Colossians, 1

1. Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother,

1. Pavao, po volji Božjoj apostol Krista Isusa, i brat Timotej:

2. to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ Jesus who are at Colossae.

2. Kološanima, svetoj i vjernoj braæi u Kristu. Milost vam i mir od Boga, Oca našega!

3. Grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying for you always.

3. Zahvaljujemo Bogu, Ocu Gospodina našega Isusa Krista, svagda za vas moleæi.

4. For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that you have toward all the saints,

4. Jer èuli smo za vašu vjeru u Kristu Isusu i za ljubav koju gajite prema svima svetima

5. because of the hope that has been stored up for you in heaven, which you have heard through the Word of Truth in the Gospel.

5. poradi nade koja vam je pohranjena u nebesima. Za nju ste veæ èuli u Rijeèi istine -

6. This has reached you, just as it is present in the whole world, where it grows and bears fruit, as it has also done in you, since the day when you first heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

6. evanðelju koje je do vas doprlo te plodove nosi i raste, kao što po svem svijetu, tako i meðu vama od dana kad ste èuli i spoznali milost Božju po istini,

7. just as you learned it from Epaphras, our most beloved fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ Jesus.

7. kako ste nauèili od ljubljenog Epafre, sluge zajedno s nama; on je umjesto nas, vjeran poslužitelj Kristov,

8. And he has also manifested to us your love in the Spirit.

8. on nas je i obavijestio o vašoj ljubavi u Duhu.

9. Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

9. Zato i mi, od dana kada to èusmo, neprestano za vas molimo i ištemo da se ispunite spoznajom volje Njegove u svoj mudrosti i shvaæanju duhovnome:

10. so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

10. da živite dostojno Gospodina i posve mu ugodite, plodni svakim dobrim djelom i rastuæi u spoznaji Božjoj;

11. being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,

11. osnaženi svakom snagom, po sili Slave njegove, za svaku postojanost i strpljivost;

12. giving thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to have a share in the portion of the saints, in the light.

12. s radošæu zahvaljujuæi Ocu koji vas osposobi za dioništvo u baštini svetih u svjetlosti.

13. For he has rescued us from the power of darkness, and he has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

13. On nas izbavi iz vlasti tame i prenese u kraljevstvo Sina, ljubavi svoje,

14. in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins.

14. u kome imamo otkupljenje, otpuštenje grijeha.

15. He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.

15. On je slika Boga nevidljivoga, Prvoroðenac svakog stvorenja.

16. For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.

16. Ta u njemu je sve stvoreno na nebesima i na zemlji, vidljivo i nevidljivo, bilo Prijestolja, bilo Gospodstva, bilo Vrhovništva, bilo Vlasti - sve je po njemu i za njega stvoreno:

17. And he is before all, and in him all things continue.

17. on je prije svega i sve stoji u njemu.

18. And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.

18. On je Glava Tijela, Crkve; on je Poèetak, Prvoroðenac od mrtvih, da u svemu bude Prvak.

19. For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,

19. Jer svidjelo se Bogu u njemu nastaniti svu Puninu

20. and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.

20. i po njemu - uspostavivši mir krvlju križa njegova - izmiriti sa sobom sve, bilo na zemlji, bilo na nebesima.

21. And you, though you had been, in times past, understood to be foreigners and enemies, with works of evil,

21. I vas, nekoæ po zlim djelima udaljene i neprijateljski raspoložene,

22. yet now he has reconciled you, by his body of flesh, through death, so as to offer you, holy and immaculate and blameless, before him.

22. sada u ljudskom tijelu Kristovu, po smrti, sa sobom izmiri da vas k sebi privede svete, bez mane i besprigovorne.

23. So then, continue in the faith: well-founded and steadfast and immovable, by the hope of the Gospel that you have heard, which has been preached throughout all creation under heaven, the Gospel of which I, Paul, have become a minister.

23. Samo ako ostanete u vjeri utemeljeni, stalni i nepoljuljani u nadi evanðelja koje èuste, koje se propovijeda svakom stvorenju pod nebom, a ja mu, Pavao, postadoh poslužiteljem.

24. For now I rejoice in my passion on your behalf, and I complete in my flesh the things that are lacking in the Passion of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the Church.

24. Radujem se sada dok trpim za vas i u svom tijelu dopunjam što nedostaje mukama Kristovim za Tijelo njegovo, za Crkvu.

25. For I have become a minister of the Church, according to the dispensation of God that has been given to me among you, so that I may fulfill the Word of God,

25. Njoj ja postadoh poslužiteljem po rasporedbi Božjoj koja mi je dana za vas da potpuno pronesem Rijeè Božju -

26. the mystery which had remained hidden to past ages and generations, but which now is manifested to his saints.

26. otajstvo pred vjekovima i pred naraštajima skriveno, a sada oèitovano svetima njegovim.

27. To them, God willed to made known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ and the hope of his glory within you.

27. Njima Bog htjede obznaniti kako li je slavom bogato to otajstvo meðu poganima: to jest Krist u vama, nada slave!

28. We are announcing him, correcting every man and teaching every man, with all wisdom, so that we may offer every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

28. Njega mi navješæujemo, opominjuæi svakoga èovjeka, pouèavajuæi svakoga èovjeka u svoj mudrosti da bismo svakoga èovjeka doveli do savršenstva u Kristu.

29. In him, too, I labor, striving according to his action within me, which he works in virtue.

29. Za to se i trudim i borim njegovom djelotvornošæu koja u meni snažno djeluje.