我希望你们知道,我为你们和那些在劳迪西亚的人,以及一切没有亲自[a]看到我面的人,有多么大的争战, 好让他们的心受到安慰,在爱中结合在一起,以致得到[b]由悟性的确信不疑而来的一切丰盛,直到真正认识神的奥秘,就是基督[c]—— 在他里面隐藏着一切智慧和知识的财宝。

提防异端

我说这话,是免得有人用花言巧语欺骗你们。 因为,我虽然身体不在你们那里,心灵却与你们同在,而且看见你们有秩序,对基督的信仰也坚定不移,我就感到快乐。

所以,你们怎样接受了主基督耶稣[d],就应当怎样在他里面行事[e] 照着你们所受的教导,在他里面得以扎根、建造,在信仰上得以确立,在感谢中丰足有余。

你们要当心,免得有人用哲学和虚空的妄言把你们掳去;那些是出于人的传统,出于世界的原则,而不是出于基督。 这是因为神本性的一切丰盛完美都有形有体地居住在基督里面; 10 你们在他里面已经得以满足,他是一切统治者和掌权者的元首[f] 11 在他里面,你们也受了割礼,不是藉着人的手,而是藉着脱去那血肉之躯,藉着基督的割礼。 12 你们既然在洗礼中与基督一同被埋葬,也就在洗礼中[g]与基督一同复活了,这是藉着相信使基督从死人中复活之神的作为。 13 你们从前在自己的过犯和没有受割礼的肉体中是死的,神却使你们与基督一同活过来了。神已经赦免了我们[h]的一切过犯, 14 抹去了在敌对我们的那些规条中反对我们的债务记录,并且把它从中除掉,钉在十字架上。 15 神既然剥夺了那些统治者和掌权者的权势[i],就公开羞辱[j][k]他们;藉着基督[l]向他们夸胜[m]了。

16 所以,在吃喝的事上,或在有关节日、月朔或安息日的事上,不要让人评断你们。 17 这些不过是将来之事的影子,而实体却属于基督。 18 不要让任何人藉着故意谦卑和敬拜天使来夺去你们的奖赏;他们沉迷在自己所看到的幻象[n]中,在自己肉体的理性之下,毫无理由地自我膨胀, 19 不与元首[o]紧密相连。本于他,全身得到供应,藉着关节和筋络结合在一起,在属神的成长中长大。

20 你们如果已经和基督一同死了,脱离了世界的原则,为什么还像活在这世俗中一样,拘守那些 21 “不可碰,不可尝,不可摸”之类的条例呢? 22 这些东西都是一经使用就要衰朽[p]的,是出于人的规条和教义; 23 它们虽然藉着自造宗教、谦卑低微、苦待身体,外表有智慧,但在对付放任肉体的事上,没有任何价值。

Footnotes

  1. 歌罗西书 2:1 亲自——原文直译“在肉体上”。
  2. 歌罗西书 2:2 得到——辅助词语。
  3. 歌罗西书 2:2 基督——有古抄本作“父与基督”。
  4. 歌罗西书 2:6 接受了主基督耶稣——或译作“接受了基督耶稣为主”。
  5. 歌罗西书 2:6 行事——原文直译“行走”。
  6. 歌罗西书 2:10 元首——原文直译“头”。
  7. 歌罗西书 2:12 在洗礼中——或译作“在基督里面”。
  8. 歌罗西书 2:13 我们——有古抄本作“你们”。
  9. 歌罗西书 2:15 的权势——辅助词语。
  10. 歌罗西书 2:15 公开羞辱——或译作“示众”。
  11. 歌罗西书 2:15 羞辱——原文直译“展示”。
  12. 歌罗西书 2:15 基督——原文直译“他”或“它”;或指“十字架”。
  13. 歌罗西书 2:15 夸胜——原文直译“举行凯旋仪式”或“使……做凯旋仪式中的俘虏”。
  14. 歌罗西书 2:18 幻象——辅助词语。
  15. 歌罗西书 2:19 元首——原文直译“头”。
  16. 歌罗西书 2:22 衰朽——或译作“败坏”。

Caw chiwochehan cheyohtan̈eloj tato caw lahbiloco wuhan inmunlahan heyu, yeb yu ebnaj juẍta ay yul con̈ob Laodicea. Yebpaxo yu macta ayxaco yul iskˈab Comam maẍto bay chilico win̈an huneloj. Caw chinmunlahan yun̈e yikˈni yip heyanma, yeb yun̈e hunlahanxan̈e hexahann̈en heba hesunil. Chiwochehan caw helan chexelcanico yin̈ yet Comam Dios, yun̈e caw heyohtan̈encanilo mac huneˈ mach ohtabilo yet yalan̈tocanoj, haˈ ton xin Comam Jesucristo. Haˈ yin̈ Comam Cristo chiilchalo sunilal iscˈulal helanilehal yeb nabale.

