کُلسِیوں 1

تمہید

1 پَولُس کی طرف سے جو خُدا کی مرضی سے مسِیح یِسُو ع کا رسُول ہے اور بھائی تِیمُتِھیُس کی طرف سے۔

2 مسِیح میں اُن مُقدّس اور اِیمان دار بھائِیوں کے نام جو کُلُِسّے میں ہیں
ہمارے باپ خُدا کی طرف سے تُمہیں فضل اور اِطمِینان حاصِل ہوتا رہے۔

شُکر گُزاری کی دُعا

8 اُسی نے تُمہاری مُحبّت کو جو رُوح میں ہے ہم پر ظاہِر کِیا۔
9 اِسی لِئے جِس دِن سے یہ سُنا ہے ہم بھی تُمہارے واسطے یہ دُعا کرنے اور درخواست کرنے سے باز نہیں آتے کہ تُم کمال رُوحانی حِکمت اور سمجھ کے ساتھ اُس کی مرضی کے عِلم سے معمُور ہو جاؤ۔ 10 تاکہ تُمہارا چال چلن خُداوند کے لائِق ہو اور اُس کو ہر طرح سے پسند آئے اور تُم میں ہر طرح کے نیک کام کا پَھل لگے اور خُدا کی پہچان میں بڑھتے جاؤ۔ 11 اور اُس کے جلال کی قُدرت کے مُوافِق ہر طرح کی قُوّت سے قَوی ہوتے جاؤ تاکہ خُوشی کے ساتھ ہر صُورت سے صبر اور تحمُّل کر سکو۔ 12 اور باپ کا شُکر کرتے رہو جِس نے ہم کو اِس لائق کِیا کہ نُور میں مُقدّسوں کے ساتھ مِیراث کا حِصّہ پائیں۔ 13 اُسی نے ہم کو تارِیکی کے قبضہ سے چُھڑا کر اپنے عزِیز بیٹے کی بادشاہی میں داخِل کِیا۔

14 جِس میں ہم کو مخلصی یعنی گُناہوں کی مُعافی حاصِل ہے۔

مسِیح کی ذات اور کام

20 اور اُس کے خُون کے سبب سے جو صلِیب پر بہا صُلح کر کے سب چِیزوں کا اُسی کے وسِیلہ سے اپنے ساتھ میل کر لے ۔ خَواہ وہ زمِین کی ہوں خَواہ آسمان کی۔
21 اور اُس نے اب اُس کے جِسمانی بدن میں مَوت کے وسِیلہ سے تُمہارا بھی میل کر لِیا۔ 22 جو پہلے خارِج اور بُرے کاموں کے سبب سے دِل سے دُشمن تھے تاکہ وہ تُم کو مُقدّس بے عَیب اور بے اِلزام بنا کر اپنے سامنے حاضِر کرے۔

23 بشرطیکہ تُم اِیمان کی بُنیاد پر قائِم اور پُختہ رہو اور اُس خُوشخبری کی اُمّید کو جِسے تُم نے سُنا نہ چھوڑو جِس کی مُنادی آسمان کے نِیچے کی تمام مخلُوقات میں کی گئی اور مَیں پَولُس اُسی کا خادِم بنا۔

مسِیح کے خادِم کی حیثِیت سے پَولُس کا کام

Colossians 1

Thankfulness for Spiritual Attainments

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

2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints;5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel6 which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;7 just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,8 and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.

9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

The Incomparable Christ

13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created through Him and for Him.17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.19 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,22 yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach-23 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.25 Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,26  that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints,27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.28 We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.29 For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.