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1 Παῦλος, ἀπόστολος 1
From Paul, by the will of َ‫ سَعُٕلُ يَغُٕع‬،ُ‫ ثُٕنُظ‬1
Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ God an apostle of Christ
θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ ،ِّ‫انًَْغِيخِ ثًَِشِيئَخِ انه‬
Jesus, and from our
Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφός, 2
brother Timothy ،ُ‫طُ األَر‬ِ ُٔ‫َٔرِيًُٕثَب‬
τοῖς ἐν Κολοσσαῖς Ⲧ ⲑ .
ἁγίοις καὶ πιστοῖς
2
to God's holy people in ‫ ِإنَٗ ِانْ ِقذّيغِنيَ فِي‬2
ἀδελφοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ· Colossae, our faithful
ِ‫ َٔاإلِخْ َٕح‬،‫كُٕنُٕعّي‬
χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη brothers in Christ. Grace
ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πατρὸς and peace to you from ٌ‫ َِ ْؼًَخ‬:ِ‫انًُْؤْيُِِنيَ فِي ا ْنًَغِيخ‬
ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ God our Father. ‫الوٌ يٍَِ انه ِّ أَثِيَُب‬ َ َ‫نَكُىْ َٔ ِع‬
3
.ِ‫َٔان َشّةّ يَغُٕعَ انًَْغِي ِخ‬
Χριστοῦ. 3 We give thanks for you
Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ to God, the Father of our
καὶ πατρὶ τοῦ Κυρίου ϭ Lord Jesus Christ, ‫ ََشْكُشُ انهَّ َٔأَثَب سَثَُّب‬3
ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
. continually in our prayers, ،ٍ‫يَغُِٕعَ انًَْغِيخِ كُمَّ دِني‬
πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν 4
προσευχόμενοι, 4 Ⲧ ever since we heard
،ْ‫ني َألجْهِكُى‬ َ ّ‫يُصَه‬
about your faith in Christ
ἀκούσαντες τὴν πίστιν ϭ ‫ إِ ْر عَ ًِؼَُْب إِميَبََكُ ْى‬4
ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ Jesus and the love that
καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην τὴν εἰς you show towards all ،َ‫ثِبنًَْغِيخِ يَغُٕع‬
ϫ ⲑ .
πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους, 5 God's holy people
5
ِ‫جًِيغ‬َ ‫َٔيَ ِذَجَّزَكُىْ ِن‬
διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα τὴν because of the hope
ἀποκειμένην ὑμῖν ἐν ،َ‫انْقِذّيغِني‬
ϭ which is stored up for you
τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἣν in heaven. News of this ِ‫ يِ ٍْ َأجْمِ ان َّشجَبء‬5
προηκούσατε ἐν τῷ ⲑ
λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας τοῦ .
hope reached you not ‫انًَْْٕضُٕعِ نَكُ ْى فِي‬
long ago through the word
εὐαγγελίου 6 τοῦ
ⲑ of truth, the gospel
‫ ا َنّزِٖ َع ًِِؼْزُ ْى‬،ِ‫غًَّبَٔاد‬ َ ‫ان‬
παρόντος εἰς ὑμᾶς,
καθὼς καὶ ἐν παντὶ τῷ ϫ 6
that came to you in the ّ‫ثِِّ قَجْالً فِي كَ ِهًَخِ دَق‬
κόσμῳ, καὶ ἔστι ⲑ ⲑ same way as it is bearing ،ِ‫اإلَِْجِيم‬
καρποφορούμενον καὶ fruit and growing
αὐξανόμενον καθὼς
ϫ ⲑ
throughout the world. It
‫ انَّزِٖ قَ ْذ ِ َدضَشَ إِنَيْكُ ْى‬6
καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀφ’ ἧς . ،‫كًََب فِي كُمّ ا ْنؼَب َنىِ أَيْضًب‬
has had the same effect
ἡμέρας ἠκούσατε καὶ ⲑ
ἐπέγνωτε τὴν χάριν
among you, ever since you ‫ََُْٕٔ يُثًِْشٌ َكًَب فِيكُىْ أَ ْيضًب‬
heard about the grace of
τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ,
God and recognised it for
ْ‫يُُْزُ يَْٕ َو عَ ًِؼْزُىْ َٔػَشَفْزُى‬
what it truly is. .ِ‫َِؼًَْخَ انه ِّ ثِب ْنذَقِيقَخ‬
ⲑ ϫ

ⲑ .

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7 καθὼς καὶ ἐμάθετε
ἀπὸ Ἐπαφρᾶ τοῦ
ἀγαπητοῦ συνδούλου
ἡμῶν, ὅς ἐστι πιστὸς
ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διάκονος
τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 8 ὁ καὶ
δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν
ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν
Πνεύματι. 9 Διὰ τοῦτο
καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἀφ’ ἧς
9 ⲑ
ἡμέρας ἠκούσαμεν, οὐ
παυόμεθα ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν
προσευχόμενοι καὶ
αἰτούμενοι ἵνα
ⲑ prayers and ask that
πληρωθῆτε τὴν
ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ
θελήματος αὐτοῦ ἐν
πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ
συνέσει πνευματικῇ, 10
περιπατῆσαι ὑμᾶς
ἀξίως τοῦ Κυρίου εἰς
πᾶσαν ἀρέσκειαν, ἐν
παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ
καρποφοροῦντες καὶ
αὐξανόμενοι εἰς τὴν ⲑ
ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ, 11
ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει
δυναμούμενοι κατὰ τὸ
κράτος τῆς δόξης
αὐτοῦ εἰς πᾶσαν
ὑπομονὴν καὶ
μακροθυμίαν, μετὰ
χαρᾶς 12
εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ
. the Father who has made
Θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ τῷ
ἱκανώσαντι ἡμᾶς εἰς
τὴν μερίδα τοῦ κλήρου
τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ φωτί,
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This you learnt from ٍْ ِ‫ كًََب رَؼَ َّهًْزُ ْى أَيْضًب ي‬7
Epaphras, our very dear
،‫ت َيؼََُب‬ِ ‫أَثَفْشَاطَ انْؼَجْ ِذ انْذَجِي‬
fellow-worker and a
trustworthy deputy for us ٌ‫انَّزِٖ ُْ َٕ َخبدِوٌ أَ ِيني‬
as Christ's servant, ،ُ‫نِهًَْغِيخِ ألَ ْجهِكُى‬
ϫ ⲑ . 8
and it was he who also
‫ انَّزِٖ أَخْجَشَََب أَ ْيضًب‬8
told us all about your love
.ِ‫ثًَِذَجَّزِكُىْ فِي انشُّٔح‬
. in the Spirit.
ϫ
9
That is why, ever since ٍُ ْ‫ يِ ٍْ َأجْمِ رنِكَ ََذ‬9
the day he told us, we
ْ‫ َنى‬،‫ يُُْ ِ ُز يَْٕوَ َعًِؼَُْب‬،‫أَيْضًب‬
have never failed to
ϫ remember you in our َ‫ني َٔطَبنِجِني‬
َ ّ‫ََضَلْ يُصَه‬
ٍْ ِ ِ‫ألَجْهِ ُكىْ أٌَْ رًَْزَهِئُٕا ي‬
through perfect wisdom
ّ‫ فِي ٍكُم‬،ِِّ‫يَؼْشِفَخِ يَشِيئَز‬
and spiritual
understanding you should ‫دِكًَْ ٍخ َٔفَْٓىٍ سُٔدِ ّي‬
reach the fullest ُّ‫ذق‬ ِ َ‫ ِنِزَغْهُكُٕا ِكًََب ي‬11
.
knowledge of his will
10
،ًٗ‫ فِي كُمّ ِ سِض‬،ّ‫نِه َشّة‬
and so be able to lead a
‫يُثًِْشِيٍَ فِي كُمّ َػًَم‬
ϭ life worthy of the Lord, a
life acceptable to him in ِ‫ني فِي َيؼْشِفَخ‬ َ ِ‫ َََٔبي‬،ٍ‫صَبنِخ‬
ِ ،ِّ‫انه‬
all its aspects, bearing fruit
in every kind of good work ِ
and growing in knowledge ِ ‫ يُزَقَّٕيٍَ ثِكُمّ قُ َّٕ ٍح‬11
. of God, ّ‫ نِ ُكم‬،ِِ‫ثِذَغَتِ قُ ْذسَ ِح َيجْ ِذ‬
11
ϫ ϫ ϫ fortified, in accordance ،ٍ‫صَجْشٍ َٔطُٕلِ أَََبحٍ ثِفَ َشح‬
with his glorious strength,
with all power always to
ِٖ‫ شَبكِشِيٍَ اآلةَ ا َّنز‬12
persevere and endure, ِ‫أََّْهَُ َِب نِشَ ِشكَخِ ِيريَاس‬
،ِ‫انْقِذّيغِنيَ فِي ان ُُّٕس‬
12
giving thanks with joy to
you able to share the lot
of God's holy people and
ⲑ
with them to inherit the
light.
.
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13 ὃς ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἐκ
τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ
σκότους καὶ
μετέστησεν εἰς τὴν
βασιλείαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς
ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ, 14 ἐν ᾧ
ἔχομεν τὴν
ἀπολύτρωσιν, τὴν
ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν·
15 ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ
Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου,
πρωτότοκος πάσης
κτίσεως, 16 ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ
ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα, τὰ
ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ
ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὰ ὁρατὰ
καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, εἴτε
θρόνοι εἴτε κυριότητες
εἴτε ἀρχαὶ εἴτε
ἐξουσίαι· τὰ πάντα δι’
αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν
ἔκτισται· 17 καὶ αὐτός
ἐστι πρὸ πάντων, καὶ
τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ ⲝ
συνέστηκε, 18 καὶ
αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ
. ⲑ
τοῦ σώματος, τῆς
ἐκκλησίας· ὅς ἐστιν ϫ 18
ἀρχή, πρωτότοκος ἐκ
τῶν νεκρῶν, ἵνα
γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν
αὐτὸς πρωτεύων, 19 ὅτι
ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησε πᾶν
τὸ πλήρωμα
κατοικῆσαι
ⲑ because God wanted all
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Because that is what he ٍْ ِ‫ ا َّنزِٖ أََْ َقزَََب ي‬13
has done. It is he who has
َٗ‫ َََٔقَهََُب إِن‬،ِ‫عُهْطَبٌِ انظُّهًَْخ‬
rescued us from the ruling
ⲑ ،ِِّ‫يَهَكُٕدِ اثٍِْ َيذَجَّز‬
force of darkness and
transferred us to the ،ُ‫ ا َّنزِٖ نََُب فِيِّ ا ْنفِذَاء‬14
.
kingdom of the Son that
.‫ثِذَيِِّ غُفْشَاٌُ انْخَطَبيَب‬
ϭ he loves,
14
and in him we enjoy our ِّ ‫ ا َّنزِٖ َُْٕ صُٕ َسحُ ِانه‬15
.
freedom, the forgiveness ّ‫ ثِكْشُ كُم‬،ِ‫غَيْشِ انًَُْْظُٕس‬
of sin.
15
.ٍ‫خَهِيقَخ‬
He is the image of the
ⲑ unseen God, the first-born :ُّ‫ فَئََِّ ُّ فِيِّ خُهِقَ انْكُم‬16
. of all creation, َٗ‫غًَبَٔادِ َٔيَب ػَه‬ َّ ‫يَب في ان‬
16
for in him were created
‫ يَب يُشَٖ َٔيَب َال‬،ِ‫األَسْض‬
all things in heaven and on
earth: everything visible ْ‫ عََٕاءٌ كَبٌَ ػُشُٔشًب َأو‬،َٖ‫يُش‬
ϫ
and everything invisible, ‫عِيَبدَادٍ أَوْ سِيَبعَبدٍ أَ ْو‬
thrones, ruling forces, ْ‫ انْكُمُّ ثِِّ َٔنَُّ َقذ‬.َ‫عَالَطِني‬
ⲑ sovereignties, powers -- all
ِ .َ‫خُهِق‬
ϭ things were created
through him and for him. ّ‫ ا َّنزِٖ َُْٕ قَجْمَ كُم‬17
‫ َٔفِيِّ يَقُٕوُ انْكُ ُّم‬،ٍ‫شَيْء‬
17
He exists before all
things and in him all things
hold together,
:ِ‫غذ‬
َ َ‫ َُْٔ َٕ سَ ْأطُ انْج‬18
and he is the Head of ،ُ‫ انَّزِٖ َُْٕ انْجَذَاءَح‬.ِ‫انْكَُِيغَخ‬
ِ ‫ نِكَ ْي‬،ِ‫ثِكْشٌ يٍَِ ا َأليَْٕا ِد‬
the Body, that is, the
Church. He is the
. ⲑ ّ‫يَكٌَُٕ َُْٕ يُزَقَ ّذيًب فِي كُم‬
Beginning, the first-born
from the dead, so that he .ٍ‫شَيْء‬
ⲑ
should be supreme in ‫ ألَ ََُّّ فِيِّ عُ َشّ أٌَْ يَذِ َّم‬19
every way;
19 ،ِ‫كُمُّ ا ْنًِمْء‬
fullness to be found in
.
him.
ϫ
.
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20 καὶ δι’ αὐτοῦ 20

ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ
πάντα εἰς αὐτόν,
εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ
αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ
αὐτοῦ, δι’ αὐτοῦ εἴτε τὰ
ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἴτε τὰ ἐν
τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. 21 καὶ . 21
ὑμᾶς ποτε ὄντας
ἀπηλλοτριωμένους καὶ
ἐχθροὺς τῇ διανοίᾳ ἐν
τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ϫ ϫ
πονηροῖς, νυνὶ δὲ
ἀποκατήλλαξεν 22 ἐν
τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς
αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ ⲑ you before himself holy,
θανάτου, παραστῆσαι ⲝ ‫قِذّيغِنيَ َٔثِالَ نَْٕ ٍو َٔ َال‬
ὑμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ
ⲑ ⲑ
ἀμώμους καὶ
ἀνεγκλήτους
κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ, 23
εἴ γε ἐπιμένετε τῇ
ϫ letting yourselves drift
πίστει τεθεμελιωμένοι
καὶ ἑδραῖοι καὶ μὴ
μετακινούμενοι ἀπὸ
τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ
εὐαγγελίου οὗ
ἠκούσατε, τοῦ
κηρυχθέντος ἐν πάσῃ
τῇ κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ τὸν
οὐρανόν, οὗ ἐγενόμην
ἐγὼ Παῦλος διάκονος.
and through him to َّ‫ َٔأٌَْ يُصَب ِنخَ ثِ ِّ انْكُم‬21
reconcile all things to him,
ِ‫ال انصُّهْ َخ ثِ َذو‬
ً ِ‫ ػَبي‬،ِِّ‫نَُِفْغ‬
everything in heaven and
everything on earth, by ٌ‫ عََٕاء‬،ِِّ‫ ثَِٕاعِطَز‬،ِِّ‫صَهِيج‬
ϫ
making peace through his ‫ أَ ْو‬،ِ‫ يَب ػَهَٗ األَ ْسض‬:ٌَ‫كَب‬
death on the cross.
.ِ‫غًَبَٔاد‬ َّ ‫يَب فِي ان‬
You were once
ً‫ ِ َٔأََْزُىُ انَّزِي ٍَ كُُْزُ ْى قَجْال‬21
ⲑ estranged and of hostile
intent through your evil ،ِ‫أَجَُْجِيّنيَ َٔأَ ْػذَاءً ِف ِِي انْفِكْش‬
behaviour;
22
ْ‫ َقذ‬،ِ‫فِي األَػًَْبلِ انشّشّيشَح‬
now he has reconciled
. you, by his death and in ٌَ ‫صَبنَذَ ُكىُ اآل‬
that mortal body, to bring ِِّ‫ فِي جِغْ ِى ثَشَشِيَّز‬22
‫ نِيُذْضِ َشكُ ْى‬،ِ‫ثِبنْ ًَِْٕد‬
faultless and
irreproachable-
23
as long as you persevere ،َُّ‫شَكَْٕٖ أَيَبي‬
ϭ
and stand firm on the solid ،ٌِ‫ ِ إٌِْ ثَجَزُّىْ ػَهَٗ اإلِميَب‬23
ⲑ . base of the faith, never
َ‫ني َٔغَيْش‬
َ ِ‫يُزَأَعّغِنيَ َٔسَاعِخ‬
away from the hope ِ‫يُُْزَقِهِنيَ ػَ ٍْ َسجَبء‬
ϫ
ϫ
promised by the gospel, ،ًُُُِٕ‫ انَّزِٖ عَ ًِ ِؼْز‬،ِ‫اإلَِْجِيم‬
which you have heard,
which has been preached
‫انًَْكْشُٔصِ ثِِّ فِي كُ ّم‬
to every creature under ‫ذ‬ ْ َ‫انْخَهِيقَخِ انَّزِي ر‬
َ ‫ذ‬
heaven, and of which I, ‫ ا َّنزِٖ صِشْدُ أَََب‬،ِ‫انغًََّبء‬
Paul, have become the
ⲑ .َُّ‫ثُٕنُظَ خَبدِيًب ن‬
servant.

