Kolosarrei 4
1 Nabussiác eguieçue çucena eta eguimbidea cerbitzariey, daquiçuelaric ecen çuec-ere baduçuela Iaun-bat ceruètan.
You masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you have a master who is in heaven [who will say whether he approves of what you have done].
2 Orationetan perseuera eçaçue, hartan veillatzen duçuelaric remerciamendurequin.
Pray to God persistently, and as you pray, be alert and be thanking God.
3 Othoitz eguiten duçuelaric elkarrequin guregatic-ere hitzaren borthá Iaincoac irequi dieçagunçát, Christen mysterioaren denuntiatzeco, ceinagatic presoner-ere bainaiz.
Since I am in prison [MTY] because [I declared the message about Christ] that God has now revealed, pray also for me that God will give me opportunities [MTY] to speak, in order that I might declare it.
4 Hura manifesta deçadançát, minçatu behar dudan beçala.
That is, pray for me that [God will enable me to] make his message known publicly. I need to do this because I know that I should declare it.
5 Çuhurqui ebil çaitezte campocoetara, demborá recrubatzen duçuelaric.
Act wisely towards those who do not believe in the Lord Jesus [MTY]; use every opportunity to do that.
6 Çuen hitza bethiere biz gatzez confitua gratiarequin, batbederari nola ihardetsi behar draucaçuen daquiçuençát.
In particular, always speak graciously and in a pleasant way [to those who do not believe in the Lord Jesus]. As a result, you will come to know in what manner you should answer each one of them.
7 Ene equiteco guciac notificaturen drauzquiçue Tychique gure anaye maiteac, eta ministre fidelac, eta gure Iaunean ene cerbitzari quideac:
Tychicus will tell you all that has been happening to me. He is a fellow believer whom I/we [(exc)] love and who helps me faithfully and who serves the Lord [Jesus] together with me.
8 Cein igorri vkan baitut çuetara berariaz, eçagut ditzançát çuen eguitecoac, eta consola ditzançát çuen bihotzac,
The reason that I am sending Tychicus to you [with this letter] is that he might know how you are and in order that he might strengthen you [spiritually]. (OR, in order that you might know about us [(exc)] and in order that he might comfort you.)
9 Onesimo gure anaye fidelarequin eta maitearequin cein baita çuenetaric, hec alde hunetaco eguiteco guciéz auertituren çaituztéz.
I am sending him to you with Onesimus, who is a faithful fellow believer whom I/we [(inc)] love and who is your fellow townsman. They will tell you all about what has been happening here.
Aristarchus, who is in prison with me, and Mark, who is Barnabas’ cousin, (say that they are thinking fondly about you/send you their greetings). I have instructed you about Mark, so if he comes to you, welcome him.
11 Eta Iesus Iusto deitzen denac, cein baitirade circoncisionetic, hauc solament ditut aiutaçale Iaincoaren resumán, eta ene solageamendutaco içan dirade.
Jesus, who is also called Justus, also (says that he is thinking fondly about you/greets you/sends you his greetings). These three men are the only Jewish [believers] who are working with me in order that people would submit to God as their king, and they have all comforted me.
12 Salutatzen çaituzte Epaphras çuenac, Christen cerbitzariac, bethiere bataillatzen delaric çuengatic othoitzetan, çaudetençát perfecto eta complitu Iaincoaren vorondate gucian:
Epaphras, who is your fellow townsman and who serves Christ Jesus, (says that he is thinking fondly about you/greets you/sends you his greetings). Epaphras prays earnestly for you very often, that you might be spiritually mature and that you might know fully all that God wills for you.
13 Ecen haur harçaz testificatzen dut, ecen zelo handia duela çuengatic eta Laodicean, eta Hyerapolen diradenacgatic.
I can assure you that he prays this because he is deeply concerned for you, for those who live in Laodicea [city], and for those who live in Hierapolis [city].
14 Salutatzen çaituztez Luc medicu maiteac, eta Demasec.
Luke, the doctor, whom I/we [(exc)] love, and Demas (say that they are thinking fondly about you/send you their greetings).
15 Salutaitzaçue Laodicean diraden anayeac, eta Nympha, eta haren etchean den Eliçá.
Tell the fellow believers who live in Laodicea [city] and Nympha and the congregation that [meets] in her house that we (are thinking fondly about them/send them our greetings).
16 Eta epistola haur çuec baithan iracurri datenean, eguiçue Laodiceacoén Eliçan-ere iracur dadin: eta Laodiceatic scribatua, çuec-ere iracur deçaçuen.
After [someone] reads this letter [publicly] to you, cause [someone] to also read it to the congregation that is in Laodicea [city]. And as for the [letter that I wrote to the congregation that is in] Laodicea [city], make sure that it is also read among you {you should also read that letter} publicly.
17 Eta erroçue Archipperi, Gogoa eçac gure Iaunean recebitu vkan duàn administrationea compli deçánçat.
Say to Archippus, “Make sure that you complete the task that God appointed you to do, because you have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus.”
18 Salutationea, ene Paulen escuz. Çareten orhoit ene estecaduréz. Gratia dela çuequin. Amen.
I, Paul, (am thinking fondly about you/send you my greetings). Having taken the pen from my scribe, I am now writing this myself in order that you may know that I have truly sent this letter. Remember to pray about the fact that I am in prison [MTY]. I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ would continue to act graciously towards you all.
