Colossians 1

1 Poul, apostle of `Crist Jhesu, bi the wille of God,

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother,

2 and Tymothe, brother, to hem that ben at Colose, hooli and feithful britheren in Crist Jhesu,

to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ Jesus who are at Colossae.

3 grace and pees to you of God oure fadir and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. We don thankyngis to God, and to the fader of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, euermore preiynge for you, herynge youre feith in Crist Jhesu,

Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying for you always.

4 and the loue that ye han to alle hooli men,

For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that you have toward all the saints,

5 for the hope that is kept to you in heuenes. Which ye herden in the word of treuthe of the gospel,

because of the hope that has been stored up for you in heaven, which you have heard through the Word of Truth in the Gospel.

6 that cam to you, as also it is in al the world, and makith fruyt, and wexith, as in you, fro that dai in which ye herden and knewen the grace of God in treuthe.

This has reached you, just as it is present in the whole world, where it grows and bears fruit, as it has also done in you, since the day when you first heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

7 As ye lerneden of Epafras, oure felawe most dereworthe, which is a trewe mynystre of Jhesu Crist for you;

just as you learned it from Epaphras, our most beloved fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ Jesus.

8 which also schewide to vs youre louyng in spirit.

And he has also manifested to us your love in the Spirit.

9 Therfor we fro the dai in which we herden, ceessen not to preye for you, and to axe, that ye be fillid with the knowing of his wille in al wisdom and goostli vndurstondyng;

Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10 that ye walke worthili to God plesynge bi alle thingis, and make fruyt in al good werk, and wexe in the science of God,

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

11 and ben coumfortid in al vertu bi the miyt of his clerenesse, in al pacience and long abiding with ioye,

being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,

12 that ye do thankyngis to God and to the fadir, which made you worthi in to the part of eritage of hooli men in liyt.

giving thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to have a share in the portion of the saints, in the light.

13 Which delyueride vs fro the power of derknessis, and translatide in to the kyngdom of the sone of his louyng,

For he has rescued us from the power of darkness, and he has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

14 in whom we han ayenbiyng and remyssioun of synnes.

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins.

15 Which is the ymage of God vnuysible, the first bigetun of ech creature.

He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.

16 For in hym alle thingis ben maad, in heuenes and in erthe, visible and vnuysible, ether trones, ether dominaciouns, ether princehodes, ethir poweris, alle thingis ben maad of nouyt bi hym, and in hym,

For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.

17 and he is bifor alle, and alle thingis ben in hym.

And he is before all, and in him all things continue.

18 And he is heed of the bodi of the chirche; which is the bigynnyng and the firste bigetun of deede men, that he holde the firste dignyte in alle thingis.

And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.

19 For in hym it pleside al plente to inhabite,

For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,

20 and bi hym alle thingis to be recounselid in to hym, and made pees bi the blood of his cros, tho thingis that ben in erthis, ether that ben in heuenes.

and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.

21 And whanne ye weren sumtyme aliened, and enemyes bi wit in yuele werkis,

And you, though you had been, in times past, understood to be foreigners and enemies, with works of evil,

22 now he hath recounselid you in the bodi of his fleisch bi deth, to haue you hooli, and vnwemmyd, and with out repreef bifor hym.

yet now he has reconciled you, by his body of flesh, through death, so as to offer you, holy and immaculate and blameless, before him.

23 If netheles ye dwellen in the feith, foundid, and stable, and vnmouable fro the hope of the gospel that ye han herd, which is prechid in al creature that is vndur heuene. Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre,

So then, continue in the faith: well-founded and steadfast and immovable, by the hope of the Gospel that you have heard, which has been preached throughout all creation under heaven, the Gospel of which I, Paul, have become a minister.

24 and now Y haue ioye in passioun for you, and Y fille tho thingis that failen of the passiouns of Crist in my fleisch, for his bodi, that is the chirche.

For now I rejoice in my passion on your behalf, and I complete in my flesh the things that are lacking in the Passion of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the Church.

25 Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre bi the dispensacioun of God, that is youun to me in you, that Y fille the word of God,

For I have become a minister of the Church, according to the dispensation of God that has been given to me among you, so that I may fulfill the Word of God,

26 the priuyte, that was hid fro worldis and generaciouns. But now it is schewid to his seyntis, (aiōn g165)

the mystery which had remained hidden to past ages and generations, but which now is manifested to his saints. (aiōn g165)

27 to whiche God wold make knowun the richessis of the glorie of this sacrament in hethene men, which is Crist in you, the hope of glorie.

To them, God willed to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ and the hope of his glory within you.

28 Whom we schewen, repreuynge ech man, and techinge `ech man in al wisdom, that we offre ech man perfit in Crist Jhesu.

We are announcing him, correcting every man and teaching every man, with all wisdom, so that we may offer every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

29 In which thing also Y trauele in stryuynge bi the worching of hym, that he worchith in me in vertu.

In him, too, I labor, striving according to his action within me, which he works in virtue.