Colossians 1

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

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

to the believers and faithful brothers in Christ who are at Colossae. May grace be to you, and peace from God our Father.

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,

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we always pray for you.

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

We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all those set apart for God.

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

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,

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.

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.

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

This is the gospel as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf.

8 which also schewide to vs youre louyng in spirit.

Epaphras has made known 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;

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.

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,

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.

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

We pray you may be strengthened in every ability according to the power of his glory into all perseverance and patience.

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.

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.

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

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.

14 in whom we han ayenbiyng and remyssioun of synnes.

In his Son we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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

The Son is the image of the invisible God. He is the firstborn of all creation.

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 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.

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

He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

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.

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.

19 For in hym it pleside al plente to inhabite,

For God was pleased that all his fullness should live 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 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.

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

At one time, you also were strangers to God and were his enemies in mind and in evil deeds.

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.

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,

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,

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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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

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)

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.

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.

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

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.

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

For this I labor and strive according to his energy that is at work in me in power.