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24 Νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς
παθήμασί μου ὑπὲρ
ὑμῶν καὶ
ἀνταναπληρῶ τὰ
ὑστερήματα τῶν
θλίψεων τοῦ Χριστοῦ
ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου ὑπὲρ
τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ, ὅ ϫ the sake of his body, the
ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία, 25 ἧς . Church,
ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ
διάκονος κατὰ τὴν
οἰκονομίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ
τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι εἰς
ὑμᾶς, πληρῶσαι τὸν
ϫ ϫ
λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, 26 τὸ
μυστήριον τὸ
ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀπὸ
τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ἀπὸ
τῶν γενεῶν, νυνὶ δὲ
ἐφανερώθη τοῖς ἁγίοις
αὐτοῦ, 27 οἷς ἠθέλησεν
ὁ Θεὸς γνωρίσαι τίς ὁ
πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τοῦ
μυστηρίου τούτου ἐν
τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ὅς ἐστι
Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, ἡ
ἐλπὶς τῆς δόξης· 28 ὃν
ἡμεῖς καταγγέλλομεν
νουθετοῦντες πάντα
ἄνθρωπον καὶ
διδάσκοντες πάντα
ἄνθρωπον ἐν πάσῃ
σοφίᾳ, ἵνα
παραστήσωμεν πάντα
ἄνθρωπον τέλειον ἐν
Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· 29 εἰς ὃ
καὶ κοπιῶ
ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ
τὴν ἐνέργειαν αὐτοῦ
τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν
ἐμοὶ ἐν δυνάμει. ϫ .
1 ‫كولوسي‬
Colossians 1
24
It makes me happy to ُ َ‫ ا َّنزِٖ اآلٌَ أَفْش‬24
‫ح ِفِي‬
ϫ ⲑ be suffering for you now,
ُ‫ َٔ ُأ َكًّم‬،ْ‫آالَيِي َألجْهِكُى‬
and in my own body to
ϫ ϭ ‫ََقَبئِصَ شَذَائِ ِذ انًَْغِي ِخ فِي‬
make up all the hardships
ϫ ϫ
that still have to be ،ِِِ‫غذ‬
َ َ‫جِغًِْي ألَ ْجمِ ج‬
ⲝ
undergone by Christ for
،ُ‫انَّزِٖ ُْ َٕ انْكَُِيغَخ‬
‫د أَََب خَبدِيًب‬ ُ ْ‫ انَّزِي صِش‬25
25
of which I was made a ِّ‫غتَ َرذْثِ ِري انه‬
َ َ‫ د‬،‫نََٓب‬
servant with the
،ْ‫انًُْؼْطَٗ نِي ألَجْهِ ُكى‬
responsibility towards you
that God gave to me, that .ِّ‫نِزَزًِْيىِ ِكَهًَِِ ِخ انه‬
of completing God's ‫ انغّ ّش انًَْكْزُٕوِ يُُْ ُز‬26
. message,
26
،ِ‫انذُُّْٕسِ َٔيُُْزُ األَجْيَبل‬
the message which was
ϫ َ‫نكَُُِِّّ اآلٌَ قَ ْذ أُظِْٓش‬
a mystery hidden for
generations and centuries ،ِّ‫نِقِذّيغِي‬
.
and has now been ٌَْ‫ ا َّنزِيٍَ َأسَادَ انهُّ أ‬27
ِ
revealed to his holy
‫يُؼَشّفَُٓىْ ِيَِب َُْٕ غَُِٗ َيجْ ِذ‬
ϫ people.
27
It was God's purpose to ِٖ‫ ا َّنز‬،ِ‫ْزَا انغّشّ فِي ا ُأل َيى‬
ⲑ
reveal to them how rich is ‫َُْٕ انًَْغِي ُخ فِيكُىْ َسجَب ُء‬
the glory of this mystery
ⲑ among the gentiles; it is
.ِ‫جذ‬ ْ ًَْ‫ان‬
. Christ among you, your ِِّ‫ ا َّنزِٖ ََُُبدِٖ ث‬28
hope of glory:
28 ِ ،ٌٍ‫يُُْزِ ِسِيٍَ كُمَّ إَِْغَب‬
this is the Christ we are
proclaiming, admonishing
ّ‫ ثِكُم‬،ٌٍ‫َٔيُؼَهّ ًِنيَ كُمَّ إَِْغَب‬
and instructing everyone ‫ نِكَيْ َُذْضِ َش كُ َّم‬،ٍ‫دِكًَْخ‬
in all wisdom, to make ‫ال فِي انًَْغِي ِخ‬ ً ِ‫إَِْغَبٌٍ كَبي‬
ϫ everyone perfect in Christ.
29 .َ‫يَغُٕع‬
. And it is for this reason
that I labour, striving with ِِّ‫ األَيْشُ ا َّنزِٖ َألجْه‬29
9 ϭ
ⲑ
his energy which works in ،‫ت أَيْضًب يُجَبِْذًا‬ ُ َ‫أَرْؼ‬
me mightily.
ُ‫ثِذَغَتِ َػًَهِ ِّ انَّزِٖ يَ ْؼًَم‬
.ٍ‫فِيَّ ثِقَُّٕح‬
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Colossians 2
ِ
1 Θέλω γὰρ ὑμᾶς 1
I want you to know, then, ‫ فَإَِّي ُأسِي ُذ أٌَْ رَؼْ َهًُٕا‬1
εἰδέναι ἡλίκον ἀγῶνα
ἔχω περὶ ὑμῶν καὶ
what a struggle I am having
،ْ‫أَُّٖ جَِٓبدٍ نِي ألَجْهِ ُكى‬
on your behalf and on
τῶν ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ καὶ
behalf of those in Laodicea, ‫َٔألَجْمِ ا َّنزِيٍَ فِي‬
ὅσοι οὐχ ἑωράκασι τὸ
πρόσωπόν μου ἐν
and on behalf of so many ٍَ ‫ َٔ َجًِي ِغ انَّزِي‬،َ‫الَُٔدِكِيَّخ‬
σαρκί, 2 ἵνα others who have never seen
‫نَىْ يَشَْٔا َٔجِْٓي فِي‬
παρακληθῶσιν αἱ me face to face.
καρδίαι αὐτῶν,
2
It is all to bind them ،ِ‫انْجَغَذ‬
َ
ِ ْ‫ نِكَ ْي رَزَؼَضّٖ لُهُٕثُُٓى‬2
συμβιβασθέντων ἐν together in love and to

‫يُمْزَشََِخً فِي انْ ًَذَ َجّخِ نِكُ ّم‬

ἀγάπῃ καὶ εἰς πάντα encourage their resolution
πλοῦτον τῆς until they are rich in the
πληροφορίας τῆς assurance of their complete ِ‫ ِنًَؼْشِفَخ‬،ِ‫غُِ َِٗ يَمِنيِ ا ْنفَْٓى‬
συνέσεως, εἰς
understanding and have ،ِ‫ة َٔانًَْغِيخ‬ ِ ‫عِشّ انهِّ اآل‬
ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ
μυστηρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ
knowledge of the mystery
‫ انْ ًُزَّخَ ِش فِيِّ َجًِي ُغ‬3
καὶ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ of God
3
in which all the jewels of .ِ‫كُُُٕصِ انْذِ ْكًَخِ َٔا ْنؼِهْى‬
Χριστοῦ, 3 ἐν ᾧ εἰσι
πάντες οἱ θησαυροὶ wisdom and knowledge are َ َ‫ َٔإِ ًَََّب أَلُٕلُ ْزَا نِئ‬4
ّ‫ل‬
τῆς σοφίας καὶ τῆς hidden.
4
‫يَخْذَػَ ُكىْ َأدَ ٌذ ثِكَلَ ٍو‬
γνώσεως ἀπόκρυφοι. I say this to make sure
4 Τοῦτο δὲ λέγω ἵνα that no one deceives you ِ .‫يَهِك‬
μή τις ὑμᾶς with specious arguments. ‫ذ غَبئِجًب‬ُ ُِْ ُ‫ فَإَِّي َٔإٌِْ ك‬5
παραλογίζηται ἐν 5
πιθανολογίᾳ· 5 εἰ γὰρ
I may be absent in body, ْ‫فِي انْجَغَ ِذ نكُِّي يَؼَ ُكى‬
but in spirit I am there
καὶ τῇ σαρκὶ ἄπειμι,
among you, delighted to
‫ َََٔبظِشًا‬،‫ فَشِدًب‬،ِ‫فِي ان ُشّٔح‬
ἀλλὰ τῷ πνεύματι
σὺν ὑμῖν εἰμι, χαίρων find how well-ordered you ‫رَشْرِيجَكُىْ َٔيَزَبََخَ إِميَبَِكُ ْى‬
καὶ βλέπων ὑμῶν τὴν are and to see how firm .ِ‫فِي انًَْغِيخ‬
τάξιν καὶ τὸ your faith in Christ is.
στερέωμα τῆς εἰς 6
So then, as you received
َ‫ فَكًََب لَجِهْزُىُ ا ْنًَغِيخ‬6
Χριστὸν πίστεως Jesus as Lord and Christ, ،ِّ‫يَغُٕعَ انشَّةَّ اعْهُكُٕا فِي‬
ὑμῶν. 6 ὡς οὖν
now live your lives in him,
παρελάβετε τὸν
Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν τὸν
Κύριον, ἐν αὐτῷ
περιπατεῖτε,

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Colossians 2
7 ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ
ἐποικοδομούμενοι ἐν
αὐτῷ καὶ
βεβαιούμενοι ἐν τῇ
πίστει καθὼς
ἐδιδάχθητε,
περισσεύοντες ἐν
αὐτῇ ἐν εὐχαριστίᾳ. 8
Βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς
ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶν
διὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας
καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης,
κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν
τῶν ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ
τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ
κόσμου καὶ οὐ κατὰ
Χριστόν· 9 ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ
κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ
πλήρωμα τῆς
θεότητος σωματικῶς,
10 καὶ ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ
πεπληρωμένοι, ὅς
ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ
πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ
ἐξουσίας, 11 ἐν ᾧ καὶ
περιετμήθητε
περιτομῇ
ἀχειροποιήτῳ ἐν τῇ
ἀπεκδύσει τοῦ
σώματος τῶν
ἁμαρτιῶν τῆς σαρκός,
ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ τοῦ
Χριστοῦ, 12
συνταφέντες αὐτῷ ἐν
τῷ βαπτίσματι, ἐν ᾧ
καὶ συνηγέρθητε διὰ
τῆς πίστεως τῆς
ἐνεργείας τοῦ Θεοῦ
τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν
ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν.
ِ ِ
7
be rooted in him and built ،ِّ‫ني َٔيَجُِْيّنيَ فِي‬
َ ِ‫ يُزَأَصّه‬7
up on him, held firm by the
،ٌِ‫َٔيَُٕطَّذ ِِيٍَ فِي اإلِميَب‬
faith you have been taught,
and overflowing with ‫ني‬
َ ِ‫ يُزَفَبظِه‬،ْ‫كًََب ػُ ّهًْزُى‬
thanksgiving. .ِ‫فِيِّ ثِبنشُّكْش‬
8
Make sure that no one
ٌَُٕ‫ اَُْظُشُٔا أٌَْ َال يَك‬8
captivates you with the
empty lure of a 'philosophy' ‫أَدَ ٌذ يَغْجِيكُىْ ثِب ْنفَهْغَفَ ِخ‬
of the kind that human َ‫غت‬َ َ‫ د‬،‫َٔثِغُشُٔسٍ ثَبطِم‬
َ َ‫ د‬،ِ‫رَمْهِيذِ ان َُّبط‬
beings hand on, based on
َ‫غت‬
the principles of this world
and not on Christ. َ‫ َٔنَيْظ‬،ِ‫أَسْكَبٌِ انْؼَبنَى‬
9
In him, in bodily form, .ِ‫دَغَتَ ا ْنًَغِيخ‬
lives divinity in all its
ِ‫ فَإََُِّّ فِيِّ يَذِ ُّم كُ ُّم ِيمْء‬9
fullness,
10
and in him you too find .‫انلَُّْٕدِ جَغَذِيًّب‬
your own fulfilment, in the ،ِّ‫ َٔأََْزُىْ َيًْهُٕؤُٔ ٌَِ فِي‬11
one who is the head of ّ‫انَّزِٖ ُْ َٕ سَ ْأطُ كُم‬
every sovereignty and
ruling force.
.ٌٍ‫سِيَبعَخٍ َٔعُهْطَب‬
11
In him you have been ْ‫ َٔثِِّ أَيْعًب خُزُِْزُى‬11
circumcised, with a ،ٍ‫خِزَبًَب غَيْشَ يَصُُْٕعٍ ثِيَذ‬
circumcision performed,
not by human hand, but by
‫ثِخَهْغِ جِغْ ِى خَطَبيَب‬
the complete stripping of .ِ‫ ثِخِزَبٌِ انًَْغِيخ‬،ِ‫انْجَشَشِيَّخ‬
your natural self. This is ‫ يَذْفَُِٕنيَ يَؼَ ُّ فِي‬12
circumcision according to
Christ.
‫ انَّزِي فِيَٓب‬،ِ‫انًَْ ْؼًُٕدِيَّخ‬
12
You have been buried ٌِ‫أُلًِْزُىْ أَيْعًب َيؼَُّ ثِإِميَب‬
with him by your baptism; ُّ َ‫ ا َنّزِٖ أَلَبي‬،ِّ‫ػًََمِ انه‬
by which, too, you have
been raised up with him
.ِ‫يٍَِ ا َأليَْٕاد‬
through your belief in the
power of God who raised
him from the dead.

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Colossians 2

13 καὶ ὑμᾶς, νεκροὺς 13

You were dead, because ‫ َٔإِرْ كُُْزُىْ َأيَْٕارًب فِي‬13
ὄντας ἐν τοῖς you were sinners and
παραπτώμασι καὶ τῇ ِ‫انْخَطَبيَب َٔغَ َهف‬
uncircumcised in body: he
ἀκροβυστίᾳ τῆς
has brought you to life with ،َُّ‫ َأدْيَب ُكىْ يَؼ‬،ْ‫جَغَ ِذكُى‬
σαρκὸς ὑμῶν,
συνεζωοποίησεν
him, he has forgiven us ‫جًِي ِغ‬ َ ِ‫يُغَب ِيذًب نَكُ ْى ث‬
ὑμᾶς σὺν αὐτῷ, every one of our sins.
14
،‫انْخَطَبيَب‬
χαρισάμενος ἡμῖν He has wiped out the
πάντα τὰ record of our debt to the ِٖ‫ك انَّز‬ َّ َّ‫ إِرْ يَذَب انص‬14
παραπτώματα, 14 Law, which stood against ِٖ‫ ا َّنز‬،ِ‫ػَهَيَُْب فِي انْفَشَائِط‬
ἐξαλείψας τὸ καθ’
ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον
us; he has destroyed it by
َُّ‫ َِٔلَذْ سَ َفؼ‬،‫ظ ًذّا نََُب‬ِ ٌَ‫كَب‬
nailing it to the cross;
τοῖς δόγμασιν ὃ ἦν 15
and he has stripped the ُِ ‫يٍَِ انَْٕعَطِ يُغًَّشًا إِ َيّب‬
ὑπεναντίον ἡμῖν, καὶ َ
αὐτὸ ἦρεν ἐκ τοῦ
sovereignties and the ruling
ِ ،ِ‫ثِبنصّهِيت‬
μέσου προσηλώσας
forces, and paraded them in
ِ‫ إِرْ جَ َشّدَ انشّيَبعَبد‬15
public, behind him in his
αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ· 15
triumphal procession. ْ‫غّلَطِنيَ أَشَْٓشَُْى‬ َ ‫َٔان‬
ἀπεκδυσάμενος τὰς
ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς
16
Then never let anyone .ِّ‫ ظَبفِشًا ثِِٓىْ فِي‬،‫جَِٓبسًا‬
ἐξουσίας criticise you for what you ‫ل يَذْكُ ْى ػَهَيْكُ ْى‬ َ َ‫ ف‬16
ἐδειγμάτισεν ἐν eat or drink, or about
παρρησίᾳ, observance of annual
،ٍ‫أَدَ ٌذ فِي َأكْم أَْٔ شُشْة‬
θριαμβεύσας αὐτοὺς festivals, New Moons or ‫أَْٔ يِ ٍْ جَِٓ ِخ ػِي ٍذ أَْٔ ِْلَل‬
ἐν αὐτῷ. 16 Μὴ οὖν
τις ὑμᾶς κρινέτω ἐν
Sabbaths.
17
،ٍ‫أَْٔ عَجْذ‬
These are only a shadow
βρώσει ἢ ἐν πόσει ἢ
of what was coming: the
‫ ا َنّزِي ِْيَ ظِ ُمّ األُيُٕ ِس‬17
ἐν μέρει ἑορτῆς ἢ
νουμηνίας ἢ reality is the body of Christ. ُ‫غذ‬َ َ‫ َٔ َأ َيّب انْج‬،ِ‫انْؼَزِيذَح‬
18

σαββάτων, 17 ἅ ἐστι
σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων,
τὸ δὲ σῶμα Χριστοῦ.
18 μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς
καταβραβευέτω
θέλων ἐν
ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ
θρησκείᾳ τῶν
ἀγγέλων, ἃ μὴ
ἑώρακεν ἐμβατεύων,
εἰκῆ φυσιούμενος ὑπὸ
τοῦ νοὸς τῆς σαρκὸς
αὐτοῦ,
ِ .ِ‫فَهِهًَْغِيخ‬
Do not be cheated of
your prize by anyone who
chooses to grovel to angels
‫ الَ ُيخَغّشْ ُكىْ أَ َد ٌذ‬18
and worship them, pinning ‫ سَاغِجًب فِي‬،َ‫انْجِؼَبنَخ‬
every hope on visions ِ‫ان َزَّٕاظُغِ َٔػِجَبدَح‬
received, vainly puffed up
by a human way of thinking;
‫ يُ َزذَاخِلً فِي يَب‬،ِ‫انًَْلَئِكَخ‬
‫ل‬
ً ِ ِ‫ يُُْزَفِخًب ثَبط‬،ُِْ‫نَىْ يَُْظُش‬
،ٖ ّ ِ‫يٍِْ لِجَمِ رُِِِّْْ ا ْنجَغَذ‬

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Colossians 2
19 καὶ οὐ κρατῶν τὴν
κεφαλήν, ἐξ οὗ πᾶν
τὸ σῶμα διὰ τῶν
ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων
ἐπιχορηγούμενον καὶ
συμβιβαζόμενον
αὔξει τὴν αὔξησιν τοῦ
Θεοῦ. 20 Εἰ οὖν
ἀπεθάνετε σὺν τῷ
Χριστῷ ἀπὸ τῶν
στοιχείων τοῦ
κόσμου, τί ὡς ζῶντες
ἐν κόσμῳ
δογματίζεσθε, 21 μὴ
ἅψῃ μηδὲ γεύσῃ μηδὲ
θίγῃς, 22 ἅ ἐστι
πάντα εἰς φθορὰν τῇ
ἀποχρήσει, κατὰ τὰ
ἐντάλματα καὶ
διδασκαλίας τῶν
ἀνθρώπων; 23 ἅτινά
ἐστι λόγον μὲν
ἔχοντα σοφίας ἐν
ἐθελοθρησκείᾳ καὶ
ταπεινοφροσύνῃ καὶ
ἀφειδίᾳ σώματος, οὐκ
ἐν τιμῇ τινι πρὸς
πλησμονὴν τῆς
σαρκός.
ِ
19
such a person has no ‫ك‬
ٍ ّ‫ َٔغَيْشَ يُزًََغ‬19
connection to the Head, by
‫ثِبنشَّأْطِ ا َّنزِٖ يُُِّْ كُ ُّم‬
which the whole body,
given all that it needs and ،ٍ‫انْجَغَذِ ِثًَفَبصِ َم َٔسُثُط‬
held together by its joints ًَُُْٕ‫يُزََٕاصِسًا َٔيُمْزَشًَِب ي‬
and sinews, grows with the
.ِّ‫ًًَُُّٕا يٍَِ انه‬
growth given by God.
20
If you have really died ْ‫ إِرًا إٌِْ كُُْزُىْ َلذْ يُزُّى‬21
with Christ to the principles ٌِ‫يَ َغ انًَْغِي ِخ ػٍَْ أَ ْسكَب‬
ْ‫ فَهًَِبرَا َكأَ ََّكُى‬،ِ‫انْؼَب َنى‬
of this world, why do you
still let rules dictate to you,
as though you were still ‫ػَبئِشٌَُٕ فِي انْؼَب َنىِ؟‬
living in the world? :ُ‫رُفْشَضُ ػَهَيْ ُكىْ فَشَائِط‬
‫ «الَ َرًَظَّ! َٔ َال‬21
21
-'Do not pick up this, do
not eat that, do not touch
the other,' »!َّ‫رَزُقْ! َٔالَ َرجُظ‬
22
and all about things ‫ ا َنّزِي ِْيَ جًَِيؼَُٓب‬22
which perish even while ،ِ‫نِهْفََُبءِ فِي االعْزِؼًَْبل‬
they are being used --
according to merely human
ِ‫دَغَتَ َٔصَبيَب َٔرَؼَبنِيى‬
commandments and ،ِ‫انَُّبط‬
doctrines!
23
ُ‫ انَّزِي نََٓب دِكَبيَخ‬23
In these rules you can
indeed find what seems to
،ٍ‫ ثِؼِجَبدَ ٍح ََبفِهَخ‬،ٍ‫دِكًَْخ‬
be good sense -- the ،ِ‫ َٔلَْٓشِ انْجَغَذ‬،ٍ‫َٔرََٕاظُغ‬
cultivation of the will, and a ‫نَيْظَ ثِمِيًَ ٍخ يَب يِ ٍْ جَِٓ ِخ‬
humility which takes no
account of the body; but in
.ِ‫إِشْجَبعِ انْجَشَشِيَّخ‬
fact they have no value
against self-indulgence.

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1 Εἰ οὖν
συνηγέρθητε τῷ
Χριστῷ, τὰ ἄνω
ζητεῖτε, οὗ ὁ Χριστός
ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ
Θεοῦ καθήμενος, 2
τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε, μὴ
τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. 3
ἀπεθάνετε γάρ, καὶ Ⲁ things above, not on the
ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν
κέκρυπται σὺν τῷ
Χριστῷ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ· 4
ὅταν ὁ Χριστὸς
φανερωθῇ, ἡ ζωὴ
ἡμῶν, τότε καὶ ὑμεῖς
σὺν αὐτῷ
φανερωθήσεσθε ἐν
δόξῃ. 5 Νεκρώσατε
οὖν τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν
τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
πορνείαν,
ἀκαθαρσίαν, πάθος,
ἐπιθυμίαν κακήν,
καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν,
ἥτις ἐστὶν
εἰδωλολατρία, 6 δι’ ἃ
ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ
Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς
τῆς ἀπειθείας, 7 ἐν
οἷς καὶ ὑμεῖς
περιεπατήσατέ
ποτε, ὅτε ἐζῆτε ἐν
αὐτοῖς· 8 νυνὶ δὲ
ἀπόθεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς
ⲇ
τὰ πάντα, ὀργήν,
θυμόν, κακίαν,
βλασφημίαν,
αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ
στόματος ὑμῶν·
3 ‫كولوسي‬
Colossians 3
1
Since you have been ‫ فَإٌِْ كُُْتُىْ لَ ْذ لًُْتُ ْى َي َغ‬1
raised up to be with
،ُ‫انًَْضِيحِ فَبطْهُجُٕا يَب فَْٕق‬
Christ, you must look for
the things that are above, ٍْ َ‫ش ػ‬ ٌ ِ‫حَيْجُ ا ْنًَضِيحُ جَبن‬
where Christ is, sitting at ‫ اْْتًَُّٕا ثًَِب‬2.ِّ‫يًَِنيِ انه‬
God's right hand.
2
،ِ‫فَْٕقُ الَ ثًَِب َػهَٗ ا َألسْض‬
Let your thoughts be on
ْ‫ ألَََّكُىْ َلذْ يُتُّىْ َٔحَيَبتُكُى‬3
things that are on the ‫يُضْتَتِشَحٌ َيغَ ا ْنًَضِيحِ فِي‬
earth,
3
‫ يَتَٗ أُظِْٓشَ انًَْضِي ُح‬4.ِّ‫انه‬
because you have died,
and now the life you have ٌَُٔ‫ فَحِيَُئِزٍ تُظَْٓش‬،‫حَيَبتَُُب‬
is hidden with Christ in .ِ‫جذ‬ ْ ًَ ْ‫أََْتُىْ أَيْعًب يَؼَ ُّ فِي ان‬
God.
4
‫ فَأَيِيتُٕا أَ ْػعَب ِ َءكُ ُى انَّتِي‬5
But when Christ is
revealed -- and he is your ،‫ انزََّب‬:ِ‫ػَهَٗ األَ ْسض‬
life-you, too, will be ‫شَّْٕٓ َح‬ َ ‫ ان‬،ََْٖٕٓ‫ ان‬،َ‫ان َُّجَبصَخ‬
revealed with him in glory.
5
َُْٕ ِٖ‫ ان َطًَّ َغ ا َنّز‬،َ‫ان َشّدِ َيّخ‬
That is why you must kill
everything in you that is
،ٌِ‫ػِجَبدَحُ األَْٔحَب‬
earthly: sexual vice, ‫ ا ُأليُٕسَ انَّتِي يٍِْ أَجْهَِٓب‬6
ⲇ
impurity, uncontrolled ِ‫ت انهِّ ػَهَٗ أَثَُْبء‬
ُ َ‫يَأْتِي غَع‬
passion, evil desires and
especially greed, which is
،ِ‫انًَْؼْصِيَخ‬
the same thing as ‫ انَّزِي ٍَ ثَيَُُْٓىْ أََْتُ ْى أَيْعًب‬7
worshipping a false god;
6
‫ني كُُْتُ ْى‬
َ ِ‫ ح‬،ً‫صَهَكْتُىْ لَجْال‬
it is precisely these
things which draw God's
.‫تَؼِيشٌَُٕ فِيَٓب‬
retribution upon those ‫ َٔ َأيَّب اآلٌَ فَبطْشَحُٕا‬8
who resist. :ّ‫ػَُْكُىْ أََْتُ ْى أَيْعًب انْكُ َم‬
7
And these things made
،َ‫خط‬ َ ّ‫ض‬َ ‫ ان‬،َ‫انْغَعَت‬
up your way of life when
you were living among َ‫ انْكَالَو‬،َ‫جذِيف‬ ْ ّ‫ ان َت‬،َ‫انْخُجْج‬
such people,8 but now you .ْ‫انْمَجِيحَ يِ ٍْ أَفَْٕاِْكُى‬
also must give up all these
things: human anger, hot
temper, malice, abusive
language and dirty talk;
10

9 μὴ ψεύδεσθε εἰς
ἀλλήλους,
ἀπεκδυσάμενοι τὸν
παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον
σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν
αὐτοῦ 10 καὶ
ἐνδυσάμενοι τὸν
νέον τὸν
ἀνακαινούμενον εἰς
ἐπίγνωσιν κατ’
εἰκόνα τοῦ
ⲇ
κτίσαντος αὐτόν, 11
ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι ῞Ελλην
καὶ Ἰουδαῖος,
περιτομὴ καὶ
ἀκροβυστία,
βάρβαρος, Σκύθης,
δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος,
ἀλλὰ τὰ πάντα καὶ
ἐν πᾶσι Χριστός. 12
Ἐνδύσασθε οὖν, ὡς
ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ
ἅγιοι καὶ
ἠγαπημένοι,
σπλάγχνα
οἰκτιρμοῦ,
χρηστότητα,
ταπεινοφροσύνην,
πρᾳότητα,
μακροθυμίαν, 13
ἀνεχόμενοι
ἀλλήλων καὶ
χαριζόμενοι ἑαυτοῖς
ἐάν τις πρός τινα
ἔχῃ μομφήν· καθὼς
καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ⲇ has forgiven you; now you
ἐχαρίσατο ὑμῖν,
οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς· 14
ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ τούτοις
τὴν ἀγάπην, ἥτις
ἐστὶ σύνδεσμος τῆς
τελειότητος.
3 ‫كولوسي‬
Colossians 3
9
and do not lie to each َٗ‫ الَ تَكْزِثُٕا ثَ ْؼعُكُ ْى ػَه‬9
other. You have stripped
ٌَ‫ إِ ْر خَ َهؼْتُ ُى اإلَِْضَب‬،ٍ‫ثَؼْط‬
off your old behaviour
with your old self, ،ِِّ‫انْؼَتِيكَ يَ َغ أَ ْػًَبن‬
10
and you have put on a ِٖ‫جذِي َذ انَّز‬ َ ْ‫ َٔنَجِضْتُ ُى ان‬11
new self which will
َ َ‫يَتَجَذَّدُ نِ ْهًَؼْشِفَخِ حَض‬
‫ت‬
progress towards true
knowledge the more it is ،ِِّ‫صُٕسَحِ خَبنِم‬
renewed in the image of ٌّ‫ج نَيْشَ يََُٕبَِي‬ ُ ْ‫ حَي‬11
its Creator;
،ٌ‫ ِخِتَبٌٌ َٔغُشْنَخ‬،ّٖ ٌ ِ‫َٔيَُٕٓد‬
11
and in that image there
Ⲥ is no room for distinction ،ّ‫ ػَجْذٌ حُ ٌش‬،ّ‫ّٖ صِكّيخِ ٌي‬ ٌ ِ‫ثَشْثَش‬
between Greek and Jew, ‫ثَمِ انْ ًَِضِيحُ انْكُ ُّم َٔفِي‬
between the circumcised
.ّ‫انْكُم‬
and uncircumcised, or
between barbarian and ِٖ‫ فَبنْ ِجَضُٕا كَ ًُخْتَبس‬12
Scythian, slave and free. َ‫ني انْ ًَحْجُٕثِني‬
َ ِ‫انهِّ انْمِذّيض‬
There is only Christ: he is ،‫ َٔنُ ْطفًب‬،ٍ‫أَحْشَب َء سَأْفَبد‬
everything and he is in
everything.
َ‫ َٔطُٕل‬،ً‫ ََٔٔدَاػَخ‬،‫َٔتََٕاظُؼًب‬
12
As the chosen of God, ،ٍ‫أَََبح‬
then, the holy people ْ‫ يُحْ َتًِهِنيَ ثَ ْؼعُ ُكى‬13
whom he loves, you are to
be clothed in heartfelt
‫ني ثَؼْعُ ُك ْى‬ َ ِ‫ َٔيُضَبيِح‬،‫ثَؼْعًب‬
compassion, in generosity َٗ‫ثَؼْعًب إٌِْ كَبٌَ ألَ َحذٍ ػَه‬
and humility, gentleness َ‫ كًََب َغفَش‬.َْٖٕ‫أَحَ ٍذ شَك‬
and patience.
13
Bear with one another;
ْ‫نَكُىُ ا ْنًَضِيحُ ْكَزَا أََْتُى‬
forgive each other if one .‫أَيْعًب‬
of you has a complaint ِِ ِ‫ َٔػَهَٗ َجًِي ِغ ْز‬14
against another. The Lord
َ‫انْجَضُٕا انًَْحَجَّخَ انَّتِي ِْي‬
must do the same. .ِ‫سِثَبطُ انْكًََبل‬
14
Over all these clothes,
put on love, the perfect
bond.
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15 καὶ ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ 15

And may the peace of ‫ َٔنْ َيًْهِكْ فِي لُهُٕثِكُ ْى‬15
Θεοῦ βραβευέτω ἐν
ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν,
Christ reign in your hearts,
ْ‫صَالَوُ انهِّ ا َّنزِٖ إِنَيْ ِّ دُػِيتُى‬
because it is for this that
εἰς ἣν καὶ ἐκλήθητε
you were called together ‫ َٔكَُُٕٕا‬،ٍ‫فِي جَضَ ٍذ َٔاحِذ‬
ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι· καὶ
εὐχάριστοι γίνεσθε·
in one body. Always be .ٍَ‫شَبكِشِي‬
ِ ُ‫ نِتَضْكٍُْ فِيكُىْ كَ ِهًَخ‬16
16 ὁ λόγος τοῦ thankful.
16
Χριστοῦ ἐνοικείτω ἐν Let the Word of Christ,
ὑμῖν πλουσίως, ἐν in all its richness, find a ّ‫ َٔأََْتُ ْى ثِكُم‬،ً‫انًَْضِيحِ ثِ ِغ ِىن‬
πάσῃ σοφίᾳ home with you. Teach ٌَُٔ‫حِكًَْ ٍخ ُيؼَهًٌَُّٕ َٔيُُْزِس‬
διδάσκοντες καὶ
νουθετοῦντες
each other, and advise
‫ ِثًَزَايِ َري‬،‫عب‬ ً ْ‫ثَؼْعُكُ ْى ثَؼ‬
each other, in all wisdom.
ἑαυτοὺς ψαλμοῖς καὶ With gratitude in your ،ٍ‫َٔتَضَبثِيحَ َٔ ِأَغَبَِيَّ سُٔحِيَّخ‬
ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς
hearts sing psalms and ‫ يُتَشًََِّنيَ فِي لُهُٕثِكُ ْى‬،ٍِ ‫ثُِِؼًَْخ‬
πνευματικαῖς, ἐν
χάριτι ᾄδοντες ἐν τῇ ⲇ hymns and inspired songs
.ّ‫نِهشَّة‬
to God;
καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ
17
and whatever you say or ‫ َٔكُمُّ يَب ػَ ًِهْتُىْ ِثمَْٕل‬17
Κυρίῳ. 17 καὶ πᾶν
ὅ,τι ἅν ποιῆτε ἐν do, let it be in the name of ‫ فَب ِػًَْهُٕا انْكُ َّم‬،‫أَْٔ فِؼْم‬
λόγῳ ἢ ἐν ἔργῳ, the Lord Jesus, in ،َ‫ثِبصْىِ ان َشّةّ يَضُٕع‬
πάντα ἐν ὀνόματι thanksgiving to God the
Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, Father through him.
.ِِّ‫شَبكِشِيٍَ انه َِّ َٔاآلةَ ث‬
εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ 18
Wives, be subject to ٍَ ْ‫ ا ْخعَؼ‬،ُ‫ أَيَّتَُٓب انُّضَبء‬18
Θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ δι’
αὐτοῦ. 18 Αἱ
your husbands, as you ‫نِشِجَب ِنِكُ ٍَّ َكًَب يَهِيكُ فِي‬
should in the Lord.
γυναῖκες 19
Husbands, love your ِ .ّ‫ان َشّة‬
ὑποτάσσεσθε τοῖς
ἀνδράσιν, ὡς wives and do not be sharp ‫ أَحِجُّٕا‬،ُ‫ أَيَُّٓب انشّجَبل‬19
ἀνῆκεν ἐν Κυρίῳ. 19 with them.
20
ً‫ َٔ َال تَكَُُٕٕا لُضَبح‬،ْ‫َِضَبءَكُى‬
οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶτε Children, be obedient to
τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ μὴ
ٍَِّْٓ‫ػَهَي‬
your parents always,
πικραίνεσθε πρὸς because that is what will ‫ أَطِيؼُٕا‬،ُِ ‫ أَيَُّٓب األَ ْٔالَد‬21
αὐτάς. 20 τὰ τέκνα
please the Lord. ٌََّ‫َٔانِذِيكُىْ فِي كُمّ شَيْ ٍء أل‬
ὑπακούετε τοῖς 21
Parents, do not irritate ِ
γονεῦσι κατὰ πάντα·
your children or they will
.ّ‫ْزَا يَشْظِ ٌّي فِي ان َشّة‬
τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν
εὐάρεστον τῷ lose heart. ‫ الَ تُغِيظُٕا‬،ُ‫ أَيَُّٓب اآلثَبء‬21
Κυρίῳ. 21 οἱ πατέρες .‫أَْٔالَدَ ُكىْ نِئَالَّ يَفْشَهُٕا‬
μὴ ἐρεθίζετε τὰ
τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἵνα μὴ
ἀθυμῶσιν.

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22 οἱ δοῦλοι 22
Slaves, be obedient in ‫ أَطِيؼُٕا‬،ُ‫ أَيُّ َِٓب انْؼَجِيذ‬22
ὑπακούετε κατὰ every way to the people
πάντα τοῖς κατὰ ‫فِي كُمّ شَيْ ٍء صَبدَتَكُ ْى‬
who, according to human
σάρκα κυρίοις, μὴ ἐν
reckoning, are your ‫خذْيَ ِخ‬
ِ ِ‫ الَ ث‬،ِ‫حَضَتَ ا ْنجَضَذ‬
ὀφθαλμοδουλίαις,
ὡς ἀνθρωπάρεσκοι,
masters; not only when ،َ‫انْؼَيٍِْ َكًٍَْ يُشْظِي انَُّبس‬
ἀλλ’ ἐν ἁπλότητι you are under their eye, as
َ‫ خَبئِفِني‬،ِ‫ثَمْ ثِجَضَبطَخِ انْمَهْت‬
καρδίας, φοβούμενοι if you had only to please
τὸν Θεόν. 23 καὶ πᾶν human beings, but .َّ‫انشَّة‬
ὅ,τι ἐὰν ποιῆτε, ἐκ wholeheartedly, out of ،ْ‫ َٔكُمُّ يَب فَؼَهْتُى‬23
ψυχῆς ἐργάζεσθε,
ὡς τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ οὐκ
respect for the Master.
23
‫ َكًَب‬،ِ‫فَبػًَْ ِهُٕا يِ ٍَ انْمَ ْهت‬
Whatever your work is,
ἀνθρώποις, 24 put your heart into it as ،ِ‫نِهشَّةّ نَيْشَ نِهَُّبس‬
εἰδότες ὅτι ἀπὸ
done for the Lord and not ٍَ ِ‫ ِػَب ِنًِنيَ أَََّكُ ْى ي‬24
Κυρίου ἀπολήψεσθε
τὴν ἀνταπόδοσιν
for human beings,
24
َ‫انشَّةّ صَتَأْخُزٌَُٔ جَزَاء‬
knowing that the Lord
τῆς κληρονομίας· τῷ
will repay you by making ٌَُٕ‫خذِي‬ ْ َ‫ ألَََّكُ ْى ت‬،ِ‫انًِْريَاث‬
γὰρ Κυρίῳ Χριστῷ
δουλεύετε· 25 ὁ δὲ you his heirs. It is Christ .َ‫ةّ انًَْضِيح‬ َ ّ‫ان َش‬
ἀδικῶν κομιεῖται ὃ the Lord that you are ‫ َٔأَ َيّب ان َظّب ِن ُى فَضَيَُبلُ يَب‬25
ἠδίκησε, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι serving.
προσωποληψία. 25
Anyone who does
.ٌ‫ش ُيحَبثَبح‬
َ ْ‫ َٔنَي‬،ِِّ‫ظَهَىَ ث‬
wrong will be repaid in
kind. For there is no
favouritism.

