Kolosetɔwo 1
1 Nye, Paulo, ame si Mawu tia be wòanye Yesu Kristo ƒe dɔtsɔla kple nɔvi xɔsetɔ Timoteo gbɔe agbalẽ sia tso,
Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2 Na Kristotɔ nuteƒewɔlawo kple Mawu ƒe ame siwo ŋu wokɔ le Kolose dua me. Mawu mía Fofo la ƒe ŋutifafa kple amenuveve nanɔ kpli mi.
To them which are at Colosse, Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ: Grace bee with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
3 Ɣe sia ɣi ne míele gbe dom ɖa ɖe mia ta la, míedzea egɔme kple akpedada na Mawu míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo Fofo,
We giue thankes to God euen ye Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, alway praying for you:
4 elabena míese nu geɖe tso ale si miexɔ Yesu Kristo dzi se kple lɔlɔ̃ manyagblɔ si mietsɔ na eƒe ame kɔkɔewo katã la ŋu.
Since wee heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of your loue toward all Saintes,
5 Eye tso ŋkeke gbãtɔ si dzi wogblɔ nyanyui ƒe nyateƒe la na mi va se ɖe fifia la, mietsɔ xɔse kpɔ mɔ na dzidzɔ tso dziƒo. Ale miaƒe xɔse kple lɔlɔ̃ tso mɔkpɔkpɔ si wodzra ɖo na mi le dziƒo la me.
For the hopes sake, which is laide vp for you in heauen, whereof yee haue heard before by the word of trueth, which is the Gospel,
6 Nyanyui si wogblɔ na mi la, eya ke gblɔm wole le xexea me godoo, eye wòle amewo ƒe agbenɔnɔ trɔm le afi sia afi, abe ale si wòtrɔ miaƒe agbenɔnɔ tso ŋkeke gbãtɔ si dzi miese nu tso Mawu ƒe amenuveve gã na vɔ̃ wɔlawo ŋu eye miese eme le nyateƒe me ene.
Which is come vnto you, eue as it is vnto al the world, and is fruitful, as it is also amog you, from ye day that ye heard and truely knew ye grace of God,
7 Epafra míaƒe hadɔwɔla lɔlɔ̃ lae tsɔ nyanyui la vɛ na mi. Eyae nye Yesu Kristo ƒe subɔla vavã si le kpekpem ɖe mia ŋuti ɖe mía teƒe,
As yee also learned of Epaphras our deare fellowe seruaunt, which is for you a faithfull minister of Christ:
8 eye eyae nye ame si gblɔ miaƒe lɔlɔ̃ le gbɔgbɔ me la fia mi.
Who hath also declared vnto vs your loue in the Spirit.
9 Eya ta tso gbe si gbe míese mia ŋkɔ zi gbãtɔ ko la, míedoa gbe ɖa ɖe mia ta ɣe sia ɣi, eye míebiaa Mawu be wòakpe ɖe mia ŋuti miase nu si wòdi be miawɔ la gɔme, eye wòawɔ mi mianye nunyalawo tso gbɔgbɔmenuwo ŋuti.
For this cause wee also, since the day wee heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with knowledge of his will in all wisdome, and spirituall vnderstanding,
10 Míegabiana hã be miaƒe agbenɔnɔ nadze Aƒetɔ la ŋu ɣe sia ɣi eye woade bubu eŋuti, ale be miatse ku le dɔ sia dɔ wɔwɔ nyuie me; eye mianya Mawu ɖe edzi wu.
That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, and please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God,
11 Míele gbe dom ɖa hã be Mawu ƒe ŋusẽ gã nayɔ mia me fũu ale be nu ka kee adzɔ hã la, miate ŋu agbɔ dzi ɖi, anɔ te sesĩe, eye Aƒetɔ la ƒe dzidzɔ nayɔ mia me taŋtaŋ ɣe sia ɣi.
Strengthened with all might through his glorious power, vnto all patience, and long suffering with ioyfulnesse,
12 Eye be miada akpe na Fofo la, ame si wɔ mí be míedze na gomekpɔkpɔ le nu siwo kekeli la ƒe fiaɖuƒemetɔwo akpɔ gome le la me.
Giuing thankes vnto the Father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saintes in light,
13 Elabena eyae ɖe mí tso viviti ƒe ŋusẽ kple Satana ƒe fiaɖuƒe la me, eye wòkplɔ mí va Via lɔlɔ̃ la ƒe fiaɖuƒe mee;
Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,
14 eyae wɔ mi ablɔɖeviwo, eye wòtsɔ míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo katã ke mí.
In whome we haue redemption through his blood, that is, the forgiuenesse of sinnes,
15 Kristoe nye Mawu si míekpɔna o la ƒe nɔnɔme tututu. Eli hafi Mawu wɔ nu sia nu, eye le nyateƒe me la,
Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first begotten of euery creature.
