Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Colossians
Section 1 — Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline translation_memory.json
| English Term | Assamese Rendering | Risk | Doctrine(s) in Colossians | Chapters Cited | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | সুসমাচাৰ | High | Warning against False Teaching (contrast) | 1 | Reused exactly; Col 1:5,23 anchor the true gospel against false teaching |
| grace | অনুগ্ৰহ | High | Reconciliation, Union with Christ | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Christ-purchased forgiveness (2:13-14) must reflect this exact term |
| faith | বিশ্বাস | High | Union with Christ | 1, 2 | Object = Christ Jesus (1:4), rootedness in him (2:7) |
| church | মণ্ডলী | Medium | Christ as Head of the Church | 1, 4 | Never নামঘৰ/মন্দিৰ; here explicitly Christ’s own body |
| saints | পবিত্ৰ লোক | High | Christ as Head of the Church | 1 | Never সন্ত/ভক্ত |
| holy | পবিত্ৰ | High | Union with Christ, Old/New Self | 1, 3 | ”Holy and beloved” (3:12) |
| apostle | প্ৰেৰিত | Medium | (letter’s authorial claim) | 1 | Never গুৰু |
| peace | শান্তি | Medium (elevated to Medium-High in Col 1:20 context) | Reconciliation through the Cross | 1, 3 | Here explicitly cross-purchased peace |
| glory | মহিমা | High | Union with Christ | 1, 3 | ”Christ in you, the hope of glory” (1:27) |
| sin | পাপ | High | Reconciliation, Old/New Self | 1, 3 | ”Dead in your sins” (2:13) |
| kingdom_of_god | ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য | Medium | (background to Col 1:13) | 1 | Here “kingdom of his beloved Son” |
| election | ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন | High | (background to Col 3:12) | 3 | Adjectival: মনোনীত (chosen ones) |
| resurrection | পুনৰুত্থান | Critical | Union with Christ, Christ’s Supremacy | 1, 2, 3 | Never পুনৰ্জন্ম; recurs at 1:18, 2:12, 3:1 |
| lord | প্ৰভু | Critical | Christ as Head; must be withheld from human “masters” | 1, 3, 4 | See Section 3 for the κύριος/human-master disambiguation |
| god | ঈশ্বৰ | Critical | Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily | 1, 2, 3 | Never ভগৱান/পৰমেশ্বৰ |
| holy_spirit | পবিত্ৰ আত্মা | Critical | (background, 1:8) | 1 | Never ব্ৰহ্ম/পৰমাত্মা |
| father | পিতা | Critical | (background, 1:2-3, 3:17) | 1, 3 | Never ব্ৰহ্মা |
| thanksgiving | ধন্যবাদ | Low | (recurs throughout) | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Standard |
| fellowship | সহভাগিতা | Low | (background) | — | Available if needed; not heavily load-bearing in Colossians |
| power_of_god (pattern) | ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি | High | Christ’s Supremacy over Creation | 1 | Pair শক্তি with ঈশ্বৰৰ/তেৰেই throughout |
| adoption (inheritance pattern) | পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ / উত্তৰাধিকাৰ | High | (background to inheritance language) | 1, 3 | Inheritance vocabulary (1:12, 3:24) draws on this doctrine |
| providence (pattern) | ঈশ্বৰৰ বিধান | High | Christ’s Supremacy over Creation | 1, 2 | Christ “holds together” all things (1:17); never fate/karma |
| grace/works contrast | অনুগ্ৰহ vs. earned merit | Critical | Warning against False Teaching (asceticism, 2:23) | 2 | Applies baseline’s grace-vs-merit rule to ascetic self-effort, not only Torah-works |
Section 2 — New Terms Proposed for Colossians
| English Term | Original Greek | Transliteration | Assamese Rendering (proposed) | Risk | Doctrine | Chapters | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| image (of God) | εἰκών | eikōn | প্ৰতিমূৰ্তি | Critical | Christ’s Supremacy over Creation; Fullness of Deity | 1, 3 | প্ৰতিমা (too close to “idol”) | Mandatory translator note distinguishing “image” from “idol”; recurs at 3:10 (image of the Creator) |
| firstborn (of creation) | πρωτότοκος | prōtotokos | সৃষ্টিৰ ওপৰত প্ৰথম অধিকাৰী (avoid literal প্ৰথমজাত alone) | Critical | Christ’s Supremacy over Creation | 1 | plain প্ৰথমজাত (invites Arian/avatar-sequence misreading) | Must be read with 1:16 to rule out createdness |
| creation | κτίσις | ktisis | সৃষ্টি | High | Christ’s Supremacy over Creation | 1 | — (no viable substitute; risk managed via mandatory note) | Distinguish linear ex nihilo creation from cyclical srishti-sthiti-pralaya |
| thrones/dominions/rulers/authorities | θρόνοι, κυριότητες, ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι | thronoi, kyriotētes, archai, exousiai | সিংহাসন, প্ৰভুত্ব, শাসনকৰ্তা, ক্ষমতা | High | Christ’s Supremacy over Creation; False Teaching | 1, 2 | — | Not a rival pantheon; all created, all subordinate to Christ |
| hold together / sustain | συνέστηκεν (συνίστημι) | synestēken | একত্ৰিত হৈ থিয় হৈ আছে (ধৰি ৰখা) | High | Christ’s Supremacy over Creation | 1 | pantheistic “sustains all as ground of being” framing | Personal, purposive sustaining, not impersonal Brahman-like substratum |
| head (of the body) | κεφαλή | kephalē | মূৰ | Medium | Christ as Head of the Church | 1, 2 | — | Organic, life-giving headship, not merely honorary/administrative |
| body (of Christ = church) | σῶμα | sōma | শৰীৰ | Low-Medium | Christ as Head of the Church | 1, 3 | — | Apposition “body, that is, the church” must stay explicit |
| beginning (Christ as) | ἀρχή | archē | আৰম্ভণি / উৎস | Medium | Christ as Head of the Church | 1 | — | Disambiguate from ἀρχαί “rulers” despite shared root |
