< Colossians 1 >

1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter to you], and our fellow believer Timothy [is with me]. I am an apostle who represents Christ Jesus, because that is what God wanted.
این نامه از طرف پولس است که به ارادۀ خدا، رسول مسیحْ عیسی می‌باشد، و از طرف برادر ما تیموتائوس.
2 [I am sending this letter] to you who are in Colossae [city], and who are God’s people, and our faithful fellow believers who have a close relationship with Christ. We pray that God our Father will be acting kindly towards you, and that he will cause you to have [inner] peace.
این نامه را به قوم مقدّس خدا در شهر کولسی که برادران و خواهران وفادار در مسیح هستند، می‌نویسیم. از خدا، پدر ما، خواستار فیض و آرامش برای شما هستیم.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
هرگاه برای شما دعا می‌کنیم، ابتدا خدا را که پدر خداوند ما عیسی مسیح است، برای وجود شما شکر می‌کنیم،
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
زیرا وصف ایمان شما به مسیح عیسی و محبتی را که به همۀ ایمانداران او نشان می‌دهید، شنیده‌ایم.
5 You do that because you confidently expect to receive that which God is (reserving/keeping safe) for you in heaven, which you heard about previously when you heard the true message, that is, the message [about Christ].
علّت این ایمان و محبت شما این است که از همان ابتدا که پیغام راستین انجیل را شنیدید، به شادیهای آسمانی دل بستید.
6 [People] proclaimed it [PRS] to you, just like [people] have proclaimed it in many different countries [HYP, IDM]. The true message is changing more and more people’s lives, just like it changed your lives because you heard it and you truly experienced that God acts kindly towards us in ways we do not deserve.
همین پیغام که به شما رسید، به سرتاسر دنیا نیز می‌رسد، و در همه جا با دگرگون ساختن زندگی مردمان، ثمر می‌آوَرَد، همان‌طور که زندگی شما را دگرگون ساخت، از همان روزی که آن را شنیدید و حقیقت را دربارۀ فیض خدا درک کردید.
7 That is just what Epaphras taught you [would happen]. We love Epaphras. He serves Christ together with us and works for Christ faithfully for your benefit.
خدمتگزار امین عیسی مسیح، یعنی اِپافراس که پیغام انجیل را به شما رساند و اکنون از طرف شما با ما همکار و همخدمت است،
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
ما را آگاه ساخت که روح‌القدس چه محبت عمیقی در دل شما نسبت به دیگران قرار داده است.
9 Because of what we heard about you, we have also been praying [LIT] very often to God for you [HYP], ever since we heard this report about you. We pray that you will truly know all that God wants you to do; that is, that you will become very wise, and that you will understand spiritual matters well.
بنابراین، از آن روز که این خبر را شنیدیم، دائماً دعا می‌کنیم و از خدا می‌طلبیم که به شما یاری کند تا خواست و ارادهٔ او را دریابید، و به شما حکمت عطا فرماید تا امور روحانی را درک کنید؛
10 We have been praying like that in order that you will conduct yourselves as the Lord’s people should conduct themselves, in order that you will please the Lord in every way. Specifically, we have been praying like that in order that you will be doing every sort of good deed [IDM] and in order that you will be getting to know God truly, more and more.
تا به این ترتیب، رفتاری شایستۀ خداوند و زندگی خداپسندانه‌ای داشته باشید، به گونه‌ای که در هر کار نیک ثمر بیاورید و در شناخت خدا رشد کنید.
11 And we pray that [God] will greatly strengthen you [spiritually] with the mighty power that he has shown [to people], in order that you will always be steadfast and patient [when you experience difficulties], while [at the same time] you will be rejoicing.
همچنین، دعا می‌کنیم که از قدرت پرجلال خدا لبریز شوید تا صبر و تحمل بسیار داشته باشید و با شادی
12 And we pray that you will be thanking God our Father, because he has enabled you/us to receive the things that he will give to his people in heaven [SYN].
همواره پدر آسمانی را سپاس گویید که ما را شایستهٔ آن ساخت تا در میراث قوم خود که در قلمرو نور زندگی می‌کنند، سهیم شویم.
