Lettera ai Colossesi (كولوسي) 2

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 فاني اريد ان تعلموا اي جهاد لي لاجلكم ولاجل الذين في لاودكية وجميع الذين لم يروا وجهي في الجسد	1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I am having for you and for those in Laodicea and all who have not seen me face to face,
2 لكي تتعزى قلوبهم مقترنة في المحبة لكل غنى يقين الفهم لمعرفة سرّ الله الآب والمسيح	2 that their hearts may be encouraged as they are brought together in love, to have all the richness of fully assured understanding, for the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,
3 المذّخر فيه جميع كنوز الحكمة والعلم.	3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 وانما اقول هذا لئلا يخدعكم احد بكلام ملق.	4 I say this so that no one may deceive you by specious arguments.
5 فاني وان كنت غائبا في الجسد لكني معكم في الروح فرحا وناظرا ترتيبكم ومتانة ايمانكم في المسيح.	5 For even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing as I observe your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
6 فكما قبلتم المسيح يسوع الرب اسلكوا فيه	6 So, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
7 متأصلين ومبنيين فيه وموطدين في الايمان كما علّمتم متفاضلين فيه بالشكر.	7 rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
8 انظروا ان لا يكون احد يسبيكم بالفلسفة وبغرور باطل حسب تقليد الناس حسب اركان العالم وليس حسب المسيح.	8 See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ.
9 فانه فيه يحل كل ملء اللاهوت جسديا.	9 For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily,
10 وانتم مملوؤون فيه الذي هو راس كل رياسة وسلطان.	10 and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power.
11 وبه ايضا ختنتم ختانا غير مصنوع بيد بخلع جسم خطايا البشرية بختان المسيح.	11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ.
12 مدفونين معه في المعمودية التي فيها اقمتم ايضا معه بايمان عمل الله الذي اقامه من الاموات.	12 You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 واذ كنتم امواتا في الخطايا وغلف جسدكم احياكم معه مسامحا لكم بجميع الخطايا.	13 And even when you were dead (in) transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions;
14 اذ محا الصك الذي علينا في الفرائض الذي كان ضدا لنا وقد رفعه من الوسط مسمرا اياه بالصليب.	14 obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross;
15 اذ جرد الرياسات والسلاطين اشهرهم جهارا ظافرا بهم فيه	15 despoiling the principalities and the powers, he made a public spectacle of them, leading them away in triumph by it.
16 فلا يحكم عليكم احد في اكل او شرب او من جهة عيد او هلال او سبت	16 Let no one, then, pass judgment on you in matters of food and drink or with regard to a festival or new moon or sabbath.
17 التي هي ظل الامور العتيدة اما الجسد فللمسيح.	17 These are shadows of things to come; the reality belongs to Christ.
18 لا يخسركم احد الجعالة راغبا في التواضع وعبادة الملائكة متداخلا في ما لم ينظره منتفخا باطلا من قبل ذهنه الجسدي	18 Let no one disqualify you, delighting in self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, inflated without reason by his fleshly mind,
19 وغير متمسك بالراس الذي منه كل الجسد بمفاصل وربط متوازرا ومقترنا ينمو نموا من الله	19 and not holding closely to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and bonds, achieves the growth that comes from God.
20 اذا ان كنتم قد متم مع المسيح عن اركان العالم فلماذا كانكم عائشون في العالم تفرض عليكم فرائض	20 If you died with Christ to the elemental powers of the world, why do you submit to regulations as if you were still living in the world?
21 لا تمسّ ولا تذق ولا تجس.	21 "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"
22 التي هي جميعها للفناء في الاستعمال حسب وصايا وتعاليم الناس.	22 These are all things destined to perish with use; they accord with human precepts and teachings.
23 التي لها حكاية حكمة بعبادة نافلة وتواضع وقهر الجسد ليس بقيمة ما من جهة اشباع البشرية	23 While they have a semblance of wisdom in rigor of devotion and self-abasement (and) severity to the body, they are of no value against gratification of the flesh.