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1 Οἱ κύριοι τὸ Ⲛⲓ ⲓ ⲓ ⲓⲛ ⲙⲙ ⲓ 1
Masters, make sure that ‫ قَذّيُٕا‬،ُ‫ أَيَُّٓب انضَّبدَح‬1
δίκαιον καὶ τὴν
ⲭ ⲑ ⲛ ⲧ ⲛϣ ϣ ⲛ ⲙ your slaves are given what
،َ‫نِهْؼَجِيذِ ا ْنؼَذْ َل َٔانًُْضَبَٔاح‬
ἰσότητα τοῖς δούλοις is upright and fair,
παρέχεσθε, εἰδότες ⲛ ⲧ ⲛ ⲃⲓ ⲓⲕ ⲧ ⲛ ⲙⲓ ϫ ‫ػَب ِنِ ًِنيَ أٌََّ نَ ُكىْ أََْزُىْ أَ ْيضًب‬
knowing that you too have
ὅτι καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔχετε ⲧⲛ ⲓ ⲱⲧ ⲛ ϣ ϧⲛ
Κύριον ἐν οὐρανοῖς.
a Master in heaven. .ِ‫صَيّذًا فِي انضًََّبَٔاد‬
ⲛⲓⲫ ⲓ. 2
2 Τῇ προσευχῇ Be persevering in your َ ‫ َٔاظِجُٕا ػَهَٗ ان‬2
‫صّالَ ِح‬
προσκαρτερεῖτε, ⲱ ⲓ ⲧ ⲛⲙ ⲛ prayers and be thankful as
،ِ‫صَبِْشِي ٍَِ فِيَٓب ثِبنشُّكْش‬
γρηγοροῦντες ἐν ⲭ ⲧ ⲛ ⲓ ⲛϣ ⲱⲓ you stay awake to pray.
αὐτῇ ἐν εὐχαριστίᾳ,
ⲛϧ ⲧ ϧ ⲛ ϣ ⲙ ⲧ.
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Pray for us especially, ‫ك َألجْهَُِب‬ َ ِ‫ني فِي رن‬ َ ّ‫ ُيصَه‬3
ُّ ّ‫ نِ َيفْزَحَ ان َش‬،‫ََحٍُْ أَيْضًب‬
3 προσευχόμενοι
ἅμα καὶ περὶ ἡμῶν, ⲧ ⲛⲧⲱⲃ ⲙ ⲛⲙ ⲓ
asking God to throw open
‫ة ِ نََُب‬
a door for us to announce
ἵνα ὁ Θεὸς ἀνοίξῃ ϫⲱⲛ ⲱⲛ ⲓⲛ ⲛⲧ ⲫⲚ the message and proclaim ّ‫ نَُِزَكَ َهّ َى ثِضِش‬،ِ‫ثَبثًب نِهْكَالَو‬
ἡμῖν θύραν τοῦ
ⲱⲛ ⲛ ⲛ ⲛ ⲱ ⲛⲧ ⲓ ϫⲓ the mystery of Christ, for ِّ ِ‫ ا َّنزِٖ يٍِْ أَجْه‬،ِ‫انًَْضِيح‬
λόγου, λαλῆσαι τὸ
μυστήριον τοῦ ϫⲓ ⲓⲙ ⲧ ⲓ ⲛ ⲛⲧ the sake of which I am in
،‫أَََب يُٕثَقٌ أَيْضًب‬
chains;
Χριστοῦ, δι’ ὃ καὶ ⲓⲬ ⲓ ⲧ ⲫ ⲓ ⲛ ⲑⲃ ⲧ . 4 ُ ‫ج‬
‫ت‬ ِ َ‫ كَيْ أُظِْٓشَ ُِ َكًَب ي‬4
δέδεμαι, 4 ἵνα pray that I may proclaim
ⲓⲛ ⲛⲧ ⲛ ⲃ ⲗⲕ ⲧ
φανερώσω αὐτὸ ὡς it as clearly as I ought. .َ‫أٌَْ أَرَكَ َهّى‬
ⲫ ⲧ ⲙ ϣ ⲛⲧ ϫⲓ. 5
δεῖ με λαλῆσαι. 5 ἐν Act wisely with ٍْ ِ‫ اُصْهُكُٕا ثِحِكًَْ ٍخ ي‬5
σοφίᾳ περιπατεῖτε Ⲙ ϣⲓ ϧ ⲛ ⲃⲱ ⲃ outsiders, making the best
πρὸς τοὺς ἔξω, τὸν ،ٍ‫جَِٓخِ انَّزِي ٍَ ُْ ْى يِ ٍْ خَبسِج‬
ⲛ ⲧ ⲃ ⲗ ⲧ ⲛϣⲱ ⲙ ⲓ . of the present time.
καιρὸν 6
Always talk pleasantly .َ‫يُفْزَذِيٍَ انَْٕقْذ‬
ἐξαγοραζόμενοι. 6 ὁ ⲧ ⲛ ϫⲓ ⲛ ⲛⲓⲃ ⲛ ϧ ⲛ
λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ⲙ ⲧ ⲛ ⲧϧ ⲛ
and with a flavour of wit ‫اليُكُ ْى كُ َّم‬
َ َ‫ نِيَكٍُْ ك‬6
but be sensitive to the
ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατι
ⲙ ⲙⲓ ⲙⲫ ⲧ ⲙ ϣ kind of answer each one
،ٍ‫ يُصْ َهحًب ثًِِهْح‬،ٍ‫حِنيٍ ثُِِ ْؼًَخ‬
ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι
πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ⲛⲱⲧ ⲛ ⲱ ⲙⲫ ⲓⲫ ⲓ. requires. ٌَْ‫ت أ‬
ُ ‫ج‬ ِ َ‫نِزَؼْهًَُٕا كَيْفَ ي‬
.ٍ‫رُجَبِٔثُٕا كُمَّ َٔا ِحذ‬
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ἑκάστῳ 7 Ⲛ ⲧϣ ⲙⲙ ⲓ ⲧ Tychicus will tell you all
ἀποκρίνεσθαι. 7 Τὰ the news about me. He is
ⲧ ⲙⲱⲧ ⲛ ⲱ ⲛϫ ‫ َجًِِي ُغ َأحَْٕانِي‬7
κατ’ ἐμὲ πάντα a very dear brother, and a
γνωρίσει ὑμῖν ⲭⲓⲕ ⲓ ⲧ ⲛ ⲛ ُ‫صَيُؼَشّفُكُىْ ثَِٓب رِيخِيكُش‬
trustworthy helper and
Τυχικὸς ὁ ἀγαπητὸς ⲙ ⲓ ⲧ ⲛ ⲓ ⲕⲱⲛ ⲛϣⲫ
ἀδελφὸς καὶ πιστὸς
companion in the service ُ‫ َٔانْخَبدِو‬،ُ‫األَخُ ا ْنحَجِيت‬
ⲙⲃⲱⲕ ϧ ⲛ ⲓ. of the Lord.
διάκονος καὶ 8 ‫ َٔا ْنؼَجْذُ يَؼََُب فِي‬،ُ‫األَيِ ِني‬
σύνδουλος ἐν Κυρίῳ, ⲓ ⲧ ⲓ ⲱⲧ ⲛ I am sending him to you
precisely for this purpose: ،ّ‫انشَّة‬
8 ὃν ἔπεμψα πρὸς ⲓ ⲱⲃ ⲓⲛ ⲛⲧ ⲙⲓ
ὑμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο,
ⲧ ⲛϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲧ ⲛ ⲙ
to give you news about us ‫ انَّزِٖ أَسْصَهْزُُّ ِإنَيْكُ ْى نِٓزَا‬8
ἵνα γνῷ τὰ περὶ and to encourage you
ὑμῶν καὶ ⲛⲛ ⲧ ⲛ ⲧ. thoroughly.
ْ‫ نِيَؼْشِفَ أَحَْٕانَ ُكى‬،ِِ ُِّْ‫ػَي‬
παρακαλέσῃ τὰς ،ْ‫َٔيُؼَزَّٖ قُهُٕثَكُى‬
καρδίας ὑμῶν,

