كُولُوسِي 1

١ 1 بُولُسُ، رَسُولُ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ بِمَشِيئَةِ ٱللهِ، وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ ٱلْأَخُ،

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and Timothy our brother:

٢ 2 إِلَى ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ فِي كُولُوسِّي، وَٱلْإِخْوَةِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ: نِعْمَةٌ لَكُمْ وَسَلَامٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ أَبِينَا وَٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father.

٣ 3 نَشْكُرُ ٱللهَ وَأَبَا رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ كُلَّ حِينٍ، مُصَلِّينَ لِأَجْلِكُمْ،

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,

٤ 4 إِذْ سَمِعْنَا إِيمَانَكُمْ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، وَمَحَبَّتَكُمْ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ،

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,

٥ 5 مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلرَّجَاءِ ٱلْمَوْضُوعِ لَكُمْ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ قَبْلًا فِي كَلِمَةِ حَقِّ ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ،

on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.

٦ 6 ٱلَّذِي قَدْ حَضَرَ إِلَيْكُمْ كَمَا فِي كُلِّ ٱلْعَالَمِ أَيْضًا، وَهُوَ مُثْمِرٌ كَمَا فِيكُمْ أَيْضًا مُنْذُ يَوْمَ سَمِعْتُمْ وَعَرَفْتُمْ نِعْمَةَ ٱللهِ بِٱلْحَقِيقَةِ.

For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

٧ 7 كَمَا تَعَلَّمْتُمْ أَيْضًا مِنْ أَبَفْرَاسَ ٱلْعَبْدِ ٱلْحَبِيبِ مَعَنَا، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ خَادِمٌ أَمِينٌ لِلْمَسِيحِ لِأَجْلِكُمُ،

as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,

٨ 8 ٱلَّذِي أَخْبَرَنَا أَيْضًا بِمَحَبَّتِكُمْ فِي ٱلرُّوحِ.

and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit.

٩ 9 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا، مُنْذُ يَوْمَ سَمِعْنَا، لَمْ نَزَلْ مُصَلِّينَ وَطَالِبِينَ لِأَجْلِكُمْ أَنْ تَمْتَلِئُوا مِنْ مَعْرِفَةِ مَشِيئَتِهِ، فِي كُلِّ حِكْمَةٍ وَفَهْمٍ رُوحِيٍّ،

For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;

١٠ 10 لِتَسْلُكُوا كَمَا يَحِقُّ لِلرَّبِّ، فِي كُلِّ رِضًى، مُثْمِرِينَ فِي كُلِّ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ، وَنَامِينَ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ ٱللهِ،

so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.

١١ 11 مُتَقَوِّينَ بِكُلِّ قُوَّةٍ بِحَسَبِ قُدْرَةِ مَجْدِهِ، لِكُلِّ صَبْرٍ وَطُولِ أَنَاةٍ بِفَرَحٍ،

Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;

١٢ 12 شَاكِرِينَ ٱلْآبَ ٱلَّذِي أَهَّلَنَا لِشَرِكَةِ مِيرَاثِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ فِي ٱلنُّورِ،

and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light.

١٣ 13 ٱلَّذِي أَنْقَذَنَا مِنْ سُلْطَانِ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَنَقَلَنَا إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ ٱبْنِ مَحَبَّتِهِ،

It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,

١٤ 14 ٱلَّذِي لَنَا فِيهِ ٱلْفِدَاءُ، بِدَمِهِ غُفْرَانُ ٱلْخَطَايَا.

in whom we have our redemption--the forgiveness of our sins.

١٥ 15 ٱلَّذِي هُوَ صُورَةُ ٱللهِ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَنْظُورِ، بِكْرُ كُلِّ خَلِيقَةٍ.

Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.

١٦ 16 فَإِنَّهُ فِيهِ خُلِقَ ٱلْكُلُّ: مَا في ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، مَا يُرَى وَمَا لَا يُرَى، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ عُرُوشًا أَمْ سِيَادَاتٍ أَمْ رِيَاسَاتٍ أَمْ سَلَاطِينَ. ٱلْكُلُّ بِهِ وَلَهُ قَدْ خُلِقَ.

