Kolose 1

1 Ko au Paula, ko e ʻaposetolo ʻa Sisu Kalaisi ʻi he finangalo ʻoe ʻOtua, mo hoku tehina ko Timote,

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

2 Ki he kāinga māʻoniʻoni mo angatonu ʻia Kalaisi ʻoku ʻi Kolose: Ke ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae ʻaloʻofa, mo e monūʻia, mei he ʻOtua ko ʻetau Tamai pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi.

to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 ‌ʻOku ma fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua ko e Tamai ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻo hūfia maʻu pe ʻakimoutolu,

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

4 Talu ʻema fanongo ki hoʻomou tui kia Kalaisi Sisu, pea mo hoʻomou ʻofa ki he kāinga māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē,

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

5 Koeʻuhi ko e ʻamanaki lelei ʻaia kuo hilifaki ʻi he langi maʻamoutolu, ʻaia naʻa mou fanongo ki ai ʻi muʻa ʻi he lea ʻoe moʻoni ʻoe ongoongolelei;

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

6 ‌ʻAia kuo aʻu atu kiate kimoutolu, pea pehē foki ki māmani kotoa pē; pea ʻoku tupu ai ʻae fua, ʻo hangē foki ko ia ʻiate kimoutolu, talu ʻae ʻaho naʻa mou ongoʻi ʻo ʻilo moʻoni ʻae ʻofa ʻae ʻOtua:

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,

7 ‌ʻO hangē ko ia foki kuo mou ʻilo meia Epafasi, ko homa kaungā tamaioʻeiki ʻofeina, ʻaia ko e faifekau angatonu ʻa Kalaisi kiate kimoutolu;

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

8 ‌ʻAia foki naʻe fakahā kiate kimoua hoʻomou ʻofa ʻi he Laumālie.

who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

9 Pea ko e meʻa ko ia foki, talu ʻae ʻaho naʻa ma fanongo ki ai, ʻoku ʻikai tuku ʻema hūfia ʻakimoutolu, pea mo e holi ke fakafonu ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae ʻilo ki hono finangalo ʻi he poto kotoa pē mo e ʻilo fakalaumālie;

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,

10 Pea ke mou ʻaʻeva ʻo taau mo e ʻEiki ʻo fakafiemālie ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, ke mou fua lahi ʻi he ngāue lelei kotoa pē, pea tupulekina ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua;

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,

11 Pea ke fakamālohi ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae mafai kotoa pē, ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene mālohi lahi ʻaupito, ki he faʻa kātaki kotoa pē mo e kātaki fuoloa ʻi he fiefia;

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

12 ‌ʻO fakafetaʻi ki he Tamai, ʻaia kuo ne ngaohi ʻakitautolu ke tau taau ke kau ʻi he tofiʻa ʻoe kāinga māʻoniʻoni ʻi he maama:

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

13 ‌ʻAia kuo ne fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu mei he mālohi ʻoe poʻuli, pea kuo ne hiki ʻakitautolu ki he puleʻanga ʻo hono ʻAlo ʻofaʻanga:

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

14 ‌ʻAia ʻoku tau maʻu ai ʻae huhuʻi ʻi hono taʻataʻa, ko e fakamolemole ʻoe ngaahi angahala:

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

15 ‌ʻAia ko hono tatau ʻoe ʻOtua taʻehāmai, ko e ʻuluaki fānau ʻi he meʻa fakatupu kotoa pē:

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

16 He naʻe fakatupu ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he langi, pea mo ia ʻoku ʻi māmani, ʻae meʻa hā mai mo e taʻehāmai, pe ko e ngaahi nofoʻa fakaʻeiʻeiki, pe ko e ngaahi ʻeikiʻanga, pe ko e ngaahi pule, pe ko e ngaahi mālohi: naʻe fakatupu ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea naʻe maʻana ia:

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.

17 Pea ʻoku ki muʻa ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻoku tuʻumaʻu ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē.

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

18 Pea ko e ʻulu ia ʻoe sino, ko e siasi: ʻaia ko e kamataʻanga, ko e ʻuluaki tupu mei he mate; koeʻuhi ke māʻolunga taha pe ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē.

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.

19 He naʻe leleiʻia ke nofo ʻae fonu kotoa pē ʻiate ia;

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

20 Pea ʻi he fakamelino ʻaki ʻae taʻataʻa ʻi hono [tutuki ki he ]ʻakau, ke fakalelei ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē kiate ia; ʻiate ia, pe ko ha ngaahi meʻa ʻi māmani, pe ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he langi.

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.

21 Pea ko kimoutolu, naʻe ʻāuhē ko e ngaahi fili ʻi muʻa ʻi loto ʻi he ngaahi ngāue kovi, ka ko eni kuo ne fakalelei...

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

22 ‌ʻI he sino ʻo hono kakano, ʻi he mate, koeʻuhi ke ne ʻatu ʻakimoutolu ʻoku mou māʻoniʻoni mo taʻemele mo taʻevalokiʻia ʻi hono ʻao:

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

23 ‌ʻO kapau te mou tuʻumaʻu ʻi he tui ʻo aka mo tuʻu fakamakatuʻu, pea ʻikai hiki mei he ʻamanaki lelei ʻoe ongoongolelei, ʻaia naʻa mou fanongo, pea naʻe malangaʻaki ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻi lalo langi; ʻaia kuo fakanofo au ko Paula ko e faifekau ʻo ia;

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.

24 Pea ʻoku ou fiefia ni ʻi heʻeku ngaahi mamahi koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, peau fakakakato ʻaia ʻoku toe ʻi he ngaahi mamahi ʻa Kalaisi ʻi hoku kakano koeʻuhi ko hono sino ʻoʻona, ʻaia ko e siasi.

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,

25 ‌ʻAia kuo fakanofo au ko e faifekau ʻo ia, ʻo taau mo e tuʻutuʻuni ʻae ʻOtua naʻe foaki kiate au koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, ke malanga lahi ʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua;

of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me towards you to fulfil the word of God,

26 Ko e meʻa fufū ʻaia naʻe fakalilolilo ki he ngaahi kuonga mo e ngaahi toʻutangata, ka kuo fakahā eni ki heʻene kakai māʻoniʻoni: (aiōn g165)

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

27 ‌ʻAkinautolu ʻoku finangalo ʻae ʻOtua ke fakahā ki ai ʻae koloa ʻoe lelei lahi ʻoe meʻa fakalilolilo ni ki he kakai Senitaile: ko Kalaisi ʻiate kimoutolu, ko e ʻamanaki lelei ki he hakeakiʻi:

to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery amongst the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

28 ‌ʻAia ʻoku mau malangaʻaki, ʻo valoki ʻae tangata kotoa pē, mo akonakiʻi ʻae tangata taau taha ʻi he poto kotoa pē; koeʻuhi ke mau ʻatu ʻae tangata kotoa pē kuo haohaoa ʻia Kalaisi Sisu:

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

29 ‌ʻAe meʻa ko ia ʻoku ou ngāue ai foki, ʻi he fai feinga ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene ngāue, ʻaia ʻoku fai mālohi ʻaupito ʻiate au.

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