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1 Paulo mmanda wa Kristo kwa mapenzi ga Nnongo, ni Timotheo nongo yitu,
Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy,
2 kwa baumini ni alongo baaminifu mu'Kristo babile Kolosai. Neema ibe kwinu, na amani kuoma kwa Nnongo Tate yitu.
to the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.
3 Twampeya shukrani Nnongo, Tate wa Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo, ni twalowa kualobia mara kwa mara.
We always give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you
4 Twayowine imani yinu mu'Yesu Kristo ni upendo mbile nabo kwa balo bote babile batengwa kwa ajili ya Nnongo.
(having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love toward all the saints),
5 Mwabile ni upendo woo kwa sababu ya litaraja lya uhakika lyalibekilwe kumaunde kwa ajili yinu. Muyowine kuhusu litaraja lee lya uhakika kabla mu'lineno lya kweli, injili,
because of the hope that is being reserved for you in the heavens, of which you have already heard through the Word of the Truth
6 ambayo iisile kwinu. Injili yee ipambike matunda ni kuenea mu'ulimwengu woti. Yabile ipanga nyoo nkati yinu kae boka lisoba mwamuiyowine na kuipunza kuhusu neema ya Nnongo mu'kweli.
(the Gospel that has come to you just as also in all the world, where it is producing fruit and growing just as also among you, from the day in which you heard about and truly understood God's grace),
7 Ayee nga innjili mwaifunzile boka kwa Epafra, mpendwa witu mmanda mwaitu, ywabile ni mmanda mwaminifu wa Kristo kwa niaba yitu.
even as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
8 Epafra aupangite uyowanike kwitu upendo winu mu'Roho.
who also reported to us your love in spirit.
9 Kwa sababu ya upendo woo, boka lisoba twatuyowine lee, tulekite kwaa kuwalobia. Twabile tukiloa kuwa mjazilwe ni maarifa ga mapenzi yake mu'hekima yoti ni ufahamu wa kiroho.
For this very reason, since the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the real knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
10 Twabile tukiloba kwamba mwalowa tyanga kwa ustahamilivu wa Ngwana mu'ndela yaipendilwe. Twabile tukiloba kuwa mwalowa pambika matunda mu'kila likowe linoite ni kuwa mwalowa kuwa mu'maarifa ga Nnongo.
in order for you to walk worthily of the Lord, pleasing Him in every way, being fruitful in every good work and growing into the real knowledge of God;
11 Twatiloba muweze kupeyelwa likakala mu'kila uwezo lingana na likakala lya utukufu wake mu'uvumilivu ni ustahamilivu woti.
being enabled with all capability according to the strength that resides in His glory, for all endurance and steadfastness.
12 Twaloba kuwa, kwa puraha, mwalowa mpeya shukrani Tate, ywabapanga mwenga muweze kuwa ni sehemu mu'urithi wa baumini mu'bweya.
Nor have we stopped giving thanks joyfully to the Father who has qualified us for the share in the inheritance of the saints in the Light;
13 Atitulopwa boka mu'utawala wa libendo ni kutubeka mu'upwalume wa Mwana wake ywampendile.
who delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 Pitya mwana wake twabile ni ukochopoli. msamaha wa sambi.
in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins.
15 Mwana nga mpwano wa Nnongo ywabonekana kwaa. Ni mbeleki wa kwanza wa uumbaji woti.
He is the visible representation of the invisible God, ‘Firstborn’ over all creation,
16 Kwa kuwa kwa ywembe ilebe yoti iumbilwe, vyabile kumaunde ni vyabile mu'dunia, ilebe ibonekana na ibonekana kwaa. mana itei ni vya enzi au mamlaka au utawala au wabile ni likakala, ilebe yoti iumbilwe ni ywembe na kwaajili yake.
because by Him all things were created—those in the heavens and those on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.
17 Ywembe ywabile kabla ya ilebe yoti, ni nkati ya ywembe vyatishikana mpamo.
Yes, He is before all, and in Him all things subsist.
18 Ni ywembe nga ntwe wa yega yaani likanisa, ywembe nga mwanzo na mbeleki wa kwanza kuoma nkati ya bandu ba kiwo, nga nyoo, abile ni nafasi ya kwanza nkati ya ilebe yoti.
Also, He is the Head of the body, the Church. He is Beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that He may be preeminent in everything,
19 Kwa kuwa Nnongo atipendezwa kuwa utimilifu wake woti utami nkati yake,
because in Him all the Fullness was pleased to dwell
20 ni kupatanisha ilebe yoti kwake kwa ndela ya mwana wake. Nnongo apangite amani petya mwai ya msalaba wake. Nnongo atikuwapatanisha ilebe yoti kwake mwene, mana itei ni ilebe ya mu'dunia au ile ya kumaunde.
and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross—through Him, whether things on the earth or things on the heavens.
21 Mwenga kae, kwa muda umo mwabile ni ageni kwa Nnongo, na mwabile maadui wake mu'akili ni makowe mabou.
So now He has reconciled you as well (you who once were alienated and hostile in your mind because of your wicked works),
22 Lakini nambeambe atikwapatanisha mwenga kwa yega wake pitya mu'kiwo. Apangite nyoo ili kubaleta mwenga atakatifu, babile kwaa ni lawama ni bila disari nnonge yake,
by His physical body through His death, so as to present you before Him holy and blameless and above reproach—
23 kati mwatiyendelea mu'imani, mwabile mwatiimarishwa ni kuwa thabiti, pabile kwaa kudondoshwa kutalu kuoma mu'litaraja lya ujasiri lya injili mwaiyowine. Ayee nga injili itangazilwe kwa kila mundu ywaumbilwe pae ya kumaunde. Ayee nga injili yabile kwake nenga, Paulo nabile mmanda.
if, that is, you continue in the Faith established and firm, not drifting away from the hope of the Gospel, that you heard and that was proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.
24 Nambeambe napuraikiya mateso gango kwa ajili yinu. Nenga nalitimiza mu'yega yango chakipungwi kwa mateso ga Kristo kwa ajili ya yega wake, wabile ni likanisa.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf and supplement in my flesh the things lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the Church,
25 Nenga na mmanda wa likanisa lee, sawa sawa ni wajibu wanipeilwe boka kwa Nnongo kwa ajili yinu, kulijaza neno lya Nnongo.
of which I became a servant according to the stewardship from God that was given to me towards you, to complete the Word of God,
26 Awoo nga ukweli wa siri yaibile iyowanika kwaa kwa miaka yanansima kwa ibeleko. Lakini nambeambe iyowanike kwa bote baaminio mu'ywembe. (aiōn g165)
the secret that has been hidden from past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints; (aiōn g165)
27 Ni kwa balo ambao Nnongo apala kuafunua ubile utajiri wa utukufu wa siri ya ukweli woo nkati ya mataifa. Ni kwamba Kristo abile nkati yinu, ujasiri wa utukufu waisa.
to whom God resolved to make known who is the wealth of the glory of this secret among the nations, namely Christ in you, the hope of glory;
28 Ayoo nga tumbayaye. Twankanikiya kila mundu, na kumfundisha kila mundu mkamilifu mu'Kristo.
whom we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ.
29 Kwa ajili ya lee, nenga najibadilisha na kujitahidi lingana na likakala lyake lya lipanga kazi nkati yango mu'uweza.
It is to this end that I labor, striving according to His working that works through me with power.
