1 N a Paora, i paingia nei e te Atua hei apotoro ma Karaiti Ihu, na to tatou teina hoki, na Timoti,

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

2 K i te hunga tapu, ki nga teina whakapono hoki i roto i a te Karaiti, i Korohe: kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa, me te rangimarie, he mea na te Atua, na to tatou Matua.

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

3 T enei matou te whakawhetai atu nei ki te Atua, ara ki te Matua o to tatou Ariki, o Ihu Karaiti, me te inoi tonu ano matou mo koutou,

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

4 N o matou ka rongo nei ki to koutou whakapono ki a Karaiti Ihu, ki to koutou aroha hoki ki te hunga tapu katoa;

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

5 M o te mea e taria atu nei, e takoto mai nei ma koutou i te rangi, ko ta koutou i rongo ai i mua ki te kupu o te pono o te rongopai,

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 K ua tae atu na ki a koutou; kua whai hua hoki a kua nui haere ki te ao katoa, pena hoki i roto i a koutou, no te ra ano i rongo ai, i matau ai koutou ki te aroha noa o te Atua i roto i te pono.

which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

7 I whakaakona atu na hoki koutou ki tena e Epapara, e to matou hoa pononga e arohaina nei; he minita pono nei ia na te Karaiti ki a koutou.

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

8 N ana hoki i whakakite mai ki a matou to koutou aroha i runga i te Wairua.

who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

9 N o konei hoki, mai o te ra i rongo ai matou, Kahore e mutu ta matou karakia me ta matou inoi mo koutou, kia whakakiia koutou ki te mohio ki tana e pai ai, i runga i nga whakaaro nui katoa, i te mahara wairua ano hoki;

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

10 K ia tika ai ta koutou haere, kia rite ai ki ta te Ariki, ahuareka rawa, hua rawa i runga i nga mahi pai katoa, tupu tonu i runga i te mohio ki te Atua;

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 K ia whakanuia te kaha hei whakakaha mo koutou, kia rite ki ta te mana o tona kororia, e u tonu ai, e whakamanawanui ai i runga i te hari;

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12 M e te whakawhetai atu ano ki te Matua, nana nei tatou i whai tikanga ai ki tetahi wahi o te kainga o te hunga tapu i roto i te marama.

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

13 N ana nei tatou i whakaora mai i te kaha o te pouri, a whakawhitia ake tatou e ia ki te rangatiratanga o tana Tama aroha.

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

14 K ei roto nei i a ia to tatou whakaoranga i runga i ona toto, ara te murunga o nga hara.

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

15 K o ia nei te ahua o te Atua e kore nei e kitea atu, ko te whanau matamua o nga mea hanga katoa.

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

16 N ana hoki nga mea katoa i hanga, nga mea i te rangi me nga mea i te whenua, nga mea e kitea ana me nga mea kahore e kitea, ahakoa torona, ahakoa kawanatanga, ahakoa rangatiratanga, ahakoa mana: nana, a mona te hanganga o nga mea katoa.

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

17 N o mua ano hoki ia i nga mea katoa, nana ano hoki nga mea katoa i mau ai;

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

18 K o ia ano te o te tinana, ara o te hahi: ko ia te timatanga, ko te whanau matamua i roto i te hunga mate; kia waiho ai ia hei tuatahi i roto i nga mea katoa.

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 K o ta te Matua tera i pai ai, kia noho te huanga o nga mea katoa ki roto ki a ia;

For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;

20 K ia ma roto ai i a ia he houhanga rongo mo nga mea katoa ki a ia, kua mau nei i a ia te rongo i nga toto o tona ripeka; ae ra ma roto i a ia, ahakoa he mea no te whenua, ahakoa he mea no te rangi.

and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

21 M e koutou hoki he tangata ke i mua, he hoariri te hinengaro i nga mahi kino, na kua meinga nei e ia kia houhia ta koutou rongo,

And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

22 I runga i te tinana o tona kikokiko, he mea na te mate; mo koutou ano kia tapaea atu ki tona aroaro, he hunga tapu, kahore nei he koha, kahore he he;

yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

23 K i te pumau koutou ki te whakapono, u tonu, mau tonu, te taea te whakaneke atu i te tumanako ki ta te rongopai i rongo ai koutou, kua kauwhautia atu nei ki nga mea hanga katoa i raro o te rangi: mo reira nei ahau, a Paora, i meinga ai hei minita.

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

24 T enei ahau te hari nei ki oku mamae mo koutou, ka kapi hoki i oku kikokiko nga mate o te Karaiti kahore ano i rite noa, hei ea mo tona tinana, ara mo te hahi;

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 church;

25 M o reira nei ahau i meinga ai hei minita, rite tonu ki ta te Atua tikanga ki a koutou i homai nei ki ahau, kia whakapaua te kauwhau o te kupu a te Atua,

whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

26 O te mea ngaro i huna i era wa noa atu, i era whakatupuranga; a kua whakakitea inaianei ki tana hunga tapu,

even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

27 H e meatanga na te Atua, kia whakaaturia ki a ratou te taonga nui o te kororia o tenei mea ngaro ki roto ki nga Tauiwi, ara a te Karaiti i roto i a koutou, e tumanako atu ai ki te kororia:

to whom God was pleased to 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 E kauwhautia nei e matou, me te whakatupato i nga tangata katoa, me te whakaako i nga tangata katoa i runga i nga whakaaro mohio katoa, kia tapaea atu ai e matou nga tangata katoa, he mea tino tika i roto i a Karaiti Ihu:

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

29 K o taku tenei e uaua nei, e tohe nei i runga i tana mahinga e kaha nei te mahi i roto i ahau.

whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.