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 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;
2 da se ohrabre srca njihova, povezana u ljubavi, te se vinu do svega bogatstva, punine shvaćanja, do spoznanja otajstva Božjega - Krista,
that 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 Messiah,
3 u kojem su sva bogatstva mudrosti i spoznaje skrivena.
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
4 To govorim zato da vas tko ne prevari zavodljivim riječima.
Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
5 Jer ako sam tijelom nenazočan, duhom sam ipak s vama: s radošću promatram vaš red i čvrstoću vaše vjere u Krista.
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Messiah.
6 Kao što primiste Krista Isusa, Gospodina, tako u njemu živite:
As therefore you received Messiah Yeshua the Lord, walk in him,
7 ukorijenjeni i nazidani na njemu i učvršćeni vjerom kako ste poučeni, obilujte zahvaljivanjem.
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
8 Pazite da vas tko ne odvuče mudrovanjem i ispraznim zavaravanjem što se oslanja na predaju ljudsku, na “počela svijeta”, a ne na Krista.
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Messiah.
9 Jer u njemu tjelesno prebiva sva punina božanstva; te ste i vi
For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
10 ispunjeni u njemu, koji je glava svakoga Vrhovništva i Vlasti.
and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.
11 U njemu ste i obrezani obrezanjem nerukotvorenim - svukoste tijelo puteno - obrezanjem Kristovim:
In him 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 Messiah,
12 s njime suukopani u krštenju, u njemu ste i suuskrsli po vjeri u snagu Boga koji ga uskrisi od mrtvih.
having been buried with him in immersion, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working 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,
You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
14 izbrisao zadužnicu koja propisima bijaše protiv nas, protivila nam se. Nju on ukloni pribivši je na križ.
wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
15 Skinu Vrhovništva i Vlasti, javno to pokaza: u pobjedničkoj ih povorci s njime vodi.
Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Neka vas dakle nitko ne sudi po jelu ili po piću, po blagdanima, mlađacima ili subotama.
Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
17 To je tek sjena onoga što dolazi, a zbiljnost jest - tijelo Kristovo.
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Messiah’s.
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,
Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 a ne drži se Glave, Njega od kojeg sve Tijelo, zglobovima i svezama zbrinuto i povezano, raste rastom Božjim.
and 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.
20 Ako ste s Kristom umrli za počela svijeta, zašto se, kao da još u ovom svijetu živite, dajete pod propise:
If you died with Messiah from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
21 “Ne diraj, ne kušaj, ne dotiči”?
“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
22 Sve će to uporabom propasti. Uredbe i nauci ljudski!
(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
23 Po samozvanu bogoštovlju, poniznosti i trapljenju tijela sve to doduše slovi kao mudrost, ali nema nikakve vrijednosti, samo zasićuje tijelo.
These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
