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.
Pablo, apóstol de Cristo Jesús, por la voluntad de Dios, y el hermano Timoteo,
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.
a los santos y fieles hermanos en Cristo, que viven en Colosas: gracia a vosotros y paz de parte de Dios nuestro Padre.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Damos gracias al Dios y Padre de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, rogando en todo tiempo por vosotros,
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
pues hemos oído de vuestra fe en Cristo Jesús y de la caridad que tenéis hacia todos los 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].
a causa de la esperanza que os está guardada en los cielos y de la cual habéis oído antes por la palabra de la verdad del Evangelio,
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 ha llegado hasta vosotros, y que también en todo el mundo está fructificando y creciendo como lo está entre vosotros desde el día en que oísteis y ( así ) conocisteis en verdad la gracia de Dios,
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.
según aprendisteis de Epafras, nuestro amado consiervo, que es un fiel ministro de Cristo para vosotros,
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
y nos ha manifestado vuestro amor en el Espíritu.
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 esto también nosotros, desde el día en que lo oímos, no cesamos de rogar por vosotros y de pedir que seáis llenados del conocimiento de su voluntad con toda sabiduría e inteligencia 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 andéis de una manera digna del Señor, a fin de serle gratos en todo, dando frutos en toda obra buena y creciendo en el conocimiento de Dios,
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.
confortados con toda fortaleza, según el poder de su gloria, para practicar con gozo toda paciencia y longanimidad,
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 gracias al Padre, que os capacitó para participar de la herencia de los santos en la 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.
Él nos ha arrebatado de la potestad de las tinieblas, y nos ha trasladado al reino del Hijo de su 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.
en quien tenemos la redención, la remisión de los 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.
Él ( Cristo ) es la imagen del Dios invisible, el primogénito de toda creación;
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,
pues por Él fueron creadas todas las cosas, las de los cielos y las que están sobre la tierra, las visibles y las invisibles, sean tronos, sean dominaciones, sean principados, sean potestades. Todas las cosas fueron creadas por medio de Él y para Él.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Y Él es antes de todas las cosas, y en Él subsisten todas.
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.
Y Él es la cabeza del cuerpo de la Iglesia, siendo Él mismo el principio, el primogénito de entre los muertos, para que en todo sea Él lo primero.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
Pues plugo ( al Padre ) hacer habitar en Él toda la plenitud,
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.
y por medio de Él reconciliar consigo todas las cosas, tanto las de la tierra como las del cielo, haciendo la paz mediante la sangre de su 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,
También a vosotros, que en un tiempo erais extraños y en vuestra mente erais enemigos a causa de las malas obras,
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.
ahora os ha reconciliado en el cuerpo de la carne de Aquel por medio de la muerte, para que os presente santos e inmaculados e irreprensibles delante de Él.
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.
Si es que en verdad permanecéis fundados y asentados en la fe e inconmovibles en la esperanza del Evangelio que oísteis, el cual ha sido predicado en toda la creación debajo del cielo y del cual yo Pablo he sido constituido ministro.
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.
Ahora me gozo en los padecimientos a causa de vosotros, y lo que en mi carne falta de las tribulaciones de Cristo, lo cumplo en favor del Cuerpo Suyo, que es la Iglesia.
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.
De ella fui yo constituido siervo, según la misión que Dios me encomendó en beneficio vuestro, de anunciar en su plenitud el divino Mensaje,
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)
el misterio, el que estaba escondido desde los siglos y generaciones, y que ahora ha sido revelado a sus 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 ellos Dios quiso dar a conocer cuál es la riqueza de la gloria de este misterio entre los gentiles, que es Cristo en vosotros, la esperanza de la gloria.
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.
A Este predicamos, amonestando a todo hombre e instruyendo a todo hombre en toda sabiduría, para presentar perfecto en Cristo a todo hombre.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
Por esto es que me afano luchando mediante la acción de Él, la cual obra en mí poderosamente.
