Colossians 3
1 If, therefore, ye have been raised together with the Christ, the things on high, be seeking, where, the Christ, is—on the right hand of God, sitting;
Mana itei kae Nnongo atikuwafufua pamope ni Kristo, mugapale makowe ya kunani ambako Kristo atama luboko lwa mmaliyo lwa Nnongo.
2 The things on high, hold in esteem, not the things upon the earth:
Muwase kuhusu makowe ga kunani kuhusu kwaa makowe ga dunia.
3 For ye have died, and, your life, is hid, together with the Christ, in God, —
Kwa kuwa mwatiwaa, ni maisha yinu yayowanike kwaa pamope ni Kristo mu'Nnongo.
4 As soon as, the Christ, shall be made manifest—our life, then, ye also, together with him, shall be made manifest in glory;
Palyo Kristo alowa bonekana, ambae nga maisha yinu, nga mwenga kae mwalowa binekana niywembe mu'utukufu.
5 Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth—as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry, —
Kwa eyo mugafikishe makowe galiyo mu'nnema yaani, umalaya, uchapu, shauku inoite kwaa, ni tamaa, ambayo nga ibada ya sanamu.
6 On account of which things cometh the anger of God, —
Ni kwaa ajili ya makowe aga gadhabu yaisa nnani ya bana babile kwaa nautii.
7 Wherein, ye also, walked, at one time, when ye were living in these things;
Ni kwa ajili ya makowe aga mwenga kae mwatityanga kwake mwatamite nkati yabe.
8 But, now, do, ye also, put them all away, —anger, wrath, baseness, defamation, shameful talk out of your mouth:
Lakini nambeambe ni lazima mugaboye makowe aga gote. Yaani, gadhabu, hasira, nia inoite kwaa, matukangano, ni maneno machapu yaboka mu'mikano yinu.
9 Be not guilty of falsehood one to another: having stript off the old man, together with his practices,
Kana mubaye ubocho kati yinu mwenga, kwa mana mwatiuuluwa utu winu wa kinchogo ni makowe gake.
10 And having put on the new—who is being moulded afresh unto personal knowledge, after the image of him that hath created him, —
Mwatiuwala utu waayambe, ambao upangika wambeyambe mu'maarifa bokana ni mpwano wa yolo ywamuumbile.
11 Wherein there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, bond, free, —but, all things and in all, Christ:
Mu'maarifa aga, ntopo myunani ni myahudi, tairiwa ni tairiwa kwaa, msomi, ywaabile kwaa msomi, mmanda, ni ywabile kwaa mmanda, lakini badala yake Kristo nga makowe goti nkati ya goti.
12 Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,
Kati bateule ba Nnongo, batakatifu ni apendwa, muuwale utu wema, ukarimu, unyenyekevu, upole ni uvumulivu.
13 Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint, —according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;
Muchukulyane mwenga kwa mwenga, Muhurumiane kila mundu ni mwenake. Kati mundu abile ni lilalamiko dhidi ya ywenge, amsamehe kwa namna yeyelo ambayo Ngwana atikuwa samiya mwenga.
14 And, over all these things, love, which is a uniting-bond of completeness;
Zaidi ya makowe aga goti, mube ni upendo ambao nga kigezo cha ukamilifu
15 And let, the peace of Christ, act as umpire in your hearts, unto which ye have been called in [one] body, and be thankful:
Amani ya Kriso ni ibaongoze mu'mioyo yinu. Yabile ni kwa ajili ya amani yee kwamba mwati tiliwa mu'yega umo. Mube ni shukrani.
16 Let, the word of the Christ, dwell within you richly, —in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with gratitude, raising song with your hearts unto God:
Na lineno lya Kristo litame nkati yinu kwa utajiri. Kwa hekima yoti, mupundishane ni kushauriana mwenga kwa mwenga kwa Zaburi, nyimbo, na nyimbo za mu'roho. Muimbe kwa shukrani mu'mioyo yinu kwa Nnongo.
17 And whatsoever ye may be doing, in word, or in work, all things, [do] in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto the Divine Father through him: —
Na chochote mukipangite, mu'maneno au mu'makowe, mupange yote mu'lina lya Ngwana Yesu. Mumpeye shukrani Nnongo tate pitya Ywembe.
18 Ye wives! be submitting yourselves unto your husbands, as is becoming in the Lord;
Anwawa, muanyenyekee asengo binu, kati yatipendeza nkati ya Ngwana.
19 Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;
Mwenga asengo, mwapende anyumbo yinu, na kana mube wakali dhidi yabe.
20 Ye children! be obedient unto your parents in all things, for, this, is, well pleasing, in the Lord;
Bana, mubatii azazi winu mu'makowe yoti, mana nga impendeza Ngwana.
21 Ye fathers! be not irritating your children, lest they be disheartened;
Mwa tate kana muwachokoze bana binu, ili kwamba kana baise kata tamaa.
22 Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters, —not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord, —
Amanda, mubatii ngwana winu mu'yega kwa makowe yoti, kana ibe kwa huduma ya minyo kati bandu ba kupuraisha kae, ila kwa mwoyo wa kweli, Mun]yogope Nnongo.
23 Whatsoever ye may be doing, from the soul, be working at it, as unto the Lord, and not unto men, -
Chochote cha mukipanga, mupange kuoma mu'mwoyo winu kati Ngwana na kana ibe kati kwa bandu.
24 Knowing that, from the Lord, ye shall duly receive the recompense of the inheritance, —unto the Lord Christ, are ye in service;
Mutangite kuwa mwalowa pokya tuzo ya kumiliki kuoma kwa Ngwana. Ni Kristo Ngwana ywamwamumtumikya.
25 For, he that acteth unrighteously, shall get back what he had unrighteously done, and there is no respect of persons;
Kwa sababu yeyote ywapanga yabile kwaa ga haki alowa pokya hukumu kwa matendo yabile kwaa haki yaipangite, ni ntopo upendeleo.
