OET interlinear COL 1:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

τοῖς ἐν Κολοσσαῖς ἁγίοις, καὶ πιστοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ

˱to˲_the in Colosse holy_‹ones› and faithful brothers in Christ

In this culture, after giving their own names, letter writers would name those to whom they sent the letter, referring to them in the third person. If that is confusing in your language, you could use the second person here. Or if your language has a particular way of introducing the recipient of a letter, and if it would be helpful to your readers, you could use it here. Alternate translation: “to you who live in the city of Colossae and who are God’s people and faithful fellow believers who are united to the Messiah”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

τοῖς & ἁγίοις, καὶ πιστοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ

˱to˲_the & holy_‹ones› and faithful brothers in Christ

The words saints, faithful brothers, and in Christ all describe people who are followers of Jesus. Paul is using all of these to describe one group of people. For example, he is not implying that saints and faithful brothers in Christ are two different groups. If it would be helpful in your language, you could join these words together in a different way. Alternate translation: “to God’s faithful people, joined together as a family in Christ”

Note 3 topic: translate-blessing

χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

grace ˱to˲_you_all and peace from God /the/_Father ˱of˲_us and /the/_Lord Jesus Christ

After stating his name and the name of the person to whom he is writing, Paul adds a blessing for the Colossians. Use a form that people would recognize as a blessing in your language. Alternate translation: “May you experience kindness and peace within you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus the Messiah” or “I pray that grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus the Messiah will always be with you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

grace ˱to˲_you_all and peace from God /the/_Father ˱of˲_us and /the/_Lord Jesus Christ

The words Grace and peace are abstract nouns. Your language may have a particular way of expressing these concepts, such as with verbs or description words. If so, you could use them in your translation. Alternate translation: “We pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will treat you kindly and give you peaceful relationships”

Note 5 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν

God /the/_Father ˱of˲_us

Here and throughout the chapter, Father is an important title for God. Alternate translation: “God, who is our Father,”