OET interlinear COL 2:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐξαλείψας τὸ καθ’ ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον τοῖς δόγμασιν, ὃ ἦν ὑπεναντίον ἡμῖν, καὶ αὐτὸ ἦρκεν ἐκ τοῦ μέσου, προσηλώσας αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ;

/having/_wiped_out the against us handwriting ˱in˲_the decrees which was hostile ˱to˲_us and it /has/_taken_away out_of the midst /having/_nailed it ˱to˲_the cross

Paul speaks of the way God forgives our sins as if God canceled debts that we owed him. In the metaphor, God has crossed out or erased the written record of those debts and thus removed any impact these debts have on our relationship to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “having taken away the guilt from our sins, he has kept those sins from impacting our relationship with him, having nailed them to the cross”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

καθ’ ἡμῶν & ὃ ἦν ὑπεναντίον ἡμῖν

against us & which was hostile ˱to˲_us

The phrases against us and opposed to us might be considered redundant in your language. If this is the case, you could combine the two phrases into one. Alternate translation: “which were opposed to us”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

αὐτὸ ἦρκεν ἐκ τοῦ μέσου

it /has/_taken_away out_of the midst

Paul speaks as if the written record was within the community of believers, and God takes it away. What he means by this is that the written record of our sins no longer affects our relationship with God and each other. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “he has kept it from affecting our relationship with him and others”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

προσηλώσας αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ

/having/_nailed it ˱to˲_the cross

Here Paul speaks as if God had nailed the “written record” to the cross. He means that Christ’s death on the cross “canceled” the “written record” as surely as if it had been nailed to the cross and died with Christ. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this idea using a simile, or express it plainly. Alternate translation: “destroying it through the Messiah’s death on the cross” or “having taken it out of the way through Christ’s death”