Colossians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

īśvarasyecchayā yīśukhrīṣṭasya preritaḥ paulastīmathiyo bhrātā ca kalasīnagarasthān pavitrān viśvastān khrīṣṭāśritabhrātṛn prati patraṁ likhataḥ|

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.

asmākaṁ tāta īśvaraḥ prabhu ryīśukhrīṣṭaśca yuṣmān prati prasādaṁ śāntiñca kriyāstāṁ|

3 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

khrīṣṭe yīśau yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsasya sarvvān pavitralokān prati premnaśca vārttāṁ śrutvā

4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

vayaṁ sadā yuṣmadarthaṁ prārthanāṁ kurvvantaḥ svarge nihitāyā yuṣmākaṁ bhāvisampadaḥ kāraṇāt svakīyaprabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya tātam īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadāmaḥ|

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

yūyaṁ tasyā bhāvisampado vārttāṁ yayā susaṁvādarūpiṇyā satyavāṇyā jñāpitāḥ

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,

sā yadvat kṛsnaṁ jagad abhigacchati tadvad yuṣmān apyabhyagamat, yūyañca yad dinam ārabhyeśvarasyānugrahasya vārttāṁ śrutvā satyarūpeṇa jñātavantastadārabhya yuṣmākaṁ madhye'pi phalati varddhate ca|

7 even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

asmākaṁ priyaḥ sahadāso yuṣmākaṁ kṛte ca khrīṣṭasya viśvastaparicārako ya ipaphrāstad vākyaṁ

8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

yuṣmān ādiṣṭavān sa evāsmān ātmanā janitaṁ yuṣmākaṁ prema jñāpitavān|

9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

vayaṁ yad dinam ārabhya tāṁ vārttāṁ śrutavantastadārabhya nirantaraṁ yuṣmākaṁ kṛte prārthanāṁ kurmmaḥ phalato yūyaṁ yat pūrṇābhyām ātmikajñānavuddhibhyām īśvarasyābhitamaṁ sampūrṇarūpeṇāvagaccheta,

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,

prabho ryogyaṁ sarvvathā santoṣajanakañcācāraṁ kuryyātārthata īśvarajñāne varddhamānāḥ sarvvasatkarmmarūpaṁ phalaṁ phaleta,

11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

yathā ceśvarasya mahimayuktayā śaktyā sānandena pūrṇāṁ sahiṣṇutāṁ titikṣāñcācarituṁ śakṣyatha tādṛśena pūrṇabalena yad balavanto bhaveta,

12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

yaśca pitā tejovāsināṁ pavitralokānām adhikārasyāṁśitvāyāsmān yogyān kṛtavān taṁ yad dhanyaṁ vadeta varam enaṁ yācāmahe|

13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

yataḥ so'smān timirasya karttṛtvād uddhṛtya svakīyasya priyaputrasya rājye sthāpitavān|

14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

tasmāt putrād vayaṁ paritrāṇam arthataḥ pāpamocanaṁ prāptavantaḥ|

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

sa cādṛśyasyeśvarasya pratimūrtiḥ kṛtsnāyāḥ sṛṣṭerādikarttā ca|

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.

yataḥ sarvvameva tena sasṛje siṁhāsanarājatvaparākramādīni svargamarttyasthitāni dṛśyādṛśyāni vastūni sarvvāṇi tenaiva tasmai ca sasṛjire|

17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

sa sarvveṣām ādiḥ sarvveṣāṁ sthitikārakaśca|

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.

sa eva samitirūpāyāstano rmūrddhā kiñca sarvvaviṣaye sa yad agriyo bhavet tadarthaṁ sa eva mṛtānāṁ madhyāt prathamata utthito'graśca|

19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

yata īśvarasya kṛtsnaṁ pūrṇatvaṁ tamevāvāsayituṁ

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.

kruśe pātitena tasya raktena sandhiṁ vidhāya tenaiva svargamarttyasthitāni sarvvāṇi svena saha sandhāpayituñceśvareṇābhileṣe|

21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,

pūrvvaṁ dūrasthā duṣkriyāratamanaskatvāt tasya ripavaścāsta ye yūyaṁ tān yuṣmān api sa idānīṁ tasya māṁsalaśarīre maraṇena svena saha sandhāpitavān|

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,

yataḥ sa svasammukhe pavitrān niṣkalaṅkān anindanīyāṁśca yuṣmān sthāpayitum icchati|

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.

kintvetadarthaṁ yuṣmābhi rbaddhamūlaiḥ susthiraiśca bhavitavyam, ākāśamaṇḍalasyādhaḥsthitānāṁ sarvvalokānāṁ madhye ca ghuṣyamāṇo yaḥ susaṁvādo yuṣmābhiraśrāvi tajjātāyāṁ pratyāśāyāṁ yuṣmābhiracalai rbhavitavyaṁ|

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,

tasya susaṁvādasyaikaḥ paricārako yo'haṁ paulaḥ so'ham idānīm ānandena yuṣmadarthaṁ duḥkhāni sahe khrīṣṭasya kleśabhogasya yoṁśo'pūrṇastameva tasya tanoḥ samiteḥ kṛte svaśarīre pūrayāmi ca|

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,

yata īśvarasya mantraṇayā yuṣmadartham īśvarīyavākyasya pracārasya bhāro mayi samapitastasmād ahaṁ tasyāḥ samiteḥ paricārako'bhavaṁ|

26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, (aiōn g165)

tat nigūḍhaṁ vākyaṁ pūrvvayugeṣu pūrvvapuruṣebhyaḥ pracchannam āsīt kintvidānīṁ tasya pavitralokānāṁ sannidhau tena prākāśyata| (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.

yato bhinnajātīyānāṁ madhye tat nigūḍhavākyaṁ kīdṛggauravanidhisambalitaṁ tat pavitralokān jñāpayitum īśvaro'bhyalaṣat| yuṣmanmadhyavarttī khrīṣṭa eva sa nidhi rgairavāśābhūmiśca|

28 We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

tasmād vayaṁ tameva ghoṣayanto yad ekaikaṁ mānavaṁ siddhībhūtaṁ khrīṣṭe sthāpayema tadarthamekaikaṁ mānavaṁ prabodhayāmaḥ pūrṇajñānena caikaikaṁ mānavaṁ upadiśāmaḥ|

29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

etadarthaṁ tasya yā śaktiḥ prabalarūpeṇa mama madhye prakāśate tayāhaṁ yatamānaḥ śrābhyāmi|