kalasinaḥ 1
1 īśvarasyēcchayā yīśukhrīṣṭasya prēritaḥ paulastīmathiyō bhrātā ca kalasīnagarasthān pavitrān viśvastān khrīṣṭāśritabhrātr̥n prati patraṁ likhataḥ|
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,
2 asmākaṁ tāta īśvaraḥ prabhu ryīśukhrīṣṭaśca yuṣmān prati prasādaṁ śāntiñca kriyāstāṁ|
to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossae: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father.
3 khrīṣṭē yīśau yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsasya sarvvān pavitralōkān prati prēmnaśca vārttāṁ śrutvā
We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 vayaṁ sadā yuṣmadarthaṁ prārthanāṁ kurvvantaḥ svargē nihitāyā yuṣmākaṁ bhāvisampadaḥ kāraṇāt svakīyaprabhō ryīśukhrīṣṭasya tātam īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadāmaḥ|
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5 yūyaṁ tasyā bhāvisampadō vārttāṁ yayā susaṁvādarūpiṇyā satyavāṇyā jñāpitāḥ
on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
6 sā yadvat kr̥snaṁ jagad abhigacchati tadvad yuṣmān apyabhyagamat, yūyañca yad dinam ārabhyēśvarasyānugrahasya vārttāṁ śrutvā satyarūpēṇa jñātavantastadārabhya yuṣmākaṁ madhyē'pi phalati varddhatē ca|
which is come to you, as it is in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, as it doth also in you, from the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth;
7 asmākaṁ priyaḥ sahadāsō yuṣmākaṁ kr̥tē ca khrīṣṭasya viśvastaparicārakō ya ipaphrāstad vākyaṁ
even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf;
8 yuṣmān ādiṣṭavān sa ēvāsmān ātmanā janitaṁ yuṣmākaṁ prēma jñāpitavān|
who also brought to our knowledge your love in the Spirit.
9 vayaṁ yad dinam ārabhya tāṁ vārttāṁ śrutavantastadārabhya nirantaraṁ yuṣmākaṁ kr̥tē prārthanāṁ kurmmaḥ phalatō yūyaṁ yat pūrṇābhyām ātmikajñānavuddhibhyām īśvarasyābhitamaṁ sampūrṇarūpēṇāvagacchēta,
On this account we also, from the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 prabhō ryōgyaṁ sarvvathā santōṣajanakañcācāraṁ kuryyātārthata īśvarajñānē varddhamānāḥ sarvvasatkarmmarūpaṁ phalaṁ phalēta,
that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 yathā cēśvarasya mahimayuktayā śaktyā sānandēna pūrṇāṁ sahiṣṇutāṁ titikṣāñcācarituṁ śakṣyatha tādr̥śēna pūrṇabalēna yad balavantō bhavēta,
endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;
12 yaśca pitā tējōvāsināṁ pavitralōkānām adhikārasyāṁśitvāyāsmān yōgyān kr̥tavān taṁ yad dhanyaṁ vadēta varam ēnaṁ yācāmahē|
giving thanks to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;
13 yataḥ sō'smān timirasya karttr̥tvād uddhr̥tya svakīyasya priyaputrasya rājyē sthāpitavān|
who rescued us from the empire of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son;
14 tasmāt putrād vayaṁ paritrāṇam arthataḥ pāpamōcanaṁ prāptavantaḥ|
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins; —
15 sa cādr̥śyasyēśvarasya pratimūrtiḥ kr̥tsnāyāḥ sr̥ṣṭērādikarttā ca|
who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of the whole creation;
16 yataḥ sarvvamēva tēna sasr̥jē siṁhāsanarājatvaparākramādīni svargamarttyasthitāni dr̥śyādr̥śyāni vastūni sarvvāṇi tēnaiva tasmai ca sasr̥jirē|
for in him were created all things, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things have been created through him and for him;
17 sa sarvvēṣām ādiḥ sarvvēṣāṁ sthitikārakaśca|
and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.
18 sa ēva samitirūpāyāstanō rmūrddhā kiñca sarvvaviṣayē sa yad agriyō bhavēt tadarthaṁ sa ēva mr̥tānāṁ madhyāt prathamata utthitō'graśca|
And he is the head of the body, the church; since he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he may be in all things pre-eminent;
19 yata īśvarasya kr̥tsnaṁ pūrṇatvaṁ tamēvāvāsayituṁ
for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,
20 kruśē pātitēna tasya raktēna sandhiṁ vidhāya tēnaiva svargamarttyasthitāni sarvvāṇi svēna saha sandhāpayituñcēśvarēṇābhilēṣē|
having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those in the heavens.
21 pūrvvaṁ dūrasthā duṣkriyāratamanaskatvāt tasya ripavaścāsta yē yūyaṁ tān yuṣmān api sa idānīṁ tasya māṁsalaśarīrē maraṇēna svēna saha sandhāpitavān|
And you, that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 yataḥ sa svasammukhē pavitrān niṣkalaṅkān anindanīyāṁśca yuṣmān sthāpayitum icchati|
in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;
23 kintvētadarthaṁ yuṣmābhi rbaddhamūlaiḥ susthiraiśca bhavitavyam, ākāśamaṇḍalasyādhaḥsthitānāṁ sarvvalōkānāṁ madhyē ca ghuṣyamāṇō yaḥ susaṁvādō yuṣmābhiraśrāvi tajjātāyāṁ pratyāśāyāṁ yuṣmābhiracalai rbhavitavyaṁ|
if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.
24 tasya susaṁvādasyaikaḥ paricārakō yō'haṁ paulaḥ sō'ham idānīm ānandēna yuṣmadarthaṁ duḥkhāni sahē khrīṣṭasya klēśabhōgasya yōṁśō'pūrṇastamēva tasya tanōḥ samitēḥ kr̥tē svaśarīrē pūrayāmi ca|
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;
25 yata īśvarasya mantraṇayā yuṣmadartham īśvarīyavākyasya pracārasya bhārō mayi samapitastasmād ahaṁ tasyāḥ samitēḥ paricārakō'bhavaṁ|
of which I became a minister, according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me, for you, to fulfill the word of God,
26 tat nigūḍhaṁ vākyaṁ pūrvvayugēṣu pūrvvapuruṣēbhyaḥ pracchannam āsīt kintvidānīṁ tasya pavitralōkānāṁ sannidhau tēna prākāśyata| (aiōn g165)
the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed to his saints; (aiōn g165)
27 yatō bhinnajātīyānāṁ madhyē tat nigūḍhavākyaṁ kīdr̥ggauravanidhisambalitaṁ tat pavitralōkān jñāpayitum īśvarō'bhyalaṣat| yuṣmanmadhyavarttī khrīṣṭa ēva sa nidhi rgairavāśābhūmiśca|
to whom it was the will of God to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;
28 tasmād vayaṁ tamēva ghōṣayantō yad ēkaikaṁ mānavaṁ siddhībhūtaṁ khrīṣṭē sthāpayēma tadarthamēkaikaṁ mānavaṁ prabōdhayāmaḥ pūrṇajñānēna caikaikaṁ mānavaṁ upadiśāmaḥ|
whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
29 ētadarthaṁ tasya yā śaktiḥ prabalarūpēṇa mama madhyē prakāśatē tayāhaṁ yatamānaḥ śrābhyāmi|
to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.
