< kalasinaH 4 >

1 aparanjca hE adhipatayaH, yUyaM dAsAn prati nyAyyaM yathArthanjcAcaraNaM kurudhvaM yuSmAkamapyEkO'dhipatiH svargE vidyata iti jAnIta|
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
2 yUyaM prArthanAyAM nityaM pravarttadhvaM dhanyavAdaM kurvvantastatra prabuddhAstiSThata ca|
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving;
3 prArthanAkAlE mamApi kRtE prArthanAM kurudhvaM,
praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Meshikha, for which I am also in bonds;
4 phalataH khrISTasya yannigUPhavAkyakAraNAd ahaM baddhO'bhavaM tatprakAzAyEzvarO yat madarthaM vAgdvAraM kuryyAt, ahanjca yathOcitaM tat prakAzayituM zaknuyAm Etat prArthayadhvaM|
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
5 yUyaM samayaM bahumUlyaM jnjAtvA bahiHsthAn lOkAn prati jnjAnAcAraM kurudhvaM|
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
6 yuSmAkam AlApaH sarvvadAnugrahasUcakO lavaNEna susvAduzca bhavatu yasmai yaduttaraM dAtavyaM tad yuSmAbhiravagamyatAM|
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
7 mama yA dazAkti tAM tukhikanAmA prabhau priyO mama bhrAtA vizvasanIyaH paricArakaH sahadAsazca yuSmAn jnjApayiSyati|
All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow slave in the Lord.
8 sa yad yuSmAkaM dazAM jAnIyAt yuSmAkaM manAMsi sAntvayEcca tadarthamEvAhaM
I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts,
9 tam OnISimanAmAnanjca yuSmaddEzIyaM vizvastaM priyanjca bhrAtaraM prESitavAn tau yuSmAn atratyAM sarvvavArttAM jnjApayiSyataH|
together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.
10 AriSTArkhanAmA mama sahabandI barNabbA bhAginEyO mArkO yuSTanAmnA vikhyAtO yIzuzcaitE chinnatvacO bhrAtarO yuSmAn namaskAraM jnjApayanti, tESAM madhyE mArkamadhi yUyaM pUrvvam AjnjApitAH sa yadi yuSmatsamIpam upatiSThEt tarhi yuSmAbhi rgRhyatAM|
Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner greets you, and Markos, the cousin of Bar-Naba (concerning whom you received commandments, "if he comes to you, receive him"),
11 kEvalamEta IzvararAjyE mama sAntvanAjanakAH sahakAriNO'bhavan|
and Yeshua who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These are my only fellow workers for the Kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
12 khrISTasya dAsO yO yuSmaddEzIya ipaphrAH sa yuSmAn namaskAraM jnjApayati yUyanjcEzvarasya sarvvasmin manO'bhilASE yat siddhAH pUrNAzca bhavEta tadarthaM sa nityaM prArthanayA yuSmAkaM kRtE yatatE|
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Meshikha, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
13 yuSmAkaM lAyadikEyAsthitAnAM hiyarApalisthitAnAnjca bhrAtRNAM hitAya sO'tIva cESTata ityasmin ahaM tasya sAkSI bhavAmi|
For I testify about him, that he has worked hard for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.
14 lUkanAmA priyazcikitsakO dImAzca yuSmabhyaM namaskurvvAtE|
Luqa, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
15 yUyaM lAyadikEyAsthAn bhrAtRn numphAM tadgRhasthitAM samitinjca mama namaskAraM jnjApayata|
Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church that is in her house.
16 aparaM yuSmatsannidhau patrasyAsya pAThE kRtE lAyadikEyAsthasamitAvapi tasya pAThO yathA bhavEt lAyadikEyAnjca yat patraM mayA prahitaM tad yathA yuSmAbhirapi paThyEta tathA cESTadhvaM|
When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
17 aparam ArkhippaM vadata prabhO ryat paricaryyApadaM tvayAprApi tatsAdhanAya sAvadhAnO bhava|
Tell Archippus, "See that you fulfill the ministry that you have been given in the Lord."
18 ahaM paulaH svahastAkSarENa yuSmAn namaskAraM jnjApayAmi yUyaM mama bandhanaM smarata| yuSmAn pratyanugrahO bhUyAt| AmEna|
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

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