Colossians 2
1 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—
Volo enim vos scire qualem solicitudinem habeam pro vobis, et pro iis, qui sunt Laodiciae, et quicumque non viderunt faciem meam in carne:
2 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!
ut consolentur corda ipsorum, instructi in charitate, et in omnes divitias plenitudinis intellectus, in agnitionem mysterii Dei Patris et Christi Iesu:
3 In him you can discover all the rich wisdom and knowledge of God.
in quo sunt omnes thesauri sapientiae, et scientiae absconditi.
4 I'm telling you this so that no one will fool you by spinning you a tale.
Hoc autem dico, ut nemo vos decipiat in sublimitate sermonum.
5 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.
Nam etsi corpore absens sum, sed spiritu vobiscum sum: gaudens, et videns ordinem vestrum, et firmamentum eius, quae in Christo est, fidei vestrae.
6 Just as you accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, go on following him,
Sicut ergo accepistis Iesum Christum Dominum, in ipso ambulate,
7 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.
radicati, et superaedificati in ipso, et confirmati in fide, sicut et didicistis, abundantes in illo in gratiarum actione:
8 Watch out that nobody enslaves you through their philosophy and worthless delusions, following human traditions and concepts of this world, and not following Christ.
Videte ne quis vos decipiat per philosophiam, et inanem fallaciam secundum traditionem hominum, secundum elementa mundi, et non secundum Christum:
9 For the fullness of God's divine nature lives in Christ in bodily form,
quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis corporaliter:
10 and you have been made full in him. He is supreme over every ruler and authority.
et estis in illo repleti, qui est caput omnis principatus, et potestatis:
11 You were “circumcised” in him but not by human hands. You have been set free from sinful human nature by the “circumcision” Christ performed.
in quo et circumcisi estis circumcisione non manu facta in expoliatione corporis carnis, sed in circumcisione Christi:
12 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.
consepulti ei in baptismo, in quo et resurrexistis per fidem operationis Dei, qui suscitavit illum a mortuis.
13 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.
Et vos cum mortui essetis in delictis, et praeputio carnis vestrae, convivificavit cum illo, donans vobis omnia delicta:
14 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.
delens quod adversus nos erat chirographum decreti, quod erat contrarium nobis, et ipsum tulit de medio, affigens illud cruci:
15 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.
et expolians principatus, et potestates traduxit confidenter, palam triumphans illos in semetipso.
16 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.
Nemo ergo vos iudicet in cibo, aut in potu, aut in parte diei festi, aut neomeniae, aut sabbatorum:
17 These are just a shadow of what was to come, for the physical reality is Christ.
quae sunt umbra futurorum: corpus autem Christi.
18 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.
Nemo vos seducat, volens in humilitate, et religione angelorum, quae non vidit ambulans, frustra inflatus sensu carnis suae,
19 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.
et non tenens caput, ex quo totum corpus per nexus, et coniunctiones subministratum, et constructum crescit in augmentum Dei.
20 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?
Si ergo mortui estis cum Christo ab elementis huius mundi: quid adhuc tamquam viventes in mundo decernitis?
21 Things like: don't handle that, don't taste that, don't touch that!
Ne tetigeritis, neque gustaveritis, neque contrectaveritis:
22 These commands refer to things that don't last since they're used up, and they're based on man-made requirements and teachings.
quae sunt omnia in interitum ipso usu, secundum praecepta, et doctrinas hominum:
23 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.
quae sunt rationem quidem habentia sapientiae in superstitione, et humilitate, et non ad parcendum corpori, non in honore aliquo ad saturitatem carnis.
