Kolosay 1
1 Anigoo ah Bawlos, oo ah rasuulkii Ciise Masiix xagga doonista Ilaah, iyo walaalkeen Timoteyos,
I, Paul, [am writing this letter to you], and our fellow believer Timothy [is with me]. I am an apostle who represents Christ Jesus, because that is what God wanted.
2 waxaannu warqaddan u qoraynaa quduusiinta iyo walaalaha aaminka ah ee Masiixa ku jira oo Kolosay jooga. Nimco ha idinla jirto iyo nabad ka timaada Ilaaha Aabbeheenna ah.
[I am sending this letter] to you who are in Colossae [city], and who are God’s people, and our faithful fellow believers who have a close relationship with Christ. We pray that God our Father will be acting kindly towards you, and that he will cause you to have [inner] peace.
3 Waxaannu ku mahadnaqnaa Ilaaha ah Aabbaha Rabbigeenna Ciise Masiix, annagoo had iyo goorba idiin soo ducaynayna.
Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
4 Waxaannu maqalnay rumaysadkiinna xagga Ciise Masiix iyo jacaylka aad quduusiinta oo dhan u qabtaan,
because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
5 rajada jannada laydiin dhigay aawadeed, taas oo aad hore ugu maqasheen hadalka runta ah oo injiilka.
You do that because you confidently expect to receive that which God is (reserving/keeping safe) for you in heaven, which you heard about previously when you heard the true message, that is, the message [about Christ].
6 Kaasu waa idiin yimid, xataa siduu ugu yimid dunida oo dhan isagoo midho dhalaya oo kordhaya, sida uu idinkana midho idiinku dhalayo oo idiinku kordhayo, tan iyo maalintii aad maqasheen oo aad ogaateen nimcada Ilaah oo runta ku jirta.
[People] proclaimed it [PRS] to you, just like [people] have proclaimed it in many different countries [HYP, IDM]. The true message is changing more and more people’s lives, just like it changed your lives because you heard it and you truly experienced that God acts kindly towards us in ways we do not deserve.
7 Sidaasaad ka barateen gacaliyeheenna Ebafras oo addoon nala ah, oo Masiixa u ah midiidin aamin ah aawadeen,
That is just what Epaphras taught you [would happen]. We love Epaphras. He serves Christ together with us and works for Christ faithfully for your benefit.
8 kaas oo weliba noo caddeeyey jacaylkiinna Ruuxa ku jira.
He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
9 Sababtaas daraaddeed tan iyo maalintii aannu taas maqalnay ma aannu joojin inaannu idiin soo ducayno. Waxaannu Ilaah idiin baryaynaa inay idinka buuxsanto aqoonta doonistiisa xagga xigmadda iyo waxgarashada Ruuxa oo dhan,
Because of what we heard about you, we have also been praying [LIT] very often to God for you [HYP], ever since we heard this report about you. We pray that you will truly know all that God wants you to do; that is, that you will become very wise, and that you will understand spiritual matters well.
10 inaad u socotaan si Rabbiga istaahisha oo aad wax kasta isaga kaga farxisaan, idinkoo midho ku soo saaraya shuqul kasta oo wanaagsan oo ku sii kordhaya aqoonta Ilaah.
We have been praying like that in order that you will conduct yourselves as the Lord’s people should conduct themselves, in order that you will please the Lord in every way. Specifically, we have been praying like that in order that you will be doing every sort of good deed [IDM] and in order that you will be getting to know God truly, more and more.
11 Weliba waxaannu Ilaah baryaynaa inaad ku xoogaysataan xoog oo dhan sida uu yahay itaalka ammaantiisu xagga adkaysashada iyo dulqaadashada farxaddu la jirto oo dhan.
And we pray that [God] will greatly strengthen you [spiritually] with the mighty power that he has shown [to people], in order that you will always be steadfast and patient [when you experience difficulties], while [at the same time] you will be rejoicing.
12 Mahad baannu u naqaynaa Aabbaha inaga dhigay kuwa istaahila inay ka qayb qaataan dhaxalka quduusiinta nuurka ku jirta.
