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1 Ontumwafo ndjika oya zi kuPaulus, omuyapostoli gwaKristus Jesus, kehalo lyaKalunga, nokomumwameme Timoteus.

2 Oya nyolelwa aantu yaKalunga ye li muKolossa naamwameme aainekelwa muKristus. Esilohenda nombili yaKalunga Tate nayi kale pamwe nane.

3 Tse aluhe otatu hambelele Kalunga, He yOmuwa gwetu Jesus Kristus, sho tatu mu galikanene.

4 Oshoka otu uvu eitaalo lyeni okwiitaala Kristus Jesus nohole yeni okuhola aantu yaKalunga ayehe.

5 Ano elaka etoye nolyoshili sho lyu uvithilwa mokati keni, omu uvu lwotango etegameno ndyoka tali li gandja. One omu uva kutya shoka mwe shi tegamena pauvaneko, oshe mu pungulilwa nawa megulu, onkee eitaalo lyeni nohole yeni oya kankamekwa ketegameno ndyoka.

6 Evaangeli olye eta omayambeko nolya taandele nuuyuni auhe, ngashika naanaa lya taandele mokati keni, okuza kesiku ndyoka mu uvu lwotango esilohenda lyaKalunga nomwi ilongo oku li tseya naanaa ngashika li li.

7 Shika omwe shi longwa kuEpafras, omuyakuli mukwetu omuholike nomwiinekelwa moshilonga shaKristus peha lyetu.

8 Oye okwe tu hokololele ohole yeni ndjoka mwe yi pewa kOmbepo.

9 Onkee ano tse ohatu mu galikanene aluhe okuza kesiku ndyoka tu uvu sha kombinga yeni. Tse otatu indile Kalunga, e mu udhithe Ombepo ye, ndjoka tayi mu pe ontseyo okutseya ehalo lye nuunongo auhe noondunge.

10 Nena otamu ka vula okukala ngashika Omuwa a hala mu kale, nokulonga aluhe shoka she mu opalela. Okukalamwenyo kweni otaku ka kala ihe kwa yambekwa miilonga ayihe iiwanawa, nontseyo yeni okutseya Kalunga otayi ka koka.

11 Oonkondo ndhoka tadhi zi mesimano lyoonkondo dhaKristus, nadhi mu koleke, opo mu wape okwiidhidhimikila ashihe shoka tashi mu adha.

12 Nyanyukweni ne mu hambelele Tate Kalunga, ngoka e mu ningi mu kale mu na oshitopolwa sheni moshipewa shoka a kala e shi nunina aantu ye moshilongo shuuyelele.

13 Oshoka Kalunga oye e tu nakula mo mepangelo lyomilema nokwe tu eta moshilongo shOmwana omuholike.

14 Omwana oye tuu ngoka e tu mangulula nokwa dhimi po oondjo dhetu.

15 Kristus oye olupe lu wetike lwaKalunga, ngoka ihaa monika. Oye omutango gwiishitwa ayihe noku li kombanda yiishitwa ayihe.

16 Kalunga okwa shititha Kristus iinima ayihe yomegulu noyokombanda yevi, iinima mbyoka yi wetike naambyoka yaa wetike, ongele oonkondo dhomombepo nenge aaleli nenge omapangelo. Kalunga okwe mu shititha ewangandjo alihe.

17 Kristus okwa li ko manga iinima ayihe ya li yaa ko. Onkee muukumwe naye iinima ayihe otayi ka kala yi li pomahala gayolela.

18 Oye omutse gwolutu, nokutya gwegongalo. Oye oluthithiya lwomwenyo gwomolutu nomutango mokuyumudhwa kuusi, opo a kale oye awike omutango miinima ayihe.

19 Oshoka Kalunga okwa tokola, Omwana a kale e na egwanopo lyondjelo ayihe yaKalunga muye mwene.

20 MolwOmwana okwa panga ombili nuuyuni auhe meso lyOmwana lyokomushigakano. Osho ngeyi Kalunga okwa galulile kuye iinima ayihe yokombanda yevi noyomegulu.