| firstborn from the dead | πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν | prōtotokos ek tōn nekrōn | মৃতবৰ পুনৰুত্থানৰ প্ৰথম অধিকাৰী | Critical | Union with Christ; Christ as Head | 1 | — | Reuses পুনৰুত্থান root; never পুনৰ্জন্ম |
| preeminent | πρωτεύων | prōteuōn | সকলোতে প্ৰধান (সৰ্বশ্ৰেষ্ঠ) | High | Christ’s Supremacy over Creation | 1 | mere “senior/important” framing | Absolute, unrivaled supremacy, not relative seniority |
| fullness | πλήρωμα | plērōma | পূৰ্णতা | Critical | Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily | 1, 2 | — | Distinguish from Purna Brahman / Purnavatara concepts; mandatory note |
| dwell (permanently) | κατοικέω | katoikeō | স্থায়ীভাৱে বাস কৰা | High | Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily | 1 | temporary-indwelling framing (spirit possession/avatar descent) | Permanence is doctrinally essential |
| reconcile | ἀποκαταλλάσσω / καταλλάσσω | apokatallaxai / katallagē | মিলন কৰাই লোৱা / পুনৰ মিলন ঘটাই দিয়া | High | Reconciliation through the Cross | 1 | mere interpersonal “settle a dispute” sense | Cosmic scope (“all things… on earth or in heaven”) must be retained |
| Deity/Godhead | θεότης | theotēs | ঈশ্বৰত্ব | Critical | Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily | 2 | — | Directly = baseline’s deity_of_christ; anchor doctrine of the letter |
| bodily | σωματικῶς | sōmatikōs | শৰীৰিকভাৱে / দেহত | Critical | Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily; Humanity of Christ | 2 | ”spiritually/symbolically” framing | Rules out docetic/illusory-body reading |
| philosophy | φιλοσοφία | philosophia | দৰ্শন | High | Warning against False Teaching | 2 | — | Disambiguate from “darshan” as deity-viewing devotional act |
| (human) tradition | παράδοσις τῶν ἀνθρώπων | paradosis tōn anthrōpōn | মানুহৰ শিক্ষা/ৰীতি (avoid পৰম্পৰা) | Critical | Warning against False Teaching and Syncretism | 2 | পৰম্পৰা (collides with Ekasarana guru-lineage authority) | Direct parallel to baseline’s apostle/guru avoidance |
| elemental spirits/powers of the world | στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου | stoicheia tou kosmou | জগতৰ মৌলিক শক্তি | High | Warning against False Teaching | 2 | — | Avoid mapping onto Pancha Bhuta or Navagraha astrological powers |
| worship of angels | θρησκεία τῶν ἀγγέλων | thrēskeia tōn angelōn | দূতৰ আৰাধনা | High | Warning against False Teaching | 2 | — | Direct parallel to intermediary-spirit/local-deity veneration |
| certificate of debt | χειρόγραφον | cheirographon | ঋণৰ লিখিত পত্ৰ | High | Reconciliation through the Cross | 2 | — | Distinguish one-time cancellation from karmic-ledger framework |
| self-made religion | ἐθελοθρησκία | ethelothrēskia | নিজে সৃষ্টি কৰা আৰাধনা | High | Warning against False Teaching | 2 | compound using ধৰ্ম | Avoid ধৰ্ম’s cosmic-duty/sectarian baggage |
| severity to the body (asceticism) | ἀφειδία σώματος | apheidia sōmatos | শৰীৰৰ প্ৰতি কঠোৰতা | High | Warning against False Teaching | 2 | — | Distinguish from Satra bhakat ascetic renunciation practice |
| buried with / raised with (Christ) | συνθάπτω / συνεγείρω | syntaphentes / synēgerthēte | তাৰ সৈতে মৈদাম দিয়া হ’ল / তাৰ সৈতে উত্থিত হ’লো | Critical | Union with Christ (Died and Raised With Him) | 2, 3 | reincarnation-adjacent framing | Definite, past, one-time spiritual union, not a repeatable cycle |
| old self / old man | παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος | palaios anthrōpos | পুৰণি মানুহ | Critical | Putting Off the Old Self and On the New | 3 | dwija (“twice-born”) ritual-rebirth framing | Not caste-linked ritual status; single-lifetime moral-spiritual identity |
| new self / new man | νέος/καινός ἄνθρωπος | neos/kainos anthrōpos | নতুন মানুহ | Critical | Putting Off the Old Self and On the New | 3 | — | Renewed “after the image” — links back to εἰκών (1:15) |
| idolatry | εἰδωλολατρία | eidōlolatria | প্ৰতিমা-পূজা | High | Putting Off the Old Self (vice list) | 3 | — | Use descriptively/precisely, not as gratuitous slur |
| wrath of God | ὀργὴ θεοῦ | orgē theou | ঈশ্বৰৰ ক্ৰোধ | High | (background to Old/New Self) | 3 | appeasable Puranic deity-krodh framing | Righteous judicial wrath, not episodic temperamental anger |
| Jew/Greek, slave/free, etc. (status list) | Ἕλλην, Ἰουδαῖος, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος κτλ | Hellēn, Ioudaios, doulos, eleutheros | (retain as descriptive categories; no single-term risk) | High | Union with Christ; parallels Unity of Jews/Gentiles | 3 | — | Full force required; caste/ethnic hierarchy directly challenged |
| submit (wives) | ὑποτάσσομαι | hypotassomai | বশীভূত হৱা / অধীন হৱা | High | Household Codes | 3 | enforced-domination framing | Must be paired with husbands’ love-command; voluntary, not coerced |
| human master (slave-owner) | κύριος (κατὰ σάρκα) | kyrios (kata sarka) | মালিক | Critical | Household Codes | 3, 4 | প্ৰভু (would collide with exclusive Lordship of Christ) | New finding: κύριος must split into two Assamese terms depending on referent |
| redemption | ἀπολύτρωσις | apolytrōsis | উদ্ধাৰ (মূল্য দি উদ্ধাৰ) | Critical | (background to Reconciliation) | 1 | মুক্তি (forbidden; conflicts with baseline salvation rule) | Escalate: popular Christian usage may already use মুক্তি — needs theologian resolution |
