Colossians 4
1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
aparaJca he adhipatayaH, yUyaM dAsAn prati nyAyyaM yathArthaJcAcaraNaM kurudhvaM yuSmAkamapyeko'dhipatiH svarge vidyata iti jAnIta|
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,
yUyaM prArthanAyAM nityaM pravarttadhvaM dhanyavAdaM kurvvantastatra prabuddhAstiSThata ca|
3 praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds,
prArthanAkAle mamApi kRte prArthanAM kurudhvaM,
4 that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
phalataH khrISTasya yannigUDhavAkyakAraNAd ahaM baddho'bhavaM tatprakAzAyezvaro yat madarthaM vAgdvAraM kuryyAt, ahaJca yathocitaM tat prakAzayituM zaknuyAm etat prArthayadhvaM|
5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
yUyaM samayaM bahumUlyaM jJAtvA bahiHsthAn lokAn prati jJAnAcAraM kurudhvaM|
6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
yuSmAkam AlApaH sarvvadAnugrahasUcako lavaNena susvAduzca bhavatu yasmai yaduttaraM dAtavyaM tad yuSmAbhiravagamyatAM|
7 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.
mama yA dazAkti tAM tukhikanAmA prabhau priyo mama bhrAtA vizvasanIyaH paricArakaH sahadAsazca yuSmAn jJApayiSyati|
8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
sa yad yuSmAkaM dazAM jAnIyAt yuSmAkaM manAMsi sAntvayecca tadarthamevAhaM
9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.
tam onISimanAmAnaJca yuSmaddezIyaM vizvastaM priyaJca bhrAtaraM preSitavAn tau yuSmAn atratyAM sarvvavArttAM jJApayiSyataH|
10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received instructions, “if he comes to you, receive him”),
AriSTArkhanAmA mama sahabandI barNabbA bhAgineyo mArko yuSTanAmnA vikhyAto yIzuzcaite chinnatvaco bhrAtaro yuSmAn namaskAraM jJApayanti, teSAM madhye mArkamadhi yUyaM pUrvvam AjJApitAH sa yadi yuSmatsamIpam upatiSThet tarhi yuSmAbhi rgRhyatAM|
11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for God’s Kingdom who are of the circumcision, men who have been a comfort to me.
kevalameta IzvararAjye mama sAntvanAjanakAH sahakAriNo'bhavan|
12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
khrISTasya dAso yo yuSmaddezIya ipaphrAH sa yuSmAn namaskAraM jJApayati yUyaJcezvarasya sarvvasmin mano'bhilASe yat siddhAH pUrNAzca bhaveta tadarthaM sa nityaM prArthanayA yuSmAkaM kRte yatate|
13 For I testify about him that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.
yuSmAkaM lAyadikeyAsthitAnAM hiyarApalisthitAnAJca bhrAtRNAM hitAya so'tIva ceSTata ityasmin ahaM tasya sAkSI bhavAmi|
14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
lUkanAmA priyazcikitsako dImAzca yuSmabhyaM namaskurvvAte|
15 Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, with Nymphas and the assembly that is in his house.
yUyaM lAyadikeyAsthAn bhrAtRn numphAM tadgRhasthitAM samitiJca mama namaskAraM jJApayata|
16 When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
aparaM yuSmatsannidhau patrasyAsya pAThe kRte lAyadikeyAsthasamitAvapi tasya pATho yathA bhavet lAyadikeyAJca yat patraM mayA prahitaM tad yathA yuSmAbhirapi paThyeta tathA ceSTadhvaM|
17 Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”
aparam ArkhippaM vadata prabho ryat paricaryyApadaM tvayAprApi tatsAdhanAya sAvadhAno bhava|
18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.
ahaM paulaH svahastAkSareNa yuSmAn namaskAraM jJApayAmi yUyaM mama bandhanaM smarata| yuSmAn pratyanugraho bhUyAt| Amena|
