Colossians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
u ne Paulo nu n'sunghua ghwitu u Timoteo twevasung'ua va Yesu kilisite mu lughano lwa Nguluve.
2 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
kulyumue mwe vitiki na vanyalukolo vanywilifu mwa kilisite mwe vano muli ku Kolosai, uvumosi vuve kulyumue, nu lutengano kuhuma kwa Nguluve Nhaata ghwitu.
3 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
tuku muhongesia uNguluve, Nhhata ghwa Mutwa ghwitu uYesu Kilisite, kange tukuvasuumila ke kinga ifighono fyoni.
4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,
tupuliilke ulwitiko lwinu mwa Yesu Kilisite nu lughano luno mulinalwo ku vaanhu vooni vano vabaghulivue vwimila Nguluve.
5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News
mili nu lughano ulu lwakuva nihuviila ulwa kyang'haani kuuti, lino livikilue kukyanya vwimila jiinu. mulyapulike muluhuvilo uluo ulwa kyang'haani ye likyale ilivangili ilya kyang'haani. lino lisile kulyumue.
6 which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
ilivangili ili lyalihola imheke nakupulikika mu iisi sooni. kuhuma ikighono kino mulyapulike na kumanyila uvumosi vwa Nguluve mu kyang'haani.
7 even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
ili lye livangili lino mulyamanyile kuhuma kwa Eupafula, mughanike kange m'bomba mbombo n'jiitu, juno ghwe m'bombi nyilifu ghwa Kilisite,
8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
UEpafula ghwe alyavombile kuuti tukagule ulughano lwinu mwa Mhepo.
9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
kuhuma ikoghono kino tulyapuliike ulughano ulu natughele tubuhile kukuvasumila. jaatu tusuuma kuuti mumemesevue nu luhala lwa Nguluve.
10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
tukuvasuumila kuuti mughendaghe mu lugudo vwa Mutwa mu sila sino sinoghiile. kange tukuvasuumila kuuti mlihola imheke mu nono sooni sino muvomba muliiva mu luhala la Nguluve.
11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
tukuvasuumia kuuti muwesie kuponekesevua ingufu kuling'hana ni ngufu sa vwimike vwake mu lugudo lwoni.
12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
tukuvasuumila kuuti ke lukeelo muli kumuhosngesia uNhaata juno avavombile umue muwesie kuva nu lubale ulwa kukwimilila avitki mu lumuli.
13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,
atupokile kuhuma mu vutavike vwa ng'iisi na kukututwala ku vutwa vwa n'swambe mughanike.
14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.
mwa n'swambe tuli nu ... nu lu saghilo lwa sambi.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Un'swambe kye kihwani kya Nguluve kino nakivooneka. ghwe muholua ghwa kwasia mu vuvumbi vwoni.
16 For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.
ulwakuva kwa ifinu fyoni fikavumbilue, vino fili kukyanaya na fino fili pa iisi, ifinu fino fivoneka na fino nafivoneka. ndeve fya muvwandilo vwa iisi, nambe muvutavulua, nambe vutavike nambe uvunya ngufu, ifinu fyoni fikavumbilue vwimila jaake.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
umwene alya nambe ye fikyale ifinu fyoni, mwa mwene ifinu fyoni fikakoline palikimo.
18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
umwene ghwe mutu ghwa ilembile, umwene ghwe vwandilo kange muholua ghwa kwasia kuhuma mu vafue, lino alini nafasi ija kwasia mu finu fyoni.
19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
ulwakuva uNguluve akanoghilue kuuti uvufwilifu vwake vwoni vukale n'kate jaake.
20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
na kusambania ifinu fyoni ku sila ja n'swambe. UNguluve alyavikile ulutengano kukilila idanda ja kikovekano kya mwene. UNguluve akasambinie ifinu fyoni kwa mwene, nde fyalefya mu iisi nambe fya kukyanya.
21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,
numue kange, un'siki ghuno mulyale vaghesi kwa Nguluve kange mulyale valugu vake ku kuhala na maghendele gha vuhosi.
22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
neke lino avasambinie umue ku m'bili ghake kkilila uvufue. akavombile ndiki neke kukuvaleta umue mwe vwimike mwevasila lupiko kange kisila vuhosi pa maaso ghake,
23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
ndeve mulighendelela mu lwitiko, luno mukangasivue mu lweli, kisila kuvikua kutaali kuhuma ku luhivilo lwa vukangafu vwa livangili lino mukapilike. ili lwe livangili lino likapulisivue ku vaanhu vano alyavavumbile pa iisi. ili lye livangili lino une ne Paulo nilyale m'bombi.
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,
lino nihovokela imhumhuko sango vwimila jiinu. najune nikamilisia mu mbili ghwango kino kipelela mu mhumhuko ja Kilisite vwimila um'bili ghwake, ghuno je tembile.
25 of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,
une nilim'bombi ghwa tembile iji, kulinganga nu vutavike vuno nipelilue kuhuma kwa Nguluve vwimila jinu kukulimemia ilisi lwa Nguluve.
26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, (aiōn g165)
iji je kyang'haani jini jikafisime mu maka minga ni fisina fyoni. neke lino jifunulivue ku viti voni. (aiōn g165)
27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
ve vala vano uNguluve kukuvasona vule kuli nuvutajili vwa vwimike mu lifiso lwa kyang'haani mu iisi simonga. kwe kuuti uKilisite ali n'kate jinu mu lukangasio lwa vwimike vunovukwisa.
28 We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
uju ghwe mwene tukumpulisia. tuum'bunga na kukum'bulanisia umuunhu ghweni ku vukola vwoni, neke kuuti tumulete umuunhu ghweni fywilifu mwa Kilisite.
29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
mu vwimike uvu, une nivomba ku ngufu sango sooni na kukujitanga ni ngufu ja mwene vule jivomba imbombo n'kate jango.
