Colossians 1

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

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

Ki 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 which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Tenei 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 and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

No matou ka rongo nei ki to koutou whakapono ki a Karaiti Ihu, ki to koutou aroha hoki ki te hunga tapu katoa;

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

Mo 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,

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

Kua 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, 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:

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.

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

Nana 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.

No 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 for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Kia 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;

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

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

Me 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, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

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

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

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

Ko 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 every creature:

Nana 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 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:

No mua ano hoki ia i nga mea katoa, nana ano hoki nga mea katoa i mau ai;

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

Ko 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.

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

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

Kia 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, 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.

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

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;

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

Ki 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 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;

Tenei 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;

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:

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

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 from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

He 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 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:

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

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

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