13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that the evil one no longer rules us [MET, MTY], and he caused us now to be ruled by his Son, whom he loves.
او ما را از دنیای تاریک شیطان نجات داد و به ملکوت پسر عزیزش منتقل ساخت،
14 That is, because of our relationship with his Son (OR, because of what the one who is also God did), God has redeemed/bought us; in particular, he has forgiven our sins.
همان که از طریق خونش رهایی و آمرزش گناهان را دریافت کردیم.
15 God’s Son reveals perfectly what God, his Father, is like, whom no one can see. God’s Son existed before and ranks above everything that God has created.
او چهرهٔ دیدنی خدای نادیدنی و نخست‌زادۀ تمامی آفرینش است.
16 When God created everything that is on the earth, he did it by having his Son do it. He created everything that [people] can see, and also everything which is in heaven that [people] cannot see. In particular, his Son created all ranks of important spirit beings. [And his Son ranks above everything], because God by the work of had his Son, and because by his Son all things were created {because [God] had his Son create everything} in order that everything might praise his Son,
در واقع، تمام هستی به‌وسیلۀ عیسی مسیح به وجود آمد، یعنی هر آنچه در آسمان و بر زمین است، دیدنی و نادیدنی؛ عالم روحانی با فرمانروایان و تاج و تخت ایشان، و فرماندهان و بزرگانشان، همه به‌وسیلۀ مسیح و برای جلال او آفریده شدند.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
پیش از آنکه چیزی به وجود آید، او وجود داشت، و قدرت اوست که همه چیز را در عالم هستی در هماهنگی با یکدیگر نگاه می‌دارد.
18 And [God’s Son ranks above everything], because it is his Son who [rules over his people] [MET] [as a person’s] head [controls his physical] body, because his Son causes his people to live [spiritually]. [God’s Son] is the first one who became alive again, in order that he should become more important than anything and everyone.
او سرِ بدن است، که همان کلیسا باشد. او سرآغاز است، و نخست‌زادۀ آنانی است که به قیامت از مردگان می‌رسند، تا بدین‌سان، او در همه چیز مُقدّم باشد.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
زیرا خدا اراده فرمود که الوهیت کاملش در وجود پسرش ساکن گردد.
20 [God our Father caused his Son to rule us], because he decided to reconcile with himself everything that is on earth and that is in heaven by what his Son did, in order that everything might honor his Son; that is, God our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself as a result of his [Son’s] blood [flowing when he died] on the cross. [The chiastic material is rearranged below so that the directly related propositional clusters are joined together.] 13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that we are no longer ruled by the evil one, and God our Father caused us now to be ruled by his Son (OR, the man who is also God) whom he loves. 14a That is, by means of what his Son did, we have been redeemed by God, our Father. 14b In particular, our sins have been forgiven by God, our Father. 20 God, our Father, has done this because he decided to reconcile to himself, by means of his Son, everything that is on earth and that is in heaven, in order that his Son might be honored; that is, God, our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself by means of God’s Son’s blood [flowing out when he died] on the cross. 15b God cannot be seen by anyone, 15a but his Son reveals perfectly what God—his Father—is like, 19a because it is in his Son that the Father chose 19b that he himself would dwell completely. 15c God’s Son ranks above everything 15d that has been created, 16 because it was by means of God’s Son that God created everything that is on the earth and that can be seen by people, and also everything that is in heaven and that cannot be seen by people. In particular, all types of important spirit beings were created by means of him, since everything has been created by God by means of God’s Son. And his Son ranks above everything, because everything has been created by God, in order that God’s Son might be honored by everything, 17 and because it is he who existed before anything else existed, and since everything is sustained by God by means of God’s Son. 18 And God’s Son ranks above everything because it is he who [rules over all believers, just like a person’s] head [controls his physical body, because he causes all believers to live spiritually]. His Son is the first one who rose from among those who have died, in order that he should become more important than everything and everyone.
او به‌واسطۀ مسیح، همه چیز را با خود آشتی داد، چه چیزهایی که بر روی زمین‌اند و چه چیزهایی که در آسمان هستند، و با خون او که بر صلیب ریخته شد، صلح و آشتی را فراهم ساخت.
