Kološanima 2
1 Htio bih uistinu da znate koliko mi se boriti za vas, za one u Laodiceji i za sve koji me nisu vidjeli licem u lice:
For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
2 da se ohrabre srca njihova, povezana u ljubavi, te se vinu do svega bogatstva, punine shvaćanja, do spoznanja otajstva Božjega - Krista,
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
3 u kojem su sva bogatstva mudrosti i spoznaje skrivena.
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 To govorim zato da vas tko ne prevari zavodljivim riječima.
I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
5 Jer ako sam tijelom nenazočan, duhom sam ipak s vama: s radošću promatram vaš red i čvrstoću vaše vjere u Krista.
For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
6 Kao što primiste Krista Isusa, Gospodina, tako u njemu živite:
Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
7 ukorijenjeni i nazidani na njemu i učvršćeni vjerom kako ste poučeni, obilujte zahvaljivanjem.
rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8 Pazite da vas tko ne odvuče mudrovanjem i ispraznim zavaravanjem što se oslanja na predaju ljudsku, na “počela svijeta”, a ne na Krista.
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
9 Jer u njemu tjelesno prebiva sva punina božanstva; te ste i vi
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
10 ispunjeni u njemu, koji je glava svakoga Vrhovništva i Vlasti.
And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
11 U njemu ste i obrezani obrezanjem nerukotvorenim - svukoste tijelo puteno - obrezanjem Kristovim:
In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
12 s njime suukopani u krštenju, u njemu ste i suuskrsli po vjeri u snagu Boga koji ga uskrisi od mrtvih.
And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
13 On i vas, koji bijaste mrtvi zbog prijestupa i neobrezanosti svoga tijela, i vas on oživi zajedno s njime. Milostivo nam je oprostio sve prijestupe,
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
14 izbrisao zadužnicu koja propisima bijaše protiv nas, protivila nam se. Nju on ukloni pribivši je na križ.
having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
15 Skinu Vrhovništva i Vlasti, javno to pokaza: u pobjedničkoj ih povorci s njime vodi.
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
16 Neka vas dakle nitko ne sudi po jelu ili po piću, po blagdanima, mlađacima ili subotama.
Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
17 To je tek sjena onoga što dolazi, a zbiljnost jest - tijelo Kristovo.
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
18 Nitko 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,
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
19 a ne drži se Glave, Njega od kojeg sve Tijelo, zglobovima i svezama zbrinuto i povezano, raste rastom Božjim.
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
20 Ako ste s Kristom umrli za počela svijeta, zašto se, kao da još u ovom svijetu živite, dajete pod propise:
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
21 “Ne diraj, ne kušaj, ne dotiči”?
“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
22 Sve će to uporabom propasti. Uredbe i nauci ljudski!
These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
23 Po samozvanu bogoštovlju, poniznosti i trapljenju tijela sve to doduše slovi kao mudrost, ali nema nikakve vrijednosti, samo zasićuje tijelo.
Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
