¹For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and 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 may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

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

³in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

³የተሰወረ የጥበብና የእውቀት መዝገብ ሁሉ በእርሱ ነውና።

⁴and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

⁴ማንም በሚያባብል ቃል እንዳያስታችሁ ይህን እላለሁ።

⁵for if even in the flesh I am absent — yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

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

⁶as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,

⁶እንግዲህ ጌታን ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስን እንደ ተቀበላችሁት በእርሱ ተመላለሱ።

⁷being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught — abounding in it in thanksgiving.

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

⁸See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

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

⁹because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

⁹በእርሱ የመለኮት ሙላት ሁሉ በሰውነት ተገልጦ ይኖራልና።

¹⁰and ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,

¹⁰ለአለቅነትና ለሥልጣንም ሁሉ ራስ በሆነ በእርሱ ሆናችሁ ተሞልታችኋል።

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

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

¹²being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with [him] through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

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

¹³And you — being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh — He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

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

¹⁴having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

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

¹⁵having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly — having triumphed over them in it.

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

¹⁶Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

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

¹⁷which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body [is] of the Christ;

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

¹⁸let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and [in] worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

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

¹⁹and not holding the head, from which all the body — through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together — may increase with the increase of God.

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

²⁰If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

²⁰ከዓለማዊ ከመጀመሪያ ትምህርት ርቃችሁ ከክርስቶስ ጋር ከሞታችሁ፥

²¹— thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle —

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

²²which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,

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

²³which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body — not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.