Colossians 2
1 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;
But Y wole that ye wite, what bisynesse Y haue for you, and for hem that ben at Laodice, and whiche euere saien not my face in fleisch,
2 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 Christ,
that her hertis ben coumfortid, and thei ben tauyt in charite, in to alle the richessis of the plente of the vndurstondyng, in to the knowyng of mysterie of God, the fadir of Jhesu Crist,
3 in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
in whom alle the tresouris of wisdom and of science ben hid.
4 Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
For this thing Y seie, that no man disseyue you in heiythe of wordis.
5 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 Christ.
For thouy Y be absent in bodi, bi spirit Y am with you, ioiynge and seynge youre ordre and the sadnesse of youre bileue that is in Crist.
6 As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
Therfor as ye han takun Jhesu Crist oure Lord,
7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
walke ye in hym, and be ye rootid and bieldid aboue in hym, and confermyd in the bileue, as ye han lerud, aboundinge in hym in doynge of thankyngis.
8 Be careful that you do not 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 Christ.
Se ye that no man disseyue you bi filosofie and veyn fallace, aftir the tradicioun of men, aftir the elementis of the world, and not aftir Crist.
9 For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
For in hym dwellith bodilich al the fulnesse of the Godhed.
10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.
And ye ben fillid in hym, that is heed of al principat and power.
11 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 Christ,
In whom also ye ben circumcidid in circumcisioun not maad with hoond, in dispoyling of the bodi of fleisch, but in circumcisioun of Crist;
12 having 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.
and ye ben biried togidere with hym in baptim, in whom also ye han rise ayen bi feith of the worching of God, that reiside hym fro deth.
13 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,
And whanne ye weren deed in giltis, and in the prepucie of youre fleisch, he quikenyde togidere you with hym;
14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
foryyuynge to you alle giltis, doynge awei that writing of decre that was ayens vs, that was contrarie to vs; and he took awei that fro the myddil, pitchinge it on the cros;
15 Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
and he spuylide principatis and poweris, and ledde out tristili, opynli ouercomynge hem in hym silf.
16 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,
Therfor no man iuge you in mete, or in drink, or in part of feeste dai, or of neomenye,
17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
or of sabatis, whiche ben schadewe of thingis to comynge; for the bodi is of Crist.
18 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,
No man disseyue you, willynge to teche in mekenesse, and religioun of aungelis, tho thingis whiche he hath not seyn, walkinge veynli, bolnyd with wit of his fleisch,
19 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.
and not holdynge the heed, of which al the bodi, bi boondis and ioynyngis togidere vndur mynystrid and maad, wexith in to encreessing of God.
20 If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
For if ye ben deed with Crist fro the elementis of this world, what yit as men lyuynge to the world demen ye?
21 “Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”
That ye touche not, nether taaste,
22 (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
nether trete with hoondis tho thingis, whiche alle ben in to deth bi the ilke vss, aftir the comaundementis and the techingis of men;
23 These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
whiche han a resoun of wisdom in veyn religioun and mekenesse, and not to spare the bodi, not in ony onour to the fulfillyng of the fleisch.
