1 F or I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

فَأنا أُرِيدُكُمْ أنْ تَعلَمُوا أنِّي أُكافِحُ مِنْ أجلِكُمْ، وَمِنْ أجلِ المُؤمِنِينَ فِي لاوَدكِيَّةَ، وَحَتَّى مِنْ أجلِ جَمِيعِ الَّذِيْنَ لَمْ يُقابِلُونِي.

2 t hat their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

أقُولُ هَذا حَتَّى يَتَشَجَّعُوا وَيَتَّحِدُوا مَعاً فِي المَحَبَّةِ. عِندَئِذٍ سَتَكُونُ عُقُولُهُمْ واثِقَةً بِفَضلِ فَهمِها الكامِلِ لِلمَسِيحِ، الَّذِي هُوَ سِرُّ اللهِ العَمِيقِ.

3 i n whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

فَكُلُّ كُنُوزِ الحِكْمَةِ وَالمَعرِفَةِ مَخزُونَةٌ فِي المَسِيحِ.

4 A nd this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

أقُولُ هَذا لِئَلّا يَخدَعَكُمْ أحَدٌ بِحُجَجٍ زائِفَةٍ تَبدو مَقبُولَةً فِي ظاهِرِها.

5 F or though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

فَمَعَ أنِّي غائِبٌ عَنكُمْ فِي الجَسَدِ، إلّا أنِّي حاضِرٌ بَينَكُمْ بِرُوحِي. وَأفرَحُ إذْ أرَى التَّرتِيبَ فِي حَياتِكُمْ، وَصَلابَةَ إيمانِكُمْ بِالمَسِيحِ. الحَياةُ فِي المَسِيح

6 A s ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

فَما دُمتُمْ قَبِلْتُمُ المَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ الرَّبَّ، عيشوا حَياتَكُمْ فِيْهِ.

7 r ooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

فَثَبِّتُوا فِيهِ جُذُورَكُمْ، وَاجعَلُوهُ أساسَ حَياتِكُمْ، وَتَقَوُّوا فِي إيمانِكُمْ فِيهِ كَما تَعَلَّمتُمْ، وَلْتَفِضْ حَياتُكُمْ بِالشُّكرِ للهِ.

8 B eware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

انتَبِهُوا لِئَلّا يُضَلِّلَكُمْ أحَدٌ بِالفَلسَفَةِ وَبِتَعالِيمَ خادِعَةٍ فارِغَةٍ هِيَ مِنْ تَقالِيدِ النّاسِ، وَمِنَ القُوَى المُسَيطِرَةِ عَلَى هَذا العالَمِ. فَهَذا لا يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ المَسِيحِ وَتَعالِيمِهِ.

9 F or in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

فَفِي المَسِيحِ يَحِلُّ اللهُ بِكُلِّ أُلوهِيَّتِهِ.

10 A nd ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

وَأنتُمْ صِرتُمْ كامِلينَ فِي المَسِيحِ الَّذِي هُوَ فَوقَ كُلِّ قُوَّةٍ وَسُلطانٍ.

11 i n whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

لَقَدْ خُتِنتُمْ فِي المَسِيحِ خِتاناً غَيْرَ جَسَدِيٍّ عِندَما حَرَّرَكُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةِ الطَّبِيعَةِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ، فَهَذا هُوَ الخِتانُ الَّذِي يُجرِيهِ المَسِيحُ.

12 b uried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

فَقَدْ دُفِنتُمْ مَعَهُ فِي المَعمُودِيَّةِ، وَقُمتُمْ أيضاً مَعَهُ، إذْ آمَنتُمْ بِقُدرَةِ اللهِ الَّذِي أقامَ المَسِيحَ مِنَ المَوتِ.

13 A nd you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

كُنتُمْ فِيما مَضَى أمواتاً فِي خَطاياكُمْ، وَلَمْ تَكُونُوا قَدْ تَطَهَّرْتُمْ بَعدُ، لَكِنَّهُ أحياكُمْ مَعَ المَسِيحِ. فَقَدْ غَفَرَ لَنا جَمِيعَ خَطايانا،

14 b lotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

وَألغَى وَثِيقَةَ الدَّيْنِ الَّتِي كانَتْ ضِدَّنا، فَأزالَها مِنْ طَرِيقِنا بِتَسمِيرِها عَلَى الصَّلِيبِ،

15 a nd having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

إذْ جَرَّدَ ذَوي القُوَّةِ وَالسُلطَةِ فِي العالَمِ الرُّوحِيِّ مِنْ أسلِحَتِهِمْ، وَأظهَر هَزيمَتَهُمْ أمامَ العالَمِ، مُنتَصِراً عَلَيهِمْ بِالصَّلِيبِ. فَرائضُ النّاس

16 L et no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

فَلا تَسمَحُوا لِأحَدٍ بِأنْ يُجبِرَكُمْ عَلَى شَيءٍ فِي ما يَتَعَلَّقُ بِطَعامٍ أوْ شَرابٍ أوْ عِيدٍ أوْ هِلالٍ أوْ سَبتٍ.

17 w hich are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

فَما كانَتْ هَذِهِ إلّا ظِلّاً لِما سَيَأْتِي، أمّا الأصلُ فَهُوَ المَسِيحُ.

18 L et no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

فَلا تَسمَحُوا لأحَدٍ بِحِرمانِكُمْ مِنَ مُكافَأتِكُمُ، بِسَبَبِ رَغْبَتِهِ بِالتَّذَلُّلِ وعِبادَةِ المَلائِكَةِ. يَتَحَدَّثُّ عَنْ رُؤَىً رَآها، بَينَما يَنتَفِخُ بِغَباءٍ بِأفكارِهِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ،

19 a nd not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

غَيرَ مُتَمَسِّكٍ بِالمَسِيحِ الَّذِي هُوَ الرَّأْسُ الَّذي بِهِ يَتَدَعَّمُ الجَسَدُ وَيَتَماسَكُ بِالمَفاصِلِ وَالأوصالِ، وَيَنمُو نُمُوّاً مِنَ اللهِ.

20 W herefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

لَقَدْ مِتُّمْ مَعَ المَسِيحِ، وَتَحَرَّرْتُمْ مِنَ القُوَى المُسَيطِرَةِ عَلَى هَذا العالَمِ. فَلِماذا تَتَصَرَّفُونَ كَأنَّكُمْ مازِلْتُمْ تَنتَمُونَ إلَى العالَمِ؟ فَأنتُمْ تَخضَعُونَ لِفَرائِضَ مِثلِ:

21 ( touch not; taste not; handle not;

«لا تُمسِكْ بِهَذا!» أوْ «لا تَذُقْ ذاكَ!» أوْ «لا تَلمِسْ ذاكَ!»

22 w hich all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

وَهِيَ أشياءُ سَتَفسَدُ جَمِيعاً بِالاستِعمالِ. وَأنتُمْ تَخضَعُونَ بِذَلِكَ لِقَوانِينَ وَتَعالِيمَ بَشَرِيَّةٍ،

23 w hich things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

لَها مَظهَرُ الحِكْمَةِ كَالتَّدَيُّنِ وَإذلالِ النَّفسِ وَتَعذِيْبِ الجَسَدِ. لَكِنَّ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ لا قيمةَ لَها فِي مُواجَهَةِ مَلَذّاتِ الطَّبيعَةِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ.