that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
2:3
ዘበኀቤሁሀሎኵሉመዝገበጥበብወምክርኅቡእ።
所積蓄的一切智慧知識,都在他裏面藏着。
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
2:4
ወዘኒዘእብለክሙከመአልቦዘያስሕተክሙበኂጣነነገር።
我說這話,免得有人用花言巧語迷惑你們。
Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.
2:9
ዘላዕሌሁኀደረኵሉመለኮቱበሥጋሰብእ።
因為上帝本性一切的豐盛都有形有體地居住在基督裏面,
For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
2:10
ወአንትሙሂኩኑፍጹማነቦቱእስመውእቱርእሱለኵሉመኰንንወለኵሉመንግሥት።
你們在他裏面也得了豐盛。他是各樣執政掌權者的元首。
and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.
In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,
You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
2:14
ወደምሰሰለነመጽሐፈዕዳነበሥርዐቱእምዕድውነወአእተቶእማእከሌነወቀነዎበመስቀሉ።
又塗抹了在律例上所寫、攻擊我們、有礙於我們的字據,把它撤去,釘在十字架上。
wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
2:15
ወበሰሊቦቱአስተኀፈሮሙለቀደምትወለመኳንንትወአስተኀፈሮሙበተከሥቶህላዌሁ።
既將一切執政的、掌權的擄來,明顯給眾人看,就仗着十字架誇勝。
Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.
These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.