¹For 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;

¹ስለ እናንተና በሎዶቅያ ስላሉት ፊቴንም በሥጋ ስላላዩት ሁሉ እንዴት ያለ ትልቅ መጋደል እንዳለኝ ልታውቁ እወዳለሁና።

²That 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;

²ልባቸው እንዲጸናና፥ በፍቅርም ተባብረው በማስተዋል ወደሚገኝበት ወደ መረዳት ባለ ጠግነት ሁሉ እንዲደርሱ የእግዚአብሔርንም ምሥጢር እርሱንም ክርስቶስን እንዲያውቁ እጋደላለሁ።

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

³የተሰወረ የጥበብና የእውቀት መዝገብ ሁሉ በእርሱ ነውና።

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

⁴ማንም በሚያባብል ቃል እንዳያስታችሁ ይህን እላለሁ።

⁵For 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.

⁵በሥጋ ምንም እንኳ ብርቅ፥ በመንፈስ ከእናንተ ጋር ነኝና፥ ሥርዓታችሁንም በክርስቶስም ያለውን የእምነታችሁን ጽናት እያየሁ ደስ ይለኛል።

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

⁶እንግዲህ ጌታን ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስን እንደ ተቀበላችሁት በእርሱ ተመላለሱ።

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

⁷ሥር ሰዳችሁ በእርሱ ታነጹ፥ እንደ ተማራችሁም በሃይማኖት ጽኑ፥ ምስጋናም ይብዛላችሁ።

⁸Beware 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.

⁸እንደ ክርስቶስ ትምህርት ሳይሆን፥ እንደ ሰው ወግና እንደ ዓለማዊ እንደ መጀመሪያ ትምህርት ባለ በፍልስፍና በከንቱም መታለል ማንም እንዳይማርካችሁ ተጠበቁ።

⁹For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

⁹በእርሱ የመለኮት ሙላት ሁሉ በሰውነት ተገልጦ ይኖራልና።

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

¹⁰ለአለቅነትና ለሥልጣንም ሁሉ ራስ በሆነ በእርሱ ሆናችሁ ተሞልታችኋል።

¹¹In 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:

¹¹የሥጋንም ሰውነት በመገፈፍ፥ በክርስቶስ መገረዝ፥ በእጅ ባልተደረገ መገረዝ በእርሱ ሆናችሁ ደግሞ ተገረዛችሁ።

¹²Buried 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.

¹²በጥምቀትም ከእርሱ ጋር ተቀብራችሁ፥ በጥምቀት ደግሞ፥ ከሙታን ባስነሣው በእግዚአብሔር አሠራር በማመናችሁ፥ ከእርሱ ጋር ተነሣችሁ።

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

¹³እናንተም በበደላችሁና ሥጋችሁን ባለመገረዝ ሙታን በሆናችሁ ጊዜ፥ ከእርሱ ጋር ሕይወትን ሰጣችሁ። በደላችሁን ሁሉ ይቅር አላችሁ።

¹⁴Blotting 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;

¹⁴በእኛ ላይ የነበረውን የሚቃወመንንም በትእዛዛት የተጻፈውን የዕዳ ጽሕፈት ደመሰሰው። እርሱንም በመስቀል ጠርቆ ከመንገድ አስወግዶታል።

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

¹⁵አለቅነትንና ሥልጣናትን ገፎ፥ ድል በመንሣት በእርሱ እያዞራቸው በግልጥ አሳያቸው።

¹⁶Let 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:

¹⁶እንግዲህ በመብል ወይም በመጠጥ ወይም ስለ በዓል ወይም ስለ ወር መባቻ ወይም ስለ ሰንበት ማንም አይፍረድባችሁ።

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

¹⁷እነዚህ ሊመጡ ያሉት ነገሮች ጥላ ናቸውና፥ አካሉ ግን የክርስቶስ ነው።

¹⁸Let 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,

¹⁸ትሕትናንና የመላእክትን አምልኮ እየወደደ፥ ባላየውም ያለ ፈቃድ እየገባ፥ በሥጋዊም አእምሮ በከንቱ እየታበየ ማንም አይፍረድባችሁ።

¹⁹And 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.

¹⁹እንደዚህ ያለ ሰው ራስ ወደሚሆነው አይጠጋም፥ ከእርሱም አካል ሁሉ በጅማትና በማሰሪያ ምግብን እየተቀበለ እየተጋጠመም፥ እግዚአብሔር በሚሰጠው ማደግ ያድጋል።

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

²⁰ከዓለማዊ ከመጀመሪያ ትምህርት ርቃችሁ ከክርስቶስ ጋር ከሞታችሁ፥

²¹(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

²²እንደ ሰው ሥርዓትና ትምህርት። አትያዝ፥ አትቅመስ፥ አትንካ ለሚሉት ትእዛዛት በዓለም እንደምትኖሩ ስለ ምን ትገዛላችሁ? እነዚህ ሁሉ በመደረግ ሊጠፉ ተወስነዋልና።

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

²³ይህ እንደ ገዛ ፈቃድህ በማምለክና በትሕትና ሥጋንም በመጨቆን ጥበብ ያለው ይመስላል፥ ነገር ግን ሥጋ ያለ ልክ እንዳይጠግብ ለመከልከል ምንም አይጠቅምም።

²³Which 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.