Colossians 4
1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
aparañca he adhipatayaḥ, yūyaṁ dāsān prati nyāyyaṁ yathārthañcācaraṇaṁ kurudhvaṁ yuṣmākamapyeko'dhipatiḥ svarge vidyata iti jānīta|
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,
yūyaṁ prārthanāyāṁ nityaṁ pravarttadhvaṁ dhanyavādaṁ kurvvantastatra prabuddhāstiṣṭhata ca|
3 praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds,
prārthanākāle mamāpi kṛte prārthanāṁ kurudhvaṁ,
4 that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
phalataḥ khrīṣṭasya yannigūḍhavākyakāraṇād ahaṁ baddho'bhavaṁ tatprakāśāyeśvaro yat madarthaṁ vāgdvāraṁ kuryyāt, ahañca yathocitaṁ tat prakāśayituṁ śaknuyām etat prārthayadhvaṁ|
5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
yūyaṁ samayaṁ bahumūlyaṁ jñātvā bahiḥsthān lokān prati jñānācāraṁ kurudhvaṁ|
6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
yuṣmākam ālāpaḥ sarvvadānugrahasūcako lavaṇena susvāduśca bhavatu yasmai yaduttaraṁ dātavyaṁ tad yuṣmābhiravagamyatāṁ|
7 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.
mama yā daśākti tāṁ tukhikanāmā prabhau priyo mama bhrātā viśvasanīyaḥ paricārakaḥ sahadāsaśca yuṣmān jñāpayiṣyati|
8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
sa yad yuṣmākaṁ daśāṁ jānīyāt yuṣmākaṁ manāṁsi sāntvayecca tadarthamevāhaṁ
9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.
tam onīṣimanāmānañca yuṣmaddeśīyaṁ viśvastaṁ priyañca bhrātaraṁ preṣitavān tau yuṣmān atratyāṁ sarvvavārttāṁ jñāpayiṣyataḥ|
10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received instructions, “if he comes to you, receive him”),
āriṣṭārkhanāmā mama sahabandī barṇabbā bhāgineyo mārko yuṣṭanāmnā vikhyāto yīśuścaite chinnatvaco bhrātaro yuṣmān namaskāraṁ jñāpayanti, teṣāṁ madhye mārkamadhi yūyaṁ pūrvvam ājñāpitāḥ sa yadi yuṣmatsamīpam upatiṣṭhet tarhi yuṣmābhi rgṛhyatāṁ|
11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for God’s Kingdom who are of the circumcision, men who have been a comfort to me.
kevalameta īśvararājye mama sāntvanājanakāḥ sahakāriṇo'bhavan|
12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
khrīṣṭasya dāso yo yuṣmaddeśīya ipaphrāḥ sa yuṣmān namaskāraṁ jñāpayati yūyañceśvarasya sarvvasmin mano'bhilāṣe yat siddhāḥ pūrṇāśca bhaveta tadarthaṁ sa nityaṁ prārthanayā yuṣmākaṁ kṛte yatate|
13 For I testify about him that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.
yuṣmākaṁ lāyadikeyāsthitānāṁ hiyarāpalisthitānāñca bhrātṛṇāṁ hitāya so'tīva ceṣṭata ityasmin ahaṁ tasya sākṣī bhavāmi|
14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
lūkanāmā priyaścikitsako dīmāśca yuṣmabhyaṁ namaskurvvāte|
15 Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, with Nymphas and the assembly that is in his house.
yūyaṁ lāyadikeyāsthān bhrātṛn numphāṁ tadgṛhasthitāṁ samitiñca mama namaskāraṁ jñāpayata|
16 When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
aparaṁ yuṣmatsannidhau patrasyāsya pāṭhe kṛte lāyadikeyāsthasamitāvapi tasya pāṭho yathā bhavet lāyadikeyāñca yat patraṁ mayā prahitaṁ tad yathā yuṣmābhirapi paṭhyeta tathā ceṣṭadhvaṁ|
17 Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”
aparam ārkhippaṁ vadata prabho ryat paricaryyāpadaṁ tvayāprāpi tatsādhanāya sāvadhāno bhava|
18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.
ahaṁ paulaḥ svahastākṣareṇa yuṣmān namaskāraṁ jñāpayāmi yūyaṁ mama bandhanaṁ smarata| yuṣmān pratyanugraho bhūyāt| āmena|
