Aramaic NT Parallel English Translations

 1:1 ¶ PAULOS, an apostle of Jeshu the Meshiha by the will of Aloha, and the brother Timotheos,

 1:1 PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, and Timothy a brother,

 1:2 to those who are in Kulosos, the holy brethren and believers in Jeshu Meshiha: peace be with you, and grace from Aloha our Father.

 1:2 to them who are at Colosse, the brethren, holy and believing in Jesus the Messiah: peace be with you, and grace from God our Father.

 1:3 We give thanks to Aloha the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha in all time, and pray on your behalf,

 1:3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, at all times, and pray for you;

 1:4 even from our hearing of your faith in Jeshu Meshiha, and of your love to all the saints;

 1:4 lo, ever since we heard of your faith in Jesus the Messiah, and of your love to all the saints;

 1:5 for the hope which is kept for you in heaven, which at the first you heard through the word of the truth of the gospel,

 1:5 because of the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of truth of the gospel;

 1:6 which is preached to you, as also to all the world, and increaseth and giveth fruits, as also in you from the day that you heard, and knew the grace of Aloha in truth,

 1:6 which is announced to you, as also to all the world; and which groweth and yieldeth fruits, as it doth also among you from the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in reality:

 1:7 as you learned from Epaphra our beloved companion, who is himself for you a faithful minister of the Meshiha,

 1:7 as ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of the Messiah;

 1:8 and who hath made known to us your love, which is in the Spirit.

 1:8 and who hath made known to us your love in the Spirit.

 1:9 ¶ ON account of this also we, from the day that we heard, have not ceased to pray for you, and to supplicate that you may be filled with the knowledge of the will of Aloha in all wisdom and in all spiritual understanding,

 1:9 Therefore we also, from the day we heard [of it], have not ceased to pray for you; and to ask that ye may be filled with a knowledge of the good pleasure of God, in all wisdom, and in all spiritual understanding;

 1:10 and may walk according to that which is just, and may please Aloha in all good works, and may yield fruit, and increase in the knowledge of Aloha;

 1:10 that ye may walk as is right, and may please God with all good works, and may yield fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God;

 1:11 and in all power be empowered according to the greatness of his glory in all patience and prolongedness of spirit:

 1:11 and may be strengthened with all strength, according to the greatness of his glory, in all patience and long suffering;

 1:12 and with joy may give thanks to Aloha the Father, who hath fitted us for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light,

 1:12 and may, with joy, give thanks to God the Father, who hath fitted us for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;

 1:13 and hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

 1:13 and hath rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son;

 1:14 in whom we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins:

 1:14 by whom we have redemption and remission of sins:

 1:15 who is the image of Aloha the unseen, and the first-born of all the creatures.

 1:15 who is the likeness of the invisible God, and the first-born of all creatures:

 1:16 And by him was every thing created that is in heaven and in earth; all that is seen, and all that is unseen, whether thrones or dominions, or princes or powers; all things by his hand and through him were created;

 1:16 and by him was created every thing that is in heaven and on earth, all that is seen and all that is unseen, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or sovereignties; every thing was through him, and was created by him:

 1:17 and he is before all, and every thing by him subsisteth.

 1:17 and he was prior to all, and by him every thing exists.

 1:18 And he is the head of the body of the church, (he) who is the chief and first-born from among the dead, that he should be preeminent in all.

 1:18 And he is the head of the body the church; as he is the head and first-born from among the dead, that he might be the first in all things.

 1:19 For in him (the Father) hath willed all fulness to dwell;

 1:19 For it pleased [the Father], that in him all fullness should dwell;

 1:20 and by him to reconcile all things to himself, and to make peace through the blood of his cross, (even) by him, whether they be inhabitants in earth or in heaven.

 1:20 and by him, to reconcile all things to himself; and through him, he hath pacified, with the blood of his cross, both [those] on earth and those in heaven.

 1:21 ¶ YOU also, who before were aliens and adversaries in your minds by your evil works,

 1:21 And also to you, who were before alienated and enemies in your minds, because of your evil deeds,

 1:22 hath he reconciled now in the body of his flesh and through his death, to constitute you saints before him without spot and without blame;

 1:22 to you, he hath now given peace, by the body of his flesh, and by his death; that he might establish you in his presence, holy, without blemish, and without offence;

 1:23 if you continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and be not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, and which is proclaimed to every creature who is under heaven, of which I, Paulos, am made a minister.

 1:23 provided ye continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and ye be not removed from the hope of the gospel; of which ye have heard, that it is proclaimed in all the creation beneath heaven; of which [gospel] I Paul am a minister.

 1:24 I rejoice in the sufferings which are on your account, and fulfil the void of the afflictions of the Meshiha in my flesh for the sake of his body, which is the church;

 1:24 And I rejoice in the sufferings which are for your sakes; and, in my flesh, I fill up the deficiency in the afflictions of the Messiah, in behalf of his body, which is the church;

 1:25 of which I am made a minister according to the dispensation of Aloha, which was given to me for you, to accomplish the word of Aloha;

 1:25 of which I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me among you, that I should fulfill the word of God,

 1:26 that mystery which was hidden from ages and generations, but now hath been revealed unto his saints.

 1:26 [namely,] that mystery, which was hidden for ages and generations, but is now revealed to his saints;

 1:27 To whom Aloha hath willed to make known what is the opulence of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is, The Meshiha, who in you (is) the hope of glory;

 1:27 to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which [mystery] is the Messiah; who in you is the hope of our glory;

 1:28 whom we proclaim, and (concerning whom) we teach and inform every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Jeshu Meshiha;

 1:28 whom we proclaim, and teach and make known to every man, in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Jesus the Messiah.

 1:29 for which also I labour and contend, according to the help of the power which is given to me.

 1:29 And for this also, I toil and strive, with the aid of the strength that is imparted to me.