16 Kristo ŋutɔe nye nu sia nu si le dziƒo kple anyigba dzi, nu siwo míekpɔna kple nu siwo míekpɔna o la siaa wɔla. Eya kee wɔ gbɔgbɔwo ƒe xexeme si míekpɔna o la, eƒe fiawo, fiaɖuƒewo, amegãwo kple woƒe ŋusẽwo. Kristo wɔ esiawo katã na eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ kple ŋutikɔkɔe.
For by him were all things created, which are in heauen, and which are in earth, thinges visible and inuisible: whether they be Thrones or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, all things were created by him, and for him,
17 Eli xoxoxo hafi nu sia nu va dzɔ, eye eƒe ŋusẽ lé xexemenuwo katã ƒo ƒu.
And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.
18 Eye eyae nye ta na hame, si nye eƒe ŋutilã, eyae nye gɔmedzedzea kple ame siwo fɔ tso yɔ me ƒe ŋgɔgbetɔ, ale be le nu sia nu me la, wòanye gbãtɔ.
And hee is the head of the body of the Church: he is the beginning, and the first begotten of the dead, that in all thinges hee might haue the preeminence.
19 Elabena Mawu di be nu sia nu si le ye me la nanɔ ye Vi hã me.
For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,
20 Mawu to nu si Via wɔ me, ʋu mɔ be nu siwo katã le dziƒo kple anyigba dzi la nava eya ŋutɔ gbɔ, elabena Kristo to eƒe ku le atitsoga ŋuti me wɔ ŋutifafa le Mawu kple amewo katã dome to eƒe ʋu me.
And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen.
21 Ehe ŋutifafa sia vɛ na mi, ame siwo nɔ adzɔge tsã tso Mawu gbɔ la hã. Tsã la, mienye Mawu ƒe futɔwo, mielé fui, eye miaƒe susu vɔ̃wo kple vɔ̃wɔwɔwo na be mi kplii dome klã, gake azɔ la, egakplɔ mi va eɖokui gbɔe abe exɔlɔ̃wo ene.
And you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your mindes were set in euill workes, hath he nowe also reconciled,
22 Kristo wɔ esia to eƒe ku me abe amegbetɔ ene, hekplɔ mi va Mawu ƒe ŋkumee; miele tsitre ɖe Mawu ŋkume ame maɖifɔwoe, eye naneke kura megale mia ŋuti si ana woaka mo na mi o.
In that body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, and vnblameable and without fault in his sight,
23 Nu ɖeka si ku ɖe nu sia ŋuti la koe nye be miaxɔ nyateƒe la dzi ase blibo, abe ame siwo gɔme woɖo anyi eye wole tsitre sesĩe ene, eye miagana woate mi ɖa tso nyanyui la ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ si miese la gbɔ o. Esia nye nukunya kple nya si va na mi katã, eye wòle kakam ɖe xexe blibo la katã me fifia. Eye enye dzidzɔ na nye, Paulo, be masubɔ agblɔ nya sia na ame bubuwo.
If ye continue, grounded and stablished in the faith, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, whereof ye haue heard, and which hath bene preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am a minister.
24 Ke nye dɔ ƒe akpa aɖee nye be makpe fu ɖe mia ta, eye enye dzidzɔ nam be wòle nenema, elabena mele kpekpeɖeŋu nam, be Kristo ƒe fu siwo wòkpe ɖe eƒe ŋutilã si nye eƒe hamea ta la nawu enu.
Now reioyce I in my suffrings for you, and fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,
25 Mezu hamea ƒe subɔla abe ale si Mawu dɔm abe xɔnuvi ene be mawu eƒe nya blibo la nu;
Whereof I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen mee vnto you ward, to fulfill the word of God,
26 nya ɣaɣla si wodzra ɖo tso gbe aɖe gbe ke na dzidzimewo, gake azɔ la, eɖee fia ame kɔkɔewo. (aiōn g165)
Which is the mysterie hid since the world began, and from all ages, but nowe is made manifest to his Saintes, (aiōn g165)
27 Ame siawo Mawu lɔ̃ be yeana woanya yeƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ƒe kesinɔnu ɣaɣlawo le ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo dome; nu ɣaɣla siae nye be Kristo le mia me si nye ŋutikɔkɔe ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ.
To whome God woulde make knowen what is the riches of his glorious mysterie among the Gentiles, which riches is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
28 Eya ta afi sia afi si míeyina la, míeƒoa nu tso Kristo ŋuti na ame siwo katã le klalo be yewoaɖo to mí la. Míefiaa nu wo, eye míexlɔ̃a nu wo vevie abe ale si míate ŋui ene. Míedina be míakplɔ ame sia ame ayi Mawu ƒe ŋkume fɔɖiɖimanɔŋui, ɖe dɔ si Kristo wɔ na wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe la ta.
Whome we preache, admonishing euery man, and teaching euery man in all wisdome, that we may present euery man perfect in Christ Iesus,
29 Esiae nye nye dɔ, eye mate ŋu awɔe to Kristo ƒe ŋusẽ triakɔ si le dɔ wɔm le menye la ɖeɖe ko me.
Whereunto I also labour and striue, according to his working which worketh in me mightily.
