Colossians 1

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

Poul, apostle of `Crist Jhesu, bi the wille of God,

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.

and Tymothe, brother, to hem that ben at Colose, hooli and feithful britheren in Crist Jhesu,

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

grace and pees to you of God oure fadir and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. We don thankyngis to God, and to the fader of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, euermore preiynge for you, herynge youre feith in Crist Jhesu,

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

and the loue that ye han to alle hooli men,

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

for the hope that is kept to you in heuenes. Which ye herden in the word of treuthe of the gospel,

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,

that cam to you, as also it is in al the world, and makith fruyt, and wexith, as in you, fro that dai in which ye herden and knewen the grace of God in treuthe.

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

As ye lerneden of Epafras, oure felawe most dereworthe, which is a trewe mynystre of Jhesu Crist for you;

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

which also schewide to vs youre louyng in spirit.

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,

Therfor we fro the dai in which we herden, ceessen not to preye for you, and to axe, that ye be fillid with the knowing of his wille in al wisdom and goostli vndurstondyng;

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,

that ye walke worthili to God plesynge bi alle thingis, and make fruyt in al good werk, and wexe in the science of God,

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

and ben coumfortid in al vertu bi the miyt of his clerenesse, in al pacience and long abiding with ioye,

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

that ye do thankyngis to God and to the fadir, which made you worthi in to the part of eritage of hooli men in liyt.

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

Which delyueride vs fro the power of derknessis, and translatide in to the kyngdom of the sone of his louyng,

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

in whom we han ayenbiyng and remyssioun of synnes.

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

Which is the ymage of God vnuysible, the first bigetun of ech creature.

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.

For in hym alle thingis ben maad, in heuenes and in erthe, visible and vnuysible, ether trones, ether dominaciouns, ether princehodes, ethir poweris, alle thingis ben maad of nouyt bi hym, and in hym,

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

and he is bifor alle, and alle thingis ben in hym.

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.

And he is heed of the bodi of the chirche; which is the bigynnyng and the firste bigetun of deede men, that he holde the firste dignyte in alle thingis.

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

For in hym it pleside al plente to inhabite,

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.

and bi hym alle thingis to be recounselid in to hym, and made pees bi the blood of his cros, tho thingis that ben in erthis, ether that ben in heuenes.

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

And whanne ye weren sumtyme aliened, and enemyes bi wit in yuele werkis,

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,

now he hath recounselid you in the bodi of his fleisch bi deth, to haue you hooli, and vnwemmyd, and with out repreef bifor hym.

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.

If netheles ye dwellen in the feith, foundid, and stable, and vnmouable fro the hope of the gospel that ye han herd, which is prechid in al creature that is vndur heuene. Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre,

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,

and now Y haue ioye in passioun for you, and Y fille tho thingis that failen of the passiouns of Crist in my fleisch, for his bodi, that is the chirche.

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,

Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre bi the dispensacioun of God, that is youun to me in you, that Y fille the word of God,

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

the priuyte, that was hid fro worldis and generaciouns. But now it is schewid to his seyntis, (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.

to whiche God wold make knowun the richessis of the glorie of this sacrament in hethene men, which is Crist in you, the hope of glorie.

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

Whom we schewen, repreuynge ech man, and techinge `ech man in al wisdom, that we offre ech man perfit in Crist Jhesu.

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

In which thing also Y trauele in stryuynge bi the worching of hym, that he worchith in me in vertu.