| mystery (disclosed) | μυστήριον | mystērion | ৰহস্য / নিগূढ় সত্য (now revealed) | High | Warning against False Teaching | 1, 2, 4 | esoteric guru-transmitted-secret framing | Disclosed once-for-all in Christ, not ongoing esoteric knowledge |
| wisdom / knowledge (spiritual) | σοφία, γνῶσις, ἐπίγνωσις | sophia, gnōsis, epignōsis | প্ৰজ্ঞা, জ্ঞান, সম্পূৰ্ণ জ্ঞান (pair with আত্মিক) | High | Warning against False Teaching | 1, 2 | Jnana-marga/enlightenment framing | Relational, Spirit-given, Christ-centered, not self-attained gnosis |
| love | ἀγάπη | agapē | প্ৰেম | Medium | Union with Christ; Household Codes | 1, 3 | — | Distinguish from Vaishnavite prema-bhakti romantic-devotional register |
Section 3 — Special Disambiguation Cases (Flag for Phase 2 Enforcement Rules)
| Case | Issue | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| κύριος (Christ) vs. κύριος (human master) | Colossians 3:22-4:1 uses the same Greek word for both; baseline reserves প্ৰভু exclusively (Critical) for Christ’s Lordship | Christ = প্ৰভু (unchanged); human slave-master = মালিক. Flag every occurrence in 3:22-4:1 for verification. |
| παράδοσις (“tradition”) | Natural Assamese rendering পৰম্পৰা collides with Ekasarana guru-lineage authority | Use মানুহৰ শিক্ষা/ৰীতি instead of পৰম্পৰা in Colossians 2:8; document as extension of baseline’s apostle/guru precedent. |
| ἀπολύτρωσις (“redemption”) vs. established popular usage | Popular Assamese Christian idiom may already say মুক্তি for “Redeemer/redemption,” conflicting with baseline’s forbidden-substitution rule for salvation | Escalate to theologian review before Phase 2; recommend উদ্ধাৰ as the project-consistent term. |
| πλήρωμα / θεότης (“fullness” / “Deity”) | Both risk assimilation to Purna Brahman / avatar-completeness concepts | Mandatory translator note at first occurrence of each in every document using this glossary. |
| εἰκών (“image”) | পৰ্যাপ্ত rendering প্ৰতিমূৰ্তি shares root with প্ৰতিমা (“idol”) | Mandatory translator note at first occurrence distinguishing “image made visible” from “idol representing an absent deity.” |
| φιλοσοφία (“philosophy”) vs. “darshan” (deity-viewing) | দৰ্শন is lexically correct for “philosophy” but colloquially strongly associated with temple deity-viewing | Context-clarify at first occurrence in Colossians 2:8. |
Section 4 — Chapter Coverage Confirmation
| Chapter | New/Reused Load-Bearing Terms Introduced | Coverage Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | εἰκών, πρωτότοκος, κτίσις, θρόνοι/κυριότητες/ἀρχαί/ἐξουσίαι, συνέστηκεν, κεφαλή, σῶμα, ἐκκλησία, ἀρχή, πρωτεύων, πλήρωμα, κατοικέω, ἀποκαταλλάσσω, εἰρηνοποιέω, αἷμα/σταυρός, plus ἀπόστολος, ἅγιοι, χάρις, εἰρήνη, πίστις, ἀγάπη, ἐλπίς, εὐαγγέλιον, ἐπίγνωσις, σοφία/σύνεσις, κλῆρος, βασιλεία, ἀπολύτρωσις | Fully reviewed — highest term density in the book (core passage) |
| 2 | φιλοσοφία, παράδοσις, στοιχεῖα, θεότης, σωματικῶς, περιτομή, συνθάπτω/συνεγείρω, χειρόγραφον, ἀπεκδύομαι/θριαμβεύω, θρησκεία τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἐθελοθρησκία, ἀφειδία σώματος | Fully reviewed |
| 3 | παλαιὸς/νέος ἄνθρωπος, εἰκὼν τοῦ κτίσαντος, εἰδωλολατρία, ὀργὴ θεοῦ, Ἕλλην/Ἰουδαῖος status list, ὑποτάσσομαι, household code vocabulary | Fully reviewed |
| 4 | κύριος (human master) disambiguation, μυστήριον (reinforced), σύνδουλος/διάκονος, proper names | Fully reviewed — no new Critical terms beyond κύριος disambiguation |
No chapter of Colossians was found to be theologically inert; all four chapters are represented above with load-bearing terms and explicit risk assessments.
Critical Risk Terms
Resurrection
Approved rendering: পুনৰুত্থান
Transliteration: punoruththan
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: পুনৰ্জন্ম, পুনৰ্জীৱন
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians extends this term’s stakes: grounds Christ’s own historical resurrection (1:18, ‘firstborn from the dead’) AND believers’ spiritual union with that resurrection (2:12, 3:1, ‘raised with Christ’). Both senses must be distinguished from the সংসাৰ rebirth cycle at every occurrence.
Lord
Approved rendering: প্ৰভু
Transliteration: prôbhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: স্বামী, ঈশ্বৰ, মালিক (for Christ)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, with a CRITICAL NEW FINDING for Colossians: κύριος is also used in 3:22-4:1 for human slave-masters (‘lords according to the flesh’). প্ৰভু must be reserved exclusively for Christ; human referents must use মালিক (see human_master entry). Every occurrence of κύριος in this book must be checked against its referent before rendering.
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: Iswôr
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:15,19; 2:9 make this term’s stakes acute: the ‘fullness of God/Deity’ dwells bodily in Christ (see fullness, deity_godhead entries) — ঈশ্বৰ must remain unambiguously the one true personal God throughout.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ আত্মা
Transliteration: pobitrô atma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্ম, পৰমাত্মা
Original: πνεῦμα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Referenced in Colossians 1:8 (love in the Spirit).
Father
Approved rendering: পিতা
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্মা, সৃষ্টিকৰ্তা
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:2-3,12; 3:17 use this consistently of God the Father, distinct from the Son (1:13).
