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;
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,
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 prejmejo njih srca tolažbo, da so združeni v ljubezni in za vse bogastvo popolnega prepričanja razuma, da prav spoznajo skrivnost Božjo, Kristusa,
3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
3v katerem so skriti vsi zakladi modrosti in spoznanja.
4Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
4To pa pravim, da vas nihče ne prevara z dozdevno pametnimi besedami.
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.
5Kajti čeprav sem po mesu daleč, v duhu sem vendar z vami, radujoč se in gledajoč vašo rednost in trdnost vere vaše v Kristusa.
6As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
6Kakor ste torej sprejeli Kristusa Jezusa, Gospoda, tako živite v njem,
7rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
7ukoreninjeni in sezidani v njem in utrjeni v veri, kakor ste bili poučeni, in bodite po njej obilni v zahvaljevanju.
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 kdo ne upleni z modrijanstvom in prazno prevaro, po izročilu človeškem, po začetnih naukih sveta in ne po Kristusu;
9For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,
9ker v njem prebiva vsa polnost božanstva telesno
10and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
10in v njem ste dopolnjeni, ki je glava vsakega gospodstva in vsake oblasti;
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;
11ki ste bili v njem tudi obrezani z obrezo, ne storjeno z rokami, ko ste slekli telo mesa, z obrezo Kristusovo,
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.
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.
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,
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,
14wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
14in izbrisal rokopis zoper nas, ki nam je bil po poveljih nasproten, in ga je odpravil, pribivši ga z žeblji na križ,
15having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
15in je razorožil poglavarstva in oblasti in jih postavil očitno na ogled in slavil zmago nad njimi v njem.
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,
16Naj vas torej ne sodi kdo v jedi ali pijači, ali glede praznika ali mlaja ali sobote;
17which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
17to vse je senca prihodnjih reči, telo pa je Kristusovo.
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,
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,
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.
19in ker se ne drži Glave, iz katere raste vse telo, po členovju in vezeh podpirano in zvezano, v rasti Božji.
20If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
20Če ste torej umrli s Kristusom začetnim naukom sveta, zakaj se, kakor da bi še v svetu živeli, pokorite poveljem:
21“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
21„Ne dotakni se, in ne pokusi, in ne potipaj!“
22(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
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.
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.
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.