Kolosserbrevet 1
1 Paulus, Jesu Christi Apostel, genom Guds vilja, och Timotheus brodren;
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 De helgon, och trogna bröder i Christo, som äro i Colossen: Nåd vare med eder, och frid af Gudi, vårom Fader, och Herranom Jesu Christo.
[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 Vi tackom Gudi, och vårs Herras Jesu Christi Fader, och bedjom alltid för eder.
Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
4 Ty vi hafve sport edra tro i Christo Jesu, och ( edar ) kärlek till all helgon;
because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
5 För det hopps skull, som eder är förvaradt i himmelen; af hvilket I tillförene hört hafven, genom Evangelii sanna ord;
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 Som till eder kommet är, såsom ock i alla verldena, och är fruktsamt, såsom ock i eder, ifrå den dag I hörden och förnummen Guds nåd i sanningene,
[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 Som I ock lärt hafven af Epaphra, vår älskeliga medtjenare, hvilken är en trogen Christi tjenare för eder;
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 Den ock oss undervist hafver edar kärlek i Andanom.
He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
9 Derföre ock vi, ifrå den dag vi det hördom, vände vi icke igen bedja för eder och önska, att I mågen uppfyllde varda med hans viljas kunskap, uti all andelig visdom och förstånd;
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 Att I mågen vandra värdeliga Herranom till allt behag; och ären fruktsamme i alla goda gerningar, och växen till i Guds kunskap;
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 Och stärkte varden med allo kraft, efter hans härliga magt, uti allt tålamod och långmodighet, med glädje;
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 Och tacken Fadrenom, som oss hafver beqväma gjort till att delaktige vara i de heligas arfvedel i ljuset;
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 Hvilken oss uttagit hafver ifrå mörksens väldighet, och hafver försatt oss uti sin älskeliga Sons rike;
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 I hvilkom vi hafve förlossning genom hans blod, nämliga syndernas förlåtelse;
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 Hvilken är osynliga Guds beläte, förstfödder för all kreatur.
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 Ty genom honom äro all ting skapade, som i himmelen och på jordene äro, synliga och osynliga, vare sig thron, eller herrskap, eller Förstadöme, eller Öfverhet; allt är skapadt genom honom, och till honom.
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 Och han är för alla, och all ting bestå i honom.
and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
18 Och han är hufvudet till kroppen, nämliga till församlingena, hvilken är begynnelsen, förstfödd ifrå de döda, på det han i all ting skall hafva föregången.
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 Ty behageligit hafver varit ( Fadrenom ), att all fullhet skulle bo i honom;
[God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
20 Och att han genom honom all ting försona skulle med sig sjelf; tillfridsställandes, genom blodet på hans kors, både det på jordene och i himmelen är;
[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 Och eder, som fordom voren främmande, och fiender med sinnet i onda gerningar.
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 Men nu hafver han försonat eder med sins kötts lekamen, genom döden; på det han skulle ställa eder heliga, och ostraffeliga, och obesmittade, i sin åsyn;
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 Om I annars blifven i trone, grundade, och faste, och orörlige ifrå det hopp som i Evangelio är, hvilket I hört hafven, och predikadt är för all kreatur, som under himmelen äro, hvilkets jag Paulus är en tjenare vorden.
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 Nu fröjdar jag mig uti mitt lidande för eder, och uppfyller i mitt kött hvad som fattas i Christi lidande, för hans lekamen, som är församlingen;
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 Hvilkens tjenare jag vorden är, efter Guds predikoämbete, det mig gifvet är ibland eder, att jag Guds ord rikeliga predika skall;
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 Nämliga den hemlighet, hvilken fördold hafver varit ifrå verldenes begynnelse, och evig tid; men nu är uppenbar vorden hans helgon; (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 Hvilkom Gud ville kunnigt göra, hvilken denna hemlighetenes härliga rikedom är ibland Hedningarna, hvilken är Christus uti eder, härlighetenes hopp;
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 Den vi förkunnom, förmanande hvar menniska i all visdom; på det vi skole ställa hvar menniska fullbordada i Christo Jesu;
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 Der jag ock på arbetar och kämpar, efter hans verkan som krafteliga verkar i mig.
In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
