Colossians 2
1 In particular, I want you to realize that I am (exerting myself very greatly/working very hard) on your behalf, on behalf of those who are in Laodicea [city], and on behalf of all those others who have not seen me personally.
१मैं चाहता हूँ कि तुम जान लो, कि तुम्हारे और उनके जो लौदीकिया में हैं, और उन सब के लिये जिन्होंने मेरा शारीरिक मुँह नहीं देखा मैं कैसा परिश्रम करता हूँ।
2 I am doing this in order that they and you [SYN] might be strengthened [spiritually] as you are united in loving [one another]. And I am doing this in order that they and you might fully and thoroughly [DOU] understand the message that God has now revealed; that is, in order that they and you might truly know the message from God our Father and about Christ,
२ताकि उनके मनों को प्रोत्साहन मिले और वे प्रेम से आपस में गठे रहें, और वे पूरी समझ का सारा धन प्राप्त करें, और परमेश्वर पिता के भेद को अर्थात् मसीह को पहचान लें।
3 who alone is able to cause them and you to understand thoroughly [DOU] [this very important message].
३जिसमें बुद्धि और ज्ञान के सारे भण्डार छिपे हुए हैं।
4 I am telling you this in order that no one may deceive you by persuasive arguments;
४यह मैं इसलिए कहता हूँ, कि कोई मनुष्य तुम्हें लुभानेवाली बातों से धोखा न दे।
5 because, even though I am absent from you physically, I am very concerned about you. At the same time, I am rejoicing because I know that you are united [with each other] and that you believe firmly in Christ.
५यद्यपि मैं यदि शरीर के भाव से तुम से दूर हूँ, तो भी आत्मिक भाव से तुम्हारे निकट हूँ, और तुम्हारे विधि-अनुसार चरित्र और तुम्हारे विश्वास की जो मसीह में है दृढ़ता देखकर प्रसन्न होता हूँ।
6 In a way that is (consistent/in harmony) with [the message that] you received about Christ Jesus, who is our Lord, conduct yourselves as you should, since you have a close relationship with him.
६इसलिए, जैसे तुम ने मसीह यीशु को प्रभु करके ग्रहण कर लिया है, वैसे ही उसी में चलते रहो।
7 Specifically, continue believing and practicing [MET, DOU] what you were first taught about Christ. Continue to do this more and more; continue to fIrmly believe all the true teaching, just like [Epaphras] taught it to you. And continue thanking [God, our Father], very much [for all that he has done for you].
७और उसी में जड़ पकड़ते और बढ़ते जाओ; और जैसे तुम सिखाए गए वैसे ही विश्वास में दृढ़ होते जाओ, और अत्यन्त धन्यवाद करते रहो।
8 Make sure that no one forces you [(pl)] to become his disciples [MET] by his teaching you a religious philosophy/doctrine that is worthless and false. Such a philosophy is false because it teaches what mere human beings think, because it teaches people elementary regulations/rules [that are concerned merely with what is external/physical], and because it teaches what is contrary to [the true teaching about] Christ.
८चौकस रहो कि कोई तुम्हें उस तत्व-ज्ञान और व्यर्थ धोखे के द्वारा अहेर न कर ले, जो मनुष्यों की परम्पराओं और संसार की आदि शिक्षा के अनुसार है, पर मसीह के अनुसार नहीं।
9 It is in Christ’s body that God lives completely.
९क्योंकि उसमें ईश्वरत्व की सारी परिपूर्णता सदेह वास करती है।
10 And you are spiritually complete because you have a close relationship with Christ, who rules over every other ruler.
१०और तुम मसीह में भरपूर हो गए हो जो सारी प्रधानता और अधिकार का शिरोमणि है।
11 Specifically, because of your close relationship with Christ, it is as though [MET] you were circumcised {Christ circumcised you} [spiritually]. This does not mean that someone circumcised you physically [MTY], but it means that Christ completely removed your self-directed nature.
११उसी में तुम्हारा ऐसा खतना हुआ है, जो हाथ से नहीं होता, परन्तु मसीह का खतना हुआ, जिससे पापमय शारीरिक देह उतार दी जाती है।
12 And specifically, when you were baptized, [it was as though] [MET] you [had died and] were buried with Christ, and [it was as though] [MET] God caused you to live again with Christ as a result of your believing that God acted powerfully; specifically, by your believing that God caused Christ to become alive again.
१२और उसी के साथ बपतिस्मा में गाड़े गए, और उसी में परमेश्वर की शक्ति पर विश्वास करके, जिसने उसको मरे हुओं में से जिलाया, उसके साथ जी भी उठे।
13 And specifically, you [who are non-Jews], because of your sins, you were [spiritually] dead [before you trusted in Christ]. You were uncircumcised [spiritually]; that is, your self-directed nature controlled you. Nevertheless, it was you whom God caused to become alive [spiritually because of their close relationship] [MET] with Christ. And specifically, God forgave us all our sins.
