Colossians 2
1 I want you to know in how great a struggle I am engaged for you and for Christ’s people at Laodicea, and for all who have not yet seen me;
A I men, komail en aja iran ai pei laud pweki komail, o men Laodijaa, o irail karoj, me jota kilan maj ai ni uduk o.
2 in the hope that they, being bound to one another by love, and keeping in view the full blessedness of a firm conviction, may be encouraged to strive for a perfect knowledge of God’s hidden truth,
Pwe monion arail en kamaitala o irail en warok pena ni limpok o irail en kakairida ni ar dedeki melel duen me rir en Kot.
3 even Christ himself, in whom all treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden.
Pwe pai en erpit o dedeki, me okiok re a.
4 I say this to prevent anyone from deceiving you by plausible arguments.
I me i inda mepukat, pwe aramaj amen ede kotau ki komail lokaia widin kan.
5 It is true that I am not with you in person, but I am with you in spirit, and am glad to see the good order and the unbroken front resulting from your faith in Christ.
A ni pali uduk o nai me doo, a ni pali nen i nai mi re omail, i poronki o kilan omail jondi mau, o omail pojon kelail Krijtuj.
6 Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him –
A duen omail wuki on Krijtuj lejuj Kaun o, iduen komail en weweideki i,
7 rooted in him, building up your characters through union with him, growing stronger through your faith, as you were taught, overflowing with faith and thanksgiving.
O podidi on i, o kakau kida i, o komail kelail ni pojon, duen nir komail padak kidar, o nantion
8 Take care that there is not someone who will carry you away by his ‘philosophy’ – a hollow sham! – following, as it does, mere human traditions, and dealing with puerile questions of this world, and not with Christ.
Kalaka pwe amen ede jali kin komail padak mal o padok en kauada duen tiak en aramaj akan en jappa, a kaidin tiak en aramaj akan en jappa, a kaidin tiak en Krijtuj.
9 For in Christ the Godhead in all its fulness dwells incarnate;
Pwe aude pan me udah Kot karoj kotikot re a, nan pein war a.
10 and, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the head of all archangels and powers of heaven.
O komail me unjok kilar I, me tapwin wei karoj o manaman karoj.
11 By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the Christ.
Me komail pil jirkomjaijeki on jirkomjaij eu, me jo manin pa, a duen pwilikidi war en uduk ni jirkomjaij eu, me ren Krijtuj.
12 For in baptism you were buried with Christ; and in baptism you were also raised to life with him, through your faith in the omnipotence of God, who raised him from the dead.
Ni atail ian I jerkidi paptaij, o me komail pil maur kida pojon manaman en Kot, me kaiajada I jan ren me melar akan.
13 And to you, who once were dead, by reason of your sins and your uncircumcised nature – to you God gave life in giving life to Christ! He pardoned all our sins!
O ni anjaun omail mela ni dip o jojirkomjaij en uduk omail, a kotin kamaur komail da ianaki I, ni a kotin maki on kitail japun kan karoj.
14 He canceled the bond which stood against us – the bond that consisted of ordinances – and which was directly hostile to us! He has taken it out of our way by nailing it to the cross!
O a kotin iroj wei jan intin o, me kapokon on kitail, me audekier kujoned akan, ap palian kitail, I me a kotin kawelar ni a pajurede on I nin lopu.
15 He rid himself of all the powers of evil, and held them up to open contempt, when he celebrated his triumph over them on the cross!
A lau kaloedier wei kan o manaman akan, ap kajanjanle irail ada o wia kin ir kilel en kaperen eu.
16 Do not, then, allow anyone to take you to task on questions of eating or drinking, or in the matter of annual or monthly or weekly festivals.
Jota amen en kadeik komail da pweki kijin mana, de pil nim, de ran a akai, de maram pul, de japat akan.
17 These things are only the shadow of what is to come; the substance is in the Christ.
Pwe mepukat mot en me pan pwarado, a war o iei Krijtuj.
18 Do not let anyone defraud you of the reality by affecting delight in so-called ‘humility’ and angel-worship. Such a person busies themselves with their visions, and without reason are rendered conceited by their merely human intellect.
Jota me pan kataue jan komail katin pamail; pwe iei i me kin wiawia pein injen a ni a karakarak o poni on tounlen kan, me a jota kilaner o me aklapalap o perenki pein i ni tiak en uduk a.
19 They fail to maintain union with the head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and connexion of every part, grows with a divine growth.
O a jota kin keleki tapwi, me war pon ale jan kijin mana ki kokon akan, iduen a pan kakairida ni kupur en Kot
20 Since, with Christ, you became dead to the puerile teaching of this world, why do you submit, as if you still belonged to the world,
A ma komail ian Krijtuj melar jan tiak en jappa, menda komail pil lodi on tiak kan likamata komail memaureta nin jappa.
21 to such ordinances as ‘Do not handle, or taste, or touch’?
Re kin inda: Koe der doke, koe der jon, koe der jair!
22 For all the things referred to in them cease to exist when used. You are following mere human directions and instructions.
A mepukat karoj pan okila kadokepa; ari kijin kujoned mal akan, me aramaj akan ta wiadar.
23 Such prohibitions appear reasonable where there is a desire for self-imposed service, and so-called ‘humility,’ and harsh treatment of the body, but are of no real value against the indulgence of our earthly nature.
Me janjal en lolekon ni ar wiada pein ar kaudok o karakarak o ar kaloke pali war arail; a mepukat kin kapwaiada pali uduk eta.
