Colossians 2
1 For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Kwa mana nipala muitange jinsi ambayo nibile na taabu zanyansima kwa ajili yinu, kwa bote babile Laodikia na kwa bote ambao babona kwaa minyo yango mu'yega.
2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Napanga kazi ili kuwa mu'mioyo yabe iweze kufarijiwa kwa kuletwa pamope mu'lipendo ni mu'utajiri woti wanansima wa uhakika kamili wa maarifa, mu'kuitanga siri ya kweli ya Nnongo, lwabile ni Kristo.
3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
Mu'hazina yoti ya hekima ni maarifa ziyowanika kwaa.
4 Now I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive words.
Nilongela nyoo ili kwamba mundu yeyoti kana aise kuwapangia hila kwa hotuba yabile ni ushawishi.
5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Na ingawa nibile kwaa pamope ni nenga mu'yega, lakini nabile ni mwenga mu'roho. Napuraika kuubona utaratibu winu unoite ni ngupu ya imani yinu mu'Kristo.
6 As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
Kati mwampokii Kristo Ngwana, mutyange mu'ywembe.
7 rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Muiimarishe mu'ywembe, muchengwe nkati ya ywembe, muimarishwe nkati ya imani kati mwamupundishilwe, kutabilwa mu'shukrani yanyansima.
8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty and deceptive philosophy, according to human tradition, according to the elementary principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
Mulole ya kuwa mundu yeyote kana abanase kwa falsafa ni maneno matupu ga ubocho lingana na mapokeo ga bandu, lingana na kanuni ya kidunia, na lingana kwaa na Kristo.
9 For in him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
Kwa kuwa mu'ywembe ukamilifu woti wa Nnongo utamile mu'yega.
10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
Mwenga mwatijazwa mu'ywembe. Ywembe nga ntwe wa kila uweza ni mamlaka.
11 in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Mu'ywembe kae mwatitahiriwa kwa tohara ipangilwa kwaa na bandu mu'kuboyelwa yega wa nyama, lakini nga mu'tohara ya Kristo.
12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Mwatisikwa pamope ni ywembe mu'ubatizo. Na kwa ndela ya imani ywembe mwatifufuliwa kwa uweza wa Nnongo, ywabile atikutufufua boka mu'kiwo.
13 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
Na mwabile mwatiwaa mu'makosa yinu na kutahiriwa kwaa kwa yega yinu, awapangite ukoto pamope ni ywembe ni kuasamehe makosa yitu yote.
14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
Atikuifuta kumbukumbu ya madeni yaiandikilwe, ni taratibu yaibile kunchogo na twenga. Aiboite yote na kuigongomea msalabani.
15 having disarmed the rulers and authorities, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Atikuiboywa ngupu ni mamlaka. Atikugabeka wazi na kugapanga kuwa sherehe ya ushaidi kwa ndela ya msalaba wake.
16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you about food and drink, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
Kwa nyo, mundu kana abamuhukumu mwenga mu'kulya au mu'kunywa, au kuhusu lisoba lya sikukuu au mwezi waayambe, au lisoba lya Sabato.
17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
Ayee nga ivuli ya makowe gaisa, lakini kiini nga Kristo.
18 Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Mundu yeyote kana anyang'anywe tuzo yake kwa tamaniya unyenyekevu ni kwa kuabudu mamlaka. Mundu wa jinsi yee ujingya mu'makowe yaayabonikiye ni kushawishiwa ni mawazo yake kwa yega.
19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
Ywembe aukamwa kwaa ntwe kuwa yega woti pitya viungo vyake ni mifupa uungwa na kushikamanikiwa kwa mpamo; ni hukua kwa ukuaji ubokana no Nnongo.
20 If you died with Christ from the elementary principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
Mana itei mwati waa pamope ni Kristo kwa tabia za dunia, mbona mwatama kati mwatiwajibika kwa dunia:
21 "Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch"
“Kana muikamwe, wala kuionja, wala kuigusa?”
22 (all of which perish with use), according to human commandments and teachings?
Aga goti yatiamuliwa kwa ajili ya uharibifu woisa ni matumizi, bokana na maelekezo ni mapundisho ga bandu.
23 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Saliya zino zabile ni hekima ya dini zabile zatitengwa kwa ubinafsi ni unyeyekevu ni mateso ga yega. Lakini zabile kwaa ni thamani dhidi ya tamaa ya yega.