Son Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ পুত্ৰ
Transliteration: Iswôror putrô
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ অংশ, দেৱপুৰুষ
Original: υἱός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:13 (‘the kingdom of his beloved Son’) and the whole hymn of 1:15-20 assume this eternal Sonship as background to ‘image of the invisible God.‘
Messiah
Approved rendering: মচীহ
Transliteration: mosih
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: অভিষিক্ত ব্যক্তি, অৱতাৰ পুৰুষ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Retain মচীহ for the doctrinal Messiah-title sense; ‘Christ’ functions in Colossians overwhelmingly as part of the proper name ‘Christ Jesus’ (transliterated খ্ৰীষ্ট) while still carrying this exclusive messianic background — never assimilated to Krishna as one of Vishnu’s avatars or to Sankardev’s own founding-reformer status within Ekasarana Dharma.
Jesus
Approved rendering: যীচু
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Never ঈছা. Occurs constantly throughout Colossians as ‘Christ Jesus’/‘the Lord Jesus.‘
Image Of God
Approved rendering: প্ৰতিমূৰ্তি
Transliteration: pratimurti
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation
Rejected alternatives: প্ৰতিমা, ছবি
Original: εἰκών τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 1:15, echoed 3:10. প্ৰতিমূৰ্তি shares its root with প্ৰতিমা, the standard Assamese word for a worshiped Hindu idol/murti. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence: Christ is not an image OF God the way an idol represents an absent deity — he IS God’s own being made visible, with no separation between sign and reality. Must render 1:15 and 3:10 with the SAME Assamese word to preserve Paul’s deliberate cross-reference.
Firstborn Of Creation
Approved rendering: সৃষ্টিৰ ওপৰত প্ৰথম অধিকাৰী
Transliteration: srishtir upor prothom adhikari
Doctrine: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation
Rejected alternatives: প্ৰথমজাত
Original: πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 1:15. A literal calque (প্ৰথমজাত) invites an Arian-type misreading that Christ is the first created being, reinforced by Vaishnavite cosmogonic sequencing of a primal created being. Asserts supreme rank and ownership over creation, never createdness. Must always be taught jointly with 1:16 (‘for in him all things were created’).
Before All Things
Approved rendering: সকলোৰে আগেয়ে
Transliteration: xokolore ageye
Doctrine: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation / Deity of Christ
Original: πρὸ πάντων
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 1:17. Must be held together in translator commentary with firstborn_of_creation (1:15) so the two verses jointly and unambiguously rule out any creaturely status for Christ.
Firstborn From The Dead
Approved rendering: মৃতবৰ পুনৰুত্থানৰ প্ৰথম অধিকাৰী
Transliteration: mritôbôror punoruththanôr prothom adhikari
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ / Christ as Head of the Church
Rejected alternatives: পুনৰ্জন্ম
Original: πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 1:18. Reuses পুনৰুত্থান (Critical, inherited); never পুনৰ্জন্ম. Christ’s own historical, bodily, once-for-all rising, grounding believers’ hope, not a cycle of rebirth within সংসাৰ.
Fullness
Approved rendering: পূৰ্णতা
Transliteration: purnôta
Doctrine: Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily
Original: πλήρωμα
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 1:19; 2:9. পূৰ্णতা risks activating Purna Brahman (‘the Complete Absolute,’ Vedanta) or Purnavatara (Krishna’s ‘complete’ avatar-status relative to partial avatars) — the single closest structural analogue in Assamese religious thought to this claim. Mandatory translator note at every first occurrence: not an impersonal metaphysical totality nor a graded avatar-completeness scale, but the whole being of the one true God dwelling in the one person Christ, with no remainder elsewhere.
Redemption
Approved rendering: উদ্ধাৰ (মূল্য দি উদ্ধাৰ)
Transliteration: uddhar (mulyô di uddhar)
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness of Sins
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি
Original: ἀπολύτρωσις
Category: Salvation
NEW — ESCALATED, OPEN ITEM. Colossians 1:14. Popular Assamese Christian idiom sometimes renders ‘redemption/Redeemer’ using মুক্তি, but মুক্তি is the baseline’s explicitly FORBIDDEN substitution for salvation (liberation from the rebirth cycle, সংসাৰ). উদ্ধাৰ is the project-consistent recommendation, but this term must be flagged for theologian ratification before any Phase 2 segment containing Col 1:14 is finalized.
Human Tradition
Approved rendering: মানুহৰ শিক্ষা/ৰীতি
Transliteration: manuhor xikya/riti
Doctrine: Warning against False Teaching and Syncretism
Rejected alternatives: পৰম্পৰা
Original: παράδοσις τῶν ἀνθρώπων
Category: False Teaching
NEW. Colossians 2:8. পৰম্পৰা is THE established term for an unbroken guru-lineage tradition — precisely the Satradhikar succession structure central to Ekasarana Dharma’s institutional authority. পৰম্পৰা must be categorically rejected here; direct extension of the baseline’s apostle/guru-avoidance precedent. High risk of translator ‘autopilot’ error — recommend a hard validation rule automatically rejecting পৰম্পৰা wherever human_tradition is the tagged term.
Deity Godhead
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰত্ব
Transliteration: Iswôrtwo
Doctrine: Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily / Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: divine quality/attribute framing
Original: θεότης
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 2:9. Directly corresponds to deity_of_christ. Arguably the single most theologically load-bearing term outside the core passage. Mandatory note reinforcing the fullness note: the entire, undivided being of God, permanently embodied — not a partial or ‘fuller-than-others’ avatar-style divine indwelling. Anti-Trinitarian (Watchtower-descended) literature softens this to ‘divine quality’; this rendering must never be echoed.
Bodily
Approved rendering: শৰীৰিকভাৱে / দেহত
Transliteration: xoririkbhawe / dehôt
Doctrine: Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily / Humanity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: spiritually/symbolically framing
Original: σωματικῶς
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 2:9. Doctrinally essential adverb ruling out a docetic/illusory-body reading, paralleling some Puranic descriptions of a deity’s assumed form as temporary rather than a true, permanent human nature. Must never be dropped for stylistic brevity.
