Makolose 1
1 Paulusi, mu apositola wa Jesu Keresite che tanto ya Ireza, ni Timotea muzwale wetu,
Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy,
2 ku va lumere ni mizwale yi sepahala mwa Keresite vena kwa Makolose. Chisemo chive kwenu, ni koozo izwa kwe Ireza i Shetu.
to the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.
3 Tu ha vuitumero kwa Ireza, Isi wa Simwine we tu Jesu Keresite, mi inako yonse tulaperera inwe.
We always give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you
4 Tuva zuwi ze tumero yenu kwa Keresite Jesu ni ze rato limukwete kwavo vava kauhanyizwa kwe Ireza.
(having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love toward all the saints),
5 Mwina ili lato ivaka lye sepo imulindire ivikirwe nwe kwi wulu. Muva zuwi zeyi sepo ilindirwe piri linzwi lye niti, ivangeli,
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 iyo iva kezi kwenu. Iyi ivangeli i vika misero mi ikwete kukula mu kanda zonse. Ivali kupanga izi ni mwenu vulyo kuzwa he zuva limuva lizuwi ni kulituta kuama ni chishemo che Ireza mu niti.
(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 Iyi nji Ivangeli sina hamu va ilituti iyo kwa Efafarasi, yo sakiwa wetu mutanga, ili yo sepahala muhikana wa Keresite ku mbali yetu.
even as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
8 Efafarasi ave zivahazi kwetu i lato lyenu mu Luhuho.
who also reported to us your love in spirit.
9 Ivaka lyeli i lato, kuzwa he zuva litu va zuwi izi kena tuva siyi kulaperera inwe. Tuvali kukumbira kuti mumwi zuziwe che ngana ya cha saka muvutali vonse ni kutwisiso ya zo luhuho.
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 Tuvali kulapera kuti mumu yende cho kusepahala kwa Simwine mwi zira zi tavisa. Tuvali kulapera kuti mumu vike misero mwi kenzo indotu ni kuti mumu kule mwi ngana ya Ireza.
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 Tulapera muwole kukoziwa muzintu zonse cho kuya cha mata e kanya yakwe muku kwatisisa konse ni kulindira.
being enabled with all capability according to the strength that resides in His glory, for all endurance and steadfastness.
12 Tu lapera kuti mumu sangwe ni kuha vuitumero kwe Shetu, yava mi pangi kuwola kuva ni chivaka muku yola ku va zumina mwi seri.
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 Ava tuhazi kwi kamaiso ye fifi ni kutushimbulwira ku muvuso wa mwanakwe yo sakiwa.
who delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 Ku mwana kwe twina kupulusiwa, ku wonderwa zivi.
in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins.
15 Mwana chi swaniso che Ireza yasa vonwa. Nji we ntazi kuzonse ziva bumbiwa.
He is the visible representation of the invisible God, ‘Firstborn’ over all creation,
16 Kakuli cha kwe zintu zonse ziva vumbiwa, izo zina mumawulu nezo za hansi, zivoneka ni zisa voneki zintu. Kamba zipura kamba vuyendisi kamba mivuso kamba ziho, zintu zonse ziva vumbiwa nji ye mi zakwe.
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 Wina havusu bwezitu zonse, mi kwali zintu zonse zikwatana hamwina.
Yes, He is before all, and in Him all things subsist.
18 Mi nji mutwi wo muviri, i kereke. Nji yena matangiro ni we mweri kuvamwi va fwire, jokuti wina chi vaka cha matangiro muzintu zonse.
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 Kakuli Ireza avali kusangitwe kuti konse kulizuziriza kwa kweke mwali,
because in Him all the Fullness was pleased to dwell
20 ni kuzumizanisa cho mwana zonse zintu kwali mwine. Ireza ivapangi inkozo cha malaha e chifapano chakwe. Ireza ava zumizanisi zintu zonse kwali mwine, kamba zintu hanu hasi kamba zintu mwi wulu.
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 Mi nanwe vulyo, he nako yimwi, muvali muma zwahule kwe Ireza ni zila zakwe mwi ngana ni mwi nkenzo zivi.
So now He has reconciled you as well (you who once were alienated and hostile in your mind because of your wicked works),
22 Kono hanu chava mizumizanisi cho muviri wakwe u voneka che fu. Ava pangi ichi iri kuti a mivonahaze ku jolola, kusa nyazahala, ni kusavi ni vuvi havusu bwakwe,
by His physical body through His death, so as to present you before Him holy and blameless and above reproach—
23 haiva ni mu zwira havusu mwi tumero, kuzakwa ni kukozwa, kusa zwiswa kule ni sepo kuliverera kwe ivageri i muva zuwi. Iyi nje ivangeri iva wambiwa ku muntu yense ya vavumbwa mwi konde lye wulu, Iyi nje ivageri iyo Ime, Paulusi, niva sanduki muhikana.
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 Hanu ni sanga muma sukuluko chenu. Mi ni nyemuna mwi wulu mumu viri wangu chinzi chisa mwina muma sikuluko a Keresite che vaka lyo muviri wakwe, iyo ikereke.
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 Ivaka lyeyi i kereke hanili ni muhikana, cho kuya cha musevezi uzwa kwe Ireza uva hewa kwangu chenu, kwi zuziriza manzwi a Ireza.
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 Iyi nje kunutu ye niti ivali ku patitwe che zirimo zingi ni ku masika. Kono hanu chiye zivahazwa kwavo va zumina kwa li. (aiōn g165)
the secret that has been hidden from past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints; (aiōn g165)
27 Nji kuvali Ireza avali kusaka kwi zivahaza vufumu bwe kanya bwe yi nkunutu mukanti kava Machava. Nji yena zuna Keresite wina mwenu, i nsepo ye nkaya i kezite.
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 U zu njiyena utu wamba. Tu wambira muntu yense, mi tu ruta muntu yense cho vutali vonse, iri kuti tuvonise muntu yense kuva hande mwa Keresite.
whom we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ.
29 Che chi ni seveza ni kukwatisa kuya che ziho zakwe ziseveza mwangu cha mata.
It is to this end that I labor, striving according to His working that works through me with power.
