¹Hočem namreč, da veste, kako hud boj imam za vas in zanje, ki so v Laodiceji, in za vse, ki niso videli obličja mojega v mesu,

¹For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

²da prejmejo njih srca tolažbo, da so združeni v ljubezni in za vse bogastvo popolnega prepričanja razuma, da prav spoznajo skrivnost Božjo, Kristusa,

²that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

³v katerem so skriti vsi zakladi modrosti in spoznanja.

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

⁴To pa pravim, da vas nihče ne prevara z dozdevno pametnimi besedami.

⁴Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

⁵Kajti čeprav sem po mesu daleč, v duhu sem vendar z vami, radujoč se in gledajoč vašo rednost in trdnost vere vaše v Kristusa.

⁵For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

⁶Kakor ste torej sprejeli Kristusa Jezusa, Gospoda, tako živite v njem,

⁶As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

⁷ukoreninjeni in sezidani v njem in utrjeni v veri, kakor ste bili poučeni, in bodite po njej obilni v zahvaljevanju.

⁷rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

⁸Pazite, da vas kdo ne upleni z modrijanstvom in prazno prevaro, po izročilu človeškem, po začetnih naukih sveta in ne po Kristusu;

⁸Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

⁹ker v njem prebiva vsa polnost božanstva telesno

⁹For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

¹⁰in v njem ste dopolnjeni, ki je glava vsakega gospodstva in vsake oblasti;

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

¹¹ki ste bili v njem tudi obrezani z obrezo, ne storjeno z rokami, ko ste slekli telo mesa, z obrezo Kristusovo,

¹¹in whom you were also 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 Christ;

¹²pokopani ž njim vred v krstu, v katerem ste tudi vstali ž njim od smrti po veri v delovanje Boga, ki ga je obudil izmed mrtvih.

¹²having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

¹³In vas, ki ste bili mrtvi v grehih in neobrezi mesa svojega, tudi vas je oživil ž njim vred, ko nam je odpustil vse grehe,

¹³You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

¹⁴in izbrisal rokopis zoper nas, ki nam je bil po poveljih nasproten, in ga je odpravil, pribivši ga z žeblji na križ,

¹⁴wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

¹⁵in je razorožil poglavarstva in oblasti in jih postavil očitno na ogled in slavil zmago nad njimi v njem.

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

¹⁶Naj vas torej ne sodi kdo v jedi ali pijači, ali glede praznika ali mlaja ali sobote;

¹⁶Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

¹⁷to vse je senca prihodnjih reči, telo pa je Kristusovo.

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

¹⁸Nihče naj vas ne pripravi ob zmagovalcev plačilo s tem, da svoji volji ugaja v ponižnosti in češčenju angelov, ko se peča s tem, česar ni videl, ker ga za nič napihuje mišljenje mesa njegovega,

¹⁸Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

¹⁹in ker se ne drži Glave, iz katere raste vse telo, po členovju in vezeh podpirano in zvezano, v rasti Božji.

¹⁹and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

²⁰Če ste torej umrli s Kristusom začetnim naukom sveta, zakaj se, kakor da bi še v svetu živeli, pokorite poveljem:

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

²¹„Ne dotakni se, in ne pokusi, in ne potipaj!“

²¹“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”

²²(kar je vse v pogubo določeno po rabi) po zapovedih in naukih človeških?To ima sicer videz modrosti v svojevoljni službi Božji in ponižnosti in neprizanesljivosti proti telesu, a nima nič vrednosti in služi le v zadovoljitev mesa.

²²(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

²³To ima sicer videz modrosti v svojevoljni službi Božji in ponižnosti in neprizanesljivosti proti telesu, a nima nič vrednosti in služi le v zadovoljitev mesa.

²³Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.