Colossians 1
1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter to you], and our fellow believer Timothy [is with me]. I am an apostle who represents Christ Jesus, because that is what God wanted.
Njame Paulo, mutumwa wa Klistu Yesu kwelana ne kuyanda kwa Lesa, ndi pamo ne Timoti mwanse wetu,
2 [I am sending this letter] to you who are in Colossae [city], and who are God’s people, and our faithful fellow believers who have a close relationship with Christ. We pray that God our Father will be acting kindly towards you, and that he will cause you to have [inner] peace.
tulalembelenga amwe mwalasalwa ne Lesa mwekala mu Kolose, mobanse mwashoma muli Klistu. Lesa Bata bamuleshe kwina moyo nekumupa lumuno.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Twamupaililangonga, cindi conse tukute kulumbaisha Lesa Baishi, Mwami wetu Yesu Klistu,
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
tulamulumbunga, pakwinga tulanyumfu sha lushomo ndomukute muli Klistu Yesu, kayi lusuno ndomukute ku bantu ba Lesa bonse.
5 You do that because you confidently expect to receive that which God is (reserving/keeping safe) for you in heaven, which you heard about previously when you heard the true message, that is, the message [about Christ].
Lushomo ne lusuno lwenu lwebakwa pabupembeleshi, ubo Lesa mbwamubambila Kwilu, mbomwalatambula mpomwalanyumfwa Mulumbe Waina kwa kacindi cakutanguna, uwo e maswi ancinencine.
6 [People] proclaimed it [PRS] to you, just like [people] have proclaimed it in many different countries [HYP, IDM]. The true message is changing more and more people’s lives, just like it changed your lives because you heard it and you truly experienced that God acts kindly towards us in ways we do not deserve.
Mulumbe Waina ulapitilishingowa kuleta colwe kubantu, kayi ulamwaikilinga mucishi capanshi conse, mbuli ncalesa kuli njamwe pabusuba mbomwalanyumfwishisha ne kwishiba nkumbo sha Lesa.
7 That is just what Epaphras taught you [would happen]. We love Epaphras. He serves Christ together with us and works for Christ faithfully for your benefit.
Mwalaiya ibi bintu kufuma kuli Epafulasi musebenshi munetu wayandika, musebenshi washomeka lasebenselenga Klistu uyo watwimaninako.
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
Ewalatwambila sha lusuno ndolamunyamfwanga Mushimu Uswepa.
9 Because of what we heard about you, we have also been praying [LIT] very often to God for you [HYP], ever since we heard this report about you. We pray that you will truly know all that God wants you to do; that is, that you will become very wise, and that you will understand spiritual matters well.
Ecebo cakendi kufuma pa busuba mpotwalanyumfwa sha makani enu tuliya kuleka kumupaililako. Tulasengengeti Lesa amupe mano ne lwishibo lwesulila lwa Mushimu Uswepa kwambeti mwishibe cena luyando lwakendi.
10 We have been praying like that in order that you will conduct yourselves as the Lord’s people should conduct themselves, in order that you will please the Lord in every way. Specifically, we have been praying like that in order that you will be doing every sort of good deed [IDM] and in order that you will be getting to know God truly, more and more.
Popelapo nimukacikonse kwenda munshila njalayandanga nekumukondwelesha Mwami. Mulenshinga cena muncito shenu shapusana pusana, buyumi bwenu nibukaleshe micito yapusana pusana. lunshibo lwenu lwakwishiba Lesa lukule.
11 And we pray that [God] will greatly strengthen you [spiritually] with the mighty power that he has shown [to people], in order that you will always be steadfast and patient [when you experience difficulties], while [at the same time] you will be rejoicing.
Ndapailingeti Lesa pakusebensesha ngofu sha bulemu bwakendi, amupeko ngofu shapitilila, kwambeti mucikonshe kupita mumakatasho aliwonse kamuli mwatekanya myoyo nekukondwa.
12 And we pray that you will be thanking God our Father, because he has enabled you/us to receive the things that he will give to his people in heaven [SYN].
