కలసినః 1
1 ఈశ్వరస్యేచ్ఛయా యీశుఖ్రీష్టస్య ప్రేరితః పౌలస్తీమథియో భ్రాతా చ కలసీనగరస్థాన్ పవిత్రాన్ విశ్వస్తాన్ ఖ్రీష్టాశ్రితభ్రాతృన్ ప్రతి పత్రం లిఖతః|
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.
2 అస్మాకం తాత ఈశ్వరః ప్రభు ర్యీశుఖ్రీష్టశ్చ యుష్మాన్ ప్రతి ప్రసాదం శాన్తిఞ్చ క్రియాస్తాం|
[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.
3 ఖ్రీష్టే యీశౌ యుష్మాకం విశ్వాసస్య సర్వ్వాన్ పవిత్రలోకాన్ ప్రతి ప్రేమ్నశ్చ వార్త్తాం శ్రుత్వా
Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
4 వయం సదా యుష్మదర్థం ప్రార్థనాం కుర్వ్వన్తః స్వర్గే నిహితాయా యుష్మాకం భావిసమ్పదః కారణాత్ స్వకీయప్రభో ర్యీశుఖ్రీష్టస్య తాతమ్ ఈశ్వరం ధన్యం వదామః|
because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
5 యూయం తస్యా భావిసమ్పదో వార్త్తాం యయా సుసంవాదరూపిణ్యా సత్యవాణ్యా జ్ఞాపితాః
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].
6 సా యద్వత్ కృస్నం జగద్ అభిగచ్ఛతి తద్వద్ యుష్మాన్ అప్యభ్యగమత్, యూయఞ్చ యద్ దినమ్ ఆరభ్యేశ్వరస్యానుగ్రహస్య వార్త్తాం శ్రుత్వా సత్యరూపేణ జ్ఞాతవన్తస్తదారభ్య యుష్మాకం మధ్యేఽపి ఫలతి వర్ద్ధతే చ|
[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.
7 అస్మాకం ప్రియః సహదాసో యుష్మాకం కృతే చ ఖ్రీష్టస్య విశ్వస్తపరిచారకో య ఇపఫ్రాస్తద్ వాక్యం
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.
8 యుష్మాన్ ఆదిష్టవాన్ స ఏవాస్మాన్ ఆత్మనా జనితం యుష్మాకం ప్రేమ జ్ఞాపితవాన్|
He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
9 వయం యద్ దినమ్ ఆరభ్య తాం వార్త్తాం శ్రుతవన్తస్తదారభ్య నిరన్తరం యుష్మాకం కృతే ప్రార్థనాం కుర్మ్మః ఫలతో యూయం యత్ పూర్ణాభ్యామ్ ఆత్మికజ్ఞానవుద్ధిభ్యామ్ ఈశ్వరస్యాభితమం సమ్పూర్ణరూపేణావగచ్ఛేత,
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.
10 ప్రభో ర్యోగ్యం సర్వ్వథా సన్తోషజనకఞ్చాచారం కుర్య్యాతార్థత ఈశ్వరజ్ఞానే వర్ద్ధమానాః సర్వ్వసత్కర్మ్మరూపం ఫలం ఫలేత,
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.
11 యథా చేశ్వరస్య మహిమయుక్తయా శక్త్యా సానన్దేన పూర్ణాం సహిష్ణుతాం తితిక్షాఞ్చాచరితుం శక్ష్యథ తాదృశేన పూర్ణబలేన యద్ బలవన్తో భవేత,
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.
12 యశ్చ పితా తేజోవాసినాం పవిత్రలోకానామ్ అధికారస్యాంశిత్వాయాస్మాన్ యోగ్యాన్ కృతవాన్ తం యద్ ధన్యం వదేత వరమ్ ఏనం యాచామహే|
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].
13 యతః సోఽస్మాన్ తిమిరస్య కర్త్తృత్వాద్ ఉద్ధృత్య స్వకీయస్య ప్రియపుత్రస్య రాజ్యే స్థాపితవాన్|
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.
14 తస్మాత్ పుత్రాద్ వయం పరిత్రాణమ్ అర్థతః పాపమోచనం ప్రాప్తవన్తః|
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.
15 స చాదృశ్యస్యేశ్వరస్య ప్రతిమూర్తిః కృత్స్నాయాః సృష్టేరాదికర్త్తా చ|
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.
