 Because of this love, from the day we heard this we have not stopped praying for you. We have been asking that you will be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
Por lo cual tambien nosotros, desde el dia que [lo] oimos, no cesamos de orar por vosotros, y de pedir que seais llenos del conocimiento de su voluntad, en toda sabiduría y espiritual inteligencia;
10 We have been praying that you will walk worthily of the Lord in pleasing ways. We have been praying that you will bear fruit in every good deed and that you will grow in the knowledge of God.
Para que andeis como es digno del Señor, agradándo[le] en todo, fructificando^ en toda buena obra, y creciendo en el conocimiento de Dios:
11 We pray you may be strengthened in every ability according to the power of his glory into all perseverance and patience.
Corroborados de toda fortaleza conforme á la potencia de su gloria para toda tolerancia y largura de ánimo con gozo;
12 We pray that you will joyfully give thanks to the Father, who has made you able to have a share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
Dando gracias al Padre que nos hizo aptos para participar de la suerte de los santos en luz:
13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.
Que nos ha librado de la potestad de las tinieblas, y trasladado al reino de su amado Hijo:
14 In his Son we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
En el cual tenemos redencion por su sangre, la remision de pecados:
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God. He is the firstborn of all creation.
El cual es la imágen del Dios invisible, el primogénito de toda criatura:
16 For by him all things were created, those in the heavens and those on the earth, the visible and the invisible things. Whether thrones or dominions or governments or authorities, all things were created by him and for him.
Porque por él fueron criadas todas las cosas que [están] en los cielos, y que [están] en la tierra, visibles é invisibles; sean tronos, sean dominios, sean principados, sean potestades; todo fué criado por él y para él.
17 He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Y él es ántes de todas las cosas, y por él todas las cosas subsisten:
18 He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so he has first place among all things.
Y el es la cabeza del cuerpo [que es] la iglesia; [él, ] que es el principio, el primogénito de los muertos, para que en todo tenga el primado.
19 For God was pleased that all his fullness should live in him,
Por cuanto agradó [al Padre] que en él habitase toda plenitud,
20 and to reconcile through the Son all things to himself. God made peace through the blood of his cross. God reconciled all things to himself, whether the things on the earth or the things in heaven.
Y por él reconciliar todas las cosas á sí, pacificando por la sangre de su cruz, así lo que [está] en la tierra como lo que [está] en los cielos.
21 At one time, you also were strangers to God and were his enemies in mind and in evil deeds.
A vosotros tambien, que erais en otro tiempo extraños y enemigos de ánimo en malas obras; empero ahora [os] ha reconciliado
22 But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death. He did this in order to present you holy, blameless, and above reproach before him,
En el cuerpo de su carne por medio de [su] muerte, para haceros santos y sin mancha, é irreprensibles delante de él:
23 if you continue in the faith, established and firm, not moved away from the certain hope of the gospel that you heard. This is the gospel that was proclaimed to every person created under heaven. This is the gospel of which I, Paul, became a servant.
Si empero permaneceis fundados y firmes en la fé, y sin moveros de la esperanza del Evangelio que habeis oido, el cual es predicado á toda criatura que está debajo del cielo; del cual yo Pablo soy hecho ministro.
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ for the sake of his body, which is the church.
Que ahora me gozo en lo que padezco por vosotros, y cumplo en mi carne lo que falta de las aflicciones de Cristo por su cuerpo, que es la iglesia:
25 It is of this church that I am a servant, according to the responsibility from God that was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God.
De la cual soy hecho ministro, segun la dispensacion de Dios que me fué dada en orden á vosotros, para que cumpla la palabra de Dios;
26 This is the secret truth that was hidden for ages and for generations. But now it has been revealed to those who believe in him. (aiōn g165)
[A saber, ] el misterio que habia estado oculto desde los siglos y edades, mas ahora ha sido manifestado á sus santos: (aiōn g165)
27 It is to them that God wanted to make known the riches of the glory of this secret truth among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
A los cuales quiso Dios hacer notorias las riquezas de la gloria de este misterio entre los Gentiles; que es Cristo en vosotros la esperanza de gloria:
28 This is he whom we proclaim. We admonish every person, and we teach every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ.
El cual nosotros anunciamos, amonestando á todo hombre, y enseñando en toda sabiduría, para que presentemos á todo hombre perfecto en Cristo Jesus:
29 For this I labor and strive according to his energy that is at work in me in power.
En lo cual aun trabajo, combatiendo segun la operacion de él, la cual obra en mí poderosamente.