Buried Raised With Christ
Approved rendering: তাৰ সৈতে মৈদাম দিয়া হ’ল / তাৰ সৈতে উত্থিত হ’লো
Transliteration: tar xoite moidam diya hol / tar xoite uththitô holo
Doctrine: Union with Christ (Died and Raised With Him)
Rejected alternatives: reincarnation-adjacent framing
Original: συνθάπτω / συνεγείρω
Category: Union with Christ
NEW. Colossians 2:12; 3:1. Second clause reuses the verbal root of পুনৰুত্থান (Critical, inherited). Mandatory note: definite, past, one-time spiritual union with Christ’s historical resurrection, effected through faith and baptism, never a repeatable cycle of death-and-rebirth (সংসাৰ).
Old Self
Approved rendering: পুৰণি মানুহ
Transliteration: purôni manuh
Doctrine: Putting Off the Old Self and Putting On the New
Rejected alternatives: dwija (“twice-born”) ritual-rebirth framing, reincarnation framing
Original: παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Anthropology
NEW. Colossians 3:9. Must be distinguished from (a) the Hindu dwija ritual-rebirth concept (sacred-thread ceremony, caste-linked), and (b) reincarnation, in which an old self is shed only to be reborn within সংসাৰ. Paul’s ‘old self’ is put off once, within a single lifetime. Mandatory translator note.
New Self
Approved rendering: নতুন মানুহ
Transliteration: notun manuh
Doctrine: Putting Off the Old Self and Putting On the New
Original: νέος / καινός ἄνθρωπος
Category: Anthropology
NEW. Colossians 3:10. Renewed ‘after the image of its creator’ — reuses প্ৰতিমূৰ্তি (image) from 1:15 with its associated Critical-risk idol-collision note; must use the SAME Assamese word as 1:15 to preserve the cross-reference. Directly connects anthropological renewal to the Christological centerpiece of ch.1.
Human Master
Approved rendering: মালিক
Transliteration: malik
Doctrine: Household Codes
Rejected alternatives: প্ৰভু
Original: κύριος κατὰ σάρκα
Category: Household Codes
NEW — CRITICAL NEW FINDING for this book. Colossians 3:22-4:1. κύριος is used for both Christ and human slave-owners within eleven verses of each other. Using প্ৰভু (reserved exclusively, Critical, for Christ’s Lordship) for a human slave-master would directly dilute that convention. Mandatory resolution: human ‘masters’ = মালিক, without exception. Flag every occurrence in 3:22-4:1 for individual, per-occurrence verification against its referent — not a one-time decision.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: সুসমাচাৰ
Transliteration: xusomacar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: ভাল খবৰ, শুভবাৰ্তা
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:5,23; 4:3: the gospel must read as the unique, historical proclamation already received and rooted in, set explicitly against the false teaching of 2:8 and 2:16-23, not a devotional teaching among the competing philosophies addressed in the letter.
Grace
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: anugrôh
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ, সৌভাগ্য, পুণ্য
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In Colossians the grace-versus-merit contrast extends beyond Torah-works to ascetic self-effort (2:20-23) and speculative wisdom/philosophy (2:3-4,8); must resist any reading of Christ’s fullness being accessed through austerity or philosophy rather than freely given in him.
Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: biswax
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. In Colossians (1:4,23; 2:5,7) the object of faith is consistently ‘Christ Jesus’; must not be read as devotional surrender (bhakti) toward any chosen deity within the Ekasarana naam tradition.
Saints
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ লোক
Transliteration: pobitrô lok
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: সন্ত, ভক্ত
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:2,12,26; 3:12 apply this corporately to all believers, including new Gentile converts at Colossae, not an advanced ascetic-devotee class.
Holy
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ
Transliteration: pobitrô
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: শুচি, নিৰ্মল
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 3:12 ‘holy and beloved’ describes believers’ identity in Christ, not an ascetic achievement (contrast with the false asceticism of 2:20-23).
Glory
Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: môhima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ / Union with Christ
Rejected alternatives: দেৱজ্যোতি, তেজ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:27 (‘Christ in you, the hope of glory’) and 3:4 anchor glory to union with Christ, not a devotee’s accumulated spiritual luminosity (tej/prabha).
Sin
Approved rendering: পাপ
Transliteration: pap
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability / Reconciliation through the Cross
Rejected alternatives: অধৰ্ম, অশুচিতা
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:14 and 2:13 (‘dead in your sins’) use this term for the condition from which believers are rescued through Christ’s cross, not a karmic ledger worked off over time.
Election
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন
Transliteration: Iswôror monônoyon
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, নিয়তি, কপাল
Original: ἐκλογή / ἐκλεκτός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 3:12 addresses believers as ‘chosen ones’ (adjectival মনোনীত), grounding ethical identity in God’s sovereign choice, not accumulated merit or karma-destiny.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি
Transliteration: Iswôror xôkti
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: বল
Original: δύναμις
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (pattern). Colossians 1:11,29 use this of Christ’s power at work in Paul’s ministry and believers’ endurance; always pair with ঈশ্বৰৰ/তেৰেই to anchor to God’s own power, not an impersonal force.
Adoption
Approved rendering: পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ
Transliteration: puhaputrô sôrupe grôhon
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: পোহনিয়া কৰা
Original: υἱοθεσία (pattern) / κληρονομία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (pattern). Colossians speaks of the saints’ full, unearned inheritance directly (1:12; 3:24) rather than using the adoption term itself; this pattern underlies the inheritance vocabulary (see inheritance entry).
Providence
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ বিধান
Transliteration: Iswôror bidhan
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: ভাগ্য, কৰ্মফল
Original: συνίστημι (pattern, cf. Col 1:17)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (pattern). Colossians 1:17 (‘in him all things hold together’) is the letter’s own direct statement of this doctrine, now centered specifically in Christ rather than an impersonal divine principle (see hold_together entry).
Creation
Approved rendering: সৃষ্টি
Transliteration: srishti
Doctrine: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation
Original: κτίσις
Category: Creation
NEW. Colossians 1:15-16,23; 3:10. Unavoidable natural word, embedded in a Puranic cyclical srishti-sthiti-pralaya framework attributed to the Trimurti. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence: Colossians asserts a linear, one-time creation through the single divine agent Christ, who is also its sustainer and reconciler.
