Colossians 1

1 Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

١ مِنْ بُولُسَ وَهُوَ رَسُولٌ لِلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ بِمَشِيئَةِ اللهِ، وَمِنَ الأَخِ تِيمُوثَاوُسَ،

2 to the holy ones and faithful brothers in Messiah at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

٢ إِلَى الإِخْوَةِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ وَالأُمَنَاءِ فِي الْمَسِيحِ، الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مَدِينَةِ كُولُوسِّي. لِتَكُنْ لَكُمُ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا والرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ.

3 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, praying always for you,

٣ إِنَّنَا دَائِماً نَرْفَعُ الشُّكْرَ لِلهِ، أَبِي رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ فِيمَا نُصَلِّي لأَجْلِكُمْ.

4 having heard of your faith in Messiah Yeshua and of the love which you have towards all the holy ones,

٤ إِذْ بَلَغَنَا خَبَرُ إِيمَانِكُمْ بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ وَالْمَحَبَّةِ الَّتِي لَكُمْ نَحْوَ جَمِيعِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ،

5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

٥ بِسَبَبِ الرَّجَاءِ الْمَحْفُوظِ لَكُمْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، الرَّجَاءِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ سَابِقاً فِي كَلِمَةِ الْحَقِّ الَّتِي فِي الإِنْجِيلِ

6 which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

٦ وَالَّتِي وَصَلَتْ إِلَيْكُمْ كَمَا تَنْتَشِرُ الآنَ فِي الْعَالَمِ أَجْمَعَ، مُنْتِجَةً الثَّمَرَ وَنَامِيَةً، مِثْلَمَا يَحْدُثُ بَيْنَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ مُنْذُ أَنْ سَمِعْتُمْ بِنِعْمَةِ اللهِ وَاخْتَبَرْتُمُوهَا بِالْحَقِّ،

7 even as you learnt from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Messiah on your behalf,

٧ عَلَى حَسَبِ مَا تَعَلَّمْتُمْ مِنْ أَبَفْرَاسَ شَرِيكِنَا الْعَبْدِ الْحَبِيبِ، وَالْخَادِمِ الأَمِينِ لِلْمَسِيحِ عِنْدَكُمْ

8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

٨ وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ أَخْبَرَنَا بِمَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الْمَحَبَّةِ فِي الرُّوحِ.

9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

٩ لِذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً، مِنَ الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي فِيهِ سَمِعْنَا بِأَخْبَارِكُمْ، مَازِلْنَا نُصَلِّي وَنَتَضَرَّعُ لأَجْلِكُمْ، لأَنْ تَمْتَلِئُوا مِنْ تَمَامِ مَعْرِفَةِ مَشِيئَةِ اللهِ فِي كُلِّ حِكْمَةٍ وَإِدْرَاكٍ رُوحِيٍّ،

10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

١٠ لِكَيْ تَسْلُكُوا سُلُوكاً لاَئِقاً بِالرَّبِّ وَمُرْضِياً فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، مُنْتِجِينَ الثَّمَرَ فِي كُلِّ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ وَنَامِينَ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ اللهِ إِلَى التَّمَامِ،

11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

١١ مُتَشَدِّدِينَ بِكُلِّ قُوَّةٍ مُوَافِقَةٍ لِقُدْرَةِ مَجْدِهِ، لِتَتَمَكَّنُوا تَمَاماً مِنَ الاحْتِمَالِ وَطُولِ الْبَالِ،

12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the holy ones in light,

١٢ رَافِعِينَ الشُّكْرَ بِفَرَحٍ لِلآبِ الَّذِي جَعَلَكُمْ أَهْلاً لِلاشْتِرَاكِ فِي مِيرَاثِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ فِي النُّورِ،

13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

١٣ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْقَذَنَا مِنْ سُلْطَةِ الظَّلاَمِ وَنَقَلَنَا إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ ابْنِ مَحَبَّتِهِ

14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

١٤ الَّذِي فِيهِ لَنَا الْفِدَاءُ، أَيْ غُفْرَانُ الْخَطَايَا.

