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Ako si Pablo nga nangin apostol ni Cristo Jesus suno sa kabubut-on sang Dios. Ako kag si Timoteo nga aton utod kay Cristo nagapangamusta sa inyo dira sa Colosas, kamo nga mga katawhan sang Dios kag matutom nga mga utod kay Cristo.

Kabay pa nga mabaton ninyo ang bugay[a] kag paghidaet[b] halin sa Dios nga aton Amay.

Ang Pangamuyo ni Pablo Para sa mga Taga-Colosas

Kada pangamuyo namon para sa inyo nagapasalamat kami permi sa Dios nga Amay sang aton Ginoong Jesu-Cristo. Kay nabalitaan namon nga malig-on ang inyo pagtuo kay Cristo Jesus kag dako ang inyo paghigugma sa tanan nga katawhan sang Dios. Amo kamo sina tungod kay nagapaabot man kamo sang inyo ginalauman nga ginatigana para sa inyo didto sa langit. Ini nga paglaom nabatian na ninyo sang una sang pag-abot sa inyo sang kamatuoran, nga amo ang Maayong Balita. Kag ang Maayong Balita nga ini padayon nga nagalapnag kag nagauswag sa kalibutan. Kag amo man sa inyo, halin sang tion nga nabatian ninyo kag naintiendihan ang kamatuoran parte sa bugay sang Dios. Gintudlo ini sa inyo ni Epafras. Palangga namon siya kag kapareho namon nga alagad ni Cristo. Ginpakadto namon siya dira bilang amon salili[c] kag masaligan siya nga alagad. Siya amo ang nagsugid sa amon nga mahigugmaon kamo tungod sa gugma nga ginhatag sa inyo sang Espiritu Santo.

Gani halin sang pagkabati namon parte sa inyo, permi kami nagapangamuyo para sa inyo. Nagapakitluoy kami sa Dios nga hatagan kamo sang iya Espiritu sang tanan nga kaalam kag pag-intiendi agod mahibaluan ninyo sing bug-os kon ano ang iya kabubut-on para sa inyo. 10 Paagi sini, magakabuhi kamo nga maluyagan sang Ginoo, nga makahatag sing kalipay sa iya. Kag mahimo man ninyo permi ang maayo, kag madugangan pa gid ang inyo ihibalo parte sa Dios. 11 Kay palig-unon kamo sang Dios paagi sa iya makatilingala nga gahom, agod nga bisan ano ang matabo makaantos kamo nga may kalipay. 12 Kag makapasalamat kamo sa Amay tungod nga ginhimo niya kamo nga takos sa pagbaton sang palanublion nga para sa iya mga katawhan, ang palanublion nga ara sa ginharian sang kasanag. 13 Kay ginluwas niya kita halin sa gahom sang kadudulman kag ginsaylo niya kita sa ginharian sang iya hinigugma nga Anak. 14 Paagi sa iya Anak gintubos niya kita, nga ang buot silingon, ginpatawad na niya ang aton mga sala.

Kon Sin-o si Cristo kag Kon Ano ang Iya Ginhimo

15 Si Cristo amo gid ang kaangay sang indi makita nga Dios, kag siya ang makagagahom sa tanan. 16 Kay paagi sa iya kag para sa iya ginhimo sang Dios ang tanan nga butang sa langit kag sa duta, indi lang ang makita kundi pati man ang indi makita, pareho sa bisan ano nga mga espiritu nga may awtoridad ukon may gahom, mga espiritu nga nagapangulo ukon nagahari. 17 Sa wala pa mahimo ang bisan ano nga butang si Cristo ara na, kag paagi sa iya, ang tanan nga butang nahamtang sa ila husto nga lugar. 18 Siya ang ulo sang iglesya[d] nga amo ang iya lawas. Siya ang nauna, ang una nga nabanhaw[e] sa pagpakilala nga siya amo gid ang pinakauna sa tanan. 19 Kay gusto sang Dios nga Amay nga ang iya pagka-Dios makita tanan kay Cristo. 20 Kag paagi kay Cristo mapabalik sang Dios ang iya maayo nga relasyon sa tanan nga iya ginhimo, sa langit kag diri sa duta. Ginhimo niya ini paagi sa dugo[f] ni Cristo sa krus.

21 Sang una malayo kamo sa Dios, kag tungod sa inyo malaot nga mga hunahuna kag mga hinimuan nangin kaaway kamo sang Dios. 22 Pero karon ginpabalik na kamo sang Dios sa iya kaugalingon paagi sa kamatayon sang tawhanon nga lawas ni Cristo. Karon madala na kamo sa iya presensya nga wala na sing sala, matinlo, kag wala na sing kasawayan. 23 Pero kinahanglan nga magpadayon kamo nga malig-on kag matutom sa inyo pagtuo kag indi gid ninyo pagdulaon ang paglaom nga inyo nabatian halin sa Maayong Balita nga ginawali sa bug-os nga kalibutan. Kag ako, si Pablo, nangin alagad sa pagwali sa sining Maayong Balita.