Thrones Dominions Rulers Authorities
Approved rendering: সিংহাসন, প্ৰভুত্ব, শাসনকৰ্তা, ক্ষমতা
Transliteration: xinghaxon, probhutwo, xaxonkorta, khômota
Doctrine: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation / Subordination of Spiritual Powers to Christ
Rejected alternatives: দেবতা-শ্ৰেণী
Original: θρόνοι, κυριότητες, ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι
Category: Creation
NEW. Colossians 1:16; cf. 2:10,15. Risk of readers mapping this graded list onto Assam’s folk-Hindu/animist and Navagraha astrological spirit-hierarchy as a rival pantheon. Mandatory note: these are created beings, not independent divine agents; devotional-bridge tract literature that substitutes দেবতা-শ্ৰেণী (classes of gods) must not be followed.
Hold Together
Approved rendering: একত্ৰিত হৈ থিয় হৈ আছে
Transliteration: ekôtritô hoi thiyô hoi ase
Doctrine: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation
Original: συνέστηκεν
Category: Creation
NEW. Colossians 1:17. Risk of pantheistic misreading as an impersonal, immanent cosmic principle (paralleling Vedantic Brahman as impersonal substratum) rather than Christ’s personal, purposive sustaining. Anchor to the providence doctrine (ঈশ্বৰৰ বিধান) already established against fate/karma in the Romans baseline.
Preeminent
Approved rendering: সকলোতে প্ৰধান
Transliteration: xokolote prodhan
Doctrine: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation
Rejected alternatives: merely senior/important framing
Original: πρωτεύων
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 1:18. প্ৰধান alone risks reading as merely ‘important/senior’ (as a senior Satradhikar might be described); pair with সৰ্বশ্ৰেষ্ঠ at first occurrence to convey absolute, unrivaled supremacy.
Dwell Permanently
Approved rendering: স্থায়ীভাৱে বাস কৰা
Transliteration: sthayibhawe bax kora
Doctrine: Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily
Rejected alternatives: temporary-indwelling / spirit-possession framing
Original: κατοικέω
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 1:19. Must be distinguished explicitly from temporary spirit-possession or periodic avatar-descent categories; the permanence (স্থায়ীভাৱে) is doctrinally load-bearing and must not be dropped for stylistic brevity.
Reconcile
Approved rendering: মিলন কৰাই লোৱা
Transliteration: milôn korai lowa
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Rejected alternatives: ordinary interpersonal dispute-settlement sense
Original: ἀποκαταλλάσσω / καταλλάσσω
Category: Salvation
NEW. Colossians 1:20,22. Assamese মিলন can be read narrowly as ordinary interpersonal peace-making; the cosmic scope (‘all things… on earth or in heaven’) must be retained explicitly and kept distinct from a generic devotional ‘union’ achieved through ongoing bhakti practice.
Make Peace
Approved rendering: শান্তি স্থাপন কৰি
Transliteration: xanti sthapôn kori
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Original: εἰρηνοποιέω
Category: Salvation
NEW. Colossians 1:20. Reuses শান্তি (inherited, Medium) as its root, but here peace is explicitly cross-bought; risk elevated beyond Romans 5:1, requiring the forensic/covenantal sense to be made even more explicit against a meditative-calm reading.
Spiritual Wisdom And Knowledge
Approved rendering: সম্পূৰ্ণ জ্ঞান / আত্মিক প্ৰজ্ঞা
Transliteration: sompurnô gyaan / atmik projna
Doctrine: Spiritual Wisdom versus False Philosophy
Rejected alternatives: Jnana-marga/enlightenment framing
Original: σοφία, γνῶσις, ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Faith
NEW. Colossians 1:9-10,28; 2:2-3. জ্ঞান is the technical term for the Path of Knowledge (Jnana Yoga/Jnana Marga) — impersonal metaphysical self-realization toward Atman-Brahman identity leading to moksha. Always pair with আত্মিক (Spirit-given) to anchor this as revealed, relational, Christ-centered knowledge, not self-attained enlightenment. Mandatory note at first occurrence.
Mystery
Approved rendering: ৰহস্য (এতিয়া প্ৰকাশিত)
Transliteration: rôhoxyô (etiya prokaxitô)
Doctrine: Mystery of Christ Disclosed
Rejected alternatives: esoteric guru-transmitted-secret framing
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Faith
NEW. Colossians 1:26-27; 2:2; 4:3. ৰহস্য risks being read as an ongoing esoteric secret transmitted through a guru-lineage, paralleling Ekasarana/Tantric initiatory secret-knowledge structures. Mandatory note: this mystery is now disclosed once-for-all to all believers (‘Christ in you’), not an ongoing hidden teaching reserved for advanced initiates.
Inheritance
Approved rendering: উত্তৰাধিকাৰ
Transliteration: uttôradhikar
Doctrine: Redemption and Forgiveness of Sins (background) / Household Codes
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Salvation
NEW. Colossians 1:12; 3:24. Parallels the inherited adoption doctrine (full inheritance rights). 3:23-24’s ‘reward of the inheritance’ must not be read as merit-earned salvation — describes present labor honored by Christ, not salvation earned by works.
Power Of Darkness
Approved rendering: আন্ধাৰৰ ক্ষমতা
Transliteration: andharor khômota
Doctrine: Subordination of Spiritual Powers to Christ
Original: ἐξουσία τοῦ σκότους
Category: Kingdom
NEW. Colossians 1:13. Must be paired to make clear it names a personal, defeated evil dominion, not an impersonal metaphysical negative principle (as in some tantric dark/light dualisms).
Philosophy
Approved rendering: দৰ্শন
Transliteration: dôrxôn
Doctrine: Spiritual Wisdom versus False Philosophy / Warning against False Teaching and Syncretism
Original: φιλοσοφία
Category: False Teaching
NEW. Colossians 2:8. দৰ্শন is lexically correct for ‘philosophy’ (the six classical Hindu darshanas) but is also the ordinary word for the devotional act of ‘having a viewing/sight of’ a deity’s image in temple worship. Context-clarifying note required at first occurrence; must not become a blanket anti-Hindu-philosophy polemic — the warning targets the specific false teaching at Colossae.
