Colossians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

Lokwalo lo lo tswa kwa go: Paulo yo o tlhophilweng ke Modimo go nna morongwa wa ga Jesu Keresete, le kwa go mokaulengwe Timotheo.

2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Lo ya kwa: Bakaulengweng ba Bakeresete ba ba ikanyegang, batho ba Modimo, mo motseng wa Kolosa. A Modimo Rara wa rona o lo nesetse matlhogonolo o bo o lo tlatse ka kagiso ya One e kgolo.

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

Nako nngwe le nngwe fa re lo rapelela re simolola ka go leboga Modimo Rraa Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete,

4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the (agape) love which all of you have to all the saints,

gonne re utlwile gore lo ikanya Modimo go le kae, le gore lo rata batho ba one go le kae.

5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof all of you heard before in the (logos) word of the truth of the gospel;

Ebile lo solofetse go amogela dilo tse di itumedisang tsa legodimo, le gone ga lo bolo go nna lo di solofela go simolola ka nako e Mafoko a a Molemo a neng a simolola go rerwa ka yone mo go lona.

6 Which has come unto you, as it is in all the world; and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day all of you heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

One Mafoko a a Molemo a, a a tsileng kwa go lona, a anamela mo lefatsheng lotlhe ebile a fetola matshelo a batho gongwe le gongwe, fela jaaka a fetotse matshelo a lona ka lone letsatsi le lo neng lo a utlwa ka lone lwa ba lwa tlhaloganya ka ga kutlwelo botlhoko e kgolo ya Modimo mo baleofing.

7 As all of you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

Epafarase modiri ka rona yo o rategang thata ke ene yo o neng a lo leretse Mafoko a a Molemo a. Ke motlhanka yo o ikanyegang wa ga Jesu Keresete, go re thusa mo boemong jwa lona.

8 Who also declared unto us your (agape) love in the (pneuma) Spirit.

Gape ke ene yo o re boleletseng kaga lorato lo logolo mo go ba bangwe lo Mowa O O Boitshepo o lo lo neileng.

9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that all of you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Jalo he, e sale e re fela re utlwa kaga lona re bo re tswelela re rapela re kopa Modimo go lo thusa go tlhaloganya se o batlang lo se dira, le go tlhaloganya dilo tsa semowa;

10 That all of you might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

le go kopa gore tsela e lo tshelang ka yone e itumedise Morena ka metlha yotlhe lo bo lo mo tlotle, gore lo age lo dira, dilo tse di molemo mo go ba bangwe, lo ntse lo tswelela go ithuta go itse Modimo botoka.

11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Re rapelela gape gore lo tladiwe ka nonofo ya one e kgolo e e galalelang gore lo tle lo kgone go tswelela pele le go le mathata, lo tletse boitumelo jwa Morena ka metlha yotlhe,

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

ebile lo leboga ka metlha yotlhe Rara yo o re nonotshitseng go nna le seabe mo dilong tsotlhe tse dintle tse e leng tse ba ba nnang mo Bogosing jwa Lesedi.

13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his (agape) dear Son:

Gonne o re falotshitse ka go re ntsha mo lefifing le mo phifalong ya bogosi jwa ga Satane mme wa re tsenya mo bogosing jwa Morwa One yo o rategang,

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

yo o rekileng kgololo ya rona ka madi a gagwe a bo a itshwarela dibe tsa rona tsotlhe.

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Keresete ke setshwano tota sa Modimo o o sa bonweng ka matlho, O ne a le teng pele ga Modimo o tlhola lobopo lotlhe, mme tota,

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Keresete ka sebele ke mmopi yo o tlhodileng sengwe le sengwe mo legodimong le mo lefasheng, dilo tse re ka di bonang le tse re se ka keng ra di bona; lefatshe la semowa ka dikgosi tse lone le mebuso ya lone, babusi ba lone le maotlana a lone; gotlhe go dirilwe ke Keresete go dirisiwa ke ene mo kgalalelong ya gagwe.

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

O ne a le teng pele ga sengwe le sengwe se simologa, mme gape ke nonofo ya gagwe e e tshwaragantseng sengwe le sengwe.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Ke ene tlhogo ya mmele o o dirilweng ka batho ba gagwe, ke gore, phuthego ya gagwe e a e simolo-tseng; gape ke Moeteledipele wa botlhe ba ba tsogang mo baswing, gore a nne wa ntlha mo dilong tsotlhe;

19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;

gonne Modimo o ne o batla gore gotlhe mo e leng ga one go nne mo go Morwa One.

20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

E ne e le ka ntlha ya se Morwa One a se dirileng, mo Modimo o neng wa betlela sengwe le sengwe tsela ya go tla kwa go one, dilo tsotlhe mo legodimong le mo lefatsheng, gonne loso lwa ga Keresete mo mokgorong lo diretse botlhe kagiso mo Modimong ka madi a gagwe.

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled

Mo go balelwa le lona ba lo kileng lwa ne lo le kgakala thata le Modimo. Lo ne lo le baba ba one, lo o ila ebile lo ne lo kgaogantswe le one ke megopolo ya lona e e bosula le ditiro tsa lona mme le fa go ntse jalo jaanong o lo buseditse mo go one go nna ditsala tsa one.

22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and irreproachable in his sight:

O dirile jaana ka ntlha ya go swa ga mmele wa gagwe wa botho mo mokgorong, mme ka ntlha ya go dira jalo Keresete o lo tlisitse fa pele ga Modimo ka sebele, mme lo eme foo fa pele ga gagwe go se na sepe se se setseng kgatlhanong le lona, go se na sepe se se setseng se a neng a ka se lo omanyetsa;

23 If all of you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which all of you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

se se batlwang fela mo go lona ke gore lo dumele Boammaaruri ka botlalo, lo eme mo go jone lo sa reketle ebile lo nitame, lo nonofile mo Moreneng, lo dumela ka botlalo mo Mafokong a a Molemo gore Jesu o lo swetse, ebile lo sa sute mo go mo ikanyeng go lo boloka. Se mafoko a mantle a a hakgamatsang a a tsileng mo go mongwe le mongwe wa lona mme jaanong a aname le lefatshe lotlhe. Mme nna Paulo, ke na le boitumelo jwa go a bolelela ba bangwe.

24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

Mme bontlha bongwe jwa tiro ya me ke go lo bogela; gape ke a itumela, gonne ke thusa go feleletsa masalela a dipogiso tsa mmele wa ga Keresete, ebong phuthego.

25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the (logos) word of God;

Modimo o nthomile go thusa phuthego ya one, le go lo bolelela lona Badichaba leano la one le le fitlhegileng.

26 Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: (aiōn g165)

Ga o bolo go fitlha bosaitsiweng jo mo dingwageng tse di makgolokgolo le mo dikokomaneng tse di fetileng, mme jaanong kwa bofelong go mo itumedisitse go bo bolelela ba ba o ratang ebile ba o tshelela, mme mahumo le kga-lalelo ya maikaelelo a one ke a lona le Badichaba. Mme bosaitsiweng joo ke jo: gore Keresete mo dipelong tsa lona ke ene fela tsholofelo ya lona ya kgalalelo. (aiōn g165)

27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

Jalo gongwe le gongwe kwa re yang teng re bua kaga Keresete mo go botlhe ba ba tlaa ree-tsang, re ba tlhagisa ebile re ba ruta ka fa re itseng ka teng ka ntlha ya se Keresete a se diretseng mongwe le mongwe wa bone.

29 Unto which I also labour, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

Ke yone tiro ya me e, mme ke ka e dira fela ka ntlha ya gore nonofo e kgolo ya ga Keresete e dira mo go nna.