1:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς
Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei , et Timotheus frater :
እምጳውሎስ ሐዋርያሁ ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በፈቃደ እግዚአብሔር ወጢሞቴዎስ እኁነ ለቅዱሳን እለ ውስተ ቈላስይስ ወምእመናን አኀዊነ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ።
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ τοῖς ἐν Κολοσσαῖς ἁγίοις καὶ πιστοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ · χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν .
eis , qui sunt Colossis , sanctis , et fidelibus fratribus in Christo Jesu .
ሰላም ለክሙ ወጸጋ እግዚአብሔር አቡነ ወእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ።
to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν προσευχόμενοι ,
Gratia vobis , et pax a Deo Patre nostro , et Domino Jesu Christo . Gratias agimus Deo , et Patri Domini nostri Jesu Christi semper pro vobis orantes :
ነአኵቶ ለእግዚአብሔር አቡሁ ለእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ዘልፈ በእንቲኣክሙ ።
We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
1:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀκούσαντες τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχετε εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους
audientes fidem vestram in Christo Jesu , et dilectionem quam habetis in sanctos omnes
ወንጼሊ እምአመ ሰማዕነ ሃይማኖተክሙ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወዘከመ ታፈቅርዎሙ ለኵሎሙ ቅዱሳን ።
having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,
1:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα τὴν ἀποκειμένην ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς , ἣν προηκούσατε ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
propter spem , quae reposita est vobis in caelis : quam audistis in verbo veritatis Evangelii :
በእንተ ተስፋክሙ ዘሥዩም ለክሙ በሰማያት ዘአቅደምክሙ ሰሚዐ በቃለ ጽድቅ ትምህርተ ወንጌል ።
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
1:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ τοῦ παρόντος εἰς ὑμᾶς , καθὼς καὶ ἐν παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἐστὶν καρποφορούμενον καὶ αὐξανόμενον καθὼς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν , ἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέρας ἠκούσατε καὶ ἐπέγνωτε τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ·
quod pervenit ad vos , sicut et in universo mundo est , et fructificat , et crescit sicut in vobis , ex ea die , qua audistis , et cognovistis gratiam Dei in veritate ,
ዘበጽሐ ኀቤክሙ ከመ በኵሉ ዓለም ይፍረይ ወይሥመር በላዕሌክሙ እምአመ ሰማዕክሙ ወርኢክሙ ጸጋ እግዚአብሔር በጽድቅ ።
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,
1:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ καθὼς ἐμάθετε ἀπὸ Ἐπαφρᾶ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ συνδούλου ἡμῶν , ὅς ἐστιν πιστὸς ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διάκονος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ,
sicut didicistis ab Epaphra carissimo conservo nostro , qui est fidelis pro vobis minister Christi Jesu ,
ዘተመሀርክሙ በኀበ ኤጳፍራስ እኁነ ላእከ ዚኣነ ምእመን በክርስቶስ ዘይትለአክ በእንቲኣክሙ ።
even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
1:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι .
qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in spiritu .
ወውእቱ ነገረነ ተፋቅሮተክሙ በመንፈስ ።
who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
1:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς , ἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέρας ἠκούσαμεν , οὐ παυόμεθα ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν προσευχόμενοι καὶ αἰτούμενοι ἵνα πληρωθῆτε τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ συνέσει πνευματικῇ ,
Ideo et nos ex qua die audivimus , non cessamus pro vobis orantes , et postulantes ut impleamini agnitione voluntatis ejus , in omni sapientia et intellectu spiritali :
ወበእንተዝ ንሕነሂ እምአመ ሰማዕነ ዜናክሙ ኢኀደግነ ጸልዮ በእንቲኣክሙ ወስኢለ ከመ ትፈጽሙ አእምሮ ፈቃዱ ለእግዚአብሔር በኵሉ ጥበብ ወበኵሉ ምክረ መንፈስ ።
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,
1:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ περιπατῆσαι ἀξίως τοῦ κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν ἀρεσκείαν , ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καρποφοροῦντες καὶ αὐξανόμενοι τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ ,
ut ambuletis digne Deo per omnia placentes : in omni opere bono fructificantes , et crescentes in scientia Dei :
ከመ ትሑሩ በዘይደልወክሙ ለኀበ እግዚአብሔር ወበኵሉ ታድልዉ ሎቱ በኵሉ ምግባረ ሠናይ እንዘ ትፈርዩ ወትሠምሩ በጥበበ አእምሮ እግዚአብሔር ።
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,
1:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει δυναμούμενοι κατὰ τὸ κράτος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ εἰς πᾶσαν ὑπομονὴν καὶ μακροθυμίαν , μετὰ χαρᾶς
in omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatis ejus , in omni patientia et longanimitate cum gaudio ,
ወእንዘ ትጸንዑ በኵሉ ኀይል ወበጽንዐ ስብሐቲሁ በኵሉ ትዕግሥት ወበተስፋ ወበፍሥሓ ።
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
1:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ πατρὶ τῷ ἱκανώσαντι ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν μερίδα τοῦ κλήρου τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ φωτί ·
gratias agentes Deo Patri , qui dignos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctorum in lumine :
አእኵትዎ ለእግዚአብሔር አብ ዘረሰየነ ድልዋነ ለመክፈልተ ርስቶሙ ለቅዱሳን በብርሃን ።
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
1:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὃς ἐρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ σκότους καὶ μετέστησεν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ ,
qui eripuit nos de potestate tenebrarum , et transtulit in regnum filii dilectionis suae ,
ወአድኀነነ እምኵነኔ ጽልመት ወአግብአነ ውስተ መንግሥተ ወልዱ ፍቁሩ ።
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,
1:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν , τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ·
in quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem ejus , remissionem peccatorum :
ዘቦቱ ረከብነ መድኀኒተ ወተኀድገ ለነ ኀጢአትነ ።
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.
1:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου , πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως ,
qui est imago Dei invisibilis , primogenitus omnis creaturae :
ዘውእቱ አምሳሊሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ዘኢያስተርኢ በኵሩ ዘላዕለ ኵሉ ተግባሩ ።
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
1:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς , τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα , εἴτε θρόνοι εἴτε κυριότητες εἴτε ἀρχαὶ εἴτε ἐξουσίαι · τὰ πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν ἔκτισται ,
quoniam in ipso condita sunt universa in caelis , et in terra , visibilia , et invisibilia , sive throni , sive dominationes , sive principatus , sive potestates : omnia per ipsum et in ipso creata sunt :
እስመ ቦቱ ኵሎ ፈጠረ ዘበሰማይኒ ወዘበምድርኒ ዘያስተርኢ ወዘኢያስተርኢ እመኒ መናብርት ወእመኒ አጋእዝት ወእመኒ መኳንንት ወእመኒ ቀደምት ኵሉ ዘኮነ በእዴሁ ወኵሉ ቦቱ ተፈጥረ ።
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.
1:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν .
et ipse est ante omnes , et omnia in ipso constant .
ወውእቱ ህልው እምቅድመ ኵሉ ወኵሉ ቦቱ ቆመ ።
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
1:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος , τῆς ἐκκλησίας · ὅς ἐστιν ἀρχή , πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν , ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων ,
Et ipse est caput corporis Ecclesiae , qui est principium , primogenitus ex mortuis : ut sit in omnibus ipse primatum tenens :
ወውእቱ ርእሳ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን እስመ ውእቱ በኵር ቀደመ እምኵሎሙ ምዉታን ተንሥኦ ከመ ይኩን ውእቱ ርእሰ ለኵሉ ።
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.
1:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησεν πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι
quia in ipso complacuit , omnem plenitudinem inhabitare :
እስመ ሠምረ ቦቱ ፍጹመ ኵሉ ይኅድር ላዕሌሁ ።
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
1:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ δι’ αὐτοῦ ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα εἰς αὐτόν , εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ αὐτοῦ , δι’ αὐτοῦ εἴτε τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἴτε τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς .
et per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum , pacificans per sanguinem crucis ejus , sive quae in terris , sive quae in caelis sunt .
ወቦቱ ይሣሀሎ ለኵሉ ወገብረ ሰላመ በደመ መስቀሉ ለዘበሰማይ ወለዘበምድር ።
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.
1:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ὑμᾶς ποτε ὄντας ἀπηλλοτριωμένους καὶ ἐχθροὺς τῇ διανοίᾳ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς , νυνὶ δὲ ἀποκατήλλαξεν
Et vos cum essetis aliquando alienati , et inimici sensu in operibus malis :
ወአንትሙሂ ትካት ፀሩ ወነኪሩ በልብክሙ ወበእከየ ምግባሪክሙ ።
You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,
1:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐν τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ θανάτου , παραστῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους καὶ ἀνεγκλήτους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ ,
nunc autem reconciliavit in corpore carnis ejus per mortem , exhibere vos sanctos , et immaculatos , et irreprehensibiles coram ipso :
ወይእዜሰ ተሣሀለክሙ በነፍስተ ሥጋሁ ወበሞቱ ከመ ይረሲክሙ ቅዱሳነ ወንጹሓነ ወኅሩያነ ለቅድሜሁ ።
yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
1:23 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἴγε ἐπιμένετε τῇ πίστει τεθεμελιωμένοι καὶ ἑδραῖοι καὶ μὴ μετακινούμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ εὐαγγελίου οὗ ἠκούσατε , τοῦ κηρυχθέντος ἐν πάσῃ κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν , οὗ ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ Παῦλος διάκονος .
