К Колоссянам 2
1 Желаю, чтобы вы знали, какой подвиг имею я ради вас и ради тех, которые в Лаодикии и Иераполе, и ради всех, кто не видел лица моего в плоти,
I want you to know how hard I'm working for you, and for those at Laodicea—in fact for all those who haven't met me personally—
2 дабы утешились сердца их, соединенные в любви для всякого богатства совершенного разумения, для познания тайны Бога и Отца и Христа,
so that you may be encouraged. May you be bound together in love, experiencing the great benefit of being completely sure in your understanding, for this is what the true knowledge of God brings. May you know the revealed mystery of God, which is Christ!
3 в Котором сокрыты все сокровища премудрости и ведения.
In him you can discover all the rich wisdom and knowledge of God.
4 Это говорю я для того, чтобы кто-нибудь не прельстил вас вкрадчивыми словами;
I'm telling you this so that no one will fool you by spinning you a tale.
5 ибо хотя я и отсутствую телом, но духом нахожусь с вами, радуясь и видя ваше благоустройство и твердость веры вашей во Христа.
Even though I'm not physically there with you, I'm with you in spirit. I'm so happy to see the way you stick together and how firm you are in your trust in Christ.
6 Посему как вы приняли Христа Иисуса Господа, так и ходите в Нем,
Just as you accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, go on following him,
7 будучи укоренены и утверждены в Нем и укреплены в вере, как вы научены, преуспевая в ней с благодарением.
grounded in him and built up by him. May your trust in him continue to grow strong, following what you were taught, full of gratitude to God.
8 Смотрите, братия, чтобы кто не увлек вас философиею и пустым обольщением, по преданию человеческому, по стихиям мира, а не по Христу;
Watch out that nobody enslaves you through their philosophy and worthless delusions, following human traditions and concepts of this world, and not following Christ.
9 ибо в Нем обитает вся полнота Божества телесно,
For the fullness of God's divine nature lives in Christ in bodily form,
10 и вы имеете полноту в Нем, Который есть Глава всякого начальства и власти.
and you have been made full in him. He is supreme over every ruler and authority.
11 В Нем вы и обрезаны обрезанием нерукотворенным, совлечением греховного тела плоти, обрезанием Христовым;
You were “circumcised” in him but not by human hands. You have been set free from sinful human nature by the “circumcision” Christ performed.
12 быв погребены с Ним в крещении, в Нем вы и совоскресли верою в силу Бога, Который воскресил Его из мертвых,
You were buried with him in baptism, and you were raised with him through your trust in what God did by raising him from the dead.
13 и вас, которые были мертвы во грехах и в необрезании плоти вашей, оживил вместе с Ним, простив нам все грехи,
And even though you were dead because of your sins and being physically “uncircumcised,” he brought you to life together with him. He has forgiven us all our sins.
14 истребив учением бывшее о нас рукописание, которое было против нас, и Он взял его от среды и пригвоздил ко кресту;
He wiped out the record of our debts according to the Law that was written down against us; he took away this barrier by nailing it to the cross.
15 отняв силы у начальств и властей, властно подверг их позору, восторжествовав над ними Собою.
He stripped away the power of spiritual rulers and authorities, and having publicly revealed what they were truly like, he led them captive behind him in victory.
16 Итак никто да не осуждает вас за пищу, или питие, или за какой-нибудь праздник, или новомесячие, или cубботу:
So don't let anyone criticize you for what you eat or what you drink, or regarding which religious festival, new moon ritual, or ceremonial sabbaths you choose to observe.
17 Eто есть тень будущего, а тело - во Христе.
These are just a shadow of what was to come, for the physical reality is Christ.
18 Никто да не обольщает вас самовольным смиренномудрием и служением Ангелов, вторгаясь в то, чего не видел, безрассудно надмеваясь плотским своим умом
Don't let anyone cheat you out of your prize by insisting you have to beat yourself, or worship angels. They think they are better than anyone else because of visions they say they've had, and become ridiculously conceited in their sinful minds.
19 и не держась главы, от которой все тело, составами и связями будучи соединяемо и скрепляемо, растет возрастом Божиим.
Such people are not connected to the head that directs the body, nourished and joined together through the body's sinews and muscles. As the body is united together it grows the way God wants it to grow.
20 Итак, если вы со Христом умерли для стихий мира, то для чего вы, как живущие в мире, держитесь постановлений:
If you died with Christ to the religious demands that this world insists upon, why would you make yourself subject to such demands as if you were still part of this world?
21 “не прикасайся”, “не вкушай”, “не дотрагивайся”
Things like: don't handle that, don't taste that, don't touch that!
22 что все истлевает от употребления, по заповедям и учению человеческому?
These commands refer to things that don't last since they're used up, and they're based on man-made requirements and teachings.
23 Это имеет только вид мудрости в самовольном служении, смиренномудрии и изнурении тела, в некотором небрежении о насыщении плоти.
Such rules may make some kind of sense to those who practice self-centered piety, who are so proud of being humble, and who “mortify the body;” but in reality they don't help at all in dealing with sinful desires.
