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1 Paulo mmanda wa Kristo kwa mapenzi ga Nnongo, ni Timotheo nongo yitu,
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 kwa baumini ni alongo baaminifu mu'Kristo babile Kolosai. Neema ibe kwinu, na amani kuoma kwa Nnongo Tate yitu.
to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossæ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
3 Twampeya shukrani Nnongo, Tate wa Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo, ni twalowa kualobia mara kwa mara.
We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 Twayowine imani yinu mu'Yesu Kristo ni upendo mbile nabo kwa balo bote babile batengwa kwa ajili ya Nnongo.
having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,
5 Mwabile ni upendo woo kwa sababu ya litaraja lya uhakika lyalibekilwe kumaunde kwa ajili yinu. Muyowine kuhusu litaraja lee lya uhakika kabla mu'lineno lya kweli, injili,
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
6 ambayo iisile kwinu. Injili yee ipambike matunda ni kuenea mu'ulimwengu woti. Yabile ipanga nyoo nkati yinu kae boka lisoba mwamuiyowine na kuipunza kuhusu neema ya Nnongo mu'kweli.
which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
7 Ayee nga innjili mwaifunzile boka kwa Epafra, mpendwa witu mmanda mwaitu, ywabile ni mmanda mwaminifu wa Kristo kwa niaba yitu.
even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
8 Epafra aupangite uyowanike kwitu upendo winu mu'Roho.
who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9 Kwa sababu ya upendo woo, boka lisoba twatuyowine lee, tulekite kwaa kuwalobia. Twabile tukiloa kuwa mjazilwe ni maarifa ga mapenzi yake mu'hekima yoti ni ufahamu wa kiroho.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10 Twabile tukiloba kwamba mwalowa tyanga kwa ustahamilivu wa Ngwana mu'ndela yaipendilwe. Twabile tukiloba kuwa mwalowa pambika matunda mu'kila likowe linoite ni kuwa mwalowa kuwa mu'maarifa ga Nnongo.
to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 Twatiloba muweze kupeyelwa likakala mu'kila uwezo lingana na likakala lya utukufu wake mu'uvumilivu ni ustahamilivu woti.
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
12 Twaloba kuwa, kwa puraha, mwalowa mpeya shukrani Tate, ywabapanga mwenga muweze kuwa ni sehemu mu'urithi wa baumini mu'bweya.
giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
13 Atitulopwa boka mu'utawala wa libendo ni kutubeka mu'upwalume wa Mwana wake ywampendile.
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
14 Pitya mwana wake twabile ni ukochopoli. msamaha wa sambi.
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:
15 Mwana nga mpwano wa Nnongo ywabonekana kwaa. Ni mbeleki wa kwanza wa uumbaji woti.
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
16 Kwa kuwa kwa ywembe ilebe yoti iumbilwe, vyabile kumaunde ni vyabile mu'dunia, ilebe ibonekana na ibonekana kwaa. mana itei ni vya enzi au mamlaka au utawala au wabile ni likakala, ilebe yoti iumbilwe ni ywembe na kwaajili yake.
for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
17 Ywembe ywabile kabla ya ilebe yoti, ni nkati ya ywembe vyatishikana mpamo.
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
18 Ni ywembe nga ntwe wa yega yaani likanisa, ywembe nga mwanzo na mbeleki wa kwanza kuoma nkati ya bandu ba kiwo, nga nyoo, abile ni nafasi ya kwanza nkati ya ilebe yoti.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 Kwa kuwa Nnongo atipendezwa kuwa utimilifu wake woti utami nkati yake,
For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;
20 ni kupatanisha ilebe yoti kwake kwa ndela ya mwana wake. Nnongo apangite amani petya mwai ya msalaba wake. Nnongo atikuwapatanisha ilebe yoti kwake mwene, mana itei ni ilebe ya mu'dunia au ile ya kumaunde.
and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.
21 Mwenga kae, kwa muda umo mwabile ni ageni kwa Nnongo, na mwabile maadui wake mu'akili ni makowe mabou.
And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
22 Lakini nambeambe atikwapatanisha mwenga kwa yega wake pitya mu'kiwo. Apangite nyoo ili kubaleta mwenga atakatifu, babile kwaa ni lawama ni bila disari nnonge yake,
yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
23 kati mwatiyendelea mu'imani, mwabile mwatiimarishwa ni kuwa thabiti, pabile kwaa kudondoshwa kutalu kuoma mu'litaraja lya ujasiri lya injili mwaiyowine. Ayee nga injili itangazilwe kwa kila mundu ywaumbilwe pae ya kumaunde. Ayee nga injili yabile kwake nenga, Paulo nabile mmanda.
if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
24 Nambeambe napuraikiya mateso gango kwa ajili yinu. Nenga nalitimiza mu'yega yango chakipungwi kwa mateso ga Kristo kwa ajili ya yega wake, wabile ni likanisa.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;
25 Nenga na mmanda wa likanisa lee, sawa sawa ni wajibu wanipeilwe boka kwa Nnongo kwa ajili yinu, kulijaza neno lya Nnongo.
whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
26 Awoo nga ukweli wa siri yaibile iyowanika kwaa kwa miaka yanansima kwa ibeleko. Lakini nambeambe iyowanike kwa bote baaminio mu'ywembe. (aiōn g165)
[even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints, (aiōn g165)
27 Ni kwa balo ambao Nnongo apala kuafunua ubile utajiri wa utukufu wa siri ya ukweli woo nkati ya mataifa. Ni kwamba Kristo abile nkati yinu, ujasiri wa utukufu waisa.
to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28 Ayoo nga tumbayaye. Twankanikiya kila mundu, na kumfundisha kila mundu mkamilifu mu'Kristo.
whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
29 Kwa ajili ya lee, nenga najibadilisha na kujitahidi lingana na likakala lyake lya lipanga kazi nkati yango mu'uweza.
whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
