Colossians 2
1 And I wish you to know, what a struggle I have for you, and for them of Laodicea, and for the others who have not seen my face in the flesh;
Ọ bụ ọchịchọ m ka unu ghọta otu m si na-agbasi mgba ike nke ukwuu nʼihi unu, na nʼihi ndị nọ nʼobodo Laodisia, na ndị niile na-enwebeghị ike ịhụ m ihu na ihu.
2 that their hearts may be comforted, and that they, by love, may come to all the riches of assurance, and to the understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God the Father, and of the Messiah,
Ebumnobi m bụ ka a gbaa ha ume, jikọọkwa ha nʼotu nʼịhụnanya, ka ha nweta ụba niile nke nghọta zuruoke na amamihe nke ihe omimi Chineke ahụ bụ Kraịst nʼonwe ya.
3 in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.
Ọ bụkwa nʼime ya ka ụlọakụ ihe zoro ezo niile nke amamihe na ihe ọmụma dị.
4 And this I say, lest any one should mislead you by the persuasiveness of words.
Ana m ekwu nke a ka onye ọbụla ghara iji ire ụtọ duhie unu ụzọ.
5 For though I am separated from you in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit; and I rejoice at beholding your good order, and the stability of your faith in the Messiah.
Ọ bụ ezie na anọghị m nʼetiti unu nʼanụ ahụ, ma anọ m nʼetiti unu nʼime mmụọ. Ana m aṅụrị ọṅụ ịhụ mkpebi unu na iguzosi ike nʼokwukwe unu nʼime Kraịst.
6 As therefore ye have received Jesus the Messiah our Lord, walk ye in him,
Ya mere, dị ka unu si nabata Kraịst Jisọs Onyenwe anyị, na-ebinụ ndụ unu nʼime ya.
7 strengthening your roots and building up yourselves in him, and establishing yourselves in the faith which ye have learned, in which may ye abound in thanksgiving.
Bụrụnụ ndị mgbọrọgwụ ha mibanyere nʼime ya, ndị a na-ewuli elu nʼime ya, ndị dị ike nʼime okwukwe, dị ka e si kuziere unu, ndị jupụtara na-inye ekele.
8 Beware, lest any man make you naked by philosophy, and by vain deception, according to the doctrines of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to the Messiah,
Lezienụ anya ka onye ọbụla ghara iji ozizi na amamihe efu niile nke na-achị ụwa, na aghụghọ duhie unu nʼokwukwe. Okwu amamihe ahụ nke ihe ozizi ya na ọsịsa ya niile dabeere na mmụọ nke ụwa na ntụpụta mmadụ kama ịdabere nʼihe Kraịst kwuru.
9 in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Divinity corporeally.
Nʼihi na nʼime Kraịst ka izuoke niile nke Chineke bi nʼụdịdị mmadụ.
10 And in him ye are also complete, because he is the head of all principalities and authorities.
Ya mere, unu nwere ihe niile nʼime ya, onye bụ isi ndị niile na-achị achị, onye bụkwa isi nʼebe ike na ịchị isi niile dị.
11 And in him ye have been circumcised with a circumcision without hands, by casting off the flesh of sins, by a circumcision of the Messiah.
Nʼime ya, e biri unu ugwu nke ejighị aka bie, site nʼiwepụ ọdịdị anụ ahụ nʼobibi ugwu nke Kraịst biri.
12 And ye have been buried with him, by baptism; and by it ye have risen with him; while ye believed in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
Mgbe e likọtara unu na ya na baptizim, e sitere nʼọnwụ kpọlite unu na ya site nʼokwukwe ahụ dị nʼike Chineke onye sitere nʼọnwụ kpọlite ya.