16 యతః సర్వ్వమేవ తేన ససృజే సింహాసనరాజత్వపరాక్రమాదీని స్వర్గమర్త్త్యస్థితాని దృశ్యాదృశ్యాని వస్తూని సర్వ్వాణి తేనైవ తస్మై చ ససృజిరే|
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,
17 స సర్వ్వేషామ్ ఆదిః సర్వ్వేషాం స్థితికారకశ్చ|
and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
18 స ఏవ సమితిరూపాయాస్తనో ర్మూర్ద్ధా కిఞ్చ సర్వ్వవిషయే స యద్ అగ్రియో భవేత్ తదర్థం స ఏవ మృతానాం మధ్యాత్ ప్రథమత ఉత్థితోఽగ్రశ్చ|
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.
19 యత ఈశ్వరస్య కృత్స్నం పూర్ణత్వం తమేవావాసయితుం
[God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
20 క్రుశే పాతితేన తస్య రక్తేన సన్ధిం విధాయ తేనైవ స్వర్గమర్త్త్యస్థితాని సర్వ్వాణి స్వేన సహ సన్ధాపయితుఞ్చేశ్వరేణాభిలేషే|
[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.
21 పూర్వ్వం దూరస్థా దుష్క్రియారతమనస్కత్వాత్ తస్య రిపవశ్చాస్త యే యూయం తాన్ యుష్మాన్ అపి స ఇదానీం తస్య మాంసలశరీరే మరణేన స్వేన సహ సన్ధాపితవాన్|
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,
22 యతః స స్వసమ్ముఖే పవిత్రాన్ నిష్కలఙ్కాన్ అనిన్దనీయాంశ్చ యుష్మాన్ స్థాపయితుమ్ ఇచ్ఛతి|
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.
23 కిన్త్వేతదర్థం యుష్మాభి ర్బద్ధమూలైః సుస్థిరైశ్చ భవితవ్యమ్, ఆకాశమణ్డలస్యాధఃస్థితానాం సర్వ్వలోకానాం మధ్యే చ ఘుష్యమాణో యః సుసంవాదో యుష్మాభిరశ్రావి తజ్జాతాయాం ప్రత్యాశాయాం యుష్మాభిరచలై ర్భవితవ్యం|
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.
24 తస్య సుసంవాదస్యైకః పరిచారకో యోఽహం పౌలః సోఽహమ్ ఇదానీమ్ ఆనన్దేన యుష్మదర్థం దుఃఖాని సహే ఖ్రీష్టస్య క్లేశభోగస్య యోంశోఽపూర్ణస్తమేవ తస్య తనోః సమితేః కృతే స్వశరీరే పూరయామి చ|
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.
25 యత ఈశ్వరస్య మన్త్రణయా యుష్మదర్థమ్ ఈశ్వరీయవాక్యస్య ప్రచారస్య భారో మయి సమపితస్తస్మాద్ అహం తస్యాః సమితేః పరిచారకోఽభవం|
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.
26 తత్ నిగూఢం వాక్యం పూర్వ్వయుగేషు పూర్వ్వపురుషేభ్యః ప్రచ్ఛన్నమ్ ఆసీత్ కిన్త్విదానీం తస్య పవిత్రలోకానాం సన్నిధౌ తేన ప్రాకాశ్యత| (aiōn g165)
[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)
27 యతో భిన్నజాతీయానాం మధ్యే తత్ నిగూఢవాక్యం కీదృగ్గౌరవనిధిసమ్బలితం తత్ పవిత్రలోకాన్ జ్ఞాపయితుమ్ ఈశ్వరోఽభ్యలషత్| యుష్మన్మధ్యవర్త్తీ ఖ్రీష్ట ఏవ స నిధి ర్గైరవాశాభూమిశ్చ|
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].
28 తస్మాద్ వయం తమేవ ఘోషయన్తో యద్ ఏకైకం మానవం సిద్ధీభూతం ఖ్రీష్టే స్థాపయేమ తదర్థమేకైకం మానవం ప్రబోధయామః పూర్ణజ్ఞానేన చైకైకం మానవం ఉపదిశామః|
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.
29 ఏతదర్థం తస్య యా శక్తిః ప్రబలరూపేణ మమ మధ్యే ప్రకాశతే తయాహం యతమానః శ్రాభ్యామి|
In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
