| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ የሆነ ጳውሎስ ጢሞቴዎስም ወንድሙ፥ | Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, |
| 2 | በቈላስይስ ለሚኖሩ ቅዱሳንና በክርስቶስ ለታመኑ ወንድሞች፤ ከእግዚአብሔር ከአባታችን ከጌታም ከኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸጋና ሰላም ይሁን። | To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 3 | ስለ እናንተ ስንጸልይ፥ በሰማይ ከተዘጋጀላችሁ ተስፋ የተነሣ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ስለ እምነታችሁ ለቅዱሳንም ሁሉ ስላላችሁ ፍቅር ሰምተን፥ የጌታችንን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን አባት እግዚአብሔርን ሁልጊዜ እናመሰግናለን፤ ስለዚህም ተስፋ በወንጌል እውነት ቃል አስቀድማችሁ ሰማችሁ። | We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, |
| 6 | ይህም በዓለም ሁሉ ደግሞ እንዳለ ወደ እናንተ ደርሶአል፥ እግዚአብሔርንም ጸጋ በእውነት ከሰማችሁበትና ካወቃችሁበት ቀን ጀምሮ፥ በእናንተ ደግሞ እንዳለ እንዲህ በዓለም ፍሬ ያፈራል ያድግማል። | Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: |
| 7 | ከተወደደ ከእኛም ጋር አብሮ ባሪያ ከሆነው ከኤጳፍራ እንዲህ ተማራችሁ፥ እርሱም ስለ እናንተ ታማኝ የክርስቶስ አገልጋይ ነው። | As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; |
| 8 | ደግሞም በመንፈስ ስለሚሆን ስለ ፍቅራችሁ አስታወቀን። | Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. |
| 9 | ስለዚሁ እኛ ደግሞ ይህን ከሰማንበት ቀን ጀምረን የፈቃዱ እውቀት መንፈሳዊ ጥበብንና አእምሮን ሁሉ እንዲሞላባችሁ እየለመንን፥ ስለ እናንተ ጸሎትን አልተውንም። | For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; |
| 10 | በበጎ ሥራ ሁሉ ፍሬ እያፈራችሁ በእግዚአብሔርም እውቀት እያደጋችሁ፥ | That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; |
| 12 | ከደስታም ጋር በሁሉ ለመጽናትና ለመታገሥ እንደ ክብሩ ጉልበት መጠን በኃይል ሁሉ እየበረታችሁ፥ በቅዱሳንም ርስት በብርሃን እንድንካፈል ያበቃንን አብን እያመሰገናችሁ፥ በነገር ሁሉ ደስ ልታሰኙ ለጌታ እንደሚገባ ትመላለሱ ዘንድ እንለምናለን። | Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: |
| 13 | እርሱ ከጨለማ ሥልጣን አዳነን፥ ቤዛነቱንም እርሱንም የኃጢአትን ስርየት ወዳገኘንበት ወደ ፍቅሩ ልጅ መንግሥት አፈለሰን። | Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: |
| 15 | እርሱም የማይታይ አምላክ ምሳሌ ነው። የሚታዩትና የማይታዩትም፥ ዙፋናት ቢሆኑ ወይም ጌትነት ወይም አለቅነት ወይም ሥልጣናት፥ በሰማይና በምድር ያሉት ሁሉ በእርሱ ተፈጥረዋልና ከፍጥረት ሁሉ በፊት በኵር ነው። ሁሉ በእርሱና ለእርሱ ተፈጥሮአል። | Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: |
| 17 | እርሱም ከሁሉ በፊት ነው ሁሉም በእርሱ ተጋጥሞአል። | And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. |
| 18 | እርሱም የአካሉ ማለት የቤተ ክርስቲያን ራስ ነው። እርሱም በሁሉ ፊተኛ ይሆን ዘንድ፥ መጀመሪያ ከሙታንም በኵር ነው። | And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. |
| 19 | እግዚአብሔር ሙላቱ ሁሉ በእርሱ እንዲኖር፥ በእርሱም በኩል በመስቀሉ ደም ሰላም አድርጎ በምድር ወይም በሰማያት ያሉትን ሁሉ ለራሱ እንዲያስታርቅ ፈቅዶአልና። | For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; |
| 21 | እናንተንም ነውርና ነቀፋ የሌላችሁና ቅዱሳን አድርጎ በእርሱ ፊት ያቀርባችሁ ዘንድ፥ በፊት የተለያችሁትን ክፉ ሥራችሁንም በማድረግ በአሳባችሁ ጠላቶች የነበራችሁትን አሁን በሥጋው ሰውነት በሞቱ በኩል አስታረቃችሁ። | And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled |
| 23 | ይህም፥ ተመሥርታችሁና ተደላድላችሁ ከሰማችሁትም ከወንጌል ተስፋ ሳትናወጡ፥ በሃይማኖት ጸንታችሁ ብትኖሩ ይሆናል። ያም ወንጌል ከሰማይ በታች ባለው ፍጥረት ሁሉ ዘንድ የተሰበከ ነው፥ እኔም ጳውሎስ የእርሱ አገልጋይ ሆንሁ። | If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; |
| 24 | አሁን በመከራዬ ስለ እናንተ ደስ ይለኛል፥ ስለ አካሉም ማለት ስለ ቤተ ክርስቲያን በሥጋዬ በክርስቶስ መከራ የጐደለውን እፈጽማለሁ። | Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: |
| 25 | ስለ እናንተ እንደ ተሰጠኝ እንደ እግዚአብሔር መጋቢነት፥ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ፈጽሜ እንድሰብክ እኔ የቤተ ክርስቲያን አገልጋይ ሆንሁ። | Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; |
| 26 | ይህም ቃል ከዘላለምና ከትውልዶች ጀምሮ ተሰውሮ የነበረ ምሥጢር ነው፥ አሁን ግን ለቅዱሳኑ ተገልጦአል። | Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: |
| 27 | ለእነርሱም እግዚአብሔር በአሕዛብ ዘንድ ያለው የዚህ ምሥጢር ክብር ባለ ጠግነት ምን እንደ ሆነ ሊያስታውቅ ወደደ፥ ምሥጢሩም የክብር ተስፋ ያለው ክርስቶስ በእናንተ ዘንድ መሆኑ ነው። | To whom God would 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 | እኛም በክርስቶስ ፍጹም የሚሆን ሰውን ሁሉ እናቀርብ ዘንድ ሰውን ሁሉ እየገሠጽን ሰውንም ሁሉ በጥበብ ሁሉ እያስተማርን የምንሰብከው እርሱ ነው። | Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: |
| 29 | ለዚህም ነገር ደግሞ፥ በእኔ በኃይል እንደሚሠራ እንደ አሠራሩ እየተጋደልሁ፥ እደክማለሁ። | Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. |
| 4 | Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, | |
| 5 | For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; | |
| 11 | Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; | |
| 14 | In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: | |
| 16 | For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: | |
| 20 | And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. | |
| 22 | In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: |