Colossians 1
1 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.
Saudara-saudara umat Allah di Kolose yang setia bersatu dengan Kristus! Sebagai rasul Kristus Yesus, --atas pengangkatan Allah--saya, Paulus, bersama-sama dengan saudara kita Timotius, mengharap semoga Allah Bapa kita memberi berkat dan sejahtera kepada kalian.
2 [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 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Kami sudah mendengar bahwa kalian percaya kepada Yesus Kristus dan kalian mengasihi semua umat Allah. Itulah sebabnya pada waktu kami berdoa untukmu, kami selalu mengucap terima kasih kepada Allah, Bapa Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus.
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
5 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].
Kalian percaya dan kalian mengasihi, sebab kalian berharap akan apa yang disediakan di surga oleh Allah untukmu. Kalian sudah mendengar tentang hal itu, ketika Kabar Baik yang benar disampaikan kepadamu.
6 [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.
Kabar dari Allah itu tersebar ke seluruh dunia, dan hidup orang terus diberkati oleh kabar itu, sama seperti hidupmu diberkati sejak saat kalian mendengar tentang rahmat Allah dan benar-benar menghayatinya.
7 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.
Hal itu disampaikan kepada Saudara oleh Epafras, rekan yang kami kasihi. Ia adalah pekerja Kristus yang setia bekerja untuk kepentingan kita.
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
Dari dialah kami mendengar bahwa dengan kuasa dari Roh Allah kalian dapat saling mengasihi.
9 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.
Itulah sebabnya kami selalu berdoa untuk kalian sejak kami mendengar tentang kalian. Kami minta kepada Allah supaya Roh Allah memberikan kepadamu kebijaksanaan dan pengertian sehingga kalian mengetahui dengan sempurna apa kemauan Allah.
10 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.
Dengan demikian kalian dapat hidup menurut kemauan Allah, dan selalu menyenangkan hati-Nya, sehingga dalam segala sesuatu kalian dapat menghasilkan hal-hal yang baik. Dan pengetahuan kalian tentang Allah pun akan bertambah juga.
11 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.
Semoga dengan kuasa dari Allah yang agung, kalian dikuatkan sehingga kalian sanggup menderita segala sesuatu dengan sabar dan senang hati
12 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].
dan dengan ucapan terima kasih kepada Bapa. Sebab Bapa itulah yang membuat kalian layak menerima apa yang disediakan Allah bagi umat-Nya di dalam kerajaan-Nya yang terang.
13 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.
Ia sudah melepaskan kita dari kuasa kegelapan dan memindahkan kita ke dalam kerajaan Anak-Nya yang dikasihi-Nya.
14 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.
Oleh Anak-Nya itu kita dibebaskan; berarti dosa-dosa kita sudah diampuni.
15 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.
Kristus adalah gambar yang nyata dari diri Allah yang tidak kelihatan; Kristus adalah anak yang sulung, lebih utama dari segala yang diciptakan.
16 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,
Sebab melalui Dialah Allah menciptakan segala sesuatu di surga dan di atas bumi, segala sesuatu yang kelihatan dan yang tidak kelihatan, termasuk juga segala roh yang berkuasa dan yang memerintah. Seluruh alam ini diciptakan melalui Kristus dan untuk Kristus.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Sebelum segala sesuatu ada, Kristus sudah terlebih dahulu ada. Dan karena Dialah juga maka segala sesuatu berada pada tempatnya masing-masing.
18 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.
Ialah kepala dari tubuh-Nya, yaitu jemaat, karena Ialah sumber kehidupan jemaat itu. Ialah anak yang sulung, yang pertama-tama dihidupkan kembali dari kematian, supaya Dia sendiri saja yang menjadi terpenting dari segala sesuatu.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Allah sendirilah yang menghendaki supaya segala sesuatu yang terdapat pada diri Allah, terdapat juga dengan lengkap pada diri Anak-Nya.
20 [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.
Dan melalui Anak itu pula Allah memutuskan untuk membuat segala sesuatu berbaik kembali dengan Dia--baik segala sesuatu yang di bumi, maupun yang di surga. Allah melakukan itu melalui kematian Anak-Nya di kayu salib.
21 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,
Dahulu kalian jauh dari Allah. Kalian memusuhi-Nya karena kelakuan dan pikiranmu jahat.
22 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.
Tetapi sekarang, dengan kematian Anak-Nya, Allah membuat hubungan kalian dengan Dia menjadi baik kembali. Dengan cara itu kalian dapat dibawa menghadap Allah dalam keadaan yang suci, murni dan tanpa cela.
23 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.
Tetapi tentu kalian harus tetap setia percaya dan berdiri teguh pada kepercayaanmu. Jangan sampai kalian melepaskan harapan yang sudah diberikan kepadamu ketika kalian menerima Kabar Baik dari Allah. Kabar itu sudah diberitakan kepada setiap orang di seluruh dunia. Dan untuk itulah juga saya, Paulus, sudah menjadi pelayan.
24 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.
Sekarang saya senang menderita untuk kepentinganmu. Sebab dengan penderitaan jasmani saya, saya melengkapi apa yang masih harus diderita oleh Kristus untuk jemaat-Nya, yaitu tubuh-Nya.
25 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.
Allah menyuruh saya menjadi pelayan jemaat-Nya untuk kepentinganmu. Saya harus menyampaikan berita dari Allah, seluruhnya;
26 [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)
yaitu berita yang selama berabad-abad yang lalu dirahasiakan oleh Allah kepada semua orang, tetapi sekarang dinyatakan kepada umat-Nya. (aiōn g165)
27 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].
Kepada umat-Nya itu Allah mau menyatakan betapa baiknya dan agungnya rahasia-Nya itu untuk seluruh umat manusia. Rahasia itu ialah: Kristus ada dalam dirimu, yang berarti kalian akan turut menikmati kebesaran Allah.
28 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.
Kristus itulah yang kami beritakan kepada setiap orang. Kami mengingatkan dan mengajar mereka semuanya dengan segala kebijaksanaan. Tujuan kami ialah supaya setiap orang dapat dibawa kepada Allah, sebagai orang yang dewasa dalam hal-hal rohani, karena sudah bersatu dengan Kristus.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
Untuk mencapai hal itu saya bekerja keras. Saya berjuang dengan seluruh tenaga yang diberikan Kristus kepada saya dan yang bekerja dalam diri saya dengan penuh kuasa.