21 One omwa kala nale kokule naKalunga nomwi iningi aatondi ye miilonga nomomadhiladhilo geni omawinayi.

22 Ihe ngashingeyi Kalunga okwe mu hanganitha naye mwene molweso lyOmwana, opo e mu ninge aayapuki, aayelele nomwaa na oondjo koshipala she.

23 Onkee ano dhiginineni eitaalo lyeni. Ikoleleleni komukanka ngoka gwa kola nogwashili. Inamu pitika, mu nakulwe mo metegameno lyeni ndyoka mwe li ilikolele, sho mu uvu nomwa taamba evaangeli. Evaangeli ndyoka ngame Paulus nda ningi omuyakuli gwalyo, olyo tuu ndyoka tali uvithilwa aantu ayehe yomuuyuni.

24 Ngame onda nyanyukwa ngashingeyi, sho tandi hepekwa omolweni. Oshoka mokuhepekwa ngeyi kolutu otandi kwathele okutsakanitha shoka sha hupa ko natango shomomahepeko gaKristus molwolutu lwe, kokutya egongalo.

25 Kalunga okwa ningi ndje omuyakuli gwegongalo, sho a pe ndje oshilonga shoka, ndi shi longe omoluuwanawa weni. Oshilonga shika osho okuuvitha oohapu dhe,

26 ndhoka dha kala shito oshiholekwa shoka Kalunga a kala e shi holeka aantu ayehe omathimbo agehe ngoka ga piti, ihe ngashingeyi okwe shi hololele aantu ye.

27 Oshoka ompangela yaKalunga oyo okutseyithila aantu ye oshiholekwa shuuyamba noshesimano ndyoka a kala e li nunina aantu ye. Oshiholekwa osho shika kutya Kristus oku li mune, kokutya one otamu ka kala mu na oshitopolwa meadhimo lyaKalunga.

28 Onkee ano tse otatu uvithile aantu ayehe Kristus. Otatu londodha notatu longo omuntu kehe muunongo auhe mboka tau vulu okwaadhika. Otatu kaleke kehe gumwe puuyelele koshipala shaKalunga, a ninge omukuluntu a koka muukumwe naKristus.

29 Onkee ano otandi ihepeke notandi kondjo, opo ndi adhe ethikilo ndyoka. Otandi longo koonkondo dhaKristus ndhoka dhi li mungame.

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1 Pitikilii ndje, ndi mu hokololele uudhigu mboka ndi u na mokulonga kwandje omolweni nomolwaantu yomuLaodikea nosho wo mboka inaa tseya ndje moshipala.

2 Otandi shi ningi, opo ohole yi ya kwatakanithe kumwe, noya mone omukumo okutseya iinima ayihe. Oyo otaa ka tseya ihe kutya Kristus oye oshiholekwa shaKalunga.

3 Oye oshipatululo shoka tashi patulula omaliko agehe gaKalunga guunongo nogowino, ngoka ga holekwa.

4 Shika otandi shi mu lombwele, mwaa pukithwe nando okomuntu gumwe noohapu dhomuheka.

5 Oshoka ngame nando ndaa po pune palutu, onkee tuu ondi li pamwe nane pambepo. Nonda nyanyukwa okumona uukolele weitaalo lyeni mokwiitaala Kristus.

6 Ano sho mwa taamba Jesus Kristus, a kale Omuwa gweni, kaleni ihe muukumwe naye.

7 Dhameni muye ne mu itungile muye. Kaleni meitaalo shi vulithe shito, ngashika mwa longwa. Ihe kaleni mu udhilila omahambelelo.

8 Kotokeni ano, mwaa yulwe nando okomuntu nomalongo guunongo wopantu nomafundjaleko gaa fele. Ogo ogi ikwatelela komithigululwakalo dhaantu noga za moombepo ndhoka tadhi pangele mewangandjo, ihe ne kaleni muKristus.

