Colossians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Paulusi, mu apositola wa Jesu Keresite che tanto ya Ireza, ni Timotea muzwale wetu,
2 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
ku va lumere ni mizwale yi sepahala mwa Keresite vena kwa Makolose. Chisemo chive kwenu, ni koozo izwa kwe Ireza i Shetu.
3 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
Tu ha vuitumero kwa Ireza, Isi wa Simwine we tu Jesu Keresite, mi inako yonse tulaperera inwe.
4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,
Tuva zuwi ze tumero yenu kwa Keresite Jesu ni ze rato limukwete kwavo vava kauhanyizwa kwe Ireza.
5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News
Mwina ili lato ivaka lye sepo imulindire ivikirwe nwe kwi wulu. Muva zuwi zeyi sepo ilindirwe piri linzwi lye niti, ivangeli,
6 which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
iyo iva kezi kwenu. Iyi ivangeli i vika misero mi ikwete kukula mu kanda zonse. Ivali kupanga izi ni mwenu vulyo kuzwa he zuva limuva lizuwi ni kulituta kuama ni chishemo che Ireza mu niti.
7 even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
Iyi nji Ivangeli sina hamu va ilituti iyo kwa Efafarasi, yo sakiwa wetu mutanga, ili yo sepahala muhikana wa Keresite ku mbali yetu.
8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
Efafarasi ave zivahazi kwetu i lato lyenu mu Luhuho.
9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, do not cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Ivaka lyeli i lato, kuzwa he zuva litu va zuwi izi kena tuva siyi kulaperera inwe. Tuvali kukumbira kuti mumwi zuziwe che ngana ya cha saka muvutali vonse ni kutwisiso ya zo luhuho.
10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
Tuvali kulapera kuti mumu yende cho kusepahala kwa Simwine mwi zira zi tavisa. Tuvali kulapera kuti mumu vike misero mwi kenzo indotu ni kuti mumu kule mwi ngana ya Ireza.
11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
Tulapera muwole kukoziwa muzintu zonse cho kuya cha mata e kanya yakwe muku kwatisisa konse ni kulindira.
12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
Tu lapera kuti mumu sangwe ni kuha vuitumero kwe Shetu, yava mi pangi kuwola kuva ni chivaka muku yola ku va zumina mwi seri.
13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,
Ava tuhazi kwi kamaiso ye fifi ni kutushimbulwira ku muvuso wa mwanakwe yo sakiwa.
14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.
Ku mwana kwe twina kupulusiwa, ku wonderwa zivi.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Mwana chi swaniso che Ireza yasa vonwa. Nji we ntazi kuzonse ziva bumbiwa.
16 For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.
Kakuli cha kwe zintu zonse ziva vumbiwa, izo zina mumawulu nezo za hansi, zivoneka ni zisa voneki zintu. Kamba zipura kamba vuyendisi kamba mivuso kamba ziho, zintu zonse ziva vumbiwa nji ye mi zakwe.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
Wina havusu bwezitu zonse, mi kwali zintu zonse zikwatana hamwina.
18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Mi nji mutwi wo muviri, i kereke. Nji yena matangiro ni we mweri kuvamwi va fwire, jokuti wina chi vaka cha matangiro muzintu zonse.
19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
Kakuli Ireza avali kusangitwe kuti konse kulizuziriza kwa kweke mwali,
20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
ni kuzumizanisa cho mwana zonse zintu kwali mwine. Ireza ivapangi inkozo cha malaha e chifapano chakwe. Ireza ava zumizanisi zintu zonse kwali mwine, kamba zintu hanu hasi kamba zintu mwi wulu.
21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,
Mi nanwe vulyo, he nako yimwi, muvali muma zwahule kwe Ireza ni zila zakwe mwi ngana ni mwi nkenzo zivi.
22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
Kono hanu chava mizumizanisi cho muviri wakwe u voneka che fu. Ava pangi ichi iri kuti a mivonahaze ku jolola, kusa nyazahala, ni kusavi ni vuvi havusu bwakwe,
23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
haiva ni mu zwira havusu mwi tumero, kuzakwa ni kukozwa, kusa zwiswa kule ni sepo kuliverera kwe ivageri i muva zuwi. Iyi nje ivangeri iva wambiwa ku muntu yense ya vavumbwa mwi konde lye wulu, Iyi nje ivageri iyo Ime, Paulusi, niva sanduki muhikana.
24 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 assembly,
Hanu ni sanga muma sukuluko chenu. Mi ni nyemuna mwi wulu mumu viri wangu chinzi chisa mwina muma sikuluko a Keresite che vaka lyo muviri wakwe, iyo ikereke.
25 of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,
Ivaka lyeyi i kereke hanili ni muhikana, cho kuya cha musevezi uzwa kwe Ireza uva hewa kwangu chenu, kwi zuziriza manzwi a Ireza.
26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages (aiōn g165) and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
Iyi nje kunutu ye niti ivali ku patitwe che zirimo zingi ni ku masika. Kono hanu chiye zivahazwa kwavo va zumina kwa li. (aiōn g165)
27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Nji kuvali Ireza avali kusaka kwi zivahaza vufumu bwe kanya bwe yi nkunutu mukanti kava Machava. Nji yena zuna Keresite wina mwenu, i nsepo ye nkaya i kezite.
28 We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
U zu njiyena utu wamba. Tu wambira muntu yense, mi tu ruta muntu yense cho vutali vonse, iri kuti tuvonise muntu yense kuva hande mwa Keresite.
29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
Che chi ni seveza ni kukwatisa kuya che ziho zakwe ziseveza mwangu cha mata.
