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;

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

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,

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

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

³المذّخر فيه جميع كنوز الحكمة والعلم.

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

⁴وانما اقول هذا لئلا يخدعكم احد بكلام ملق.

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.

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

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

⁶فكما قبلتم المسيح يسوع الرب اسلكوا فيه

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

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

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:

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

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

⁹فانه فيه يحل كل ملء اللاهوت جسديا.

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

¹⁰وانتم مملوؤون فيه الذي هو راس كل رياسة وسلطان.

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;

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

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.

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

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;

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

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;

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

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

¹⁵اذ جرد الرياسات والسلاطين اشهرهم جهارا ظافرا بهم فيه

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:

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

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

¹⁷التي هي ظل الامور العتيدة اما الجسد فللمسيح.

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,

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

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.

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

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

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

²¹Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

²¹لا تمسّ ولا تذق ولا تجس.

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

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

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.

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