OET interlinear COL 2:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐρριζωμένοι & ἐποικοδομούμενοι & βεβαιούμενοι & περισσεύοντες

/having_been/_rooted & /being/_built_up & /being/_confirmed & abounding

Paul uses these four verbs to give examples of how the Colossians should “walk in” the Messiah (2:6). If it would be helpful in your language, you could add a phrase that makes this relationship clear. Alternate translation: (starting a new sentence) “Walking in him entails being rooted … built up … confirmed … abounding”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐρριζωμένοι & ἐποικοδομούμενοι & βεβαιούμενοι

/having_been/_rooted & /being/_built_up & /being/_confirmed

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could translate all three of these words in their active forms with the Colossians as the subject. Alternate translation: “rooting yourselves … building yourselves up … having confidence”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐρριζωμένοι & ἐν αὐτῷ

/having_been/_rooted & in him

Paul wants the Colossians to be united so closely to Christ that he speaks of this union as if the Colossians were a plant with roots growing into Christ. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a comparable metaphor, or express it plainly. Alternate translation: “being closely connected with … in him” or “being more dependent on … in him”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καὶ ἐποικοδομούμενοι ἐν αὐτῷ

and /being/_built_up in him

Paul wants the Colossians to base everything they think and do on Christ as if they were a house built on Christ, who is the foundation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a comparable metaphor, or express it plainly. Alternate translation: “in him, and basing everything you think and do on him,” or “in Christ, and believing more and more firmly in him,”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

βεβαιούμενοι τῇ πίστει

/being/_confirmed ˱in˲_the faith

The word confirmed refers to something being sure or valid. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable expression or a short phrase. Alternate translation: “sure about the faith” or “strong in your faith”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῇ πίστει

˱in˲_the faith

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind faith, you could express the idea in a different way, such as with a relative clause. Alternate translation: “in what you believe”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐδιδάχθητε

˱you_all˲_/were/_taught

If your language does not use this passive form, you could translate this verb: (1) in its active form with Epaphras as the subject (we know he was their teacher from 1:7). See the UST. (2) with a verb such as “learned.” Alternate translation: “you learned”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

περισσεύοντες ἐν εὐχαριστίᾳ

abounding in thanksgiving

If your language does not use an abstract for the idea behind thanksgiving, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “being very thankful”