¹فاني اريد ان تعلموا اي جهاد لي لاجلكم ولاجل الذين في لاودكية وجميع الذين لم يروا وجهي في الجسد

¹For 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;

²لكي تتعزى قلوبهم مقترنة في المحبة لكل غنى يقين الفهم لمعرفة سرّ الله الآب والمسيح

²that 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,

³المذّخر فيه جميع كنوز الحكمة والعلم.

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

⁴وانما اقول هذا لئلا يخدعكم احد بكلام ملق.

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

⁵فاني وان كنت غائبا في الجسد لكني معكم في الروح فرحا وناظرا ترتيبكم ومتانة ايمانكم في المسيح.

⁵For 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.

⁶فكما قبلتم المسيح يسوع الرب اسلكوا فيه

⁶As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in him,

⁷متأصلين ومبنيين فيه وموطدين في الايمان كما علّمتم متفاضلين فيه بالشكر.

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

⁸انظروا ان لا يكون احد يسبيكم بالفلسفة وبغرور باطل حسب تقليد الناس حسب اركان العالم وليس حسب المسيح.

⁸Take 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:

⁹فانه فيه يحل كل ملء اللاهوت جسديا.

⁹for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

¹⁰وانتم مملوؤون فيه الذي هو راس كل رياسة وسلطان.

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

¹¹وبه ايضا ختنتم ختانا غير مصنوع بيد بخلع جسم خطايا البشرية بختان المسيح.

¹¹in 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;

¹²مدفونين معه في المعمودية التي فيها اقمتم ايضا معه بايمان عمل الله الذي اقامه من الاموات.

¹²having 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.

¹³واذ كنتم امواتا في الخطايا وغلف جسدكم احياكم معه مسامحا لكم بجميع الخطايا.

¹³And 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;

¹⁴اذ محا الصك الذي علينا في الفرائض الذي كان ضدا لنا وقد رفعه من الوسط مسمرا اياه بالصليب.

¹⁴having 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;

¹⁵اذ جرد الرياسات والسلاطين اشهرهم جهارا ظافرا بهم فيه

¹⁵having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

¹⁶فلا يحكم عليكم احد في اكل او شرب او من جهة عيد او هلال او سبت

¹⁶Let 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:

¹⁷التي هي ظل الامور العتيدة اما الجسد فللمسيح.

¹⁷which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

¹⁸لا يخسركم احد الجعالة راغبا في التواضع وعبادة الملائكة متداخلا في ما لم ينظره منتفخا باطلا من قبل ذهنه الجسدي

¹⁸Let 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,

¹⁹وغير متمسك بالراس الذي منه كل الجسد بمفاصل وربط متوازرا ومقترنا ينمو نموا من الله

¹⁹and 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.

²⁰اذا ان كنتم قد متم مع المسيح عن اركان العالم فلماذا كانكم عائشون في العالم تفرض عليكم فرائض

²⁰If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

²¹لا تمسّ ولا تذق ولا تجس.

²¹Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

²²التي هي جميعها للفناء في الاستعمال حسب وصايا وتعاليم الناس.

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

²³التي لها حكاية حكمة بعبادة نافلة وتواضع وقهر الجسد ليس بقيمة ما من جهة اشباع البشرية

²³Which 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.