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.
Paulo, apóstolo de Cristo Jesus através da vontade de Deus, e Timóteo nosso irmão,
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.
aos santos e irmãos fiéis em Cristo em Colossae: Graça a vós e paz de Deus nosso Pai e do Senhor Jesus Cristo.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Damos graças a Deus Pai de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, orando sempre por você,
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
tendo ouvido falar de sua fé em Cristo Jesus e do amor que você tem por todos os santos,
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].
por causa da esperança que está depositada para você nos céus, da qual você ouviu antes na palavra da verdade da Boa Nova
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.
que chegou até você, como em todo o mundo e está dando frutos e crescendo, como também em você, desde o dia em que ouviu e conheceu a graça de Deus em verdade,
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.
even como você aprendeu com Epáfras nosso amado companheiro servo, que é um servo fiel de Cristo em seu favor,
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
que também nos declarou seu amor no Espírito.
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.
Por esta causa, nós também, desde o dia em que ouvimos isto, não deixamos de orar e fazer pedidos por você, para que você seja preenchido com o conhecimento de sua vontade em toda sabedoria e compreensão espiritual,
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.
para que você possa caminhar dignamente do Senhor, para agradá-lo em todos os aspectos, dando frutos em cada boa obra e aumentando o conhecimento de Deus,
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.
fortalecido com todo o poder, segundo o poder de sua glória, por toda a resistência e perseverança com alegria,
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].
dando graças ao Pai, que nos fez aptos a participar da herança dos santos na luz,
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.
que nos libertou do poder das trevas, e nos traduziu no Reino do Filho de seu amor,
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.
em quem temos nossa redenção, o perdão de nossos pecados.
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.
Ele é a imagem do Deus invisível, o primogênito de toda a criação.
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,
Pois por ele todas as coisas foram criadas nos céus e na terra, coisas visíveis e coisas invisíveis, sejam tronos ou dominios ou principados ou poderes. Todas as coisas foram criadas através dele e para ele.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Ele está diante de todas as coisas, e nele todas as coisas são mantidas juntas.
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.
Ele é a cabeça do corpo, a assembléia, que é o começo, o primogênito dos mortos, que em todas as coisas ele pode ter a preeminência.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Para toda a plenitude, foi um prazer habitar nele,
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.
e através dele reconciliar todas as coisas para si mesmo, seja as coisas na terra ou as coisas nos céus, tendo feito a paz através do sangue de sua cruz.
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,
Vós, estando no passado alienados e inimigos em vossa mente em vossas más ações,
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.
ainda agora ele se reconciliou no corpo de sua carne através da morte, para apresentar-vos santos e sem defeito e irrepreensíveis diante dele,
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.
se é para que continueis na fé, fundados e firmes, e não vos afasteis da esperança da Boa Nova que ouvistes, que está sendo proclamada em toda a criação sob o céu, da qual eu, Paulo, fui feito servo.
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.
Agora me alegro com meus sofrimentos por vossa causa, e preencho de minha parte o que falta das aflições de Cristo em minha carne por causa de seu corpo, que é a assembléia,
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.
da qual fui feito servo segundo a mordomia de Deus que me foi dada para cumprir a palavra de Deus,
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)
o mistério que tem sido escondido por séculos e gerações. Mas agora foi revelado a seus santos, (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].
a quem Deus se agradou de dar a conhecer quais são as riquezas da glória deste mistério entre os gentios, que é Cristo em vós, a esperança da glória.
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.
Nós o proclamamos, admoestando cada homem e ensinando cada homem com toda sabedoria, para que possamos apresentar cada homem perfeito em Cristo Jesus;
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
pelo qual também eu trabalho, esforçando-me segundo seu trabalho, que opera em mim poderosamente.
