Colossians 2
1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have had for you, for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh.
Nĩngwenda mũmenye ũrĩa ndĩĩgiaga nĩ ũndũ wanyu, na nĩ ũndũ wa andũ arĩa marĩ Laodikia, o na nĩ ũndũ wa arĩa matarĩ maanyona niĩ mwene.
2 I work so that their hearts may be encouraged by being brought together in love and into all the riches of full assurance of understanding, into the knowledge of the secret truth of God, that is, Christ.
Ndĩĩgiaga ũguo nĩgeetha magĩe na ũmĩrĩru wa ngoro na magĩe na ũrũmwe mohanĩtio nĩ wendani, na nĩgeetha maingĩhĩrwo nĩ ũtonga wa kũmenya wega ũhoro wa hitho ya Ngai, na nĩyo Kristũ,
3 In him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
ũrĩa thĩinĩ wake kũhithĩtwo mĩthiithũ yothe ya ũũgĩ na ũmenyo.
4 I say this so that no one may trick you with persuasive speech.
Ndĩramwĩra ũguo nĩgeetha mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ndakanamũheenie na ngarari cia mawara.
5 Although I am not with you in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit. I rejoice to see your good order and the strength of your faith in Christ.
Nĩgũkorwo o na ndatuĩka ndirĩ hamwe na inyuĩ thĩinĩ wa mwĩrĩ, ndĩ hamwe na inyuĩ thĩinĩ wa roho, na ngakena nĩkuona ũrĩa mũrĩ mĩbango mĩega, na ũrĩa wĩtĩkio wanyu thĩinĩ wa Kristũ ũrĩ mũrũmu.
6 As you received Christ the Lord, walk in him.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, o ta ũrĩa mwamũkĩrire Kristũ Jesũ arĩ Mwathani, thiĩi na mbere gũtũũra thĩinĩ wake,
7 Be rooted in him, be built on him, be established in faith just as you were taught, and abound in thanksgiving.
mũhaandĩtwo na mũgaakwo thĩinĩ wake, na mũkĩongagĩrĩrwo hinya thĩinĩ wa wĩtĩkio o ta ũrĩa mwarutirwo, na mũkĩrĩrĩrie gũcookia ngaatho.
8 See that no one captures you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, conforming to the elements of the world, and not conforming to Christ.
Mwĩmenyererei mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ndakanamũtahe meciiria na maũũgĩ ma maheeni ma tũhũ, marĩa moimanaga na mĩtugo ya andũ na irĩra iria cia ndũire cia thĩ ĩno, no ti kuuma kũrĩ Kristũ.
9 For in him all the fullness of God lives in bodily form.
Nĩgũkorwo ũiyũru wothe wa Ũngai ũtũũraga thĩinĩ wa Kristũ arĩ na mwĩrĩ,
10 You have been filled in him, who is the head over every power and authority.
na inyuĩ nĩmũiyũrĩtwo nĩ muoyo thĩinĩ wa Kristũ, ũrĩa arĩ we Mũnene igũrũ rĩa hinya o wothe na ũhoti o wothe.
11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by humans in the removal of the body of flesh, but in the circumcision of Christ.
O na inyuĩ nĩmwaruire thĩinĩ wake, na ti na ũndũ wa moko ma andũ, no nĩ ũndũ wa kwehererio mũtũũrĩre wa mehia, kũringana na irua rĩrĩa rĩruithanagio nĩ Kristũ.
12 You were buried with him in baptism, and in him you were raised up through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩgũthikwo mwathikirwo hamwe nake rĩrĩa mwabatithirio, na mũkĩriũkio hamwe nake nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia hinya wa Ngai, ũrĩa wamũriũkirie akiuma kũrĩ arĩa akuũ.
