1 Paulus omuyapostoli waKristus Jesus okehalo laKalunga, nomumwatate Timoteus, 2 kovamwatate muKristus, ovayapuki novaitaveli vomuKolossi.
Efilonghenda kunye nombili yaKalunga Tate yetu.
Epandulo neilikano omolweitavelo lOvakolossi
3 Ohatu pandula Kalunga Xe yOmwene wetu Jesus Kristus alushe ngeenge hatu mu ilikanene, 4 osheshi eitavelo leni lomuKristus Jesus, nohole yeni yokuhola ovayapuki aveshe, otwe i uda 5 nomolweteelelo leni, mwe li tuvikililwa meulu nomwe li uda nale meendjovo doshili yevaengeli, 6 la fika kunye nongaashi li li mounyuni aushe ndele tali imi oiimati, ngaashi mokati keni yo, okefiku olo mwa uda ndele mwa shiiva onghenda yaKalunga yomoshili, 7 nongaashi mwe shi longwa kuEpafras, omulongi omukwetu omuholike, omuyakuli omudiinini waKristus molweni, 8 ndele oye e tu hepaululila yo ohole yeni yomOmhepo.
9 Onghee nafye yo, kokudja kefiku olo twe shi uda, inatu efa oku mu ilikanena noku mu indilila mu yadifwe okushiiva ehalo laye meendunge adishe nomounongo wopamhepo, 10 okweenda kweni opo ku wapalele Omwene, mu mu hafife mwaaishe shili nokwiimika oiimati moshilonga keshe shiwa, nokukula mokushiiva Kalunga, 11 nokunghonopalekwa neenghono adishe paenghono defimano laye mu shiive okulididimikila moudjuu keshe nokutalonheni 12 nokupandula nehafo Tate, ou e tu wapaleka tu pewe oshitukulwa shefyuululo lovayapuki mouyelele. 13 Ou e tu xupifa mo mepangelo lomulaulu nokwe tu tembulila mouhamba wOmona waye omuholike. 14 Muye otu nekulilo nekufilo lomatimba omohonde yaye.
Kristus Oye omutwe weongalo
15 Oye olupe laKalunga iha monika, Omudalwa wotete woishitwa aishe. 16 Osheshi muye omo mwa shitilwa aishe inya yomeulu naai yokombada yedu, ei i wetike naai ihe wetike, omalukalwapangelo ile ouhamba, nomapangelo ile omapangelonghono a pama, aishe ya shitilwa muye noye mu shitilwa, 17 ndele Oye wotete kwaaishe, nomuye aishe oya pamenena mo. 18 Ndele Oye omutwe wolutu nokutya, weongalo, Oye tuu ou ehovelo, Omudalwa wotete ou a nyumuka kovafi, opo a kale omukomesho moinima aishe; 19 osheshi osho sha wapalela Xe, muye mu kale ouyadi aushe, 20 ndele mokuninga ombili omolwohonde yomushiyakano waye ohandi ti: molwaye a hanganife aishe muye naai yokombada yedu naainya yomeulu.
21 Nanye yo ava mwa li nale ovaliteeki novatondadi vaye momadilongo eni nomolwoilonga ii, 22 Ye e mu hanganifa paife molutu lombelela yaye omolwefyo laye, opo e mu tule koshipala shaye ovayapuki, muhe noshipo nomuhe noushima, 23 ngeenge tamu kala meitavelo, mwe likanghameka mulo, mwa pamenena mo, muha tengauke meteelelo levaengeli eli mwe li uda nola udifilwa ovashitwa aveshe vokoshi yeulu, olo tuu eli ame Paulus nda ninga omuyakuli walo.
Omuyakuli waKristus meongalo
24 Paife ohandi hafe mokuhepekwa omolweni, noixupe youyehame waKristus ohandi i wanifa mombelela yange omolwolutu laye, nokutya eongalo, 25 oleli nda ninga omuyakuli walo, omolwoutekuumbo waKalunga oo nde u pewa molweni ndi udife eendjovo daKalunga noku di wanifa, 26 nokutya, oshiholekwa osho sha li sha holekwa omafimbo nomapupi ndelenee paife osha hololelwa ovayapuki vaye, 27 ovo Kalunga a hala oku va shiivifila oupuna wefimano loshiholekwa eshi shi li mokati kovapaani, osho Kristus munye, eteelelo lefimano. 28 Oye hatu mu udifa nokukumaida nokulonga omunhu keshe mounongo aushe, opo tu kaleke omunhu keshe poluhaela a wana muKristus. 29 Osho tuu eshi handi shi lihepekele nokukondja pakulonga kwaye oko taku longo mwaame neenghono.
1 From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Timothy, who is also a follower.
2 To God's people who live in Colossae and are faithful followers of Christ.
I pray that God our Father will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!
A Prayer of Thanks
3 Each time we pray for you, we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 We have heard of your faith in Christ and of your love for all God's people, 5 because what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You first heard about this hope when you believed the true message, which is the good news.
6 The good news is spreading all over the world with great success. It has spread in this same way among you, ever since the first day you learned the truth about God's wonderful kindness 7 from our good friend Epaphras. He works together with us for Christ and is a faithful worker for you. 8 He is also the one who told us about the love that God's Spirit has given you.
The Person and Work of Christ
9 We have not stopped praying for you since the first day we heard about you. In fact, we always pray that God will show you everything he wants you to do and that you may have all the wisdom and understanding his Spirit gives. 10 Then you will live a life that honors the Lord, and you will always please him by doing good deeds. You will come to know God even better. 11 His glorious power will make you patient and strong enough to endure anything, and you will be truly happy.
12 I pray that you will be grateful to God for letting you have part in what he has promised his people in the kingdom of light. 13 God rescued us from the dark power of Satan and brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who forgives our sins and sets us free.
15 Christ is exactly like God,
who cannot be seen.
He is the first-born Son,
superior to all creation.
16 Everything was created by him,
everything in heaven
and on earth,
everything seen and unseen,
including all forces
and powers,
and all rulers
and authorities.
All things were created
by God's Son,
and everything was made
for him.
17 God's Son was before all else,
and by him everything
is held together.
18 He is the head of his body,
which is the church.
He is the very beginning,
the first to be raised
from death,
so that he would be
above all others.
19 God himself was pleased
to live fully in his Son.
20 And God was pleased
for him to make peace
by sacrificing his blood
on the cross,
so that all beings in heaven
and on earth
would be brought back to God.
21 You used to be far from God. Your thoughts made you his enemies, and you did evil things. 22 But his Son became a human and died. So God made peace with you, and now he lets you stand in his presence as people who are holy and faultless and innocent. 23 But you must stay deeply rooted and firm in your faith. You must not give up the hope you received when you heard the good news. It was preached to everyone on earth, and I myself have become a servant of this message.
Paul's Service to the Church
24 I am glad I can suffer for you. I am pleased also that in my own body I can continue the suffering of Christ for his body, the church. 25 God's plan was to make me a servant of his church and to send me to preach his complete message to you. 26 For ages and ages this message was kept secret from everyone, but now it has been explained to God's people. 27 God did this because he wanted you Gentiles to understand his wonderful and glorious mystery. And the mystery is that Christ lives in you, and he is your hope of sharing in God's glory.
28 We announce the message about Christ, and we use all our wisdom to warn and teach everyone, so all of Christ's followers will grow and become mature. 29 This is why I work so hard and use the mighty power he gives me.