9 Oshoka muKristus nokutya muuntu we, omu na egwanopo lyondjelo yuukalunga auhe.

10 Onkee muukumwe naye one omwa pewa egwanopo alihe lyomwenyo. Kristus oku vule aapangeli ayehe yomombepo naanankondo ayehe.

11 Muukumwe naKristus one omwa fukalekwa, hanefukaleko ndyoka hali ningwa niikaha kaantu, aawe, ihe onefukaleko lyaKristus mwene. Mefukaleko ndika one omwa mangululwa mo moonkondo dhomolutu nduka luulunde.

12 Oshoka mokushashwa omwa fumvikwa pamwe naKristus. Meshasho tuu ndyoka omwa yumudhwa wo pamwe naKristus kuusi omolweitaalo lyeni okwiitaala oonkondo dhaKalunga, ngoka a yumudha Kristus.

13 One omwa kala nale mwa sa pambepo omolwoondjo dheni nomolwaashoka omwa li aapagani mwaa na ompango yaKalunga. Ihe ngashingeyi Kalunga okwe mu tula omwenyo pamwe naKristus nokwa dhimi po oondjo dhetu adhihe.

14 Oye okwa dhimi po enyolo hali tu tamaneke pamwe niipango yalyo nokwe li hanagula po thiluthilu, sho e li alele komushigakano.

15 Komushigakano hoka Kristus okwa yugu aaleli yomombepo naapangeli oonkondo dhawo. Oye oku ulike uukatalume wawo montaneho yaayehe, sho e ya kwatele komeho mosheendo she shesindano, ngashika omuntu te ende noonkwatwa dhe.

16 Ano inamu etha, mu pewe uusama kombinga yaashoka hamu li nohamu nu, nokombinga wo yomasiku omanene nenge yoshituthi shomwedhi omupe nenge kombinga yEsabati.

17 Mbika ayihe oyo omuzizimba gwowala gwiinima yokomeho, ihe oshinima sho shene oKristus.

18 Inamu zimina, mu pangulwe nando okomuntu ngoka ti iningi e vule yalwe omolwomamoniko gontumba noti isimanekele eifupipiko lyiifundja nesimaneko lyaayengeli. Omuntu a tya ngaaka okwa tuwalalekwa komadhiladhilo ge gopantu.

19 Nokuli oye okwe etha okutala kuKristus, ngoka e li omutse. Oshoka meutho lyaKristus olutu aluhe otalu paluthwa notalu kwatelwa kumwe koongolo nokoothipa e talu koko, ngashika Kalunga a hala.

20 One omwa sa pamwe naKristus nomwa mangululwa mo moonkondo dhoombepo ndhoka tadhi pangele mewangandjo. Ongiini ano, sho mu li po natango mwa fa aantu yomuuyuni mbuka mokukala kweni? Omolwashike tamu vulika kiipango yiidhila ngashika mbika:

21 “Ino shi kwata,” “Ino shi lola,” “Ino shi guma?”

22 Mbika ayihe otayi longithwa e tayi hulu po. Iipango mbyoka ayihe nomalongo ngoka agehe oya ningwa kaantu.

23 Eeno, pakutala oya fa yi na uunongo mesimaneko lyawo lyaayengeli kethiminiko, meifupipiko lyiifundja nomeihepeko lyawo edhigu okuhepeka omalutu gawo. Ihe kaayi na nando oshilonga shasha kombinga yokupangela uuhalu womolutu.

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1 One omwa yumudhwa kuusi pamwe naKristus. Kongeni ano iinima mbiyaka yomegulu, moka Kristus e li a kuutumba koshipangelapundi kolulyo lwaKalunga.

