Colossians 2
1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have about you, and those at Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh.
Mepɛ sɛ mema mo ne nnipa a wɔwɔ Laodikea no ne wɔn a wɔnhunuu me da no hunu aperepereɛ denden a meredi wɔ wɔn ho.
2 So that their hearts may be encouraged, having been united together in love, and for all wealth of the full assurance of understanding, to knowledge of the mystery of the God and Father of the Christ.
Me botaeɛ ne sɛ, wɔbɛnya nkuranhyɛ wɔ wɔn akoma mu na wɔatena ase ɔdɔ mu sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, wɔbɛnya nteaseɛ a ɛwie pɛyɛ. Na wɔbɛhunu Onyankopɔn ahintasɛm a ɛne Kristo no.
3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Ɔno so na wɔnam hunu Onyankopɔn nyansa ne nʼadwene.
4 And I say this so that not any man may delude you with persuasive speech.
Meka kyerɛ mo sɛ, mommma obiara mfa akyinnyehunu nnaadaa mo.
5 For even though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your orderliness, and the steadfastness of your faith for Christ.
Ɛwom sɛ menni mo nkyɛn wɔ ɔhonam fam deɛ, nanso mewɔ mo nkyɛn wɔ honhom fam. Ɛyɛ me anigye nso sɛ monam Kristo mu gyidie so aka mo ho abom gyina hɔ pintinn.
6 As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
Esiane sɛ moagye Kristo sɛ mo wura enti, mo ne no mmom ntena.
7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.
Monnye nhini wɔ ne mu; momfa mo nkwa nto ne so na mo gyidie mu nyɛ den daa sɛdeɛ wɔkyerɛɛ mo no, na monna no ase.
8 Take heed lest there will be any man taking you captive through the love of wisdom and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ.
Monhwɛ yie na obi amfa ne nnaadaa a ɛfiri nnipa nkyerɛkyerɛ ne ewiase ahonhom mu a ɛmfiri Kristo no amfa mo nnommum.
9 Because in him all the fullness of the divinity dwells bodily.
Ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn tebea nyinaa ara te Kristo onipadua mu,
10 And ye are men who have been made full in him, who is the head of every principal office and position of authority.
na mo nso Kristo ahyɛ mo ma, na tumidie ne mpaninnie biara hyɛ Kristo ase.
11 In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.
Mo ne no ka bɔɔ mu no, wɔtwaa mo twetia a ɛnyɛ onipa na ɔtwaa mo, na mmom, ɛyɛ Kristo no ankasa na ɔtwaa mo twetia de tee mo firii onipadua a ɛho nteɛ no tumi ase.
12 Having been buried with him in immersion, in which also ye were raised together through faith of the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Wɔbɔɔ mo asu no nso, wosiee mo ne Kristo. Afei wonyanee mo baa nkwa mu, ɛfiri sɛ na mowɔ gyidie wɔ Onyankopɔn tumi mu a ɛnyanee Kristo firii awufoɔ mu no.
13 And you, being dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you he made alive together with him, having forgiven us all the transgressions,
Esiane mo bɔne enti, ɛberɛ bi a atwam no, na moyɛ honhom mu awufoɔ ne amanamanmufoɔ a monni Mmara. Nanso, afei Onyankopɔn anyane yɛn ne Kristo. Onyankopɔn de yɛn nyinaa bɔne akyɛ yɛn.
14 having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross.
Onyankopɔn pepaa yɛn mmarato; na ɔde ne nyinaa kɔɔ asɛnnua so kɔbɔɔ no asɛnnua mu.
15 Having stripped the principal offices and the positions of authority, he exposed them openly, having triumphed over them by it.
Ɛhɔ na Kristo dii mpaninnie ne tumidie nyinaa so. Ɔmaa ewiase nyinaa hunuu sɛdeɛ ɔfaa wɔn sɛ nneduafoɔ ɛberɛ a ɔhyɛɛ ne nkonimdie ho fa no.
16 Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,
Enti, mommma obiara nnhyehyɛ mmara a ɛfa deɛ modi anaa monom, deɛ ɛfa nna kronkron anaa deɛ ɛfa asrane foforɔ afahyɛ anaa deɛ ɛfa home nna ho mmma mo.
17 which are a shadow of the things coming, but the body is Christ's.
Saa nneɛma no nyinaa yɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛkyerɛ deɛ ɛyɛ nokorɛ a ɛbɛba no. Kristo ne nokorɛ no.
18 Let no man umpire against you insisting on self-mortification, and worship of the agents, intruding in things that he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
Mommma nnipa a wɔboa pa brɛ wɔn ho ase anaa wɔsom abɔfoɔ nnaadaa mo; wɔhoahoa wɔn ho sɛ wɔanya anisoadehunu. Saa ahantanfoɔ yi wɔ anifire su.
19 and not holding to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and held together through the connections and bonds, develops its growth from God.
Saa nnipa yi nyɛ Kristo a ɔyɛ onipadua no nyinaa Ti no dea bio. Kristo na ɔma onipadua no ahoɔden na ɔka onipadua no akwaa nyinaa bɔ mu, ma ɛnyini sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn pɛ sɛ ɛnyini no.
20 If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do ye submit to rules, as though living in the world?
Mo ne Kristo awu enti, moate mo ho afiri ahonhom a wɔdi ewiase so no ho. Adɛn enti na mobɔ mo bra sɛ nnipa a wɔhyɛ saa ewiase no ase? Adɛn enti na modi saa mmara no a ɛkyerɛ sɛ,
21 Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch
“Monnsɔ yei mu, monnni yei, mommfa mo nsa nka!” no so?
22 (which are all things for consumption by use), according to the commandments and teachings of men?
Saa mmara ahodoɔ yi nyinaa yɛ nnipa ahyɛdeɛ ne ne nkyerɛkyerɛ a ɛfa nneɛma a yɛyɛ wɔ asase yi so a daakye ɛbɛtwam.
23 Which having, are indeed a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and self-mortification, and austerity of the body-not in any value against indulgence of the flesh.
Ayɛ sɛ saa Mmara yi so die yɛ pa ara, na ɛma wodɔ Onyankopɔn, anaasɛ ɛma wobrɛ wo ho ase ma wohyɛ wo ho so. Nanso, saa mmara yi nni tumi biara wɔ onipa akɔnnɔ bɔne so.