Ang Buluhaton ni Pablo Para sa mga Tumuluo

24 Karon malipayon ako sa akon mga pag-antos para sa inyo. Kay paagi sa akon lawasnon nga mga pag-antos nagabulig ako nga matapos ang mga pag-antos ni Cristo para sa kaayuhan sang iya lawas nga amo ang iglesya. 25 Ginhimo ako sang Dios nga alagad para sa mga tumuluo, kag ang buluhaton nga iya ginhatag sa akon amo ang pagsugid sang kabug-usan sang iya pulong sa inyo nga mga indi Judio. 26 Ini nga pulong sang Dios amo ang iya tinago nga plano nga wala niya ginsugid sang una, pero subong ginsugid na niya sa aton nga iya mga katawhan. 27 Suno sa iya plano, gusto niya nga kita subong makahibalo na kon ano katahom sang iya plano nga gintigana niya para sa tanan nga lahi sang tawo. Kag ina nga tinago nga plano amo nga si Cristo mangin ara sa inyo. Kag tungod nga si Cristo ara na sa inyo, may paglaom kamo nga mangin matahom gid ang inyo kahimtangan sa palaabuton. 28 Amo ini nga ginawali namon si Cristo sa tanan nga tawo. Ginapaandaman namon kag ginatudluan ang tanan paagi sa kamatuoran agod madala namon sila sa Dios nga wala sing kasawayan sa ila paghiusa kay Cristo. 29 Agod mahimo ko ini nagapangabudlay gid ako, kag ang gahom ni Cristo amo ang nagapabaskog sa akon.

Footnotes

  1. 1:2 bugay: ukon, pagpakamaayo.
  2. 1:2 paghidaet: ukon, maayo nga kahimtangan.
  3. 1:7 salili: sa English, representative.
  4. 1:18 iglesya: Tan-awa ang Lista sang mga Pulong sa likod.
  5. 1:18 una nga nabanhaw: nga wala na napatay liwat.
  6. 1:20 dugo: buot silingon, kamatayon.

Paul, an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) and Timothy(C) our brother,

To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters[a] in Christ:

Grace(D) and peace to you from God our Father.[b](E)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

We always thank God,(F) the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love(G) you have for all God’s people(H) the faith and love that spring from the hope(I) stored up for you in heaven(J) and about which you have already heard in the true message(K) of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit(L) and growing throughout the whole world(M)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it from Epaphras,(N) our dear fellow servant,[c] who is a faithful minister(O) of Christ on our[d] behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.(P)

For this reason, since the day we heard about you,(Q) we have not stopped praying for you.(R) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will(S) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[e](T) 10 so that you may live a life worthy(U) of the Lord and please him(V) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(W) 11 being strengthened with all power(X) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,(Y) 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father,(Z) who has qualified you[f] to share in the inheritance(AA) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.(AB) 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(AC) and brought us into the kingdom(AD) of the Son he loves,(AE) 14 in whom we have redemption,(AF) the forgiveness of sins.(AG)

The Supremacy of the Son of God

15 The Son is the image(AH) of the invisible God,(AI) the firstborn(AJ) over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created:(AK) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;(AL) all things have been created through him and for him.(AM) 17 He is before all things,(AN) and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head(AO) of the body, the church;(AP) he is the beginning and the firstborn(AQ) from among the dead,(AR) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased(AS) to have all his fullness(AT) dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile(AU) to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,(AV) by making peace(AW) through his blood,(AX) shed on the cross.

21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies(AY) in your minds(AZ) because of[g] your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled(BA) you by Christ’s physical body(BB) through death to present you(BC) holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation(BD) 23 if you continue(BE) in your faith, established(BF) and firm, and do not move from the hope(BG) held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,(BH) and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.(BI)

Paul’s Labor for the Church

24 Now I rejoice(BJ) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,(BK) for the sake of his body, which is the church.(BL) 25 I have become its servant(BM) by the commission God gave me(BN) to present to you the word of God(BO) in its fullness— 26 the mystery(BP) that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known(BQ) among the Gentiles the glorious riches(BR) of this mystery, which is Christ in you,(BS) the hope of glory.

28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing(BT) and teaching everyone with all wisdom,(BU) so that we may present everyone fully mature(BV) in Christ. 29 To this end I strenuously(BW) contend(BX) with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.(BY)

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 4:15.
  2. Colossians 1:2 Some manuscripts Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
  3. Colossians 1:7 Or slave
  4. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your
  5. Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
  6. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
  7. Colossians 1:21 Or minds, as shown by

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.