si tamen permanetis in fide fundati , et stabiles , et immobiles a spe Evangelii , quod audistis , quod praedicatum est in universa creatura , quae sub caelo est , cujus factus sum ego Paulus minister .
ወለእመ ጸናዕክሙ እንከ በሃይማኖት እንዘ ታጠብዑ ወኢያንቀለቅል ድደ መሠረትክሙ እምተስፋ ትምህርተ ወንጌል ዘሰማዕክሙ ከመ ተሰብከ በኵሉ ዓለም ዘመትሐተ ሰማይ ዘሎቱ ተሠየምኩ አነ ጳውሎስ ዐዋዴ ወላእከሂ ።
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 was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
1:24 ⧉ ⤴︎ Νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς παθήμασιν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν , καὶ ἀνταναπληρῶ τὰ ὑστερήματα τῶν θλίψεων τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ , ὅ ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία ,
Qui nunc gaudeo in passionibus pro vobis , et adimpleo ea quae desunt passionum Christi , in carne mea pro corpore ejus , quod est Ecclesia :
ወይእዜኒ እትፌሣሕ በሕማምየ ወእፌጽም ታሕጻጸ ሕማሙ ለክርስቶስ በሥጋየ በእንተ ሥጋሁ እንተ ይእቲ ቤተ ክርስቲያኑ ።
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,
1:25 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἧς ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ διάκονος κατὰ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι εἰς ὑμᾶς πληρῶσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ,
cujus factus sum ego minister secundum dispensationem Dei , quae data est mihi in vos , ut impleam verbum Dei :
እንተ ላቲ ተሠየምኩ አነ ላእከ በሥርዐተ እግዚአብሔር ዘወሀበኒ በእንቲኣክሙ ።
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,
1:26 ⧉ ⤴︎ τὸ μυστήριον τὸ ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γενεῶν νῦν δὲ ἐφανερώθη τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ ,
mysterium , quod absconditum fuit a saeculis , et generationibus , nunc autem manifestatum est sanctis ejus ,
ከመ እፈጽም ቃለ እግዚአብሔር ወምክሮ ዘኅቡእ እምቅድመ ዓለም ወዘእንበለ ይትፈጠር ሰብእ ።
the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
1:27 ⧉ ⤴︎ οἷς ἠθέλησεν ὁ θεὸς γνωρίσαι τί τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τοῦ μυστηρίου τούτου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν , ὅς ἐστιν Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν , ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς δόξης ,
quibus voluit Deus notas facere divitias gloriae sacramenti hujus in gentibus , quod est Christus , in vobis spes gloriae ,
ወይእዜሰ አስተርአዮሙ ለቅዱሳኒሁ ለእለ ፈቀደ እግዚአብሔር ይክሥት ሎሙ ብዕለ ስብሐቲሁ ለዝንቱ ምክሩ በላዕለ አሕዛብ እስመ ውእቱ ክርስቶስ ዘየኀድር ላዕሌክሙ ተስፋ ስብሐቲነ ።
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.
1:28 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὃν ἡμεῖς καταγγέλλομεν νουθετοῦντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ διδάσκοντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ , ἵνα παραστήσωμεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον τέλειον ἐν Χριστῷ ·
quem nos annuntiamus , corripientes omnem hominem , et docentes omnem hominem , in omni sapientia , ut exhibeamus omnem hominem perfectum in Christo Jesu :
ዘንሜህር ንሕነ ወንጼውዕ ኀቤሁ ወንጌሥጽ ኵሎ ሰብአ ወንነግር ግብሮ በኵሉ ጥበብ ከመ ይቁም ኵሉ ሰብእ ፍጹመ በሃይማኖተ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ።
We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
1:29 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰς ὃ καὶ κοπιῶ ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν δυνάμει .
in quo et laboro , certando secundum operationem ejus , quam operatur in me in virtute .
ዘበእንቲኣሁ እሰርሕ ወእትጋደል በከመ ረድኤቱ ዘይረድአኒ በኀይሉ ።
for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.