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.
Pavel, apostol al lui Isus Cristos prin voia lui Dumnezeu, și fratele Timotei,
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.
Sfinților și fraților credincioși în Cristos care [sunt] în Colose: Har vouă și pace de la Dumnezeu Tatăl nostru și Domnul Isus Cristos.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Aducem mulțumiri lui Dumnezeu și Tatăl Domnului nostru Isus Cristos, rugându-ne totdeauna pentru voi,
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
De când am auzit de credința voastră în Cristos Isus și de dragostea voastră pentru toți sfinții,
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].
Pentru speranța care este păstrată pentru voi în cer, despre care ați auzit dinainte în cuvântul adevărului evangheliei,
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.
Care a venit la voi ca și în toată lumea, și aduce rod, precum face și în voi, din ziua în care ați auzit-o și ați cunoscut harul lui Dumnezeu în adevăr:
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.
Precum ați și învățat de la dragul nostru Epafra, împreună-rob cu noi, care este pentru voi un servitor credincios al lui Cristos,
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
Care ne-a și vestit dragostea voastră în Duhul.
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.
Din această cauză și noi, din ziua în care am auzit, nu încetăm să ne rugăm pentru voi și să dorim să fiți umpluți cu cunoașterea voii lui în toată înțelepciunea și înțelegerea spirituală,
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.
Ca voi să umblați demni de Domnul spre toată plăcerea, fiind roditori în fiecare lucrare bună și crescând în cunoașterea lui Dumnezeu;
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.
Întăriți cu toată puterea, conform glorioasei sale tării, spre toată răbdarea și îndelunga răbdare cu bucurie;
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].
Aducând mulțumiri Tatălui, care ne-a făcut demni de a fi părtași moștenirii sfinților în lumină,
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.
Care ne-a eliberat din puterea întunericului și ne-a strămutat în împărăția Fiului său iubit,
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.
În care avem răscumpărarea prin sângele lui, iertarea păcatelor,
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.
Care este chipul Dumnezeului cel invizibil, întâiul născut din toată creația;
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,
Pentru că de el au fost create toate lucrurile care sunt în cer și care sunt pe pământ, vizibile și invizibile, fie tronuri, fie domnii, fie principate, fie autorități: toate au fost create prin el și pentru el.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Și el este înaintea a toate și prin el toate se mențin.
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.
Și el este capul trupului, al bisericii; el, care este începutul, întâiul-născut dintre morți, ca în toate să aibă întâietatea.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Fiindcă Tatălui i-a plăcut ca în el să locuiască toată plinătatea;
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.
Și, făcând pace prin sângele crucii lui, prin el să împace toate pentru el; prin el, fie cele de pe pământ, fie în cer.
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,
Și voi, care ați fost odinioară înstrăinați și dușmani în mintea voastră prin fapte stricate, totuși acum el v-a împăcat,
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.
În trupul cărnii lui, prin moarte, pentru a vă prezenta sfinți și ireproșabili și fără mustrare înaintea lui;
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.
Dacă voi rămâneți în credință, fiind întemeiați și neclintiți și neabătuți de la speranța evangheliei pe care ați auzit-o, care a fost predicată la toată creatura sub cer, căreia îi sunt făcut servitor eu, Pavel,
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.
Care acum mă bucur în suferințele mele pentru voi și împlinesc ceea ce este în urma suferințelor lui Cristos în carnea mea, pentru trupul său, care este biserica,
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.
Pentru care am fost făcut servitor, conform administrării lui Dumnezeu, care îmi este dată pentru voi, pentru a împlini cuvântul lui Dumnezeu:
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)
Misterul care fusese ascuns de veacuri și de generații, dar acum este arătat pe față sfinților lui, (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].
Cărora a voit Dumnezeu să le facă cunoscut care sunt bogățiile gloriei acestui mister printre neamuri, care este Cristos în voi, speranța gloriei;
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.
Pe care noi îl predicăm, avertizând fiecare om și învățând pe fiecare om în toată înțelepciunea, pentru a putea înfățișa pe fiecare om desăvârșit în Cristos Isus,
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
Pentru care și eu muncesc, străduindu-mă conform cu lucrarea lui, care lucrează cu putere în mine.
