1 F or I would have you know how greatly I strive 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 may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even 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 all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

فَكُلُّ كُنُوزِ الحِكْمَةِ وَالمَعرِفَةِ مَخزُونَةٌ فِي المَسِيحِ.

4 T his I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

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

5 F or though I am 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 therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

فَما دُمتُمْ قَبِلْتُمُ المَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ الرَّبَّ، عيشوا حَياتَكُمْ فِيْهِ.

7 r ooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

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

8 T ake heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his 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 in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:

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

11 i n whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

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

12 h aving been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who 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 through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

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

14 h aving blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;

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

15 h aving despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show 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 a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

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 the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

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

18 L et no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath 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 fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.

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

20 I f ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves 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 H andle not, nor taste, nor touch

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

22 ( all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

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

23 W hich things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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