Lumbaishani Mwami Lesa Bata abo balapesheti mucikonshe kutambula colwe ncabambila bantu mu Bwami bwakendi bulamunikinga.
13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that the evil one no longer rules us [MET, MTY], and he caused us now to be ruled by his Son, whom he loves.
Walatufunya mu ngofu sha mushishe nekututwala mu bwendeleshi bwa Mwanendi ngwasuni.
14 That is, because of our relationship with his Son (OR, because of what the one who is also God did), God has redeemed/bought us; in particular, he has forgiven our sins.
Kupitila mu Mwanendi, Lesa walatupulusha mu bwipishi pakutulekelela bwipishi bwetu bonse.
15 God’s Son reveals perfectly what God, his Father, is like, whom no one can see. God’s Son existed before and ranks above everything that God has created.
Klistu emukoshano wancinencine wa Lesa uyo utaboneke. Nendi eMwanendi wakusomona, ukute bwendeleshi pabilengwa byonse.
16 When God created everything that is on the earth, he did it by having his Son do it. He created everything that [people] can see, and also everything which is in heaven that [people] cannot see. In particular, his Son created all ranks of important spirit beings. [And his Son ranks above everything], because God by the work of had his Son, and because by his Son all things were created {because [God] had his Son create everything} in order that everything might praise his Son,
Kupitila mulyendiye Lesa walalenga byonse byakwilu nebyapa cishi capanshi, mbyotukute kubona ne mbyotutakonsho kubona, mishimu yangofu, ne bendeleshi ne bami Lesa walalenga byonse kupitila mu Mwanendi kayi nibyakendi.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Mwanendi Lesa walikubako myaka yandoba bintu byonse kabitana bibako, mulyendiye byonse byekatana pamo.
18 And [God’s Son ranks above everything], because it is his Son who [rules over his people] [MET] [as a person’s] head [controls his physical] body, because his Son causes his people to live [spiritually]. [God’s Son] is the first one who became alive again, in order that he should become more important than anything and everyone.
Klistu emutwi wa mubungano, emubili wakendi. Klistu emukalo wa buyumi bwa mubili, kayi ekabalabala kupunduka kubafu kwambeti amantemo lubasu lwakutanguna muli byonse.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Lesa walakondwa kwambeti ngofu shakendi shabulesa shibonekele muli Klistu.
20 [God our Father caused his Son to rule us], because he decided to reconcile with himself everything that is on earth and that is in heaven by what his Son did, in order that everything might honor his Son; that is, God our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself as a result of his [Son’s] blood [flowing when he died] on the cross. [The chiastic material is rearranged below so that the directly related propositional clusters are joined together.] 13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that we are no longer ruled by the evil one, and God our Father caused us now to be ruled by his Son (OR, the man who is also God) whom he loves. 14a That is, by means of what his Son did, we have been redeemed by God, our Father. 14b In particular, our sins have been forgiven by God, our Father. 20 God, our Father, has done this because he decided to reconcile to himself, by means of his Son, everything that is on earth and that is in heaven, in order that his Son might be honored; that is, God, our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself by means of God’s Son’s blood [flowing out when he died] on the cross. 15b God cannot be seen by anyone, 15a but his Son reveals perfectly what God—his Father—is like, 19a because it is in his Son that the Father chose 19b that he himself would dwell completely. 15c God’s Son ranks above everything 15d that has been created, 16 because it was by means of God’s Son that God created everything that is on the earth and that can be seen by people, and also everything that is in heaven and that cannot be seen by people. In particular, all types of important spirit beings were created by means of him, since everything has been created by God by means of God’s Son. And his Son ranks above everything, because everything has been created by God, in order that God’s Son might be honored by everything, 17 and because it is he who existed before anything else existed, and since everything is sustained by God by means of God’s Son. 18 And God’s Son ranks above everything because it is he who [rules over all believers, just like a person’s] head [controls his physical body, because he causes all believers to live spiritually]. His Son is the first one who rose from among those who have died, in order that he should become more important than everything and everyone.