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9 σὺν Ὀνησίμῳ τῷ Ⲛ ⲙ ⲛ ⲓⲙ ⲓ ⲓⲧ 9
With him I am sending ‫خ‬
ِ َ‫ َي َغ أَُِضِيًُشَ األ‬9
πιστῷ καὶ ἀγαπητῷ
ἀδελφῷ, ὅς ἐστιν ἐξ
ⲙⲙ ⲛ ⲓⲧ ⲛ ⲛ ⲫ ⲓ ⲧ Onesimus, that dear and
َُْٕ ِٖ‫األَيِنيِ ا ْنحَجِيتِ ا َّن ِز‬
trustworthy brother who is
ὑμῶν· πάντα ὑμῖν ⲃ ⲗ ⲙⲙⲱⲧ ⲛ ⲧ ⲙⲱⲧ ⲛ ْ‫ ًَُْب صَيُؼَشّفَبَِكُى‬.ْ‫يُِْكُ ِى‬
a fellow-citizen of yours.
γνωριοῦσι τὰ ᾧδε. 10 ⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲃ ⲛ ⲧ ⲙ ⲓⲙ .
Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς
They will tell you .‫ثِكُمّ يَب َُُِْٓب‬
ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲱⲧ ⲛ ⲛϫ
Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ everything that is
ْ‫ يُضَ ّهىُ ػَهَيْ ُكى‬11
συναιχμάλωτός μου, ⲓ ⲧ ⲭ ϣⲫ happening here.10
،‫أَسِصْزَشْخُشُ ا ْنًَأْصُٕسُ يَؼِي‬
καὶ Μᾶρκος ὁ ⲛ ⲭⲙ ⲗⲱⲧ ⲛ ⲙⲘ ⲕ Aristarchus, who is here in
ἀνεψιὸς Βαρνάβα,
ϣ ⲛ ⲙ ⲛ ⲃ
prison with me, sends his ،‫َٔيَشْقُشُ اثٍُْ أُ ْخذِ ثَشََْبثَب‬
.‫ا َنّزِٖ أَ َخزْرُىْ ألَ ْجهِِّ َٔصَبيَب‬
περὶ οὗ ἐλάβετε greetings, and so does
ἐντολάς· ἐὰν ἔλθῃ ⲫ ⲧ ⲧ ⲛ ⲓ ⲛⲧ ⲗ ⲑⲃ ⲧ
Mark, the cousin of
πρὸς ὑμᾶς, δέξασθε ϣⲱ ϣ ⲛⲓ ⲱⲧ ⲛ ϣ Barnabas -- you were sent
.ُُِٕ‫إٌِْ أَرَٗ إِنَيْكُ ْى فَبقْجَه‬
αὐτόν, 11 καὶ Ἰησοῦς
ⲱⲧ ⲛ. some instructions about ُّٕ ُ‫ َٔيَضُٕعُ ا ْنًَذْػ‬11
ὁ λεγόμενος
Ἰοῦστος, οἱ ὄντες ἐκ Ⲛ ⲙⲒ ⲫ ⲧ ⲙ him; if he comes to you,
ٍَ ِ‫ انَّزِيٍَ ُْىْ ي‬،َ‫يُضْطُش‬
give him a warm welcome-
περιτομῆς, οὗτοι ϫ Ⲓ ⲧ ⲛ ⲓ ⲧϣ 11 ‫ ْؤُالَءِ ُْ ْى َٔ ْحذَُْ ُى‬.ٌِ‫انْخِزَب‬
μόνοι συνεργοὶ εἰς and Jesus Justus adds his
ⲃ ⲗϧ ⲛ ⲃⲓ ⲛ ⲓ ⲙⲙ ⲧ
τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ greetings. Of all those who ِ‫انْؼَبيِهٌَُٕ يَؼِي ِنًَهَكُٕد‬
ϣⲫ ⲛ ⲱⲃ ⲙⲧ
Θεοῦ, οἵτινες have come over from the ‫ انَّزِيٍَ صَبسُٔا نِي‬،ِّ‫انه‬
ἐγενήθησάν μοι ⲛⲧ ⲫⲚ ⲛ ⲓ ⲧ ϣⲱ ⲓ ⲛ ⲓ circumcision, these are the
παρηγορία. 12
ⲛⲛ ⲙ . only ones actually working ِ .ً‫رَضْهِيَخ‬
ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς
with me for the kingdom of ،ُ‫ يُضَ ّهىُ ػَهَيْ ُكىْ أَثَفْشَاس‬12
Ἐπαφρᾶς ὁ ἐξ ὑμῶν, ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲱⲧ ⲛ ⲛϫ
δοῦλος Χριστοῦ, ⲫ ⲓ ⲃ ⲗ ⲙⲙⲱⲧ ⲛ ⲙⲃⲱⲕ
God. They have been a ٌ‫ ػَ ْجذ‬،ْ‫انَّزِٖ ُْ َٕ يُِْ ُكى‬
great comfort to me.12
πάντοτε
ⲙ ⲓⲬ ⲓ ⲧ Ⲓ ⲫ ⲓ Epaphras, your fellow-
ٍ ِ‫ يُجَب ِْذٌ كُ َمّ ح‬،ِ‫نِهًَْضِيح‬
‫ني‬
ἀγωνιζόμενος ὑπὲρ
ὑμῶν ἐν ταῖς ⲧ ⲱⲛⲓ ⲑ ⲛ ⲛⲓⲃ ⲛ citizen, sends his greetings; ‫ نِكَ ْي‬،ِ‫صّهََٕاد‬ َ ‫ألَجْهِ ُكىْ ثِبن‬
προσευχαῖς, ἵνα ϫ ⲛⲑ ⲛ ϧ ⲛⲛ ⲭ this servant of Christ Jesus ‫ني َٔ ُيًْزَهِئِنيَ فِي‬َ ِ‫رَثْجُز ُِٕا كَبيِه‬
στῆτε τέλειοι καὶ never stops battling for
ⲓⲛ ⲛⲧ ⲧ ⲛ ⲓ ⲧ ⲛⲑ ⲛ .ِّ‫كُمّ يَ ِشِيئَخِ انه‬
πεπληρωμένοι ἐν you, praying that you will
παντὶ θελήματι τοῦ ⲧ ⲛϫ ⲕ ⲃ ⲗ ⲧ ⲛⲙ ُّ‫ فَئَِّي أَشَْٓ ُذ فِيِّ أٌََّ َن‬13
never lapse but always hold
Θεοῦ· 13 μαρτυρῶ ⲃ ⲗϧ ⲛ ⲧ ⲛ ⲫⲚ .
γὰρ αὐτῷ ὅτι ἔχει
perfectly and securely to ،ْ‫غَيْشَحً كَ ِثريَحً ألَ ْجهِكُى‬
ⲙⲑ ϧ ϫ the will of God.13 I can
ζῆλον πολὺν ὑπὲρ ،َ‫َٔألَجْمِ ا َّنزِيٍَ فِي الَُٔدِكِيَّخ‬
ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν ἐν ⲛⲧ ⲛ ⲛⲓϣ ⲛ ⲙⲕ ⲛ ⲧ testify for him that he
works hard for you, as well .َ‫َٔانَّزِيٍَ فِِي ِْيَشَاثُٕنِيش‬
Λαοδικείᾳ καὶ τῶν ⲓ ϫ ⲛⲑ ⲛ ⲛ ⲙ ⲛ ⲧϧ ⲛ
ἐν Ἱεραπόλει. 14
Ⲗ ⲓⲕⲓ ⲛ ⲙ ⲛ ⲧϧ ⲛ
as for those at Laodicea and ‫ يُضَ ّهىُ ػَهَيْ ُكىْ نُٕقَب‬14
ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Hierapolis.
Λουκᾶς ὁ ἰατρὸς ὁ Ⲓ ⲗⲓ . 14
Greetings from my dear
.ُ‫ َٔدِميَبس‬،ُ‫انطَّجِيتُ انْحَجِيت‬
ἀγαπητὸς καὶ ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲱⲧ ⲛ ⲛϫ Ⲗ ⲕ friend Luke, the doctor, and
Δημᾶς.
ⲓ ⲓⲛⲓ ⲛ ⲧ ⲛⲙ ⲙ . also from Demas.

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15 ἀσπάσασθε τοὺς ⲓⲛⲓ ⲛⲓ ⲛ ⲧϧ ⲛ 15
Please give my greetings ‫ صَ ّهًُٕا ػَهَٗ اإلِخَْٕ ِح‬15
ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ
ἀδελφοὺς καὶ
Ⲗ ⲓⲕⲓ ⲛ ⲙ Ⲛⲓⲙⲫ ⲛ ⲛ ⲙ to the brothers at
َٗ‫ َٔػَه‬،َ‫انَّزِيٍَ فِي الَُٔ ِدكِيَّخ‬
Laodicea and to Nympha
Νυμφᾶν καὶ τὴν ⲕⲕⲗ ⲓ ⲛⲧ ⲓ. ‫س َٔػَهَٗ انْكَُِيضَخِ انَّزِي‬ َ ‫ًَِْفَب‬
and the church which
κατ’ οἶκον αὐτοῦ ϣⲱ ϣ ⲛⲱϣ
ἐκκλησίαν· 16 καὶ
meets in her house. .ِِّ‫فِي ثَيْز‬
ⲛⲧ ⲓ ⲓ ⲧ ⲗ ϧ ⲧ ⲛⲑ ⲛ 16
ὅταν ἀναγνωσθῇ After this letter has
ْ‫ َٔ ِيَزَٗ قُشِئَذْ ػِ ُْذَ ُكى‬16
παρ’ ὑμῖν ἡ ⲙ ϣ ϧⲛ ⲕⲕⲗ ⲓ ⲛⲧ been read among you,
ُ‫ْزِ ِِ انشّصَبنَ ُخ فَبجْؼَهَُْٕب رُقْ َشأ‬
ἐπιστολή, ποιήσατε Ⲗ ⲓⲕⲓ ⲃ ⲗϧ ⲛ send it on to be read in
ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ
Ⲗ ⲓⲕⲓ ⲓⲛ ⲛⲑⲱⲧ ⲛ
the church of the ِ‫أَيْضًب فِي ِ كَُِيضَخ‬
ٍْ ِ‫ َٔا َنّزِي ي‬،َ‫انّالَُٔدِكِيّني‬
Λαοδικέων ἐκκλησίᾳ Laodiceans; and get the
ἀναγνωσθῇ, καὶ τὴν ⲛⲧ ⲧ ⲛⲱϣ ⲙⲙ .
letter from Laodicea for
ἐκ Λαοδικείας ἵνα 7 ϫ ⲛ ⲭ ϫ you to read yourselves. ‫الَُٔدِكِ َيّخَ رَقْ َشأَََُٔٓب أََْزُ ْى‬
καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀναγνῶτε.
ϫ ϣⲧ ⲃ ⲗ ⲛ ⲓ ⲕ ⲛⲓ 17
Give Archippus this .‫أَيْضًب‬
17 καὶ εἴπατε
Ἀρχίππῳ· βλέπε τὴν ⲧ ⲕ ⲓⲧ ϧ ⲛ ⲓ ⲓⲛ message, 'Remember the
:َ‫ َٔقُٕنُٕا َألسْخِجُّش‬17
service that the Lord
διακονίαν ἣν ⲛⲧ ⲕⲙ ⲃ ⲗ. ‫خ ِذْيَ ِخ انَّزِي‬
ِ ْ‫«اَْظُشْ إِنَٗ ان‬
παρέλαβες ἐν assigned to you, and try to
ⲙ ϧ ⲛ ⲧ ϫⲓϫ
Κυρίῳ, ἵνα αὐτὴν carry it out.' ْ‫قَجِهْ ِزََٓب فِي ان َشّةّ نِكَي‬
ⲛ ⲕ ⲗ ⲓⲫⲙ ⲓ 18
πληροῖς. 18 Ὁ This greeting is in my .»‫رُزًًَََّٓب‬
ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ ⲛⲛ ⲛ ⲙ ⲧ ⲛ ⲙⲱⲧ ⲛ own hand-PAUL.
χειρὶ Παύλου. ‫الوُ ثِيَذِٖ أَََب‬ َ َّ‫ اَنض‬18
Ⲕ ⲗ ⲓ ϧ ⲧ ϧⲛ Remember the chains I
μνημονεύετέ μου wear. Grace be with you. .‫ اُرْكُشُٔا ُٔثُقِي‬.َ‫ث ُِٕنُش‬
τῶν δεσμῶν. Ἡ ⲑ ⲛⲛ ⲛⲧ ⲛ
χάρις μεθ’ ὑμῶν· ⲭⲓⲕ ⲛ ⲙ ⲛ ⲓⲙ ⲛⲙ .َ‫ آيِني‬.ْ‫اَنُّؼًَْخُ يَؼَ ُكى‬
ἀμήν.
Ⲙ ⲕ .

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