Chiwaltojan huntekˈan tiˈ teyet yun̈e machi mac chexakˈni subchaho yu montebal tzotiˈ, yuto ay mac tiˈ caw helan chutecano isba. Waxan̈ca machijinan texol, yajaˈ ayexico yin̈ incˈulan, hacaˈojtam ayinicojan texol. Caw chintzalahan yet chiwabenan tato caw cˈul hebeybaln̈en tzet choche iscˈul Comam, caw cheyapaxico heyanma yin̈ Comam Jesucristo.

Yuxin hacaˈticˈa yu hechahni Comam Jesucristo yul heyanma, hac tuˈ xin cheyutepaxo hebeybaln̈en tzet chal Comam. Hacaˈ hunu te teˈ caw caw yecanayto xeˈ yul txˈotxˈ, hac tuˈ cheyute heba yin̈ Comam Jesucristo, lin̈bawe heba heyanico heyanma yin̈ Comam hacaˈ yu yakˈlaxcano hecuybanil, cat xin heyakˈni yuchˈandiosal tet Comam Dios yin̈ sunilbal tiempo.

Huneˈ coacˈ kˈinal yin̈ Comam Jesucristo

Cheyil heba xin, mach cheyakˈ subchaho heba tet ebnaj choche quexyakˈaˈ subchahoj, chalni ebnaj helanile yet yul sat yiban̈kˈinal tiˈ, yeb cuybanile maẍtaj yecoj, yuto maẍtaj yin̈ Comam Jesucristo chilo ebnaj huntekˈan tuˈ. Wal xin han̈eticˈa iscuywabal yichmam ebnaj chi‑la‑yala, yeb cuybanile yet yul sat yiban̈kˈinal tiˈ.

Wal xin caw tzˈajan yecanico iscˈulal Comam Dios yin̈ Comam Jesucristo, 10 yuxin caw tzˈajan yecanayo iscˈulal Comam Dios jiban̈ tinan̈, yuto hunxa je yeb Comam Jesucristo. Haˈ Comam ayco yahawilo yiban̈ huntekˈan ayco yahawiloj yeb ay yip, huntekˈan mach chijilico yin̈.

11 Yuxin caw ayxaco circuncisión teyin̈ tinan̈, yuto caw hunxa heye yeb Comam Jesucristo. Yaj maẍtaj huneˈ circuncisíon chioc yin̈ conimanil chiwalan, wal xin huneˈ circuncisión chitit yin̈ Comam Jesucristo yin̈ con̈iscolni yul iskˈab istxˈojal ayco jin̈. 12 Hayet yahcano haˈ hewiˈ, caw hun yu hemujlax yeb Comam Jesucristo yul sat Comam Dios. Yebpaxo xin hun yu heyitzitzbican̈ yinta Comam, yuto caw heyayto yul heyanma yin̈ Comam Dios akˈn̈i itzitzbican̈ Comam Jesucristo.

13 Hayet yalan̈tocanoj, camnajexilo yul sat Comam Dios yu hetxˈojal yeb yu mach circuncidado heyehi. Yajaˈ tinan̈, caw hun yu yakˈnicano Comam Dios hekˈinal yeb Comam Jesucristo. Yuxin yu Comam Jesucristo yuxin yakˈcano tan̈o Comam Dios sunilal comul. 14 Ay huneˈ cocˈas ayco jiban̈ yet yalan̈tocanoj yuto machi coyije huntekˈan ley. Yajaˈ Comam Dios akˈni tan̈o huneˈ cocˈas tuˈ; yilo Comam jiban̈ yuto pahlaxico Comam yin̈ teˈ culus yu chˈen lawuẍ. 15 Hayet iscam Comam Jesucristo yin̈ culus tuˈ xin, yakˈni aycˈayo Comam huntekˈan yahawil yeco yu naj matzwalil. Isyenicanilo Comam yin̈ sat anma tato elcano ispixan huntekˈan tuˈ yin̈ huneln̈e. Hac tuˈ yu isyenilo Comam tato kˈoji Comam yin̈ naj matzwalil.