Elemental Powers
Approved rendering: জগতৰ মৌলিক শক্তি
Transliteration: jogotor moulik xôkti
Doctrine: Warning against False Teaching and Syncretism / Subordination of Spiritual Powers to Christ
Original: στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου
Category: False Teaching
NEW. Colossians 2:8,20. Could be mapped onto the Hindu Pancha Bhuta (five elements) cosmology or Navagraha astrological powers widely venerated in Assamese folk-Hindu practice for fortune/fate. Mandatory note: defeated, subordinate created powers, not forces to be feared, placated, or consulted.
Hidden With Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ সৈতে গোপনে থাকা
Transliteration: Khristor xoite gopône thaka
Doctrine: Union with Christ (Died and Raised With Him) / Christian Identity in Christ
Rejected alternatives: Atman-Brahman identity-merger framing
Original: κέκρυπται
Category: Union with Christ
NEW. Colossians 3:3. Must not be read through a Vedantic lens of the individual self (Atman) being hidden within/identical to the universal Self (Brahman, tat tvam asi); the hiddenness here is relational security in a personal Christ.
Certificate Of Debt
Approved rendering: ঋণৰ লিখিত পত্ৰ
Transliteration: rinor likhitô pôtro
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross / Redemption and Forgiveness of Sins
Rejected alternatives: karmic-ledger framing
Original: χειρόγραφον
Category: Salvation
NEW. Colossians 2:14. This legal debt-document image is vulnerable to assimilation to a karmic-ledger framework (accumulated debt across lives, exhausted gradually). Mandatory note: cancelled entirely and at once through Christ’s finished work, not gradually worked off.
Worship Of Angels
Approved rendering: দূতৰ আৰাধনা
Transliteration: dutor aradhôna
Doctrine: Warning against Worship of Intermediaries
Original: θρησκεία τῶν ἀγγέλων
Category: False Teaching
NEW. Colossians 2:18. Direct structural parallel to the wider Assamese devotional practice of venerating a graded hierarchy of lesser deities, local godlings, and ancestor/nature spirits. Mandatory note: believers have direct access to Christ the Head; no intermediary veneration required.
Self Made Religion
Approved rendering: নিজে সৃষ্টি কৰা আৰাধনা
Transliteration: nije srishti kora aradhôna
Doctrine: Warning against False Teaching and Syncretism
Rejected alternatives: compound using ধৰ্ম
Original: ἐθελοθρησκία
Category: False Teaching
NEW. Colossians 2:23. Avoid any compound using ধৰ্ম, already Critical-flagged in the baseline for its cosmic-duty/sectarian associations.
Severity To The Body
Approved rendering: শৰীৰৰ প্ৰতি কঠোৰতা
Transliteration: xorirôr proti kôthorôta
Doctrine: Asceticism versus True Sanctification
Original: ἀφειδία σώματος
Category: False Teaching
NEW. Colossians 2:23. Directly parallels Satra bhakat ascetic renunciation (celibacy, fasting, bodily austerity) as a mark of spiritual advancement within Ekasarana Dharma. Mandatory note distinguishing Spirit-worked sanctification from self-imposed ascetic achievement.
Idolatry
Approved rendering: প্ৰতিমা-পূজা
Transliteration: pratima-puja
Doctrine: Idolatry and Covetousness
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin
NEW. Colossians 3:5. Names a live, central devotional practice among the surrounding Hindu-Assamese population (Durga Puja, Kali Puja, temple murti-worship). Must be used descriptively and precisely, never as a gratuitous slur, while preserving the text’s own moral verdict that covetousness functions idolatrously.
Wrath Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ ক্ৰোধ
Transliteration: Iswôror krodh
Doctrine: God’s Wrath against Sin
Rejected alternatives: appeasable Puranic deity-krodh framing
Original: ὀργὴ θεοῦ
Category: God
NEW. Colossians 3:6. ক্ৰোধ risks being read through the register of Puranic deity-wrath narratives (episodic, appeasable, ritual-propitiation-requiring). Translator note recommended: God’s wrath is settled, righteous, judicial opposition to sin, not a capricious temperamental episode.
Status Distinctions Abolished
Approved rendering: (retain descriptive categories; no distinctions before Christ)
Transliteration: n/a
Doctrine: Unity across Ethnic and Social Distinctions in Christ
Original: Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος
Category: Church
NEW. Colossians 3:11 (Greek/Jew, circumcised/uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free). Directly parallels the inherited unity_of_jews_and_gentiles doctrine, bearing directly on Assamese caste hierarchy (Brahmin/non-Brahmin, jati distinctions) and tribal-versus-caste-Hindu ethnic distinction. Must render with full, unsoftened force; the climactic ‘Christ is all, and in all’ must not be qualified.
Submit
Approved rendering: বশীভূত হৱা / অধীন হৱা
Transliteration: bôxibhutô howa / odhin howa
Doctrine: Household Codes
Rejected alternatives: enforced-domination framing
Original: ὑποτάσσομαι
Category: Household Codes
NEW. Colossians 3:18. Must always be taught paired with the husband’s love-command (v.19) so the passage is not read as license for domination. Assamese patriarchal and caste-linked household norms make it especially important that submission be framed as voluntary and Christ-honoring.
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: মণ্ডলী
Transliteration: môndoli
Doctrine: Church as God’s People / Christ as Head of the Church
Rejected alternatives: মন্দিৰ, নামঘৰ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. In Colossians 1:18,24 the stakes are raised: the church is not merely gathered believers but Christ’s own organic body; মণ্ডলী must never be softened toward a mere institutional-building sense.
Apostle
Approved rendering: প্ৰেৰিত
Transliteration: prerito
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: দূত, গুৰু
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:1: Paul’s self-identification must not collapse into the Satradhikar guru-successor role central to Ekasarana Dharma’s institutional authority structure.