१३और उसने तुम्हें भी, जो अपने अपराधों, और अपने शरीर की खतनारहित दशा में मुर्दा थे, उसके साथ जिलाया, और हमारे सब अपराधों को क्षमा किया।
14 [It is just] as [though] he canceled ([the charges] against us/the sins [that we had committed]) for which [God] will punish us. And [it was just] as [though] [MET] it was [the charges on] that document/paper that he canceled by nailing them to the cross [when they nailed Christ on the cross].
१४और विधियों का वह लेख और सहायक नियम जो हमारे नाम पर और हमारे विरोध में था मिटा डाला; और उसे क्रूस पर कीलों से जड़कर सामने से हटा दिया है।
15 And specifically, God defeated the [evil] spirit beings that rule, and he demonstrated/showed that publicly; that is, he triumphed over them as a result of what [Christ did].
१५और उसने प्रधानताओं और अधिकारों को अपने ऊपर से उतार कर उनका खुल्लमखुल्ला तमाशा बनाया और क्रूस के कारण उन पर जय जयकार की ध्वनि सुनाई।
16 So disregard anyone who says that God will punish you because you eat [certain foods] and because you drink [certain drinks] or because [you do not celebrate] special [yearly] festivals or celebrate the time when the new moon [appears] or weekly (Sabbaths/Jewish days of rest).
१६इसलिए खाने-पीने या पर्व या नये चाँद, या सब्त के विषय में तुम्हारा कोई फैसला न करे।
17 [Disregard such people] because those [regulations/rules about food and drink and festivals] are [only] like a shadow [MET] [that is cast by something that is approaching; that is, they merely represent] the real spiritual blessings that Christ [has given to you].
१७क्योंकि ये सब आनेवाली बातों की छाया हैं, पर मूल वस्तुएँ मसीह की हैं।
18 Disregard those who say that God will punish you because [you do not worship God in the way that] they say [that you should]; that is, they insist that you should humiliate yourselves and that you should worship the angels. [Disregard such people] since they base their authority on things that they have never seen, and since they are proud without reason because their self-directed nature [controls] what they think,
१८कोई मनुष्य दीनता और स्वर्गदूतों की पूजा करके तुम्हें दौड़ के प्रतिफल से वंचित न करे। ऐसा मनुष्य देखी हुई बातों में लगा रहता है और अपनी शारीरिक समझ पर व्यर्थ फूलता है।
19 and since they do not teach the true teaching about Christ [MET]. [Christ is the one who causes all of his people to develop/grow spiritually as God plans that they should develop/grow, just like] [MET] a person’s head directs how his body grows, as it is held together by its joints and ligaments.
१९और उस शिरोमणि को पकड़े नहीं रहता जिससे सारी देह जोड़ों और पट्ठों के द्वारा पालन-पोषण पाकर और एक साथ गठकर, परमेश्वर की ओर से बढ़ती जाती है।
20 [It is as though] [MET] you died with Christ. So [you no longer have to obey] elementary regulations/rules [that are concerned merely with what is external/physical, just like a dead person no longer has to do anything]. So, do not submit to regulations/rules
२०जबकि तुम मसीह के साथ संसार की आदि शिक्षा की ओर से मर गए हो, तो फिर क्यों उनके समान जो संसार में जीवन बिताते हैं और ऐसी विधियों के वश में क्यों रहते हो?
21 such as ‘Do not handle [certain things]’, ‘Do not taste [certain things]’, ‘Do not touch [certain things]’, as if you still had to obey such regulations/rules.
२१कि ‘यह न छूना,’ ‘उसे न चखना,’ और ‘उसे हाथ न लगाना’?,
22 All those things are intended to cease to exist when we use them. [And do not obey such regulations/rules], because they are what mere human teachers command and teach.
२२क्योंकि ये सब वस्तु काम में लाते-लाते नाश हो जाएँगी क्योंकि ये मनुष्यों की आज्ञाओं और शिक्षाओं के अनुसार है।
23 [Do not obey such] regulations/rules; they only cause people to do what their self-directed nature wants to do. [Those regulations] seem to be wise because they [urge people to] worship as mere human teachers have decided. [They urge] that [people] should humiliate themselves, and that [people] should treat their bodies harshly. But those regulations/rules do not help [people] at all to not do the sinful things that their self-directed nature wants to do.
२३इन विधियों में अपनी इच्छा के अनुसार गढ़ी हुई भक्ति की रीति, और दीनता, और शारीरिक अभ्यास के भाव से ज्ञान का नाम तो है, परन्तु शारीरिक लालसाओं को रोकने में इनसे कुछ भी लाभ नहीं होता।
