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1 u ne Paulo nu n'sunghua ghwitu u Timoteo twevasung'ua va Yesu kilisite mu lughano lwa Nguluve.
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and from Timothy, also a follower of the Lord.
2 kulyumue mwe vitiki na vanyalukolo vanywilifu mwa kilisite mwe vano muli ku Kolosai, uvumosi vuve kulyumue, nu lutengano kuhuma kwa Nguluve Nhaata ghwitu.
To Christ’s people at Colossae – the followers who are faithful to him: May God, our Father, bless you and give you peace.
3 tuku muhongesia uNguluve, Nhhata ghwa Mutwa ghwitu uYesu Kilisite, kange tukuvasuumila ke kinga ifighono fyoni.
Whenever we pray we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for you,
4 tupuliilke ulwitiko lwinu mwa Yesu Kilisite nu lughano luno mulinalwo ku vaanhu vooni vano vabaghulivue vwimila Nguluve.
now that we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all his people,
5 mili nu lughano ulu lwakuva nihuviila ulwa kyang'haani kuuti, lino livikilue kukyanya vwimila jiinu. mulyapulike muluhuvilo uluo ulwa kyang'haani ye likyale ilivangili ilya kyang'haani. lino lisile kulyumue.
because of the hope which is kept safe for you in heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true message of the good news which reached you,
6 ilivangili ili lyalihola imheke nakupulikika mu iisi sooni. kuhuma ikighono kino mulyapulike na kumanyila uvumosi vwa Nguluve mu kyang'haani.
bearing fruit and growing, as it does, through all the world, just as it did among you from the very day that you heard of God’s loving kindness, and understood what that loving kindness really is.
7 ili lye livangili lino mulyamanyile kuhuma kwa Eupafula, mughanike kange m'bomba mbombo n'jiitu, juno ghwe m'bombi nyilifu ghwa Kilisite,
It is just what you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who, as a minister of the Christ, faithfully represents us,
8 UEpafula ghwe alyavombile kuuti tukagule ulughano lwinu mwa Mhepo.
and who told us of the love with which the Spirit has inspired you.
9 kuhuma ikoghono kino tulyapuliike ulughano ulu natughele tubuhile kukuvasumila. jaatu tusuuma kuuti mumemesevue nu luhala lwa Nguluve.
And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.
10 tukuvasuumila kuuti mughendaghe mu lugudo vwa Mutwa mu sila sino sinoghiile. kange tukuvasuumila kuuti mlihola imheke mu nono sooni sino muvomba muliiva mu luhala la Nguluve.
Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and grow into a fuller knowledge of God;
11 tukuvasuumia kuuti muwesie kuponekesevua ingufu kuling'hana ni ngufu sa vwimike vwake mu lugudo lwoni.
you will be made strong at all points with a strength worthy of the power manifested in his glory – strong to endure with patience, and even with gladness, whatever may happen to you;
12 tukuvasuumila kuuti ke lukeelo muli kumuhosngesia uNhaata juno avavombile umue muwesie kuva nu lubale ulwa kukwimilila avitki mu lumuli.
and you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ’s people in the realms of light.
13 atupokile kuhuma mu vutavike vwa ng'iisi na kukututwala ku vutwa vwa n'swambe mughanike.
For God has rescued us from the tyranny of darkness, and has removed us into the kingdom of his Son, who is the embodiment of his love,
14 mwa n'swambe tuli nu ... nu lu saghilo lwa sambi.
and through whom we have found deliverance in the forgiveness of our sins.
15 Un'swambe kye kihwani kya Nguluve kino nakivooneka. ghwe muholua ghwa kwasia mu vuvumbi vwoni.
For Christ is the incarnation of the invisible God – firstborn and head of all creation;
16 ulwakuva kwa ifinu fyoni fikavumbilue, vino fili kukyanaya na fino fili pa iisi, ifinu fino fivoneka na fino nafivoneka. ndeve fya muvwandilo vwa iisi, nambe muvutavulua, nambe vutavike nambe uvunya ngufu, ifinu fyoni fikavumbilue vwimila jaake.
for in him was created all that is in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible – angels and archangels and all the powers of heaven.
