Colossenses 4

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

2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving, 3 praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds, 4 that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

7 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord. 8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, 9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.

10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received instructions, "if he comes to you, receive him"), 11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for God’s Kingdom who are of the circumcision, men who have been a comfort to me.

12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I testify about him that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis. 14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. 15 Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, with Nymphas and the assembly that is in his house. 16 When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter from Laodicea. 17 Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."

18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.

1 E ngā rangatira, hoatu ki ngā pononga te mea e tika ana, te mea e rite ana; e mōhio ana hoki koutou he Rangatira tō koutou kei te rangi.

He Tohutohu

2 Kia ū ki te īnoi, kia mataara tonu ki taua mea i runga i te whakawhetai; 3 me te īnoi anō mō mātou, kia whakapuaretia e te Atua he kūwaha kōrero ki a mātou, hei kōrerotanga i te mea ngaro a te Karaiti i hereherea ai ahau. 4 Kia whakakitea atu ai e ahau, kia rite ai tāku kōrero ki te mea i tika.

5 Hei runga i te whakaaro mōhio tō koutou whakahaere ki te hunga o waho, hokona te tāima. 6 Hei runga i te aroha noa tā koutou kōrero i ngā wā katoa, he mea kīnaki ki te tote, kia mātau ai koutou ki te tikanga mō te whakahoki kupu atu ki tēnei tangata, ki tēnei tangata.

Poroporoaki

7 Mā Tikiku e whakaatu āku mea katoa ki a koutou; he teina aroha ia, he minita pono, he hoa pononga i roto i te Ariki. 8 Ko te tino pūtake tēnei i tonoa atu ai ia e ahau ki a koutou, kia mātau ai koutou ki tō mātou āhua, ā, kia whakamārietia ai ō koutou ngākau; 9 rāua ko Onehimu, he teina pono, e arohaina ana, ā, nō koutou hoki ia. Mā rāua e whakaatu ki a koutou ngā mahi katoa o konei.

10 He oha tēnei ki a koutou nā Aritaku, nā tōku hoa herehere, rāua ko Māka irāmutu o Pānapa; kua tae atu nā hoki ngā tikanga mōna ki a koutou; ki te tae atu ia ki a koutou, manaakitia; 11 me Īhu anō hoki, tētahi ingoa ōna ko Hutuha; nō te kotinga rātou. Ko ēnei anake ōku hoa mahi ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua, he oranga ngākau anō rātou ki ahau.

12 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koutou a Epapara; nō koutou ia, he pononga nā te Karaiti. He tohe tonu tāna ki te īnoi mō koutou, kia tū koutou, he hunga tino tika, pūmau tonu ki ngā mea katoa i pai ai te Atua. 13 Ko ahau hoki tōna pono mō tāna mahi nui mō koutou, mō te hunga hoki i Raorikia, ā, mō te hunga i Hierapori. 14 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koutou a Ruka, te rata aroha, rāua ko Rīmaha. 15 Oha atu ki ngā tēina i Raorikia, ki a Naimapa hoki, ki te hāhi anō hoki i tō rātou whare.

16 Ā, ka kōrerotia tēnei pukapuka ki a koutou, meinga kia kōrerotia anō hoki i roto i te hāhi o ngā Raorikia; kōrerotia anō hoki e koutou tērā i tuhia mai i Raorikia.

17 Mea atu hoki ki a Arakipu, "Kia mahara ki te mahi minita kua riro nā i a koe i roto i te Ariki, kia āta mahia mārietia."

18 Ko te oha āku, a Pāora, nā tōku ringaringa ake. Kia mahara ki ōku mekameka. Kia tau te aroha noa ki a koutou.