13 When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him and forgave us all of our trespasses.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mwakuĩte nĩ ũndũ wa mehia manyu na mũgaikara ta mũtaruĩte nĩ ũndũ wa mũtũũrĩre wanyu wa mehia-rĩ, Ngai nĩatũmire mũgĩe na muoyo hamwe na Kristũ. Ngai nĩatũrekeire mehia maitũ mothe,
14 He canceled the written record of debts that stood against us with its regulations. He took it away by nailing it to the cross.
na aarĩkia gũtharia watho ũrĩa warĩ mwandĩke hamwe na mũtabarĩre waguo, o ũcio watũthitangaga na watũire ũreganĩte na ithuĩ-rĩ; akĩweheria na ũndũ wa kũũhũrĩra mĩcumarĩ mũtharaba-inĩ.
15 He disarmed the powers and authorities and made a public spectacle of them, by being victorious over them by the cross.
Thuutha wa gũtooria maahinya na monene macio-rĩ, nĩamonanirie mbere ya mũingĩ, akĩrũũhagia nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa aamatooretie mũtharaba-inĩ.
16 So then, let no one judge you in eating or in drinking, or about a feast day or a new moon, or about Sabbath days.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũtikanareke mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ amũtuĩre ciira nĩ ũndũ wa irio iria mũrĩĩaga, kana kĩrĩa mũnyuuaga, kana ũhoro-inĩ wa mĩthenya ĩrĩa mĩamũre, kana gũkũngũĩra Karũgamo ka Mweri, o na kana mũthenya wa Thabatũ.
17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance is Christ.
Maũndũ macio no kĩĩruru kĩa maũndũ marĩa magooka; no rĩrĩ, ma yamo-rĩ, nĩ Kristũ we mwene.
18 Let no one who wants humility and the worship of angels judge you out of your prize. Such a person enters into the things he has seen and becomes puffed up by his fleshly thinking.
Mũtikanareke mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, ũrĩa wendete gwĩtua mũhooreri, na akahooyaga araika, atũme mũtunywo kĩheo kĩrĩa mũtanyĩte kuona. Mũndũ ta ũcio nĩataaragĩria na njĩra nene maũndũ marĩa onete, na mwĩciirĩrie wake ũtarĩ wa kĩĩroho ũgatũma etĩĩe nĩ ũndũ wa meciiria make ma tũhũ.
19 He does not hold on to the head. It is from the head that the whole body throughout its joints and ligaments is supplied and held together; it grows with the growth given by God.
Mũndũ ta ũcio ndegwatanĩtie na Mũtwe, ũrĩa arĩ we ũnyiitagĩrĩra mwĩrĩ wothe, akaũnyiitithania hamwe na nyunĩro ciohanĩtio na mĩkiha, naguo ũgakũra o ta ũrĩa Ngai atũmaga ũkũre.
20 If you died together with Christ to the elements of the world, why do you live as obligated to the world:
Atĩrĩrĩ, angĩkorwo inyuĩ nĩmwakuire hamwe na Kristũ, na mũgĩtigana na irĩra iria cia ndũire cia thĩ ĩno-rĩ, nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga mwathĩkĩre mawatho mayo, ta mũtũire mũrĩ a thĩ?
21 “Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch”?
Namo nĩ ta maya: “Ndũkanyiite! Ndũgacame! Ndũkahutie!”
22 All these things will perish with use, according to the instructions and teachings of men.
Maũndũ macio mothe maraaria ũhoro wa indo iria ithiraga bata ciarĩkia kũhũthĩrwo, tondũ icio no irĩra na wathani na ũrutani wa andũ.
23 These rules have the wisdom of self-made religion and humility and severity of the body. But they have no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Ti-itherũ, mĩtabarĩre ta ĩyo yonekaga ta ĩrĩ na ũũgĩ, nĩ ũndũ wa mĩhoere yao ĩrĩa methuurĩire, na ũhooreri wa gwĩtua, na kwĩnyerekia, no makaaga kuona bata wa kwĩgirĩrĩria merirĩria ma mwĩrĩ.
