¹Lebo chcem, aby ste vedeli, jaký veľký boj mám za vás, a za takých, ktorí sú v Laodicei, a za všetkých, ktorí nevideli mojej tvári v tele,

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,

²aby boly potešené ich srdcia, spojených v jedno v láske, a to cieľom všetkého bohatstva plnosti rozumu, cieľom pravého poznania tajomstva Boha a Otca a Krista,

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,

³v ktorom sú skryté všetky poklady múdrosti a známosti.

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

⁴Ale to hovorím, aby vás nikto neoklamal falošnými dôvodmi, pravde podobnou rečou.

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

⁵Lebo ak som aj telom neprítomný, ale som duchom s vami radujúc sa a vidiac váš poriadok a pevnosť vašej viery v Krista.

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;

⁶A tak tedy, jako ste prijali Krista Ježiša Pána, tak v ňom choďte,

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

⁷zakorenení a budovaní na ňom a upevňovaní vo viere, jako ste naučení, hojnejúc v nej ďakovaním.

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

⁸Hľaďte, aby vás niekto nezajal v lúpež filozofiou a prázdnym zvodom učiac podľa podania ľudí, podľa živlov sveta a nie podľa Krista;

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,

⁹lebo v ňom prebýva všetka plnosť božstva v telesne,

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

¹⁰a ste v ňom naplnení, ktorý je hlavou každého kniežatstva a každej vrchnosti,

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

¹¹v ktorom ste aj obrezaní obriezkou, nie učinenou rukou, vo svlečení tele hriechov ľudského tela, v obriezke Kristovej,

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,

¹²súc s ním spolu pohrobení v krste, v ktorom, totiž v Kristovi, ste aj spolu vstali z mŕtvych skrze vieru pôsobenia Boha, ktorý ho vzkriesil z mŕtvych.

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.

¹³I vás, ktorí ste boli mŕtvi v hriechoch a v neobrezanosti svojho tela, spolu oživil s ním darujúc vám z milosti všetky hriechy,

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,

¹⁴vymažúc písmo, napísané proti nám, záležajúce v rôznych nariadeniach, ktoré bolo proti nám, a vzal ho z prostredku pribijúc ho na kríž

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;

¹⁵a odzbrojac kniežatstvá a vrchnosti vystavil ich verejne na odiv víťazosláviac nad nimi v ňom.

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

¹⁶Tedy nech vás nikto nesúdi pre pokrm alebo nápoj alebo pre nejaký sviatok alebo novmesiac alebo pre soboty,

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,

¹⁷čo všetko je tôňou budúcich vecí, ale telo je Kristovo.

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

¹⁸Nech vás nikto nepripraví o víťazné chcúc to docieliť samozvolenou pokorou a náboženstvom anjelov dávajúc sa do toho, čoho nevidel, súc darmo nadúvaný mysľou svojho tela

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,

¹⁹a nedržiac sa hlavy, odkiaľ celé telo skrze poje a sväzky zaopatrované výživou a spolu viazané, rastie vzrastom Božím.

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.

²⁰A tak jestli ste s Kristom odumreli živlom sveta, prečo si potom ešte, jako keby ste žili v svete, dáte predpisovať zákony

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?

²¹(Vraj nechyť sa ani neokús ani sa nedotkni!

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

²²Čo všetko je spotrebou na zkazu) podľa príkazov a učení ľudí.

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

²³Čo má smysel v múdrosti v samozvolenom náboženstve a v takej pokore jako aj v nešetrení tela, kým to nemá nijakej ceny a je iba na zasýtenie tela.

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.