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, who by God's will is an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy—
2 To God's people in Colossae, who are our faithful friends in union with Christ:
May God our Father give you grace and peace.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
3 We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you. 4 For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all God's people. 5 When the true message, the Good News, first came to you, you heard about the hope it offers. So your faith and love are based on what you hope for, which is kept safe for you in heaven. 6 The gospel keeps bringing blessings and is spreading throughout the world, just as it has among you ever since the day you first heard about the grace of God and came to know it as it really is. 7 You learned of God's grace from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is Christ's faithful worker on our behalf. 8 He has told us of the love that the Spirit has given you.
9 For this reason we have always prayed for you, ever since we heard about you. We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives. 10 Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him. Your lives will produce all kinds of good deeds, and you will grow in your knowledge of God. 11-12 May you be made strong with all the strength which comes from his glorious power, so that you may be able to endure everything with patience. And with joy give thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to have your share of what God has reserved for his people in the kingdom of light. 13 He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us safe into the kingdom of his dear Son, 14 by whom we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven.
The Person and Work of Christ
15 Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God. He is the first-born Son, superior to all created things. 16 For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him. 17 Christ existed before all things, and in union with him all things have their proper place. 18 He is the head of his body, the church; he is the source of the body's life. He is the first-born Son, who was raised from death, in order that he alone might have the first place in all things. 19 For it was by God's own decision that the Son has in himself the full nature of God. 20 Through the Son, then, God decided to bring the whole universe back to himself. God made peace through his Son's blood on the cross and so brought back to himself all things, both on earth and in heaven.
21 At one time you were far away from God and were his enemies because of the evil things you did and thought. 22 But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence. 23 You must, of course, continue faithful on a firm and sure foundation, and must not allow yourselves to be shaken from the hope you gained when you heard the gospel. It is of this gospel that I, Paul, became a servant—this gospel which has been preached to everybody in the world.
Paul's Work as a Servant of the Church
24 And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, the church. 25 And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming his message, 26 which is the secret he hid through all past ages from all human beings but has now revealed to his people. 27 God's plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God. 28 So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ. 29 To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.
