Colossians 3
1 IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Ikiwa tena Mungu amewafufua pamoja na Kristo, yatafuteni mambo ya juu ambako Kristo anakaa mkono wa kuume wa Mungu.
2 Fix your minds on things above, not on things on the earth.
Fikirini kuhusu mambo ya juu, sio kuhusu mambo ya duniani.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Kwa kuwa mmekufa, na maisha yenu yamefichwa pamoja na Kristo katika Mungu.
4 When Christ shall appear, who is our life, then shall you also with him be manifested in glory.
Wakati Kristo atakapoonekana, ambaye ni maisha yenu, ndipo nanyi pia mtaonekana naye katika utukufu.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry:
Kwa hiyo yafisheni mambo yaliyo katika nchi yaani, zinaa, uchafu, shauku mbaya, nia mbaya, na tamaa, ambayo ni ibada ya sanamu.
6 for which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience;
Ni kwa ajili ya mambo haya ghadhabu ya Mungu inakuja juu ya wana wasio tii.
7 in which ye also walked formerly when ye lived among them:
Ni kwa ajili ya mambo haya ninyi pia mlitembea kwayo mlipoishi kati yao.
8 but now ye have put away all these things, anger, asperity, malice, scandal, obscenity, out of your mouth.
Lakini sasa ni lazima myaondoe mambo haya yote. Yaani, ghadhabu, hasira, nia mbaya, matusi, na maneno machafu yatokayo vinywani mwenu.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his practices;
Msidanganyane ninyi kwa ninyi, kwa kuwa mmeuvua utu wenu wa kale na matendo yake.
10 and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him.
Mmevaa utu mpya, ambao unafanywa upya katika maarifa kutokana mfano wa yule aliye muumba.
11 Where there is no difference whether a man be Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian or Scythian, slave or freeman: but Christ is all and in all.
Katika maarifa haya, hakuna Myunani na Myahudi, kutahiriwa na kutokutahiriwa, msomi, asiye msomi, mtumwa, asiye mtumwa, lakini badala yake Kristo ni mambo yote katika yote.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;
Kama wateule wa Mungu, watakatifu na wapendwao, jivikeni utu wema, ukarimu, unyenyekevu, upole na uvumilivu.
13 forbearing one another, and freely forgiving one another, if any man hath a complaint against another: even as Christ hath freely forgiven you, so also do ye.
Chukulianeni ninyi kwa ninyi. Hurumianeni kila mtu na mwenzake. Kama mtu analalamiko dhidi ya mwingine, amsamehe kwa jinsi ilele ambayo Bwana alivyo wasamehe ninyi.
14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Zaidi ya mambo haya yote, muwe na upendo, ambao ndio kigezo cha ukamilifu.
15 And let the peace of God set up its throne in your hearts, whereunto also ye have been called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Amani ya Kristo na iwaongoze mioyoni mwenu. Ilikuwa ni kwa ajili ya amani hii kwamba mliitiwa katika mwili mmoja. Iweni na shukrani.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.
Na Neno la Kristo likae ndani yenu kwa utajiri. Kwa hekima yote, fundishaneni na kushauriana ninyi kwa ninyi kwa Zaburi, nyimbo, na nyimbo za rohoni. Imbeni kwa shukrani mioyo yenu kwa Mungu.
17 And everything that ye do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Na chochote mfanyacho, katika maneno au katika matendo, fanyeni yote katika jina la Bwana Yesu. Mpeni shukrani Mungu baba kupitia Yeye.
18 Wives be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord.
Wake, wanyenyekeeni waume zenu, kama ipendezavyo katika Bwana.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and use no asperity against them.
Nanyi waume, wapendeni wake zenu, na msiwe wakali dhidi yao.
20 Children, be obedient to your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
Watoto, watiini wazazi wenu katika mambo yote, maana ndivyo impendezavyo Bwana.
21 Parents, irritate not your children, lest their spirit be broken.
Akina baba msiwachokoze watoto wenu, ili kwamba wasije wakakata tamaa.
22 Servants, obey in all things your masters after the flesh, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but, in simplicity of heart, fearing God.
Watumwa, watiini mabwana zenu katika mwili kwa mambo yote, sio kwa huduma ya macho kama watu wa kufurahisha tu, bali kwa moyo wa kweli. Mwogopeni Mungu.
23 And in every thing that ye do, labour from the soul, as for the Lord, and not man;
Chochote mfanyacho, fanyeni kutoka nafsini mwenu kama kwa Bwana na si kama kwa wanadamu.
24 knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye are servants to the Lord Christ.
Mnajua ya kwamba mtapokea tuzo ya umilkaji kutoka kwa Bwana. Ni Kristo Bwana mnayemtumikia.
25 But he that is guilty of injustice shall receive punishment for the wrong he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Kwa sababu yeyote atendaye yasiyo haki atapokea hukumu kwa matendo yasiyo haki aliyoyafanya, na hakuna upendeleo.
