Colossians, 2

1. For I want you to know the kind of solicitude that I have for you, and for those who are at Laodicea, as well as for those who have not seen my face in the flesh.

1. Htio bih uistinu da znate koliko mi se boriti za vas, za one u Laodiceji i za sve koji me nisu vidjeli licem u lice:

2. May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.

2. da se ohrabre srca njihova, povezana u ljubavi, te se vinu do svega bogatstva, punine shvaæanja, do spoznanja otajstva Božjega - Krista,

3. For in him are hidden all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

3. u kojem su sva bogatstva mudrosti i spoznaje skrivena.

4. Now I say this, so that no one may deceive you with grandiose words.

4. To govorim zato da vas tko ne prevari zavodljivim rijeèima.

5. For though I may be absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit. And I rejoice as I gaze upon your order and its foundation, which is in Christ, your faith.

5. Jer ako sam tijelom nenazoèan, duhom sam ipak s vama: s radošæu promatram vaš red i èvrstoæu vaše vjere u Krista.

6. Therefore, just as you have received the Lord Jesus Christ, walk in him.

6. Kao što primiste Krista Isusa, Gospodina, tako u njemu živite:

7. Be rooted and continually built up in Christ. And be confirmed in the faith, just as you have also learned it, increasing in him with acts of thanksgiving.

7. ukorijenjeni i nazidani na njemu i uèvršæeni vjerom kako ste pouèeni, obilujte zahvaljivanjem.

8. See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ.

8. Pazite da vas tko ne odvuèe mudrovanjem i ispraznim zavaravanjem što se oslanja na predaju ljudsku, na "poèela svijeta", a ne na Krista.

9. For in him, all the fullness of the Divine Nature dwells bodily.

9. Jer u njemu tjelesno prebiva sva punina božanstva; te ste i vi

10. And in him, you have been filled; for he is the head of all principality and power.

10. ispunjeni u njemu, koji je glava svakoga Vrhovništva i Vlasti.

11. In him also, you have been circumcised with a circumcision not made by hand, not by the despoiling of the body of flesh, but by the circumcision of Christ.

11. U njemu ste i obrezani obrezanjem nerukotvorenim - svukoste tijelo puteno - obrezanjem Kristovim:

12. You have been buried with him in baptism. In him also, you have risen again through faith, by the work of God, who raised him up from the dead.

12. s njime suukopani u krštenju, u njemu ste i suuskrsli po vjeri u snagu Boga koji ga uskrisi od mrtvih.

13. And when you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he enlivened you, together with him, forgiving you of all transgressions,

13. On i vas, koji bijaste mrtvi zbog prijestupa i neobrezanosti svoga tijela, i vas on oživi zajedno s njime. Milostivo nam je oprostio sve prijestupe,

14. and wiping away the handwriting of the decree which was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken this away from your midst, affixing it to the Cross.

14. izbrisao zadužnicu koja propisima bijaše protiv nas, protivila nam se. Nju on ukloni pribivši je na križ.

15. And so, despoiling principalities and powers, he has led them away confidently and openly, triumphing over them in himself.

15. Skinu Vrhovništva i Vlasti, javno to pokaza: u pobjednièkoj ih povorci s njime vodi.

16. Therefore, let no one judge you as concerns food or drink, or a particular feast day, or feast days of new moons, or of Sabbaths.

16. Neka vas dakle nitko ne sudi po jelu ili po piæu, po blagdanima, mlaðacima ili subotama.

17. For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.

17. To je tek sjena onoga što dolazi, a zbiljnost jest - tijelo Kristovo.

18. Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh,

18. Nitko neka vas ne podcjenjuje zato što on sam uživa u "poniznosti i štovanju anðela", zadubljuje se u svoja viðenja, bezrazložno se nadima tjelesnom pameæu svojom,

19. and not holding up the head, with which the whole body, by its underlying joints and ligaments, is joined together and grows with an increase that is of God.

19. a ne drži se Glave, Njega od kojeg sve Tijelo, zglobovima i svezama zbrinuto i povezano, raste rastom Božjim.

20. So then, if you have died with Christ to the influences of this world, why do you still make decisions as if you were living in the world?

20. Ako ste s Kristom umrli za poèela svijeta, zašto se, kao da još u ovom svijetu živite, dajete pod propise:

21. Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle these things,

21. "Ne diraj, ne kušaj, ne dotièi"?

22. which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men.

22. Sve æe to uporabom propasti. Uredbe i nauci ljudski!

23. Such ideas have at least an intention to attain to wisdom, but through superstition and debasement, not sparing the body, and they are without any honor in satiating the flesh.

23. Po samozvanu bogoštovlju, poniznosti i trapljenju tijela sve to doduše slovi kao mudrost, ali nema nikakve vrijednosti, samo zasiæuje tijelo.