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1 Paulo mmanda wa Kristo kwa mapenzi ga Nnongo, ni Timotheo nongo yitu,
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,
2 kwa baumini ni alongo baaminifu mu'Kristo babile Kolosai. Neema ibe kwinu, na amani kuoma kwa Nnongo Tate yitu.
to the holy ones in Colossae, and to the faithful brothers in Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
3 Twampeya shukrani Nnongo, Tate wa Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo, ni twalowa kualobia mara kwa mara.
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying 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 of the love that [is] to all the holy ones,
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 laid up for you in the heavens, which you heard of beforehand by the word of the truth of the good news,
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.
which has come to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which you heard, and knew the grace of God in truth,
7 Ayee nga innjili mwaifunzile boka kwa Epafra, mpendwa witu mmanda mwaitu, ywabile ni mmanda mwaminifu wa Kristo kwa niaba yitu.
as you also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful servant of the Christ for you,
8 Epafra aupangite uyowanike kwitu upendo winu mu'Roho.
who also declared to us your love in the 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.
Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the full 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.
to walk worthily of the LORD, pleasing in all, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,
11 Twatiloba muweze kupeyelwa likakala mu'kila uwezo lingana na likakala lya utukufu wake mu'uvumilivu ni ustahamilivu woti.
in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.
12 Twaloba kuwa, kwa puraha, mwalowa mpeya shukrani Tate, ywabapanga mwenga muweze kuwa ni sehemu mu'urithi wa baumini mu'bweya.
Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us for the participation of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light,
13 Atitulopwa boka mu'utawala wa libendo ni kutubeka mu'upwalume wa Mwana wake ywampendile.
who rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [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 sins,
15 Mwana nga mpwano wa Nnongo ywabonekana kwaa. Ni mbeleki wa kwanza wa uumbaji woti.
who is the image of the invisible God, firstborn of 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 all things were created in Him, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him,
17 Ywembe ywabile kabla ya ilebe yoti, ni nkati ya ywembe vyatishikana mpamo.
and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.
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.
And He is the head of the body—the Assembly—who is a beginning, a firstborn out of the dead, that He might become first in all [things] Himself,
19 Kwa kuwa Nnongo atipendezwa kuwa utimilifu wake woti utami nkati yake,
because all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him,
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 the things on the earth, whether the things in the heavens.
21 Mwenga kae, kwa muda umo mwabile ni ageni kwa Nnongo, na mwabile maadui wake mu'akili ni makowe mabou.
And you—once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now He reconciled,
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,
in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before Himself,
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 you also remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which you heard, which was preached in all the creation that [is] under 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.
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for His body, which is the Assembly,
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 dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfill 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 hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was revealed to His holy ones, (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 willed to make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations—which is Christ in you, the hope of the 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, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,
29 Kwa ajili ya lee, nenga najibadilisha na kujitahidi lingana na likakala lyake lya lipanga kazi nkati yango mu'uweza.
for which I also labor, striving according to His working that is working in me in power.