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

١٥ هُوَ صُورَةُ اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ يُرَى، وَالْبِكْرُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا قَدْ خُلِقَ،

16 For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

١٦ إِذْ بِهِ خُلِقَتْ جَمِيعُ الأَشْيَاءِ: مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ، مَا يُرَى وَمَا لاَ يُرَى، أَعُرُوشاً كَانَتْ أَمْ سِيَادَاتٍ أَمْ رِئَاسَاتٍ أَمْ سُلُطَاتٍ. كُلُّ مَا فِي الْكَوْنِ قَدْ خُلِقَ بِهِ وَلأَجْلِهِ.

17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

١٧ هُوَ كَائِنٌ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَبِهِ يَدُومُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ.

18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

١٨ وَهُوَ رَأْسُ الْجَسَدِ، أَيِ الْكَنِيسَةِ؛ هُوَ الْبَدَاءَةُ وَبِكْرُ الْقَائِمِينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، لِيَكُونَ لَهُ الْمَقَامُ الأَوَّلُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

١٩ فَفِيهِ سُرَّ اللهُ أَنْ يَحِلَّ بِكُلِّ مِلْئِهِ،

20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

٢٠ وَأَنْ يُصَالِحَ بِهِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ مَعَ نَفْسِهِ، إِذْ أَحَلَّ السَّلاَمَ بِدَمِهِ عَلَى الصَّلِيبِ، فَبِهِ يُصَالَحُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، سَوَاءٌ مَا كَانَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ أَوْ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ.

21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,

٢١ وَأَنْتُمْ، يَامَنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي الْمَاضِي أَجَانِبَ وَأَعْدَاءً فِي الْفِكْرِ، بِأَعْمَالِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ،

22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

٢٢ قَدْ صَالَحَكُمُ الآنَ فِي جَسَدِ بَشَرِيَّةِ (ابْنِهِ) بِالْمَوْتِ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ يُحْضِرَكُمْ فَتَمْثُلُوا أَمَامَهُ وَأَنْتُمْ قِدِّيسُونَ بِلاَ ذَنْبٍ وَلاَ لَوْمٍ.

23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

٢٣ عَلَى أَنْ تَثْبُتُوا فِعْلاً فِي الإِيمَانِ، مُؤَسَّسِينَ وَرَاسِخِينَ وَغَيْرَ مُتَحَوِّلِينَ عَنْ رَجَاءِ الإِنْجِيلِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ، الَّذِي بُشِّرَ بِهِ لِلْخَلِيقَةِ كُلِّهَا تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ، وَلَهُ صِرْتُ أَنَا بُولُسَ خَادِماً.

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Messiah in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

٢٤ وَالآنَ أَنَا أَفْرَحُ فِي الآلاَمِ الَّتِي أُقَاسِيهَا لأَجْلِكُمْ، وَأُتَمِّمُ فِي جَسَدِي مَا نَقَصَ مِنْ ضِيقَاتِ الْمَسِيحِ لأَجْلِ جَسَدِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ الْكَنِيسَةُ،

25 of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me towards you to fulfil the word of God,

٢٥ وَلَهَا قَدْ صِرْتُ أَنَا خَادِماً بِمُوجِبِ تَدْبِيرِ اللهِ الْمَوْهُوبِ لِي مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، وَهُوَ أَنْ أُتَمِّمَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ، بِإِعْلاَنِ

26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his holy ones, (aiōn g165)

٢٦ السِّرِّ الَّذِي كَانَ مَكْتُوماً طَوَالَ الْعُصُورِ وَالأَجْيَالِ، وَلكِنْ كُشِفَ الآنَ لِقِدِّيسِيهِ، (aiōn g165)

27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery amongst the Gentiles, which is Messiah in you, the hope of glory.

٢٧ الَّذِينَ أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يُعْلِنَ لَهُمْ كَمْ هُوَ غَنِيٌّ مَجْدُ هَذَا السِّرِّ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ: أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ فِيكُمْ، وَهُوَ رَجَاءُ الْمَجْدِ؛

28 We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Messiah Yeshua;

٢٨ هَذَا السِّرُّ نُعْلِنُهُ نَحْنُ، وَاعِظِينَ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ، وَمُعَلِّمِينَ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ، فِي كُلِّ حِكْمَةٍ، لِكَيْ نُحْضِرَ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ كَامِلاً فِي الْمَسِيحِ.

29 for which I also labour, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

٢٩ وَلأَجْلِ هَذَا أَتْعَبُ أَنَا أَيْضاً وَأُجَاهِدُ، بِفَضْلِ قُدْرَتِهِ الْعَامِلَةِ فِيَّ بِقُوَّةٍ.