which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
1:7
ዘተመሀርክሙበኀበኤጳፍራስእኁነላእከዚኣነምእመንበክርስቶስዘይትለአክበእንቲኣክሙ።
正如你們從我們所親愛、一同作僕人的以巴弗所學的。他為我們 作了基督忠心的執事,
even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.
1:17
ወውእቱህልውእምቅድመኵሉወኵሉቦቱቆመ።
他在萬有之先;萬有也靠他而立。
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
1:19
እስመሠምረቦቱፍጹመኵሉይኅድርላዕሌሁ።
因為父喜歡叫一切的豐盛在他裏面居住。
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
1:20
ወቦቱይሣሀሎለኵሉወገብረሰላመበደመመስቀሉለዘበሰማይወለዘበምድር።
既然藉着他在十字架上所流的血成就了和平,便藉着他叫萬有-無論是地上的、天上的-都與自己和好了。
and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
1:21
ወአንትሙሂትካትፀሩወነኪሩበልብክሙወበእከየምግባሪክሙ።
你們從前與上帝隔絕,因着惡行,心裏與他為敵。
You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,
if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,
1:25
እንተላቲተሠየምኩአነላእከበሥርዐተእግዚአብሔርዘወሀበኒበእንቲኣክሙ።
我照上帝為你們所賜我的職分作了教會的執事,要把上帝的道理傳得全備,
of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,
1:26
ከመእፈጽምቃለእግዚአብሔርወምክሮዘኅቡእእምቅድመዓለምወዘእንበለይትፈጠርሰብእ።
這道理就是歷世歷代所隱藏的奧祕;但如今向他的聖徒顯明了。
the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,