Pauluse kiri koloslastele 4

1 Isandad, kohelge oma orje õiglaselt ja erapooletult! Te ju teate, et ka teil on Isand taevas!

Üldised juhised

2 Pühendage endid palvele, olge valvsad ja püsige tänus! 3 Palvetage ka meie eest, et Jumal avaks meile sõna ukse kuulutada Kristuse saladust, mille pärast ma olen ahelates. 4 Palvetage, et ma oskaksin seda kuulutada selgelt, nagu ma ka pean!

5 Käituge targalt nendega, kes on väljaspool kogudust, kasutades aega õigesti! 6 Teie sõnad olgu alati täis armu, maitsestatud soolaga, et te teaksite, kuidas kellelegi vastata.

Lõputervitus

7 Kõigest, mis puudutab mind, räägib teile Tühhikos, meie armas vend, ustav abiline ja kaassulane Issanda töös. 8 Saadan ta teie juurde just selleks, et te teaksite, kuidas meil läheb, ja et ta julgustaks teie südameid. 9 Koos temaga tuleb ustav ja armas vend Oneesimos, kes on pärit teie seast. Nemad räägivad teile kõigest, mis siin toimub.

10 Teid tervitab minu kaasvang Aristarhos, Barnabase nõbu Markus, kelle kohta te olete saanud korralduse ta vastu võtta, kui ta tuleb.

11 Jeesus, keda hüütakse Justuseks, tervitab teid samuti. Juutide seast on nemad ainukesed kaastöölised Jumala riigi heaks, kes on olnud mulle toeks.

12 Teid tervitab Kristuse Jeesuse sulane Epafras, kes on pärit teie seast. Ta võitleb alati teie eest oma palvetes, et te püsiksite kindlana Jumala tahtes, küpsed ja veendunud. 13 Ma tunnistan tema kohta, et ta teeb kõvasti tööd teie heaks ning Laodikeia ja Hierapolise rahva heaks.

14 Teid tervitavad meie armas sõber arst Luukas ja Deemas.

15 Tervitage Laodikeia vendi ja õdesid, Nümfat ja kogudust tema kodus!

16 Kui see kiri on teie juures ette loetud, siis hoolitsege selle eest, et seda loetaks ka Laodikeia koguduses, ja et teie loeksite Laodikeiast saabuvat kirja.

17 Ja öelge Arhipposele: „Vaata, et sa viid lõpule teenistuse, mille sa oled saanud Issandalt!"

18 Tervitus on minu, Pauluse, oma käega. Ärge unustage mu ahelaid! Arm olgu teiega!

1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.

10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) 11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. 16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.