Colossians 2

1 For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,

1 فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَعْلَمُوا مِقْدَارَ جِهَادِي لأَجْلِكُمْ وَلأَجْلِ الَّذِينَ فِي مَدِينَةِ لاوُدِكِيَّةَ، وَلأَجْلِ جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَنِي بِالْوَجْهِ،

2 that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

2 بِغَرَضِ أَنْ تَتَشَجَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَتَكُونَ كُلُّهَا مُتَّحِدَةً فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ، لِبُلُوغِ الإِدْرَاكِ التَّامِّ بِكُلِّ غِنَاهُ، لِمَعْرِفَةِ سِرِّ اللهِ، أَيِ الْمَسِيحِ،

3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

3 الْمَخْزُونَةِ فِيهِ كُنُوزُ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ كُلُّهَا.

4 I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

4 أَقُولُ هَذَا حَتَّى لَا يُضَلِّلَكُمْ أَحَدٌ بِكَلامٍ خَدَّاعٍ.

5 For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

5 فَمَعَ أَنِّي فِي الْجَسَدِ غَائِبٌ، إِلّا أَنِّي فِي الرُّوحِ حَاضِرٌ مَعَكُمْ، أَفْرَحُ إِذْ أُشَاهِدُ تَرْتِيبَكُمْ وَثَبَاتَكُمْ فِي الإِيمَانِ بِالْمَسِيحِ.

6 Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,

6 فَمِثْلَمَا قَبِلْتُمُ الْمَسِيحَ يَسُوعَ الرَّبَّ، فَفِيهِ اسْلُكُوا

7 rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

7 وَأَنْتُمْ مُتَأَصِّلُونَ وَمَبْنِيُّونَ فِيهِ وَرَاسِخُونَ فِي الإِيمَانِ الْمُوَافِقِ لِمَا تَعَلَّمْتُمْ وَفَائِضُونَ بِالشُّكْرِ.

8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

8 احْذَرُوا أَنْ يُوقِعَكُمْ أَحَدٌ فَرِيسَةً بِالْفَلْسَفَةِ وَالْغُرُورِ الْبَاطِلِ، عَمَلاً بِتَقَالِيدِ النَّاسِ وَأَرْكَانِ الْعَالَمِ؛ مِمَّا لَا يُوَافِقُ الْمَسِيحَ.

9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

9 فَفِيهِ، جَسَدِيًّا، يَحِلُّ اللهُ بِكُلِّ مِلْئِهِ،

10 And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

10 وَأَنْتُمْ مُكَمَّلُونَ فِيهِ. فَهُوَ رَأْسُ كُلِّ رَئَاسَةٍ وَسُلْطَةٍ؛

11 In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

11 وَفِيهِ أَيْضاً خُتِنْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ خِتَاناً لَمْ تُجْرِهِ الأَيْدِي، إِذْ نُزِعَ عَنْكُمْ جَسَدُ الْخَطَايَا الْبَشَرِيُّ وَهَذَا هُوَ خِتَانُ الْمَسِيحِ:

12 And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

12 فَقَدْ دُفِنْتُمْ مَعَهُ فِي الْمَعْمُودِيَّةِ، وَفِيهَا أَيْضاً أُقِمْتُمْ مَعَهُ، عَنْ طَرِيقِ إِيمَانِكُمْ بِقُدْرَةِ اللهِ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ.

13 When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

13 فَأَنْتُمْ، إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتاً فِي الْخَطَايَا وَعَدَمِ خِتَانِكُمُ الْجَسَدِيِّ، أَحْيَاكُمْ جَمِيعاً مَعَهُ؛ مُسَامِحاً لَنَا جَمِيعاً بِالْخَطَايَا كُلِّهَا.

14 having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

14 إِذْ قَدْ مَحَا صَكَّ الْفَرَائِضِ الْمَكْتُوبَ عَلَيْنَا وَالْمُنَاقِضَ لِمَصْلَحَتِنَا، بَلْ إِنَّهُ قَدْ أَزَالَهُ مِنَ الْوَسَطِ، مُسَمِّراً إِيَّاهُ عَلَى الصَّلِيبِ.

15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

15 وَإِذْ نَزَعَ سِلاحَ الرِّئَاسَاتِ وَالسُّلُطَاتِ، فَضَحَهُمْ جَهَاراً فِيهِ، وَسَاقَهُمْ فِي مَوْكِبِهِ ظَافِراً عَلَيْهِمْ.

16 Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

16 فَلا يَحْكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدٌ فِي قَضِيَّةِ الأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ، أَوْ فِي الْقَضَايَا الْمُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِالأَعْيَادِ وَرُؤُوسِ الشُّهُورِ وَالسُّبُوتِ؛

17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

17 فَهَذِهِ كَانَتْ ظِلالاً لِمَا سَيَأْتِي، أَيْ لِلْحَقِيقَةِ الَّتِي هِيَ الْمَسِيحُ.

18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

18 لَا يَحْرِمْكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ جَائِزَتِكُمْ، بِحَمْلِكُمْ عَلَى مَا يَرْغَبُ فِيهِ مِنْ إِظْهَارِ التَّوَاضُعِ وَالتَّعَبُّدِ لِلْمَلائِكَةِ، دَاخِلاً فِي رُؤى يَتَوَهَّمُهَا، وَقَدْ نَفَخَهُ بَاطِلاً ذِهْنُهُ الْجَسَدِيُّ،

19 He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

19 وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُمْسِكٍ بِالرَّأْسِ الَّذِي مِنْهُ يَتَلَقَّى الْجَسَدُ كُلُّهُ غِذَاءَهُ وَتَمَاسُكَهُ بِالْمَفَاصِلِ وَالأَوْصَالِ، فَيَنْمُو النُّمُوَّ الَّذِي يَمْنَحُهُ اللهُ.

20 If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

20 فَمَادُمْتُمْ قَدْ مُتُّمْ مَعَ الْمَسِيحِ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لأَرْكَانِ الْعَالَمِ، فَلِمَاذَا، كَمَا لَوْ كُنْتُمْ عَائِشِينَ فِي الْعَالَمِ، تُخْضِعُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لِفَرَائِضَ مِثْلِ هذِهِ:

21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

21 لَا تُمْسِكْ، لَا تَذُقْ، لَا تَلْمَسْ

22 These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

22 وَهذِهِ أَشْيَاءُ تُسْتَهْلَكُ وَتَزُولُ. فَتِلْكَ الْفَرَائِضُ هِيَ وَصَايَا الْبَشَرِ وَتَعَالِيمُهُمْ.

23 Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

23 لَهَا مَظَاهِرُ الْحِكْمَةِ لِمَا فِيهَا مِنْ إِفْرَاطٍ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ الْمُصْطَنَعَةِ، وَإِذْلالٍ لِلذَّاتِ، وَقَهْرٍ لِلْجَسَدِ؛ أُمُورٌ لَا قِيمَةَ لَهَا، وَمَا هِيَ إِلّا لإِرْضَاءِ الْمُيُولِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ.