Colossians 2

1 For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

yuSmAkaM lAyadikEyAsthabhrAtRNAnjca kRtE yAvantO bhrAtarazca mama zArIrikamukhaM na dRSTavantastESAM kRtE mama kiyAn yatnO bhavati tad yuSmAn jnjApayitum icchAmi|

2 that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

phalataH pUrNabuddhirUpadhanabhOgAya prEmnA saMyuktAnAM tESAM manAMsi yat piturIzvarasya khrISTasya ca nigUPhavAkyasya jnjAnArthaM sAntvanAM prApnuyurityarthamahaM yatE|

3 in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

yatO vidyAjnjAnayOH sarvvE nidhayaH khrISTE guptAH santi|

4 and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

kO'pi yuSmAn vinayavAkyEna yanna vanjcayEt tadartham EtAni mayA kathyantE|

5 for if even in the flesh I am absent — yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

yuSmatsannidhau mama zarIrE'varttamAnE'pi mamAtmA varttatE tEna yuSmAkaM surItiM khrISTavizvAsE sthiratvanjca dRSTvAham AnandAmi|

6 as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,

atO yUyaM prabhuM yIzukhrISTaM yAdRg gRhItavantastAdRk tam anucarata|

7 being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught — abounding in it in thanksgiving.

tasmin baddhamUlAH sthApitAzca bhavata yA ca zikSA yuSmAbhi rlabdhA tadanusArAd vizvAsE susthirAH santastEnaiva nityaM dhanyavAdaM kuruta|

8 See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

sAvadhAnA bhavata mAnuSikazikSAta ihalOkasya varNamAlAtazcOtpannA khrISTasya vipakSA yA darzanavidyA mithyApratAraNA ca tayA kO'pi yuSmAkaM kSatiM na janayatu|

9 because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

yata Izvarasya kRtsnA pUrNatA mUrttimatI khrISTE vasati|

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

yUyanjca tEna pUrNA bhavatha yataH sa sarvvESAM rAjatvakarttRtvapadAnAM mUrddhAsti,

11 in whom also ye were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh in the circumcision of the Christ,

tEna ca yUyam ahastakRtatvakchEdEnArthatO yEna zArIrapApAnAM vigrasatyajyatE tEna khrISTasya tvakchEdEna chinnatvacO jAtA

12 being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with [him] through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

majjanE ca tEna sArddhaM zmazAnaM prAptAH puna rmRtAnAM madhyAt tasyOtthApayiturIzvarasya zaktEH phalaM yO vizvAsastadvArA tasminnEva majjanE tEna sArddham utthApitA abhavata|

13 And you — being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh — He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

sa ca yuSmAn aparAdhaiH zArIrikAtvakchEdEna ca mRtAn dRSTvA tEna sArddhaM jIvitavAn yuSmAkaM sarvvAn aparAdhAn kSamitavAn,

14 having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

yacca daNPAjnjArUpaM RNapatram asmAkaM viruddham AsIt tat pramArjjitavAn zalAkAbhiH kruzE baddhvA dUrIkRtavAMzca|

15 having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly — having triumphed over them in it.

kinjca tEna rAjatvakarttRtvapadAni nistEjAMsi kRtvA parAjitAn ripUniva pragalbhatayA sarvvESAM dRSTigOcarE hrEpitavAn|

16 Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

atO hEtOH khAdyAkhAdyE pEyApEyE utsavaH pratipad vizrAmavArazcaitESu sarvvESu yuSmAkaM nyAyAdhipatirUpaM kamapi mA gRhlIta|

17 which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body [is] of the Christ;

yata EtAni chAyAsvarUpANi kintu satyA mUrttiH khrISTaH|

18 let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and [in] worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

aparanjca namratA svargadUtAnAM sEvA caitAdRzam iSTakarmmAcaran yaH kazcit parOkSaviSayAn pravizati svakIyazArIrikabhAvEna ca mudhA garvvitaH san

19 and not holding the head, from which all the body — through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together — may increase with the increase of God.

sandhibhiH zirAbhizcOpakRtaM saMyuktanjca kRtsnaM zarIraM yasmAt mUrddhata IzvarIyavRddhiM prApnOti taM mUrddhAnaM na dhArayati tEna mAnavEna yuSmattaH phalApaharaNaM nAnujAnIta|

20 If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

yadi yUyaM khrISTEna sArddhaM saMsArasya varNamAlAyai mRtA abhavata tarhi yai rdravyai rbhOgEna kSayaM gantavyaM

21 — thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle —

tAni mA spRza mA bhuMkSva mA gRhANEti mAnavairAdiSTAn zikSitAMzca vidhIn

22 which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,

AcarantO yUyaM kutaH saMsArE jIvanta iva bhavatha?

23 which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body — not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.

tE vidhayaH svEcchAbhaktyA namratayA zarIraklEzanEna ca jnjAnavidhivat prakAzantE tathApi tE'gaNyAH zArIrikabhAvavarddhakAzca santi|