For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him.

١٧ 17 ٱلَّذِي هُوَ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَفِيهِ يَقُومُ ٱلْكُلُّ،

And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.

١٨ 18 وَهُوَ رَأْسُ ٱلْجَسَدِ: ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ. ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱلْبَدَاءَةُ، بِكْرٌ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، لِكَيْ يَكُونَ هُوَ مُتَقَدِّمًا فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.

١٩ 19 لِأَنَّهُ فِيهِ سُرَّ أَنْ يَحِلَّ كُلُّ ٱلْمِلْءِ،

For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.

٢٠ 20 وَأَنْ يُصَالِحَ بِهِ ٱلْكُلَّ لِنَفْسِهِ، عَامِلًا ٱلصُّلْحَ بِدَمِ صَلِيبِهِ، بِوَاسِطَتِهِ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ: مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، أَمْ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross--to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.

٢١ 21 وَأَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ قَبْلًا أَجْنَبِيِّينَ وَأَعْدَاءً فِي ٱلْفِكْرِ، فِي ٱلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلشِّرِّيرَةِ، قَدْ صَالَحَكُمُ ٱلْآنَ

And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,

٢٢ 22 فِي جِسْمِ بَشَرِيَّتِهِ بِٱلْمَوْتِ، لِيُحْضِرَكُمْ قِدِّيسِينَ وَبِلَا لَوْمٍ وَلَا شَكْوَى أَمَامَهُ،

He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;

٢٣ 23 إِنْ ثَبَتُّمْ عَلَى ٱلْإِيمَانِ، مُتَأَسِّسِينَ وَرَاسِخِينَ وَغَيْرَ مُنْتَقِلِينَ عَنْ رَجَاءِ ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ، ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ، ٱلْمَكْرُوزِ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْخَلِيقَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْتَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، ٱلَّذِي صِرْتُ أَنَا بُولُسَ خَادِمًا لَهُ.

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

٢٤ 24 ٱلَّذِي ٱلْآنَ أَفْرَحُ فِي آلَامِي لِأَجْلِكُمْ، وَأُكَمِّلُ نَقَائِصَ شَدَائِدِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ فِي جِسْمِي لِأَجْلِ جَسَدِهِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱلْكَنِيسَةُ،

Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.

٢٥ 25 ٱلَّتِي صِرْتُ أَنَا خَادِمًا لَهَا، حَسَبَ تَدْبِيرِ ٱللهِ ٱلْمُعْطَى لِي لِأَجْلِكُمْ، لِتَتْمِيمِ كَلِمَةِ ٱللهِ.

I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--

٢٦ 26 ٱلسِّرِّ ٱلْمَكْتُومِ مُنْذُ ٱلدُّهُورِ وَمُنْذُ ٱلْأَجْيَالِ، لَكِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ قَدْ أُظْهِرَ لِقِدِّيسِيهِ، (aiōn g165)

the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people, (aiōn g165)

٢٧ 27 ٱلَّذِينَ أَرَادَ ٱللهُ أَنْ يُعَرِّفَهُمْ مَا هُوَ غِنَى مَجْدِ هَذَا ٱلسِّرِّ فِي ٱلْأُمَمِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ فِيكُمْ رَجَاءُ ٱلْمَجْدِ.

to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'

٢٨ 28 ٱلَّذِي نُنَادِي بِهِ مُنْذِرِينَ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ، وَمُعَلِّمِينَ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ، بِكُلِّ حِكْمَةٍ، لِكَيْ نُحْضِرَ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ كَامِلًا فِي ٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ.

٢٩ 29 ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي لِأَجْلِهِ أَتْعَبُ أَيْضًا مُجَاهِدًا، بِحَسَبِ عَمَلِهِ ٱلَّذِي يَعْمَلُ فِيَّ بِقُوَّةٍ.

To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.