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.
परमेश्वर की इच्छा से मसीह येशु के प्रेरित पौलॉस तथा हमारे भाई तिमोथियॉस की ओर से,
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.
कोलोस्सॉय के पवित्र लोगों और मसीह में सच्चे विश्वासी भाई बहनों को, हमारे पिता परमेश्वर की ओर से अनुग्रह और शांति.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
तुम्हारे लिए प्रार्थना करते समय हम हमारे प्रभु येशु मसीह के पिता परमेश्वर के सामने हमेशा अपना आभार प्रकट करते हैं,
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
क्योंकि हमने मसीह येशु में तुम्हारे विश्वास तथा सभी पवित्र लोगों के प्रति तुम्हारे प्रेम के विषय में सुना है.
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].
इनका आधार है वह विश्वास और प्रेम जो उपजा है उस आशा से जो आपके लिए स्वर्ग में रखी हुई है तथा जिसके विषय में तुम पहले ही सच्चाई का वर्णन—उद्धार के सुसमाचार में सुन चुके हो
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.
जिसे तुमने प्राप्त किया है, यह सुसमाचार लगातार पूरे संसार में और तुममें भी उसी दिन से फूल और फल रहा है, जिस दिन से तुमने इसे सुना और तुम्हें तभी परमेश्वर के अनुग्रह का अहसास हुआ.
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.
ठीक जिसे तुमने हमारे प्रिय सहकर्मी दास एपाफ़्रास से सीखा, जो तुम्हारे लिए मसीह का सच्चा सेवक है.
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
वह हमें पवित्र आत्मा में तुम्हारे प्रेम के विषय में सूचित भी करता रहा है.
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.
इसी कारण जिस दिन से हमने यह सुना है, हमने तुम्हारे लिए प्रार्थना करना नहीं छोड़ा और हम यह विनती करते हैं कि तुम पूरे आत्मिक ज्ञान और समझ में परमेश्वर की इच्छा के सारे ज्ञान में भरपूर होते जाओ,
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.
कि तुम्हारा स्वभाव प्रभु के योग्य हो, जो उन्हें हर प्रकार से प्रसन्न करनेवाला हो, जो हर एक भले कार्य में फलदाई हो तथा परमेश्वर के सारे ज्ञान में उन्नत होते हुए तुम,
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.
सारी सहनशीलता और धीरज के लिए उनकी महिमा की शक्ति के अनुसार सारे सामर्थ्य से बलवान होते जाओ तथा
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].
पिता का खुशी से आभार मानो, जिन्होंने तुम्हें ज्योति के राज्य में पवित्र लोगों की मीरास में शामिल होने के लिए योग्य बना दिया.
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.
क्योंकि वही हमें अंधकार के वश से निकालकर अपने प्रिय पुत्र के राज्य में ले आए हैं.
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.
उन्हीं में हमारा छुटकारा, अर्थात् पाप की क्षमा है.
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.
वह तो अनदेखे परमेश्वर का स्वरूप हैं. वह सारी सृष्टि में पहलौठे हैं.
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,
क्योंकि उन्हीं में सब कुछ रचाया गया है—स्वर्गीय स्थानों में तथा पृथ्वी पर, देखी तथा अनदेखी, सिंहासन तथा प्रभुताएं, राजा तथा अधिकारी—सभी कुछ उन्हीं के द्वारा तथा उन्हीं के लिए बनाया गया.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
वह सारी सृष्टि में प्रथम हैं और सारी सृष्टि उनमें स्थिर रहती है.
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.
वही सिर है कलीसिया के, जो उनका शरीर है; वही आदि है, मरे हुओं में से जी उठनेवालों में पहलौठे हैं कि वही सब में प्रधान हों.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
क्योंकि पिता की प्रसन्नता इसी में थी कि उनमें ही सारी परिपूर्णता वास करे और वह
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.
क्रूस पर उनके बहाए गए लहू के द्वारा शांति की स्थापना कर उनके माध्यम से सभी का भौमिक या स्वर्गीय, स्वयं से मेल-मिलाप कराएं.
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,
हालांकि इसके पहले तुम बुरे कामों के कारण परमेश्वर से अलग थे तथा तुम्हारे मन में बैरभाव था.
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.
फिर भी अब मसीह ने अपनी शारीरिक देह में मृत्यु के द्वारा तुम्हारा मेल-मिलाप करवाया कि वह तुम्हें परमेश्वर के सामने पवित्र, निर्दोष तथा निष्कलंक रूप में उपस्थित करें,
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.
कि वास्तव में तुम विश्वास में बने रहो तथा दृढतापूर्वक स्थिर रहते हुए उन्नत होते जाओ, और ईश्वरीय सुसमाचार में बसी आशा न छोड़ो, जिसे तुमने सुना था, जिसकी घोषणा स्वर्ग के नीचे सारी सृष्टि में की गई और मैं, पौलॉस, जिसका सेवक चुना गया.
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.
अब तो मैं तुम्हारे लिए अपने कष्टों में प्रफुल्लित होता हूं तथा मैं उनकी देह—कलीसिया के लिए अपने शरीर में मसीह की यातनाओं में बाकी रह गई कमी को पूरा करते हुए अपनी ज़िम्मेदारी पूरी कर रहा हूं.
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.
इसी कलीसिया के लिए मैं तुम्हारे लिए परमेश्वर द्वारा सौंपी गई सेवा के लिए सेवक चुना गया कि मैं परमेश्वर के आदेश को पूरी तरह प्रचार कर सकूं.
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)
वह भेद जो युगों और पीढ़ियों से छिपा रहा है किंतु अब उनके पवित्र लोगों पर प्रकट किया गया है. (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].
जिन पर परमेश्वर ने अन्यजातियों के बीच इस भेद के वैभव के धन को प्रकट कर देना सही समझा. वह भेद है तुममें स्थिर बना मसीह, तुम्हारी होनेवाली महिमा की आशा.
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.
हम बुद्धिमत्तापूर्वक हर एक को चेताते तथा हर एक को शिक्षा देते हुए उन्हीं का प्रचार करते हैं कि हम हर एक व्यक्ति को मसीह में परिपक्व रूप में प्रस्तुत करें.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
इसी उद्देश्य से मैं उनके सामर्थ्य के अनुसार, जो मुझमें प्रबल रूप से कार्य कर रही है, मेहनत करते हुए परिश्रम कर रहा हूं.
