OrthJBC - Colossians - 1

1:1  Sha'ul a Shliach of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua through the ratzon Hashem [1:9] of G-d and Timotiyos the Ach b'Moshiach.

1:2  To the kedoshim in Colossae and the Achim b'Moshiach, the Achim haNe'emanim. Chen v'Chesed Hashem to you and shalom from Elohim Avinu. REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH'S SHLIACH RAV SHA'UL OFFERS TODOT FOR MOSHIACH'S TALMIDIM IN COLOSSAE AND THEIR MESSIANIC KEHILLAH

1:3  Hodinu l'Hashem (we give thanks to Hashem) Elohim HaAv of Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, davening always concerning you,

1:4  having heard of your emunah in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua and the ahavah which you have for all the kedoshim

1:5  on account of the tikvah (hope) being laid up for you in Shomayim, the tikvah which you heard of before in the dvar haEmes, the Besuras HaGeulah

1:6  that has come to you, as also in all the Olam Hazeh it is bearing p'ri and growing, so also in you, from the day you heard it and began to have saving da'as of the Chen v'Chesed Hashem in actuality.

1:7  This you learned from Epaphras, [4:12] our chaver and fellow eved, who is ne'eman (faithful), who is a trusted keli kodesh (minister)) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach for you.

1:8  Epaphras also revealed to us your ahavah in the Ruach Hakodesh. CHOKHMAH AND BINAH AND DA'AS ARE FOUND ONLY IN REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH

1:9  Therefore, we also, from the day that we heard, do not cease davening for you and offering tefillos that you be filled with da'as of the ratzon Hashem [1:1] in all chokhmah and binah in the Ruach Hakodesh.

1:10  And this is the purpose: that you walk in hitnahagut (conduct) worthy of Adoneinu in every way pleasing to him in every mitzvoh bearing p'ri in the da'as of Hashem,

1:11  with all ko'ach being empowered according to the gevurah of his kavod for all zitzfleisch and savlanut (long-suffering) with lev same'ach (glad heart),

1:12  giving todot to Elohim HaAv. THE MA'ASIM (WORKS) OF ELOHIM HAAV AND REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH Elohim HaAv is the One who has qualified you for the share of the allotted nachalah (inheritance, Tehillim 16:5-6) of the kedoshim in Ohr (Light); THE BERAKHOT OF THE GEULAH B'MOSHIACH

1:13  Elohim HaAv is the One who rescued nafsheinu (our souls) from the memshalet (dominion) of Choshech and transferred us into the Malchut of the Ben haElohim of his ahavah,

1:14  in whom we have the pedut (redemption, personal Geulah release on payment of ransom), the selicha (forgiveness) of chatoteinu (our sins). WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT THE PERSON OF MOSHIACH? IS MOSHIACH THE DEMUT (LIKENESS) OF A HUMAN FORM ON THE KISSEH OF HASHEM (YECHEZKEL 1:26)? IS HE THE ADAM KADMON AND MORE? LET ATAR PANUI MINNEI (NO PLACE IS EMPTY OF HIM)

1:15  Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is the demut (Bereshis 1:26-27; Php 2:6) of the invisible G-d, the Bechor [Tehillim 89:27], the Yoresh of kol nivrah (all that is created),

1:16  because in him were created all things in Shomayim and on ha'Aretz, the visible things and the invisible things, whether thrones or dominions, whether rulers or authorities, all things through him and for him have been created. (Tehillim 33:6)

1:17  And Moshiach is before all things, and all things in Moshiach have been held together; (Mishle 8:23-27; 30:4)

1:18  and Moshiach is the Rosh [Mishle 8:22; 30:4] of the Guf (body) [Bereshis 47:18; Tehillim 16:9-10; Yeshayah 53:11; Iyov 19:25-27], and the Guf is Moshiach's Brit Chadasha Kehillah; Moshiach is its Reshit, the Bechor from the Mesim, that Moshiach might be in everything pre-eminent, [Tehillim 89:27]

1:19  because Hashem was pleased that all his fullness have its mishkan (tabernacle) in Moshiach,

1:20  and through Moshiach to bring ritztzuy (reconciliation, cessation of enmity/hostility between a wrathful holy G-d and sinful men) between all things and himself, having made shalom through the dahm of the kapparah of the aitz of Moshiach [Devarim 21:23; Yeshayah 52:15; Vayikra 16:15-16], whether the things on haAretz or the things in haShomayim.

1:21  And you, once having been alienated and oyvim (enemies) in the mind by ma'asim hara'im (evil deeds),

1:22  yet now Moshiach reconciled in the Guf (body) [1:18] of his basar [Tehillim 16:9-10] through Moshiach's mavet [Daniel 9:26; Yeshayah 53:8-9] to present you, kedoshim (holy) and without mum (defect, Vayikra 22:20) and without reproach before him,

1:23  provided you remain in the [correct orthodox Jewish] Emunah [Faith, the Emunah of the true Dat haYehudit], having been founded in it and securely established and not moving away from the tikvah (hope) of the Besuras HaGeulah which you heard, the Besuras HaGeulah which has been proclaimed in kol hanivrah (all creation) under Shomayim, the Besuras HaGeulah of which I, Sha'ul, became a keli kodesh (minister). THE AVODAS KODESH OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH'S SHLIACH IN THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH AND THE NATURE OF THAT MINISTRY

1:24  Now with lev same'ach (glad heart) and chedvah (rejoicing) I rejoice in my suffering tzoros on behalf of you. And I am mashlim (fill in or supply what is deficient or desired) the things lacking of the Chevlei Moshiach in my basar on behalf of the gashmiut (corporeality) of Moshiach [1:18] which is the Brit Chadasha Kehillah,

1:25  of which I became a keli kodesh [1:23] according to the pekuddat Hashem (stewardship of G-d, his shlichut commission) which was given to me for you, to carry to shlemus (wholeness, completion) the dvar Hashem--

1:26  the raz (mystery, G-d) having been hidden from olamim and from dor v'dor, but now made manifest to the kedoshim of Moshiach,

1:27  to whom Hashem wanted to make hitgalut what is the spiritual osher (riches) of the kavod of this raz (mystery) among the non-Jews: Moshiach in you, the tikvah (hope) of kavod.

1:28  It is Moshiach who is the subject of our hattafah (preaching), warning every man and teaching every man in all chochmah, that we may present every man Bnei Chayil mature in Moshiach.

1:29  For this also I toil, striving according to the hitlahavut (inspiration) of him working in me with gevurah (miraculous power).