Colossenes 4
1 Domini, quod iustum est et æquum, servis præstate: scientes quod et vos Dominum habetis in cælo.
Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
2 Orationi instate, vigilantes in ea in gratiarum actione:
Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
3 orantes simul et pro nobis, ut Deus aperiat nobis ostium sermonis ad loquendum mysterium Christi (propter quod etiam vinctus sum)
withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
4 ut manifestem illud ita ut oportet me loqui.
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
5 In sapientia ambulate ad eos, qui foris sunt: tempus redimentes.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
6 Sermo vester semper in gratia sale sit conditus, ut sciatis quomodo oporteat vos unicuique respondere.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
7 Quæ circa me sunt, omnia vobis nota faciet Tychicus charissimus frater, et fidelis minister, et conservus in Domino:
All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:
8 quem misi ad vos ad hoc ipsum ut cognoscat, quæ circa vos sunt, et consoletur corda vestra,
whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;
9 cum Onesimo charissimo, et fideli fratre, qui ex vobis est. Omnia, quæ hic aguntur, nota facient vobis.
together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that [are done] here.
10 Salutat vos Aristarchus concaptivus meus, et Marcus consobrinus Barnabæ, de quo accepistis mandata: si venerit ad vos, excipite illum:
Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him),
11 et Iesus, qui dicitur Iustus: qui sunt ex circumcisione: hi soli sunt adiutores mei in regno Dei, qui mihi fuerunt solatio.
and Jesus that is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only [are my] fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, men that have been a comfort unto me.
12 Salutat vos Epaphras, qui ex vobis est, servus Christi Iesu, semper solicitus pro vobis in orationibus, ut stetis perfecti, et pleni in omni voluntate Dei.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
13 Testimonium enim illi perhibeo quod habet multum laborem pro vobis, et pro iis, qui sunt Laodiciæ, et qui Hierapoli.
For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.
14 Salutat vos Lucas medicus charissimus, et Demas.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
15 Salutate fratres, qui sunt Laodiciæ, et Nympham, et quæ in domo eius est, Ecclesiam.
Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.
16 Et cum lecta fuerit apud vos epistola hæc, facite ut et in Laodicensium Ecclesia legatur: et eam, quæ Laodicensium est, vos legatis.
And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.
17 Et dicite Archippo: Vide ministerium, quod accepisti in Domino, ut illud impleas.
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
18 Salutatio, mea manu Pauli. Memores estote vinculorum meorum. Gratia vobiscum. Amen.
The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
