Colossians 2

1 For I would have you know what a great struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

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 that their hearts may be encouraged, they being knit together in love, and that they may attain to all the riches of a full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God;

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, namely, Meshikha,

3 in which are stored up all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

4 And this I say, that no one may impose on you by specious discourses.

Now I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive words.

5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet in the spirit I am with you, rejoicing and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

For 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 Meshikha.

6 As therefore ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

As therefore you received Meshikha Yeshua, the Lord, walk in him,

7 rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

8 Beware lest there be some one who shall make a prey of you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ.

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty and deceptive philosophy, according to human tradition, according to the elementary principles of the world, and not according to Meshikha.

9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,

For in him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

10 and ye are made full in him, who is the head of all principality and power;

and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;

11 in whom also ye have been circumcised with a circumcision not performed by hand, in putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ,

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Meshikha;

12 having been buried with him in your baptism; in which also ye were raised to life with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead;

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.

13 and to you also who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he given life together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

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 blotting out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was opposed to us, he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

15 and having disarmed principalities and powers, he made a public show of them, and led them captive in triumph in him.

having disarmed the rulers and authorities, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

16 Let no one then call you to account about food or drink, or a feast-day, or a new moon, or sabbaths;

Therefore do not let anyone judge you about food and drink, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

17 which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is Christ's.

which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Meshikha's.

18 Let no one defraud you of the prize, desiring to do it in humiliation and worshipping of the angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his own flesh,

Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19 and not holding fast the Head, from which the whole body, supported and compacted by means of the joints and ligaments, groweth with an increase wrought by God.

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 If ye died with Christ to the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, such as,

If you died with Meshikha from the elementary principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

21 Handle not, Taste not, Touch not,

"Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch"

22 (which all are to perish with the using, ) after the commandments and teachings of men;

(all of which perish with use), according to human commandments and teachings?

23 which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.

Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.