Colossians 1
1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and Timothy our brother:
Nze Pawulo, omutume wa Kristo Yesu olw’okwagala kwa Katonda, wamu ne Timoseewo owooluganda,
2 To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father.
tuwandiikira abantu ba Katonda, abatukuvu era abooluganda abeesigwa mu Kristo ab’e Kkolosaayi, nti ekisa n’emirembe ebiva eri Katonda Kitaffe bibeerenga nammwe.
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,
Buli bwe tubasabira, twebaza Katonda, Kitaawe wa Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo.
4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,
Twawulira okukkiriza kwe mulina mu Kristo Yesu, n’okwagala kwe mulina eri abantu ba Katonda bonna, abatukuvu,
5 on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.
olw’essuubi eryabategekerwa mu ggulu, lye mwawulirako mu kigambo eky’amazima, ye Enjiri.
6 For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,
Enjiri yajja gye muli, era ebunye mu nsi yonna ng’ebala ebibala era nga yeeyongera okukula. Okuviira ddala lwe mwasooka okugiwulira, ne mutegeerera ddala amazima agali mu kisa kya Katonda, Enjiri ebadde yeeyongera okubuna mu mmwe.
7 as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,
Epafula muddu munnaffe omwagalwa omuweereza wa Kristo omwesigwa gye muli, eyabatuusaako Enjiri eyo,
8 and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit.
ye yatubuulira okwagala kwe mulina mu Mwoyo.
9 For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;
Noolwekyo, okuviira ddala ku lunaku lwe twawulira ebibafaako, tetulekangayo kubasabira na kubeegayiririra mujjuzibwe okumanya Katonda by’ayagala mu magezi gonna ne mu kutegeera okw’omwoyo.
10 so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.
Era tweyongera okubasabira, mutambulenga nga musiimibwa Mukama era nga mumusanyusa mu buli byonna bye mukola, era nga mubala ebibala mu buli mulimu omulungi, era nga mukula mu kutegeera Katonda.
11 Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;
Amaanyi ag’ekitiibwa kye, galibafuula abagumiikiriza mu buli nsonga yonna, mulyoke musanyuke,
12 and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light.
nga mwebaza Kitaffe eyatusaanyiza okugabana ku birungi bye yategekera abantu be abatukuvu ab’obwakabaka obw’ekitangaala.
13 It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
Katonda eyatuwonya n’atuggya mu maanyi g’ekizikiza aga Setaani, n’atutwala mu bwakabaka bw’Omwana we omwagalwa,
14 in whom we have our redemption--the forgiveness of our sins.
atusonyiwa ebibi byaffe, n’atufuula ba ddembe.
15 Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.
Mu ye mwe tulabira Katonda oyo atalabika, era ye yasooka okubeerawo nga byonna tebinnabaawo.
16 For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him.
Mu ye ebintu byonna mwe byatondebwa mu ggulu ne ku nsi, ebirabika n’ebitalabika oba ntebe za bwakabaka oba bwami, oba bafuzi oba ab’obuyinza; ebintu byonna byatondebwa nga biyita mu ye era ku lulwe.
17 And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.
Kristo yaliwo nga byonna tebinnabaawo, era mu ye ebintu byonna mwe binywezebwa.
18 Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.
Ye gwe mutwe gw’omubiri, n’omubiri ogwo ye Kkanisa. Ye mubereberye, era ye yasooka okuzuukira mu bafu, alyoke abeerenga omubereberye mu byonna.
19 For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.
Katonda yasiima okutuukiriza byonna mu ye,
20 And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross--to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.
era mu ye ebintu byonna bitabaganyizibwa gy’ali. Yaleetawo emirembe olw’omusaayi gwe, ogwayika ku musaalaba, alyoke atabaganye eby’ensi n’eby’omu ggulu.
21 And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,
Edda temwali kumpi ne Katonda, era ebirowoozo byammwe n’ebikolwa byammwe ebibi bye byabalabisa ng’abakyawa Katonda.
22 He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;
Naye kaakano mutabaganye ne Kristo olw’okufa kwe, abanjuleyo mu maaso ga Katonda nga muli batukuvu era abataliiko bbala wadde ekyokunenyezebwa.
23 if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.
Muteekwa okubeerera ddala mu kukkiriza nga munywedde era nga temusagaasagana okuva mu ssuubi ery’Enjiri gye mwawulira, eyabuulirwa abantu bonna abali ku nsi, nze Pawulo gye nafuukira omuweereza waayo.
24 Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.
Kaakano nsanyuka olw’okubonaabona kwe mbonaabona ku lwammwe. Era kindeetera essanyu, kubanga ntuukiriza okubonaabona kwa Kristo mu mubiri gwange, nga mbonaabona ku lw’omubiri gwe, ye Kkanisa.
25 I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--
Katonda yateekateeka okunfuula omuweereza w’Ekkanisa ye ku lwammwe, ndyoke mbabuulire ekigambo kya Katonda mu bujjuvu.
26 the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people, (aiōn g165)
Ekyama ekyakwekebwa okuva edda n’edda lyonna, n’emirembe n’emirembe, kaakano kibikkuliddwa abantu be, be batukuvu be. (aiōn g165)
27 to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'
Katonda bw’atyo bwe yasiima, alyoke amanyise Abaamawanga obugagga obw’ekitiibwa ky’ekyama ekyo. Ekyama ekyo ye Kristo abeera mu mmwe, era ly’essuubi ery’ekitiibwa.
28 Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ.
Kristo oyo gwe tutegeeza nga tuyigiriza buli muntu mu magezi gonna era nga tulabula buli omu, tulyoke twanjule buli muntu eri Katonda ng’atuukiridde mu Kristo.
29 To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.
Kyenva ntegana nga nfuba nga nkozesa obuyinza Katonda bw’ampa obw’amaanyi.