17 umwene alya nambe ye fikyale ifinu fyoni, mwa mwene ifinu fyoni fikakoline palikimo.
All has been created through him and for him. He was before all things, and all things unite in him;
18 umwene ghwe mutu ghwa ilembile, umwene ghwe vwandilo kange muholua ghwa kwasia kuhuma mu vafue, lino alini nafasi ija kwasia mu finu fyoni.
and he is the head of the church, which is his body. The firstborn from the dead, he is to the church the source of its life, that he, in all things, may stand first.
19 ulwakuva uNguluve akanoghilue kuuti uvufwilifu vwake vwoni vukale n'kate jaake.
For it pleased the Father that in him the divine nature in all its fulness should live,
20 na kusambania ifinu fyoni ku sila ja n'swambe. UNguluve alyavikile ulutengano kukilila idanda ja kikovekano kya mwene. UNguluve akasambinie ifinu fyoni kwa mwene, nde fyalefya mu iisi nambe fya kukyanya.
and through him to reconcile all things to himself (making peace by the shedding of Christ’s blood offered on the cross) – whether on earth or in heaven.
21 numue kange, un'siki ghuno mulyale vaghesi kwa Nguluve kange mulyale valugu vake ku kuhala na maghendele gha vuhosi.
And it pleased God that you, once estranged from him and hostile towards him in your thoughts, intent only on wickedness –
22 neke lino avasambinie umue ku m'bili ghake kkilila uvufue. akavombile ndiki neke kukuvaleta umue mwe vwimike mwevasila lupiko kange kisila vuhosi pa maaso ghake,
but now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ’s earthly body in death – it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,
23 ndeve mulighendelela mu lwitiko, luno mukangasivue mu lweli, kisila kuvikua kutaali kuhuma ku luhivilo lwa vukangafu vwa livangili lino mukapilike. ili lwe livangili lino likapulisivue ku vaanhu vano alyavavumbile pa iisi. ili lye livangili lino une ne Paulo nilyale m'bombi.
if only you remain true to your faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made an assistant.
24 lino nihovokela imhumhuko sango vwimila jiinu. najune nikamilisia mu mbili ghwango kino kipelela mu mhumhuko ja Kilisite vwimila um'bili ghwake, ghuno je tembile.
Now at last I can rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and in my own person I supplement the afflictions endured by the Christ, for the sake of his body, the church;
25 une nilim'bombi ghwa tembile iji, kulinganga nu vutavike vuno nipelilue kuhuma kwa Nguluve vwimila jinu kukulimemia ilisi lwa Nguluve.
of which I myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the message of God in all its fulness –
26 iji je kyang'haani jini jikafisime mu maka minga ni fisina fyoni. neke lino jifunulivue ku viti voni. (aiōn g165)
that truth which has been hidden from former ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to God’s people, (aiōn g165)
27 ve vala vano uNguluve kukuvasona vule kuli nuvutajili vwa vwimike mu lifiso lwa kyang'haani mu iisi simonga. kwe kuuti uKilisite ali n'kate jinu mu lukangasio lwa vwimike vunovukwisa.
to whom it was his pleasure to make known the surpassing glory of that hidden truth when proclaimed among the Gentiles – ‘Christ among you! Your hope of glory!’
28 uju ghwe mwene tukumpulisia. tuum'bunga na kukum'bulanisia umuunhu ghweni ku vukola vwoni, neke kuuti tumulete umuunhu ghweni fywilifu mwa Kilisite.
This is the Christ whom we proclaim, warning everyone, and instructing everyone, with all the wisdom that we possess, in the hope of bringing everyone into God’s presence perfected by union with Christ.
29 mu vwimike uvu, une nivomba ku ngufu sango sooni na kukujitanga ni ngufu ja mwene vule jivomba imbombo n'kate jango.
It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.