And we pray that you will be thanking God our Father, because he has enabled you/us to receive the things that he will give to his people in heaven [SYN].
13 Isagu waa inaga samatabbixiyey xoogga gudcurka, oo wuxuu inoo beddelay boqortooyadii Wiilka jacaylkiisa,
God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that the evil one no longer rules us [MET, MTY], and he caused us now to be ruled by his Son, whom he loves.
14 kaas oo aynu ku leennahay madaxfurasho ah dembidhaafka.
That is, because of our relationship with his Son (OR, because of what the one who is also God did), God has redeemed/bought us; in particular, he has forgiven our sins.
15 Isagu waa suuraddii Ilaaha aan la arki karin, oo ah curadka uunka oo dhan;
God’s Son reveals perfectly what God, his Father, is like, whom no one can see. God’s Son existed before and ranks above everything that God has created.
16 waayo, wax kastaba isagaa uumay, waxyaalaha samooyinka ku jira, iyo waxyaalaha dhulka joogaba, waxyaalaha la arki karo iyo waxyaalaha aan la arki karinba, hadday yihiin carshiyo ama sayidnimo ama madax ama amarro; wax walba isagaa uumay oo loo uumay.
When God created everything that is on the earth, he did it by having his Son do it. He created everything that [people] can see, and also everything which is in heaven that [people] cannot see. In particular, his Son created all ranks of important spirit beings. [And his Son ranks above everything], because God by the work of had his Son, and because by his Son all things were created {because [God] had his Son create everything} in order that everything might praise his Son,
17 Isagu wax kastaba wuu ka horreeyaa, oo wax kastaaba isagay isku haystaan.
and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
18 Oo isagu waa madaxa jidhka, kaas oo ah kiniisadda, oo isagu waa bilowgii iyo curadka kuwii dhintay ka kacay, si uu uga horreeyo wax kastaba.
And [God’s Son ranks above everything], because it is his Son who [rules over his people] [MET] [as a person’s] head [controls his physical] body, because his Son causes his people to live [spiritually]. [God’s Son] is the first one who became alive again, in order that he should become more important than anything and everyone.
19 Waayo, waxaa Aabbaha ka farxisay in buuxnaanta oo dhammu ay isaga ku jirto,
[God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
20 iyo inuu isaga wax kastaba xaggiisa kula heshiiyo, isagoo kula nabday dhiiga iskutallaabtiisa; hadday yihiin waxyaalaha dhulka jooga ama hadday yihiin waxyaalaha samooyinka ku jiraba.
[God our Father caused his Son to rule us], because he decided to reconcile with himself everything that is on earth and that is in heaven by what his Son did, in order that everything might honor his Son; that is, God our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself as a result of his [Son’s] blood [flowing when he died] on the cross. [The chiastic material is rearranged below so that the directly related propositional clusters are joined together.] 13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that we are no longer ruled by the evil one, and God our Father caused us now to be ruled by his Son (OR, the man who is also God) whom he loves. 14a That is, by means of what his Son did, we have been redeemed by God, our Father. 14b In particular, our sins have been forgiven by God, our Father. 20 God, our Father, has done this because he decided to reconcile to himself, by means of his Son, everything that is on earth and that is in heaven, in order that his Son might be honored; that is, God, our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself by means of God’s Son’s blood [flowing out when he died] on the cross. 15b God cannot be seen by anyone, 15a but his Son reveals perfectly what God—his Father—is like, 19a because it is in his Son that the Father chose 19b that he himself would dwell completely. 15c God’s Son ranks above everything 15d that has been created, 16 because it was by means of God’s Son that God created everything that is on the earth and that can be seen by people, and also everything that is in heaven and that cannot be seen by people. In particular, all types of important spirit beings were created by means of him, since everything has been created by God by means of God’s Son. And his Son ranks above everything, because everything has been created by God, in order that God’s Son might be honored by everything, 17 and because it is he who existed before anything else existed, and since everything is sustained by God by means of God’s Son. 18 And God’s Son ranks above everything because it is he who [rules over all believers, just like a person’s] head [controls his physical body, because he causes all believers to live spiritually]. His Son is the first one who rose from among those who have died, in order that he should become more important than everything and everyone.