Peace
Approved rendering: শান্তি
Transliteration: xanti
Doctrine: Peace with God / Reconciliation through the Cross
Rejected alternatives: সুখ, প্ৰশান্তি
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Standard risk at 1:2 (greeting); risk is elevated in this book at 1:20 because peace there is explicitly cross-purchased (see make_peace entry), requiring the forensic distinction to be made even more explicit than in Romans 5:1.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য
Transliteration: Iswôror rajyo
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাষ্ট্ৰ
Original: βασιλεία
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. Colossians 1:13 specifies ‘the kingdom of his beloved Son’ — retain the political/territorial-kingdom caution given Assam’s history of contested regional sovereignty.
All Things
Approved rendering: সকলো বস্তু / সকলো
Transliteration: xokolo bostu / xokolo
Doctrine: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation
Original: τὰ πάντα
Category: Creation
NEW. Colossians 1:15-20 (seven occurrences). Must be rendered consistently across all seven occurrences to preserve the passage’s rhetorical totality; softening any one occurrence blunts the doctrine.
Head
Approved rendering: মূৰ
Transliteration: mur
Doctrine: Christ as Head of the Church
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Church
NEW. Colossians 1:18; 2:19. Transfers reasonably naturally but must not be flattened into merely honorary/administrative headship (cf. a Satradhikar’s institutional headship of a Satra) — Christ’s headship is organic and life-giving, not merely titular.
Body
Approved rendering: শৰীৰ
Transliteration: xorir
Doctrine: Christ as Head of the Church
Original: σῶμα
Category: Church
NEW. Colossians 1:18,24; 2:19; 3:15. The compound image ‘body, that is, the church’ (শৰীৰ, অৰ্থাৎ মণ্ডলী) must keep the apposition explicit so the church is not read as a voluntary association.
Beginning
Approved rendering: আৰম্ভণি / উৎস
Transliteration: arombhoni / utsô
Doctrine: Christ as Head of the Church
Original: ἀρχή
Category: Christology
NEW. Colossians 1:18. Must be disambiguated from ἀρχαί (‘rulers,’ 1:16, rendered শাসনকৰ্তা) so readers do not conflate Christ’s originating role with a creaturely spiritual power, despite the shared Greek root.
Was Pleased
Approved rendering: সন্তুষ্ট হৈ ইচ্ছা কৰিলে
Transliteration: xontusto hoi issa korile
Doctrine: Fullness of Deity in Christ Bodily
Original: εὐδόκησεν
Category: God
NEW. Colossians 1:19. Should not be flattened to mere ‘decided,’ which loses the note of joyful divine pleasure, nor rendered so as to suggest Christ’s deity was a later divine decision rather than an eternal reality now disclosed.
Blood Of The Cross
Approved rendering: তেজ / ক্ৰুচ
Transliteration: tez / krux
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Original: αἷμα τοῦ σταυροῦ
Category: Salvation
NEW. Colossians 1:20. তেজ (blood) risks association with sacrificial blood-offerings (বলি) prominent in Shakta/Tantric worship (e.g., Kamakhya). Recommend translator note: Christ’s blood is a once-for-all sufficient sacrifice, not one offering within an ongoing cultic pattern.
Love
Approved rendering: প্ৰেম
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Union with Christ / Household Codes
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Faith
NEW. Colossians 1:4,8; 2:2; 3:14,19. প্ৰেম carries strong romantic/erotic connotations from Vaishnavite prema-bhakti devotional poetry (Sankardev/Madhabdev tradition). Recommend context-glossing (পাৰস্পৰিক প্ৰেম/স্নেহ) to anchor self-giving covenantal love among believers, not devotional romantic longing.
Hope
Approved rendering: আশা
Transliteration: asha
Doctrine: Christian Identity in Christ (background)
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Faith
NEW. Colossians 1:5,23,27. Standard term; ensure hope is anchored to the specific eschatological hope ‘laid up in heaven’ and ‘Christ in you,’ not vague this-worldly optimism.
Circumcision Uncircumcision
Approved rendering: ত্বকচ্ছেদ / অত্বকচ্ছেদ
Transliteration: twôkchhed / ôtwôkchhed
Doctrine: Unity across Ethnic and Social Distinctions in Christ (background)
Rejected alternatives: চুন্নৎ
Original: περιτομή / ἀκροβυστία
Category: Covenant
NEW. Colossians 2:11,13; 3:11. Established Bengali-Assamese Bible Sanskritic rendering; avoid চুন্নৎ, the Islamic-associated loanword, which would misattribute the practice’s religious frame to Assamese Muslim usage rather than its OT covenant background.
Stewardship
Approved rendering: পৰিচালনা
Transliteration: porichalôna
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority / Gospel Proclamation and Christ-Centered Ministry
Original: οἰκονομία
Category: Church
NEW. Colossians 1:25. The commission/administration given to Paul to make God’s word fully known; standard vocabulary for a delegated administrative task, understood as gospel ministry entrusted by God, not an ordinary secular office.
Deceptive Reasoning
Approved rendering: ভ্ৰান্ত যুক্তি / বিশ্বাসযোগ্য যুক্তি
Transliteration: bhrantô yukti / biswaxjogyô yukti
Doctrine: Warning against False Teaching and Syncretism
Original: παραλογίζηται / πιθανολογία
Category: False Teaching
NEW. Colossians 2:4. Names the danger of the whole chapter — plausible-sounding but false teaching. No direct syncretism collision but load-bearing to the false-teaching warning.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: ধন্যবাদ
Transliteration: dhonyôbad
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Recurs frequently in Colossians (1:3,12; 3:15,17; 4:2); minor over-ritualization risk only.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: সহভাগিতা
Transliteration: xohobhagita
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: বন্ধুত্ব, সমাজ
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the relational tone of Colossians 1:4,8 and the co-workers/greetings list of 4:7-17.
Invisible
Approved rendering: অদৃশ্য
Transliteration: adrishyô
Doctrine: The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ over Creation (background)
Original: ἀόρατος
Category: God
NEW. Colossians 1:15. Standard term for God’s essential nature; avoid pairing with language implying an impersonal, unknowable Absolute (Advaita Vedanta’s nirguna Brahman) — the invisibility here is of a personal God who has chosen to become visible in Christ.
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