Colossenses 1
1 Paulo, apostolo de Jesus Christo, pela vontade de Deus, e o irmão Timotheo:
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and Timothy our brother:
2 Aos sanctos e irmãos fieis em Christo, que estão em Colossos. Graça a vós, e paz da parte de Deus nosso Pae e da do Senhor Jesus Christo.
To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father.
3 Graças damos ao Deus e Pae de nosso Senhor Jesus Christo, orando sempre por vós:
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,
4 Porquanto ouvimos da vossa fé em Christo Jesus, e da caridade que tendes para com todos os sanctos;
because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,
5 Pela esperança que vos está reservada nos céus, da qual já d'antes ouvistes pela palavra da verdade do evangelho:
on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.
6 O qual já chegou a vós, como tambem está em todo o mundo; e já vae fructificando, como tambem entre vós, desde o dia em que ouvistes e conhecestes a graça de Deus em verdade;
For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,
7 Como tambem o aprendestes de Epaphras, nosso amado conservo, que para vós é um fiel ministro de Christo.
as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,
8 O qual nos declarou tambem a vossa caridade no Espirito.
and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit.
9 Portanto tambem, desde o dia em que o ouvimos, não cessámos de orar por vós, e de pedir que sejaes cheios do conhecimento da sua vontade, em toda a sabedoria e intelligencia espiritual;
For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;
10 Para que possaes andar dignamente diante do Senhor, agradando-lhe em tudo, fructificando em toda a boa obra, e crescendo no conhecimento de Deus;
so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.
11 Corroborados em toda a fortaleza, segundo a força da sua gloria, em toda a paciencia, e longanimidade com gozo;
Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;
12 Dando graças ao Pae que nos fez idoneos de participar da herança dos sanctos na luz.
and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light.
13 O qual nos tirou da potestade das trevas, e nos transportou para o reino do Filho do seu amor;
It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
14 No qual temos a redempção pelo seu sangue, a saber, a remissão dos peccados;
in whom we have our redemption--the forgiveness of our sins.
15 O qual é imagem do Deus invisivel, o primogenito de toda a creatura.
Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.
16 Porque por elle foram creadas todas as coisas que ha nos céus e na terra, visiveis e invisiveis, sejam thronos, sejam dominações, sejam principados, sejam potestades: todas as coisas foram creadas por elle e para elle.
For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him.
17 E elle é antes de todas as coisas, e todas as coisas subsistem por elle.
And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.
18 E elle é a cabeça do corpo da egreja: é o principio e o primogenito d'entre os mortos, para que entre todos tenha a preeminencia.
Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.
19 Porque foi do agrado do Pae que toda a plenitude n'elle habitasse;
For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.
20 E que, havendo por elle feito a paz pelo sangue da sua cruz, por elle reconciliasse comsigo mesmo todas as coisas, tanto as que estão na terra, como as que estão nos céus.
And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross--to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.
21 A vós tambem, que d'antes ereis estranhos, e inimigos no entendimento, em obras más, agora todavia vos reconciliou,
And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,
22 No corpo da sua carne, pela morte, para perante si vos apresentar sanctos, e irreprehensiveis, e inculpaveis,
He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;
23 Se, todavia, permanecerdes fundados e firmes na fé, e não vos moverdes da esperança do evangelho que tendes ouvido, o qual é prégado a toda a creatura que ha debaixo do céu, e do qual eu, Paulo, estou feito ministro.
if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.
24 Regozijo-me agora no que padeço por vós, e cumpro na minha carne o resto das afflicções de Christo, pelo seu corpo, que é a egreja;
Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.
25 Da qual eu estou feito ministro segundo a dispensação de Deus, que me foi concedida para comvosco, para cumprir a palavra de Deus;
I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--
26 O mysterio que esteve occulto desde todos os seculos, e em todas as gerações, e que agora foi manifesto aos seus sanctos; (aiōn g165)
the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people, (aiōn g165)
27 Aos quaes Deus quiz fazer conhecer quaes são as riquezas da gloria d'este mysterio entre os gentios, que é Christo em vós, esperança da gloria:
to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'
28 O qual annunciámos, admoestando a todo o homem, e ensinando a todo o homem em toda a sabedoria; para que apresentemos todo o homem perfeito em Jesus Christo;
Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ.
29 No que tambem trabalho, combatendo segundo a sua efficacia, que obra em mim poderosamente.
To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.