21 Idinku waa hore waxaad ahaydeen kuwo ajanabi laga dhigay, oo maankiinnana cadow baad ka ahaydeen xagga shuqulladiinna sharka ah,
As for you, [although] formerly God [considered you his] enemies (OR, [God considered you] as alienated [from him]) and [although] you were formerly hostile [to God] because you thought evil thoughts and because you did evil deeds,
22 laakiinse haatan isagu wuxuu idinkula heshiiyey jidhkiisii aadmiga oo dhintay, inuu isagu hortiisa idin keeno idinkoo quduus ah oo aan iin iyo eed midna lahayn,
nevertheless, God our Father has now reconciled you [with himself. He did that] as a result of his Son dying physically. He did it in order that you should be completely holy when he brings you into his presence.
23 haddii aad ku sii jirtaan iimaanka, oo aad gun iyo xidid adag ku leedihiin, oo aydnaan ka fogaan rajadii injiilkii aad maqasheen, kaas oo lagu wacdiyey uunka samada ka hooseeya oo dhan, oo anigoo Bawlos ah layga dhigay midiidin.
He wants you to continue [DOU] to believe the message about Christ; specifically, he wants you to continue to be stable/steadfast and to continue to confidently expect to receive that which you heard about when you heard that message. That message has been proclaimed {They have proclaimed that message} to people in very many places [HYP]; and I, Paul, also become someone who tells it to people.
24 Haatan waxaan ku farxaa xanuunsigayga aan idiin xanuunsado, oo waxaan dhammaystiraa dhibaatooyinka Masiixa oo jidhkayga ku dhiman jidhkiisa aawadiis kaasoo ah kiniisadda.
At the present time I am rejoicing that I am suffering for your benefit; that is, I am completing what Christ [decided] that I should suffer physically for the benefit of all believers, [who are as dear to him as] his own body.
25 Taas waxaa la iiga dhigay midiidin xagga wakiilnimada Ilaah oo aniga aawadiin la ii siiyey inaan dhammaan erayga Ilaah ku wada wacdiyo.
I myself became someone who serves God’s people, because I was appointed {[God] appointed me} to be responsible to [help] you [who are non-Jews]. I became one who serves God’s people in order that I should make known to you non-Jews the whole message from/about God.
26 Wuxuu ahaa wax aan la garanayn oo qarsoonaa tan iyo weligiis iyo qarni kasta, laakiinse haatan waxaa loo muujiyey quduusiintiisa. (aiōn g165)
[We did not know this message previously; that is, God] concealed it from [the people who lived in all] the previous ages, but he has now revealed it to his people. (aiōn g165)
27 Kuwaas Ilaah baa ku farxay inuu iyaga ogeysiiyo waxa ay tahay hodantinimada ammaanta qarsoodigan ee ku dhex jira quruumaha, kaas oo ah Masiixa idinku jira oo ah rajada ammaanta.
That is, God decided to reveal to them this message, which declares that he will greatly bless the non-Jews. Specifically, this message declares that Christ, [by his Spirit], will live in you who are non-Jews, with the result that you confidently expect that you will experience how glorious [God is].
28 Isaga waannu naadinnaa, annagoo nin kasta waaninayna oo nin kasta wax ku barayna xigmad oo dhan, inaannu nin walba hor keenno isagoo Masiixa kaamil ku ah.
We tell about Christ [to every class of persons]; we warn them, and specifically, we teach everyone very wisely. We do this in order that every person who (has a close relationship with/is united to) Christ may be (all that God wants them to be/perfect) when we present them to Christ.
29 Taas ayaan u hawshoodaa anigoo aad u dadaalaya sida uu yahay shuqulkiisa si xoog leh igaga dhex shaqeeyaa.
In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
