Leta for Olketa Colossians
1 From Paul, aposol blo Christ Jesus wea God chusim, and brata blo iumi Timothy,+ 2 for olketa holy wan and olketa faithful brata lo Colossae wea wan mind witim Christ.
Mifala laekem for iufala kasem bigfala kaeness* and peace from God, wea hem Dadi blo iumi.
3 Taem mifala prea for iufala, mifala evritaem thankiu lo God wea hem Dadi blo Lord blo iumi, Jesus Christ, 4 from mifala herem story abaotem faith wea iufala garem lo Christ Jesus and love wea iufala showim for olketa holy wan, 5 bikos iufala garem hope for kasem samting wea God markem for iufala lo heven.+ Iufala lane abaotem disfala hope taem iufala herem datfala message abaotem truth, wea hem nao datfala gud nius 6 wea hem kam lo iufala. Datfala gud nius hem grow and garem frut go kasem evri ples lo world,+ and iufala tu followim datwan start lo day wea iufala herem and savve gud lo datfala tru kaeness* blo God. 7 Hem nao samting wea iufala lanem from gudfala fren blo iumi Epaphras,+ wea hem faithful for duim waka blo Christ on behalf lo mifala. 8 Hem storyim lo mifala tu love wea spirit blo God helpem iufala for garem.
9 Hem nao why, start kam lo day wea mifala herem datwan, mifala no stop for prea lo God for iufala+ and askem for hem givim iufala stretfala knowledge+ abaotem will blo hem mekem iufala garem wisdom and wei for minim samting wea kam from holy spirit blo hem,+ 10 mekem laef blo iufala hem fitim pipol wea worshipim Jehovah,* mekem hem savve hapi taem iufala gohed garem olketa frut from evri gudfala waka, and for stretfala knowledge abaotem God hem gohed kamap big,+ 11 and for iufala kasem bigfala paoa from God wea iufala needim+ mekem iufala gohed stand strong and iufala gohed for patient and hapi, 12 taem iufala prea for talem thankiu lo Dadi, wea hem nao mekem iufala fit for share lo inheritance wea hem promisim lo olketa holy wan+ wea stap lo laet.
13 God sevem iumi from datfala paoa blo darkness+ and tekem iumi go insaed kingdom blo Son wea hem lovem, 14 wea bikos lo hem iumi kamap free thru lo ransom* for kasem forgiveness for olketa sin blo iumi.+ 15 Hem image blo datfala God wea no eniwan savve lukim,+ hem firstborn lo evri samting wea God creatim,+ 16 bikos God iusim hem for wakem evri nara samting lo heven and lo earth, olketa samting wea iumi lukim and olketa samting wea iumi no savve lukim,+ olsem olketa ruler, or olketa wea lead or olketa gavman, or olketa wea garem authority. Evri nara samting wea God creatim, God iusim hem for wakem+ and olketa blo hem. 17 And tu, hem stap firstaem lo evri samting,+ and thru lo hem evri nara samting olketa stap, 18 and hem nao hed blo body, datfala kongregeson.+ Hem start blo evri samting, and hem nao first wan wea laef bak,+ mekem hem nao man wea first lo evri samting, 19 bikos God laekem evri samting nao for showaot lo hem,+ 20 and God iusim hem for mekem evri nara samting for fren bak witim Hem,+ mekem peace hem stap between olketa samting lo earth and olketa samting lo heven, thru lo blood+ blo hem wea kapsaet lo post.*
21 Lo bifor, iufala enemy blo God and iufala stap farawe from hem bikos tingting blo iufala hem stap nomoa lo olketa samting wea nogud. 22 Lo distaem hem iusim body blo Christ thru lo dae blo hem for mekem hem and iufala garem peace, mekem hem savve lukim iufala holy and klin and no garem eni blame.+ 23 Bat iufala mas gohed garem tru faith,+ and stap strong lo datfala faondeson+ and no seksek,+ no lusim datfala hope wea iufala kasem taem iufala herem datfala gud nius, wea evriwan lo earth herem finis.+ Mi Paul, mi kamap wanfala wakaman for talemaot datfala gud nius.+
24 Mi gohed hapi distaem nomata mi safa bikos mi safa for helpem iufala,+ and wei wea mi safa olsem wanfala member blo body blo Christ, hem mas gohed yet, from wei wea mi safa bae hem helpem body blo Christ,+ wea hem nao kongregeson.+ 25 Mi kamap wakaman blo disfala kongregeson followim datfala waka+ wea God givim lo mi for helpem iufala for storyim gud word blo God, 26 datfala holy secret+ wea hem haed from olketa wea stap lo olketa taem* bifor.+ Bat distaem hem showimaot datwan lo olketa holy wan blo hem,+ 27 olketa wea God hapi for talem lo olketa, olketa nambawan samting abaotem datfala holy secret wea pipol lo evri kantri tu herem.+ Datfala holy secret hem Christ wea wan mind witim iufala, wea iufala hope for kasem glory witim hem.+ 28 Hem nao man wea iumi preach abaotem. Iumi warnim evri man and iusim evri wisdom for teachim olketa, mekem evri man hia wea iumi givim lo God hem disaepol blo Christ wea olketa mature.+ 29 Mi barava waka hard for duim diswan. Mi traem best blo mi bikos lo bigfala paoa wea God hem givim for waka insaed lo mi.+