OET interlinear COL 2:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οὐ κρατῶν τὴν κεφαλήν

not taking_hold_of the head

Paul describes the false teachers as if they had let go of the head, which is Christ. This means that they have stopped treating Christ as the source and authority behind their teaching. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable expression or translate the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “not staying connected to the head” or “ceasing to depend on Christ, who is the head”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

τὴν κεφαλήν, ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα διὰ τῶν ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων ἐπιχορηγούμενον καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον, αὔξει τὴν αὔξησιν τοῦ Θεοῦ

the head from whom all the body by its joints and ligaments /being/_supplied and /being/_held_together /is/_growing ˱with˲_the growth ¬the ˱of˲_God

In this verse Paul uses an extended metaphor in which Christ is the head of the body, which is his church, which has joints and ligaments, and which grows. Paul uses this metaphor to describe how Christ leads, directs, nourishes, and unifies his church to help it become what he wants it to be. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea using the language of analogy, or express it plainly. Alternate translation: “to the Messiah, from whom the whole church receives nourishment and leadership and in whom the church is united as it grows with the growth from God”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐξ οὗ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα διὰ τῶν ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων ἐπιχορηγούμενον καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον

from whom all the body by its joints and ligaments /being/_supplied and /being/_held_together

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the sentence in active form. Alternate translation: “which supplies and holds the whole body together throughout the joints and ligaments”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

τῶν ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων

its joints and ligaments

The word joints refers to where parts of the body are connected together, while the word translated ligaments refers to what holds these parts together. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use technical terms that correspond to joints and ligaments, or you could use more general language for what holds the body together. Alternate translation: “what holds it together” or “all its parts”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

αὔξει τὴν αὔξησιν

/is/_growing ˱with˲_the growth

The words grows and growth are directly related and may be redundant in your language. If your language does not use repetition in this way, you could use just one form of “grow.” Alternate translation: “experiences the growth”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὴν αὔξησιν τοῦ Θεοῦ

the ˱with˲_the growth ¬the ˱of˲_God

Paul here speaks of growth that is from God to show that the church’s growth is given by God and fits with what God desires. If your language would not use this form to express that idea, you could express the idea with a relative clause. Alternate translation: “with the growth that God gives” or “with the growth that God enables”