Mga Colosas 1
1 Ako si Pablo, isang apostol ni Cristo Jesus sa pamamagitan ng kalooban ng Diyos, at si Timoteo na ating kapatid,
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 sa mga mananampalataya at tapat na mga kapatid kay Cristo na nasa Colosas. Sumainyo nawa ang biyaya at kapayapaan mula sa ating Diyos Ama.
[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 Kami ay nagpapasalamat sa Diyos, ang Ama ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo, at kami ay laging nananalangin para sa inyo.
Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
4 Nabalitaan namin ang inyong pananampalataya kay Cristo Jesus at ang pag-ibig na mayroon kayo para sa lahat ng mga inilaan sa Diyos.
because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
5 Taglay ninyo ang pag-ibig na ito dahil sa tiyak na pag-asang nakalaan para sa inyo sa kalangitan. Narinig ninyo ang tiyak na pag-asang ito noon sa salita ng katotohanan, ang ebanghelyo
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 na nakarating sa inyo. Ang ebanghelyo na ito ay namumunga at lumalago sa buong mundo. Ginagawa rin ito sa inyo mula sa araw na narinig ninyo ito at natutunan ang tungkol sa biyaya ng Diyos sa katotohanan.
[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 Ito ang ebanghelyo na natutunan ninyo kay Epafras, ang ating minamahal na kapwa-lingkod, na isang tapat na lingkod ni Cristo sa ngalan namin.
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 Ipinaalam sa amin ni Epafras ang inyong pag-ibig sa Espiritu.
He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
9 Dahil sa pag-ibig na ito, mula sa araw na narinig namin ito, hindi kami tumigil na manalangin para sa inyo. Hinihiling namin na kayo ay mapuspos ng kaalaman ng kaniyang kalooban sa lahat ng karunungan at pang-unawang espirituwal.
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 Ipinapanalangin namin na lumakad kayo na karapat- dapat sa Panginoon sa mga kalugod-lugod na paraan. Ipinapanalangin namin na mamunga kayo sa bawat mabubuting gawa at ng lumago kayo sa inyong kaalaman sa Diyos.
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 Ipinapanalangin namin na mapalakas kayo sa bawat kakayahang naaayon sa kapangyarihan ng kaniyang kaluwalhatian tungo sa lahat ng pagtitiyaga at pagtitiis.
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 Ipinapanalangin namin na kayo ay magpapasalamat ng may galak sa Ama, na siyang nagkaloob sa inyo na makibahagi sa mga kayamanan ng mga mananampalataya sa liwanag.
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 Sinagip niya tayo mula sa pamamahala ng kadiliman at inilipat tayo sa kaharian ng kaniyang minamahal na Anak.
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 Sa kaniyang Anak mayroong tayong katubusan, ang kapatawaran ng mga kasalanan.
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 Ang anak ay ang larawan ng hindi nakikitang Diyos. Siya ang unang anak sa lahat ng mga nilikha.
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 Sapagkat sa pamamagitan niya nilikha ang lahat ng bagay, ang mga nasa langit at ang mga nasa lupa, ang mga nakikita at ang mga hindi nakikita. Maging mga trono o pamahalaan o pamunuan o kapangyarihan, ang lahat ng bagay ay nilikha sa pamamagitan niya at para sa kaniya.
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 Siya ang una sa lahat ng mga bagay, at sa kaniya ang lahat ng bagay ay nagkakaugnay.
and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
18 At siya ang ulo ng katawan, ang iglesiya. Siya ang simula at ang unang anak mula sa mga patay, kaya siya ang pangunahin sa lahat ng mga bagay.
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 Sapagkat ang Diyos ay nalugod na ang kaniyang kaganapan ay nararapat na mamuhay sa kaniya,
[God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
20 at upang ipagkasundo sa kaniya ang lahat ng bagay sa pamamagitan ng Anak. Gumawa ang Diyos ng kapayapaan sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang dugo sa krus. Ipinagkasundo ng Diyos ang lahat ng bagay sa kaniyang sarili, maging ang mga bagay sa lupa o ang mga bagay sa kalangitan.
[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 At kayo rin, sa isang pagkakataon ay mga taong hindi kilala ng Diyos, at mga kaaway niya sa kaisipan at masasamang mga gawa.
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 Ngunit pinagkasundo niya kayo ngayon sa kaniyang lupang katawan sa pamamagitan ng kamatayan. Ginawa niya ito upang iharap kayong banal, walang kapintasan at walang dungis sa kaniyang harapan,
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 kung kayo ay nagpapatuloy sa pananampalataya, matatag at matibay, hindi napapakilos palayo mula sa tiyak na inaasahan ng ebanghelyo na inyong narinig. Ito ang ebanghelyo na naipahayag sa bawat tao sa ilalim ng langit. Ito ang ebanghelyo kung saan, akong si Pablo ay naging isang lingkod.
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 Ngayon nagagalak ako sa aking mga paghihirap para sa inyo. At pinupunan ko sa aking laman anuman ang kakulangan sa mga paghihirap ni Cristo para sa kapakanan ng kaniyang katawan, na ang iglesiya.
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 Dahil sa iglesiyang ito kaya ako naging lingkod, ayon sa tungkulin mula sa Diyos na ibinigay sa akin para sa inyo upang punuin ang salita ng Diyos.
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 Ito ang lihim na katotohanan na itinago sa panahon at sa mga salinlahi. Ngunit nahayag ito ngayon sa mga naniniwala sa kaniya. (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 Ito ay para sa kanila na nais ng Diyos na makaalam kung ano ang mga kayamanan ng maluwalhating lihim na ito ng katotohanan sa mga Gentil. Ito ay si Cristo na nasa inyo, ang pagtitiwala ng kaluwalhatian sa hinaharap.
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 Siya ito na ating ipinapahayag. Pinagsasabihan natin ang bawat isa, at tinuturuan natin ang bawat isa ng may buong karunungan, upang maiharap natin ang bawat tao na ganap kay Cristo.
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 Dahil dito, ako ay gumagawa at nagpapakahirap ayon sa kaniyang kalakasan na kumikilos sa akin sa kapangyarihan.
In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
