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;

¹Htio bih uistinu da znate koliko mi se boriti za vas, za one u Laodiceji i za sve koji me nisu vidjeli licem u lice:

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,

²da se ohrabre srca njihova, povezana u ljubavi, te se vinu do svega bogatstva, punine shvaćanja, do spoznanja otajstva Božjega - Krista,

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

³u kojem su sva bogatstva mudrosti i spoznaje skrivena.

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

⁴To govorim zato da vas tko ne prevari zavodljivim riječima.

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.

⁵Jer ako sam tijelom nenazočan, duhom sam ipak s vama: s radošću promatram vaš red i čvrstoću vaše vjere u Krista.

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

⁶Kao što primiste Krista Isusa, Gospodina, tako u njemu živite:

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

⁷ukorijenjeni i nazidani na njemu i učvršćeni vjerom kako ste poučeni, obilujte zahvaljivanjem.

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.

⁸Pazite da vas tko ne odvuče mudrovanjem i ispraznim zavaravanjem što se oslanja na predaju ljudsku, na "počela svijeta", a ne na Krista.

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

⁹Jer u njemu tjelesno prebiva sva punina božanstva; te ste i vi

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

¹⁰ispunjeni u njemu, koji je glava svakoga Vrhovništva i Vlasti.

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;

¹¹U njemu ste i obrezani obrezanjem nerukotvorenim - svukoste tijelo puteno - obrezanjem Kristovim:

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.

¹²s njime suukopani u krštenju, u njemu ste i suuskrsli po vjeri u snagu Boga koji ga uskrisi od mrtvih.

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,

¹³On i vas, koji bijaste mrtvi zbog prijestupa i neobrezanosti svoga tijela, i vas on oživi zajedno s njime. Milostivo nam je oprostio sve prijestupe,

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

¹⁴izbrisao zadužnicu koja propisima bijaše protiv nas, protivila nam se. Nju on ukloni pribivši je na križ.

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

¹⁵Skinu Vrhovništva i Vlasti, javno to pokaza: u pobjedničkoj ih povorci s njime vodi.

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,

¹⁶Neka vas dakle nitko ne sudi po jelu ili po piću, po blagdanima, mlađacima ili subotama.

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

¹⁷To je tek sjena onoga što dolazi, a zbiljnost jest - tijelo Kristovo.

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,

¹⁸Nitko neka vas ne podcjenjuje zato što on sam uživa u "poniznosti i štovanju anđela", zadubljuje se u svoja viđenja, bezrazložno se nadima tjelesnom pameću svojom,

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.

¹⁹a ne drži se Glave, Njega od kojeg sve Tijelo, zglobovima i svezama zbrinuto i povezano, raste rastom Božjim.

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

²⁰Ako ste s Kristom umrli za počela svijeta, zašto se, kao da još u ovom svijetu živite, dajete pod propise:

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

²¹"Ne diraj, ne kušaj, ne dotiči"?

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

²²Sve će to uporabom propasti. Uredbe i nauci ljudski!

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.

²³Po samozvanu bogoštovlju, poniznosti i trapljenju tijela sve to doduše slovi kao mudrost, ali nema nikakve vrijednosti, samo zasićuje tijelo.