Kayi kupitila mu mwanendi, Lesa walayanda kwambeti abike pamo bintu byonse, bya kwilu ne bya pa cishi capashi mulumuno, kupitila mulufu lwapa lusanda lwa Mwanendi.
21 As for you, [although] formerly God [considered you his] enemies (OR, [God considered you] as alienated [from him]) and [although] you were formerly hostile [to God] because you thought evil thoughts and because you did evil deeds,
Mwalikuba mwatalamuka kuli Lesa cebo ca miyeyo yenu ne bintu byaipa mbyomwalikwinsa.
22 nevertheless, God our Father has now reconciled you [with himself. He did that] as a result of his Son dying physically. He did it in order that you should be completely holy when he brings you into his presence.
Nomba pacino cindi kupitila mu Mwanendi uyo walaba muntu ne kufwa. Mulaba banendi Lesa kwambeti amulete kulyendiye, kamuli baswepa babula kampenda nambi kantongo kalikonse.
23 He wants you to continue [DOU] to believe the message about Christ; specifically, he wants you to continue to be stable/steadfast and to continue to confidently expect to receive that which you heard about when you heard that message. That message has been proclaimed {They have proclaimed that message} to people in very many places [HYP]; and I, Paul, also become someone who tells it to people.
Neco kamubani ne lushomo lwayuma kamutaba bantu beshikutenkana pakupembelela kwenu, nkomwalatambula pacindi ncomwalanyumfwa Mulumbe Waina. Ame Paulo, ndemusha pacebo ca Mulumbe Waina uwu ulakambaukwanga pacishi conse.
24 At the present time I am rejoicing that I am suffering for your benefit; that is, I am completing what Christ [decided] that I should suffer physically for the benefit of all believers, [who are as dear to him as] his own body.
Kayi lino ndakondwa kumupengela, pakwinga mapensho akame alanyamfwilishinga kupwisha mapensho a Klistu alashala akupengela mubili wakendi, uwo uli mubungano.
25 I myself became someone who serves God’s people, because I was appointed {[God] appointed me} to be responsible to [help] you [who are non-Jews]. I became one who serves God’s people in order that I should make known to you non-Jews the whole message from/about God.
Neco ndemusha wa mubungano, pakwinga Lesa walampa ncito yakusebensa, incito ya kukambauka mulumbe wakendi wonse.
26 [We did not know this message previously; that is, God] concealed it from [the people who lived in all] the previous ages, but he has now revealed it to his people. (aiōn g165)
Pakwinga ku myaka yandoba, mulumbe uwu nkawalikuba weshibikwa ku muntu uliyense sobwe, nomba pacino cindi ulakambaukwanga ku bantu bakendi. (aiōn g165)
27 That is, God decided to reveal to them this message, which declares that he will greatly bless the non-Jews. Specifically, this message declares that Christ, [by his Spirit], will live in you who are non-Jews, with the result that you confidently expect that you will experience how glorious [God is].
Lesa walayandeti bantu batamwishi beshibe maswi acancine ncine. Maswi abubile bwa bulemu bwakendi ubo bwalikuba bwasolekwa ku bantu bonse. Calikuba casolekwa ico nicakwambeti Klistu uli muli njamwe, kayi ewalamupa kupembelela kwa kwisakutambula bulemu bwakendi Lesa.
28 We tell about Christ [to every class of persons]; we warn them, and specifically, we teach everyone very wisely. We do this in order that every person who (has a close relationship with/is united to) Christ may be (all that God wants them to be/perfect) when we present them to Christ.
Klistu engotulakambaukunga. Tulasebenseshenga mano etu onse kucenjesha ne kwiyisha bantu bonse kwambeti babule kampenda mukwikatana pamo ne Klistu.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
Ecebo cakendi ncondasebenselenga cangofu pakusebensesha ngofu nshondalapewa ne Klistu shilasebensenga mulinjame.