13 And you, who were dead in your sins, and by the uncircumcision of your flesh, he hath vivified with him; and he hath forgiven us all our sins:
Mgbe unu bụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ nʼime mmehie unu, na nʼime ebighị ugwu nke anụ ahụ mmehie unu, Chineke mere ka unu soro Kraịst dịrị ndụ ọzọ. Ọ gbaghara anyị mmehie anyị niile,
14 and, by his mandates, he blotted out the handwriting of our debts, which handwriting existed against us, and took it from the midst, and affixed it to his cross.
kagbuo iwu niile e dere ede, ya na usoro ya niile nke guzoro imegide anyị. O wezugara ha, kpọgide ha nʼobe.
15 And, by yielding up his body, he showed contempt for principalities and authorities; and put them to shame, openly, in his own person.
Mgbe ọ napụrụ ike niile, na ịchị isi niile, ngwa agha ha niile, ọ gbara ha ọtọ nʼihu ọha, igosi mmeri o meriri ha nʼobe.
16 Let no one therefore disquiet you about food and drink, or about the distinctions of festivals, and new moons, and sabbaths;
Nʼihi ya, unu ekwela ka onye ọbụla kpee unu ikpe banyere ihe ọbụla unu na-eri, maọbụ ihe unu na-aṅụ, maọbụ ihe banyere ido ụbọchị nsọ, maọbụ ime mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ maọbụ mmemme ụbọchị izuike.
17 which were shadows of the things then future; but the body is the Messiah.
Ihe ndị a niile bụ onyinyo nke ihe ga-abịa nʼọdịnihu ma nke pụtara ihe dị nʼime Kraịst.
18 And let no one wish, by abasing the mind, to bring you under bonds, that ye subject yourselves to the worship of angels; while he is prying into that which he hath not seen, and is vainly inflated in his fleshly mind,
Unu ekwela ka onye ọbụla nke ọ na-amasị ife ndị mmụọ ozi maọbụ ibi ndụ umeala nke aghụghọ dị nʼime ya, onye na-ekwu ọtụtụ okwu banyere ọhụ ọ hụrụ, si otu a na-afụli onwe ya elu nʼefu nʼihi echiche nke onwe ya, maa unu ikpe ma napụ unu ihe nrite unu.
19 and holdeth not the head, from which the whole body is framed and constructed, with joints and members, and groweth with the growth given of God.
Onye na-adịghị ejidesikwa onye bụ isi aka ike, onye a na-esite nʼaka ya na-eme ka ahụ niile, nke nkwonkwo ha na akwara ha niile na-ejikọta nʼotu, too eto dị ka Chineke si chọọ ka ha too.
20 For if ye are dead with the Messiah from the rudiments of the world, why are ye judged as if ye were living in the world?
Ebe ọ bụ na unu esorola Kraịst nwụọ nʼebe ozizi na amamihe niile nke na-achị ụwa nọ, gịnị mekwaranụ unu ji ka na-ebi ndụ dị ka a ga-asị na unu bụ nke ụwa, gịnị mere unu ji na-edo onwe unu nʼokpuru iwu ya dị iche?
21 But, touch thou not, and taste thou not, and handle thou not:
“Ejidela nke a aka, edetụla nke a ire, ebitụkwala nke a aka”?
22 for these things perish in the using; and they are the commandments and doctrines of men.
Iwu ndị a niile na-ekwu banyere ihe ndị ga-ala nʼiyi mgbe a na-etinye ha nʼọrụ, ha sitere nʼiwu na ozizi nke mmadụ.
23 And they seem to have a kind of wisdom, in a show of humility, and of the fear of God, and of not sparing the body; not in any thing of excellence, but in things subservient to the body.
Nʼezie, iwu ndị a yiri ihe e ji amamihe guzobe, nʼihi ụzọ o si akwali mmụọ mmadụ nʼife ofufe dị ka ọ chọrọ, na iweda onwe nʼala, na ịta anụ ahụ ahụhụ. Ma ha abaghị uru o bụla iji ha gbochie agụụ ọjọọ nke anụ ahụ.