21 As for you, [although] formerly God [considered you his] enemies (OR, [God considered you] as alienated [from him]) and [although] you were formerly hostile [to God] because you thought evil thoughts and because you did evil deeds,
این صلح و آشتی شامل حال شما نیز می‌شود، شما که زمانی از خدا دور بودید، و در ذهن خود با او دشمنی می‌کردید، چرا که اعمالتان شریرانه بود.
22 nevertheless, God our Father has now reconciled you [with himself. He did that] as a result of his Son dying physically. He did it in order that you should be completely holy when he brings you into his presence.
اما اکنون خدا شما را با خود آشتی داده است. این آشتی از طریق مرگ مسیح، مرگ بدن جسمانی‌اش، امکان‌پذیر شده است. در نتیجهٔ این فداکاری است که مسیح، شما را مقدّس گردانیده و به پیشگاه خدا آورده است. اکنون شما مقدّس و بی‌عیب و بَری از هر محکومیتی در حضور خدا ایستاده‌اید.
23 He wants you to continue [DOU] to believe the message about Christ; specifically, he wants you to continue to be stable/steadfast and to continue to confidently expect to receive that which you heard about when you heard that message. That message has been proclaimed {They have proclaimed that message} to people in very many places [HYP]; and I, Paul, also become someone who tells it to people.
اما این به شرطی میسّر می‌گردد که همواره در ایمان به این حقیقت استوار باشید و در آن ثابت‌قدم بمانید، و نگذارید امیدی که در پیام انجیل نهفته است، متزلزل شود. این همان انجیلی است که به گوش شما رسید و اکنون نیز به هر مخلوقی در زیر آسمان اعلان می‌شود، و من پولس، خدمتگزار آن شده‌ام.
24 At the present time I am rejoicing that I am suffering for your benefit; that is, I am completing what Christ [decided] that I should suffer physically for the benefit of all believers, [who are as dear to him as] his own body.
اکنون رنجی که به خاطر شما متحمل می‌شوم، موجب شادی من است، و من در بدن خود، رنجهایی را که لازمۀ خدمت به مسیح است، به خاطر بدن او، یعنی کلیسا، تکمیل می‌کنم.
25 I myself became someone who serves God’s people, because I was appointed {[God] appointed me} to be responsible to [help] you [who are non-Jews]. I became one who serves God’s people in order that I should make known to you non-Jews the whole message from/about God.
همچنین، من از سوی خدا مأموریت یافته‌ام تا کلیسایش را خدمت کنم و کلام او را در کمالش به شما اعلان نمایم،
26 [We did not know this message previously; that is, God] concealed it from [the people who lived in all] the previous ages, but he has now revealed it to his people. (aiōn g165)
یعنی این راز را که طی اعصار و نسلهای متمادی مخفی نگاه داشته شده بود، اما اکنون بر مقدّسین او آشکار گردیده است. (aiōn g165)
27 That is, God decided to reveal to them this message, which declares that he will greatly bless the non-Jews. Specifically, this message declares that Christ, [by his Spirit], will live in you who are non-Jews, with the result that you confidently expect that you will experience how glorious [God is].
زیرا خدا بر آن شد که ایشان دریابند که غنای پرجلال مسیح برای شما غیریهودیان نیز هست. و آن راز این است: «مسیح در وجود شما، امید پرشکوه شماست!»
28 We tell about Christ [to every class of persons]; we warn them, and specifically, we teach everyone very wisely. We do this in order that every person who (has a close relationship with/is united to) Christ may be (all that God wants them to be/perfect) when we present them to Christ.
پس کسی را که درباره‌اش موعظه می‌کنیم، مسیح است، و به هر کس هشدار می‌دهیم و به او به کمک تمام حکمتی که خدا به ما داده، تعلیم می‌دهیم تا بتوانیم هر کس را در مسیحْ عیسی به بلوغ روحانی کامل برسانیم و به حضور خدا تقدیم کنیم.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
کار من همین است و در این راه زحمت می‌کشم، و با تمام نیرویی که مسیح عطا می‌کند، در این زمینه تلاش و کوشش می‌کنم.

< Colossians 1 >