Colossenes 1

1 Paulus Apostolus Iesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater:

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

2 eis, qui sunt Colossis, sanctis, et fidelibus fratribus in Christo Iesu.

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

3 Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Iesu Christo. Gratias agimus Deo, et Patri Domini nostri Iesu Christi semper pro vobis orantes:

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 audientes fidem vestram in Christo Iesu, et dilectionem, quam habetis in sanctos omnes

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

5 propter spem, quæ reposita est vobis in cælis: quam audistis in verbo veritatis Evangelii:

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 quod pervenit ad vos, sicut et in universo mundo est, et fructificat, et crescit sicut in vobis, ex ea die, qua audistis, et cognovistis gratiam Dei in veritate,

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 sicut didicistis ab Epaphra charissimo conservo nostro, qui est fidelis pro vobis minister Christi Iesu,

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

8 qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in spiritu:

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

9 ideo et nos ex qua die audivimus, non cessamus pro vobis orantes, et postulantes ut impleamini agnitione voluntatis eius, in omni sapientia et intellectu spiritali:

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 ut ambuletis digne Deo per omnia placentes: in omni opere bono fructificantes, et crescentes in scientia Dei:

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 in omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatis eius in omni patientia, et longanimitate cum gaudio

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

12 gratias agentes Deo Patri, qui dignos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctorum in lumine:

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 qui eripuit nos de potestate tenebrarum, et transtulit in regnum filii dilectionis suæ,

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 quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem eius, remissionem peccatorum:

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

15 qui est imago Dei invisibilis, primogenitus omnis creaturæ:

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

16 quoniam in ipso condita sunt universa in cælis, et in terra, visibilia, et invisibilia, sive throni, sive dominationes, sive principatus, sive potestates: omnia per ipsum, et in ipso creata sunt:

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 et ipse est ante omnes, et omnia in ipso constant.

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

18 Et ipse est caput corporis Ecclesiæ, qui est principium, primogenitus ex mortuis: ut sit in omnibus ipse primatum tenens.

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 quia in ipso complacuit, omnem plenitudinem inhabitare:

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

20 et per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum, pacificans per sanguinem crucis eius, sive quæ in terris, sive quæ in cælis sunt.

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 Et vos cum essetis aliquando alienati, et inimici sensu in operibus malis:

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

22 nunc autem reconciliavit in corpore carnis eius per mortem, exhibere vos sanctos, et immaculatos, et irreprehensibiles coram ipso:

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 si tamen permanetis in fide fundati, et stabiles, et immobiles a spe Evangelii, quod audistis, quod prædicatum est in universa creatura, quæ sub cælo est, cuius factus sum ego Paulus minister.

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 Qui nunc gaudeo in passionibus pro vobis, et adimpleo ea, quæ desunt passionem Christi, in carne mea pro corpore eius, quod est Ecclesia:

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 cuius factus sum ego minister secundum dispensationem Dei, quæ data est mihi in vos, ut impleam verbum Dei:

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 mysterium, quod absconditum fuit a sæculis, et generationibus, nunc autem manifestatum est sanctis eius, (aiōn g165)

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

27 quibus voluit Deus notas facere divitias gloriæ sacramenti huius in Gentibus, quod est Christus, in vobis spes gloriæ,

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 quem nos annunciamus, corripientes omnem hominem, et docentes omnem hominem, in omni sapientia, ut exhibeamus omnem hominem perfectum in Christo Iesu.

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 quo et laboro, certando secundum operationem eius, quam operatur in me in virtute.

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