Kolosa 1

1 Sithaw koehhaih baktiah Jesu Kri mah patoeh ih kami, Pawl hoi aicae amnawk Timote mah,

Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy,

2 Kolosa vangpui ih Kri ah oep kaom nawkamya hoi kaciim kaminawk khaeah ca tarik: aicae Ampa Sithaw khae hoi ih tahmenhaih hoi monghaih nangcae khaeah om nasoe.

to the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.

3 Aicae Angraeng Jesu Kri ih Ampa Sithaw khaeah, kawnhaih lok ka thuih o,

We always give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you

4 Kri Jesu to na tang o moe, kaciim kaminawk boih na palung o ti, tiah tamthang ka thaih o,

(having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love toward all the saints),

5 nangcae hanah van ah oephaih to suek boeh, tiah canghniah loktang tamthanglok hoih hoiah na thaih o boeh pongah, nangcae hanah lawk kang thuih pae o toepsoep,

because of the hope that is being reserved for you in the heavens, of which you have already heard through the Word of the Truth

6 long pum ah to tamthanglok hoih amthang baktih toengah, nangcae khaeah doeh phak boeh; to lok to na thaih o moe, Sithaw tahmenhaih na panoek o tangtang na ni hoi kamtong, nangcae thungah toksak moe, qoeng tahang pacoengah, athaih to athaih:

(the Gospel that has come to you just as also in all the world, where it is producing fruit and growing just as also among you, from the day in which you heard about and truly understood God's grace),

7 nangcae khaeah oep kaom ah Kri ih tok sah, a palung o ih nawnto toksah tamna, Epaphra mah ang patuk o ih baktih toengah,

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

8 Muithla ah na tawnh o ih amlunghaih to anih mah kaicae khaeah ang thuih.

who also reported to us your love in spirit.

9 To pongah nangcae ih tamthang ka thaih o tangsuek na ni hoi kamtong, boeng ai ah nangcae han lawk ka thuih o, palunghahaih, muithla hoi kasaeng panoek thaihaih, a koeh ih hmuen panoekhaih hoiah na koi o thai hanah ka hnik o;

For this very reason, since the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the real knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10 to tiah ni Angraeng koehhaih baktiah na hing o tih, kahoih toksakhaih boih ah athaih na thai o ueloe, Sithaw panoekhaih bangah na qoeng o tahang tih;

in order for you to walk worthily of the Lord, pleasing Him in every way, being fruitful in every good work and growing into the real knowledge of God;

11 hmuen boih ah nang hoe o ueloe, palungsawkhaih hoiah na pauep o thai tih, lensawk a thacakhaih baktih toengah, thacakhaih boih hoiah tha na cak o sak tih,

being enabled with all capability according to the strength that resides in His glory, for all endurance and steadfastness.

12 aanghaih thungah kaom kaciim kaminawk ih qawk toep hanah sahkung, Ampa khaeah kawnhaih lawk ka thuih:

Nor have we stopped giving thanks joyfully to the Father who has qualified us for the share in the inheritance of the saints in the Light;

13 Anih mah kaving thacakhaih thung hoiah aicae loihsak boeh moe, a palung o ih Capa prae thungah ang hoih o boeh:

who delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

14 angmah ih athii rang hoiah zae tahmenhaih hoi Anih ah akranghaih to a hnuk o boeh.

in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins.

15 Anih loe mik hoi hnu thai ai Sithaw ih krang ah oh moe, sak ih hmuennawk boih thungah tapen tangsuek ah oh:

He is the visible representation of the invisible God, ‘Firstborn’ over all creation,

16 van hoi long ah kaom hmuennawk, hnuk thai ih hmuennawk hoi hnuk thai ai ih hmuennawk, angraeng tangkhangnawk doeh, pazawkhaihnawk doeh, ukhaihnawk doeh, thacakhaihnawk doeh Anih mah ni sak boih: hmuennawk boih Anih mah sak moe, angmah han ih ni a sak:

because by Him all things were created—those in the heavens and those on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

17 Anih loe hmuennawk boih om ai naah oh boeh, anih rang hoiah ni hmuennawk boih to oh.

Yes, He is before all, and in Him all things subsist.

18 Anih loe takpum hoi kricaabu ih lu ah oh: anih loe hmuennawk boih ranui koek ah oh thai hanah takungpui ah oh moe, duekhaih thung hoi tapen hmaloe koekah oh;

Also, He is the Head of the body, the Church. He is Beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that He may be preeminent in everything,

19 hmuennawk boih akoephaih loe anih ah oh, Ampa to palung anghoesak;

because in Him all the Fullness was pleased to dwell

20 thinglam nui hoi kalong athii rang hoiah angdaehhaih to a ohsak, van ih hmuennawk hoi long ih hmuennawk, hmuennawk boih anih rang hoiah Sithaw khaeah angdaehhaih to a sak.

and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross—through Him, whether things on the earth or things on the heavens.

21 Kahoih ai hmuen na sak o pongah, nangcae loe palung thung hoi misa ah na oh o moe, Sithaw hoi nam praek o; toe anih mah vaihi angdaehsak let boeh

So now He has reconciled you as well (you who once were alienated and hostile in your mind because of your wicked works),

22 a takpum duekhaih rang hoiah nangcae to Anih hmaa ah coek koi kaom ai, zaehaih kaom ai, kaciim ah angdoetsak hanah,

by His physical body through His death, so as to present you before Him holy and blameless and above reproach—

23 tanghaih bangah na cak o poe nahaeloe, kacakah angdoe oh loe, na thaih o ih van tlim ah kaom sak ih hmuennawk boih khaeah taphong ih, kahoih tamthanglok oephaih hoiah angqoi o ving hmah; hae pongah ni Kai, Pawl doeh toksah kami maeto ah ang ohsak.

if, that is, you continue in the Faith established and firm, not drifting away from the hope of the Gospel, that you heard and that was proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

24 Vaihi nangcae han patang ka khang pongah anghoehaih ka tawnh, a takpum ah kaom, Kricaabu hanah Kri mah tongh ih patangkhanghaih to ka takpum nuiah phaksak han ka koeh:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf and supplement in my flesh the things lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the Church,

25 kakoep Sithaw ih lok to ka taphong moe, Sithaw toksak hanah nangcae khaeah ang patoeh baktih toengah, Sithaw toksah kami maeto ah ka oh;

of which I became a servant according to the stewardship from God that was given to me towards you, to complete the Word of God,

26 canghnii adung paroeai thung taphong ai ah hawk ih kathuk lok to vaihi kaciim angmah ih kaminawk khaeah amtuengsak boeh: (aiōn g165)

the secret that has been hidden from past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints; (aiōn g165)

27 paroeai atho kaom lensawkhaih loktamqu to Gentelnawk khaeah thuih hanah, Sithaw mah kaciim kaminawk khaeah amtuengsak han koeh; to hmuen loe kalen sawk oephaih ah kaom, nangcae thungah kacaeng Kri to ni:

to whom God resolved to make known who is the wealth of the glory of this secret among the nations, namely Christ in you, the hope of glory;

28 Anih ih tamthanglok to aicae mah taphong o, kami boih Kri Jesu ah akoep o thai hanah, kami boih a thuihtaek o moe, kami boih palunghahaih lok a patuk o:

whom we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ.

29 Anih mah thacakhaih ang paek baktih toengah, kai doeh tha pathokhaih hoiah tok ka sak toeng.

It is to this end that I labor, striving according to His working that works through me with power.