2 Dhiladhileni iinima yaahwiyaka kombanda, haambika yopevi.

3 Oshoka one omwa sa pamwe naKristus noomwenyo dheni odha holekwa muKalunga pamwe naKristus.

4 Kristus oye omwenyo gweni, uuna ta holoka, nena nane wo otamu ka holoka pamwe naye notamu ka kala mu na oshitopolwa meadhimo lye.

5 Dhipageni ano uuhalu weni wopavi mboka tau longo mune ngashika oluhondelo, iipala, uuholume nuuhalu uuwinayi nolwiho. Nokuli olwiho olwo olupe lumwe lwesimaneko lyiimenka.

6 Iinima ya tya ngaaka otayi eta ondjahi yaKalunga kombanda yaantu mboka ihaa vulika kuye.

7 Nane yene omo wo mwa kala nale mongundu yaantu ya tya ngaaka, okukalamwenyo kweni sho kwa li taku pangelwa kuuhalu owo tuu mboka.

8 Ihe ngashingeyi one omu na okweetha iinima mbika ayihe: ondjahi, uugeyi nuuwinayi auhe. Momakana geni inamu pita we omasheko nenge oohapu oombwinayi.

9 Inamu lombwelathana iifundja, oshoka one omwi ihula omuntu gweni omukulu pamwe nomikalo dhe,

10 nomwa zala omuntu omupe. Kalunga ota shitulula aluhe omuntu nguka omupe mune, a fe ondjelo yomushiti gwe, opo e mu thikithe kegwano lyoku mu tseya.

11 Onkee ano kape na we eyoloko pokati komupagani nOmujuda, kaangoka a fukalekwa naangoka inaa fukalekwa, omupika nomuvalwa, omukwiilongo nomudhinwa, ihe ayihe oKristus ngoka e li mwaayihe.

12 One aantu yaKalunga. Kalunga oku mu hole nokwe mu hogolola, mu kale aantu ye mwene. Onkee ano kaleni mu na olukeno, ohenda, eifupipiko, ombili neidhidhimiko.

13 Kwathathaneni, dhiminathanii po oondjo ethimbo kehe, uuna pe na ngoka a ningathana namukwawo. Dhiminathanii po oondjo naanaa, ngashika Omuwa e mu dhimine po.

14 Kumbika ayihe gwedhii ko ohole, oshoka ohole oyo epaya tali vulu okumangela iinima ayihe kumwe.

15 Ombili ndjoka Kristus te yi gandja, nayi mu pangele, oshoka ombili ndjika oyo ndjoka Kalunga e yi mu ithanena, mu kale nayo molutu lumwe. Hambeleleni ihe Kalunga aluhe.

16 Oohapu dhaKristus nuuyamba auhe wadho nadhi kale dhu udhilila mune. Longathaneni nokupukululathana noondunge adhihe. Imbeni omapisalomi, omaimbilo noondjimbo oondjapuki. Imbileni Kalunga omahambelelo taga zi meni moomwenyo dheni.

17 Kehe shoka tamu shi longo nenge tamu shi popi, shi ningeni medhina lyOmuwa Jesus, ne mu hambelele Kalunga Tate omolwe.

18 Aakiintu, vulikeni kaalumentu yeni, oshoka osho oshinakugwanithwa sheni shaakriste.

19 Aalumentu, holeni aakiintu yeni, ne inamu kala mu na onyanya nayo.

20 Aanona, vulikeni aluhe kaakuluntu yeni, oshoka osho oshinakugwanithwa sheni shopakriste nosho opalela Kalunga.

21 Aakuluntu, inamu hinda aana yeni, opo yaa kanithe einekelo.

22 Aapika, vulikeni kooyene yeni yopantu miinima ayihe. Inamu shi ninga owala uuna ndoka ye mu wete, mu hokiwe ando kuyo. Ihe shi ningeni nomwenyo aguhe omolwetilo lyeni okutila Omuwa.