Caw yilal cosaynilo tzet ye tuˈ ay satcan̈

16 Yuxin, ta choche ebnaj Israel cheyije isnabal ebnaj hacaˈ yin̈ tzet chilolaxi, yeb yin̈ tzet chicˈuxlaxi, yeb yin̈ tzˈayic caw txahul yul sat ebnaj, maca yet chipitzcˈa ixahaw, maca yin̈ tzˈayic xewilal; caw mach chechah heyabe. 17 Yuto sunil huntekˈan tuˈ yecheln̈e yin̈ tzet xahul coxol, haˈ isyelal yechel tuˈ, haˈ ton Comam Jesucristo. 18 Mach cheyakˈ hamanil hecachlax hechahni hematan chakˈ Comam Dios, yu heyabento tzet chiyal ebnaj teyet. Chal ebnaj tuˈ ta caw yijem ebnaj, chiyo isba ebnaj tet ebnaj ángel, caw comon chaco isba yin̈ tzet ye tuˈ mach chijilico yin̈. Caw comonn̈eticˈa chisnime winajn̈e isba ebnaj yin̈ tzettaj chiecˈ yin̈ isnabal. 19 Haˈ ebnaj tuˈ mach huneˈn̈eho ye ebnaj yeb Comam Jesucristo, Comam iswiˈehal yeco jin̈. Haˈ Comam Cristo chiakˈni jip, chon̈ishunbacano cosunil hacaˈ hunu nimanile tzablebil isba isxijil yu istxˈan̈al; chon̈yakˈni chˈibo Comam, yuto hac tuˈ chiel yin̈ iscˈul.

20 Walex hex tiˈ, camnajexxa yinta Comam Jesucristo yul sat Comam Dios, yuxin matxa ayexicto yalan̈ chejbanile yet yul sat yiban̈kˈinal tiˈ. Yajaˈ ¿tzet yin̈ yuxinto hacaˈ to anma yet yul sat yiban̈kˈinal tiˈ cheyute heba? Chebeybaln̈en huntekˈan cuybanile chalni hacaˈ tiˈ: 21 “Txahul yocnico huneˈ tiˈ heyu, maca xahan heloni huntekˈan tiˈ, maca hetzabni huntekˈan tiˈ,” ẍi. 22 Wal xin huntekˈan cuybanile tuˈ yet anman̈e yehi, niẍtejal istan̈iloj yet chiocnico ju. 23 Yeli huntekˈan cuybanile tuˈ, cochantan̈e haˈ yehi, yuto chala ta chijiyo coba, cat cocachni coba yin̈ej tzet ye tuˈ, yeb cocachni conimanil yin̈ej tzet ye tuˈ, yajaˈ mach chicolwa yin̈ janma yinilo istxˈojal chocheto conimanil.

I want you to know how hard I am contending(A) for you and for those at Laodicea,(B) and for all who have not met me personally. My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart(C) and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery(D) of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(E) I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.(F) For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit(G) and delight to see how disciplined(H) you are and how firm(I) your faith in Christ(J) is.

Spiritual Fullness in Christ

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,(K) continue to live your lives in him, rooted(L) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(M) and overflowing with thankfulness.

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(N) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(O) rather than on Christ.

For in Christ all the fullness(P) of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head(Q) over every power and authority.(R) 11 In him you were also circumcised(S) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b](T) was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism,(U) in which you were also raised with him(V) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(W)

13 When you were dead in your sins(X) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive(Y) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,(Z) 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(AA) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(AB) 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(AC) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(AD) by the cross.[e]

Freedom From Human Rules

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you(AE) by what you eat or drink,(AF) or with regard to a religious festival,(AG) a New Moon celebration(AH) or a Sabbath day.(AI) 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(AJ) the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility(AK) and the worship of angels disqualify you.(AL) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head,(AM) from whom the whole body,(AN) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(AO)

20 Since you died with Christ(AP) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(AQ) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(AR) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(AS) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(AT) 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility(AU) and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20
  2. Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
  3. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of
  4. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
  5. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him