Kolossalaisille 2
1 Sillä minä soisin teidän tietävän, kuinka suuri kilvoitus minulla on teistä ja niistä, jotka Laodikeassa ovat, ja kaikista niistä, jotka ei minun kasvojani lihassa nähneet:
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.
2 Että heidän sydämensä saisivat lohdutuksen ja liitetyksi tulisivat rakkaudessa kaikkeen rikkauteen, täydellisessä ymmärryksessä Jumalan ja Isän ja Kristuksen salaisuuden tuntemiseen,
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,
3 Jossa kaikki viisauden ja taidon tavarat kätketyt ovat.
who alone is able to cause them and you to understand thoroughly [DOU] [this very important message].
4 Mutta sen minä sanon, ettei joku teitä viettelisi kavalalla puheella.
I am telling you this in order that no one may deceive you by persuasive arguments;
5 Sillä vaikka en minä lihassa läsnä ole, niin minä kuitenkin hengessä teidän tykönänne olen, iloitsen ja näen teidän toimellisuutenne ja teidän vahvan uskonne Kristuksen päälle.
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.
6 Niinkuin te nyt Herran Jesuksen Kristuksen olette ottaneet vastaan, niin vaeltakaat hänessä,
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.
7 Ja olkaat hänessä juuritetut ja rakennetut ja uskossa vahvistetut, niinkuin te oppineet olette, ja olkaat siinä runsaasti kiitolliset.
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].
8 Katsokaat, ettei joku teitä viettele philosophian ja turhain jaaritusten kautta, ihmisten opin ja maailmallisten säätyin jälkeen, ja ei Kristuksen jälkeen.
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.
9 Sillä hänessä asuu koko jumaluuden täydellisyys ruumiillisesti,
It is in Christ’s body that God lives completely.
10 Ja te olette hänessä täydelliset, joka kaiken herrauden ja esivallan pää on,
And you are spiritually complete because you have a close relationship with Christ, who rules over every other ruler.
11 Jonka kautta te myös ympärileikatut olette sillä ympärileikkauksella, joka käsittä tapahtuu, syntisen ruumiin pois panemisen kautta, lihassa, Kristuksen ympärileikkauksella,
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.
12 Ynnä hänen kanssansa kasteen kautta haudatut, jossa te myös hänen kanssansa olette nousseet ylös uskon kautta, jonka Jumala vaikuttaa, joka hänen kuolleista herättänyt on,
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.
13 Ja on teidät hänen kanssansa eläväksi tehnyt, kuin te synnissä kuolleet olitte, ja teidän lihanne esinahassa, ja on meille kaikki synnit anteeksi antanut.
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.
14 Ja on pyyhkinyt pois sen käsikirjoituksen, joka säätyin kautta meitä vastaan oli ja oli meille vastahakoinen: sen hän otti pois ja naulitsi ristiin,
[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].
15 Ja on ryöstänyt vallitukset ja väkevyydet, ja toi heidät näkyviin, ja sai heistä voittokunnian itse kauttansa.
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].
16 Älkään siis kenkään teitä tuomitko ruasta eli juomasta, taikka määrätyistä pyhäpäivistä, ei uudesta kuusta, eikä sabbateista,
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).
17 Jotka ovat tulevaisten varjo, mutta itse ruumis on Kristuksessa.
[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].
18 Älkäät antako kenenkään voittaa teidän kilvoituksenne palkkaa, joka tahtoo teitä nöyryyteen ja enkelien palvelukseen, vaeltain niissä, joita ei hän nähnyt ole, ja on tyhmästi lihallisessa mielessänsä paisunut,
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,
19 Ja ei riipu kiinni Päässä, josta koko ruumis jäsenistä ja ravioista saa väkevyyden ja kokoon liitetty on, ja niin siinä lisäämisessä kasvaa, jonka Jumala antaa.
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.
20 Jos te siis olette Kristuksen kanssa maailman säädyistä kuolleet, miksi te teitänne annatte säädyillä solmita, niinkuin te maailmassa eläisitte?
[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
21 Älä siihen rupee, (sanovat ne, ) älä maista, älä pitele,
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.
22 Jotka kaikki kulumisessa hukkuvat, ja ihmisten käskyt ja opit ovat,
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.
23 Joilla kyllä viisauden muoto on itsevalitussa palveluksessa ja nöyryydessä, ja siinä, ettei he ruumistansa armahda eikä tee lihalle kunniaa hänen tarpeissansa.
[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.