23 Shaa shoka tamu shi longo, shi longeni nomwenyo aguhe ongaamboka itaamu longele aantu, ihe Omuwa ye mwene.

24 Dhimbulukweni kutya Omuwa ote ke mu futa. One otamu ka pewa shoka Kalunga e shi nunina aantu ye; oshoka otamu longele Omuwa Kristus ye mwene.

25 Omukolokoshi kehe ota ka futilwa uuwinayi mboka e u longa, oshoka Kalunga oha ningile aantu ayehe shi thike pamwe.

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1 Ooyene, tekuleni aalelwa yeni nawa nonuuyuuki. Dhimbulukweni, kutya nane wo omu na Omuwa megulu.

2 Dhiginineni okugalikana, ihe galikaneni nokukotoka. Hambeleleni Kalunga.

3 Tu galikanenii wo, Kalunga opo e tu pe ompito ombwanawa okuuvitha oohapu dhe, okuholola oshiholekwa shaKristus, shoka sha tulitha ndje mondholongo moka ndi li mo ngashingeyi.

4 Galikanenii ndje, opo ndi vule okupopya pamukalo ngoka tagu yelitha oshiholekwa shika, ngashika naanaa nda tegelelwa, ndi shi ninge.

5 Kaleni mu na oondunge mokukalathana kweni naantu mboka kaaye shi ooitaali. Longitheni nawa ompito kehe tamu yi mono.

6 Oohapu dheni nadhi kale aluhe oombwanawa notadhi hokitha omuntu oku mu pulakena. Kambadhaleni, mu kale aluhe mu shi, nkene mu na okuyamukula aantu.

7 Tikikus, omumwameme omuholike, omwiinekelwa nomuyakuli omukwetu moshilonga shOmuwa, ote ke mu hokololela iinima ayihe kombinga yandje.

8 Onkee ano otandi mu tumu kune, opo e mu nyanyudhe, sho te ke mu hokololela, nkene tse atuhe tu li po.

9 Oye ote ya pamwe naOnesimus, omumwameme omuholike nomwiinekelwa, omukwanegongalo lyaandjeni. Mboka ayehe yaali otaye ke mu hokololela ashihe shoka sha ningwa ko huka.

10 Aristarkus, ngoka tu li naye mondholongo, ote mu kundile po. Osho wo Markus, gwaantsezi yaBarnabas, oongoka mwa lombwelelwe, mu mu yakule, ngele te ke ya kune.

11 Josua, ngoka hi ithanwa Justus, naye wo ote mu kundile po. Mbaka yatatu oyo ooitaali mboka ya zi muujuda notaa longo pamwe nangame omolwOshilongo shaKalunga. Oyo oya kala ekwatho enene kungame.

12 Epafras, gumwe gwomongundu yeni nomuyakuli gwaJesus Kristus, ote mu kundile po wo. Oye he mu galikanene aluhe nuudhiginini noti indile Kalunga, mu wape okukala mwa kola meitaalo nohamu vulika kehalo lyaKalunga miinima ayihe.

13 Ngame mwene otandi vulu oku mu hokololela eihepeko lyaEpafras omolweni nomolwaantu yomuLaodikea noyomuHierapolis.

14 Lukas, ndohotola gwetu omuholike, naDemas otaye mu kundile po.

15 Kundilii po aamwameme yomuLaodikea, naNimfas nosho egongalo ndyoka hali gongala megumbo lye.

16 Ontumwafo ndjika ngele ya leshwa megongalo lyeni, yi tumeni, yi ka leshwe wo megongalo lyokuLaodikea; ne mu taambe wo ndjoka tamu yi tuminwa kAalaodikea, mu yi leshe.

17 Lombweleni Arkippus kutya na tsakanithe oshilonga shoka e shi pewa okulongela Omuwa.

18 Mpaka otandi nyola po noshikaha shandje mwene. Omakundo ga si kuPaulus. Inamu dhimbwa kutya ondi li momalyenge. Esilohenda lyaKalunga nali kale nane.