Kolɔsi 2

1 Kelima n bua yin bandi min kɔni ya kɔnli i po ń paa maama yinba yeni Lahodise yaaba yeni ya niba n yabi kaa bani mini nbá mɔko.

But I wish you to know what an agony I have for you and for those who are in Laodikia, and for the rest who have not seen my person in the flesh;

2 Ke mi taakalma yeni mi buama yeni ya ŋalmani n ñani ya mɔmɔni n duagu U Tienu yaalidgu banma niima nni, yaama n tie Kiristi, ń gbieni bi pala yeni li papaali

that their hearts may be comforted, and that they may approach in love to all the riches of assurance, and to the understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of Aloha the Father and of the Meshiha,

3 Mi yanfuoma yeni mi banma ŋalmani kuli duagi o ya niinni i.

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.

4 N maadi yi lani ke nilo ń da bɔndi yi mi tudma maabandi

But this I say, Let no man deceive you with the persuasion of words.

5 Bá yeni n gbannandi ń ki ye yeni yi, ama n yantiali taani ki ye yeni yi. N pali mani yeni mi la ke i kubi ke li paa, ki go ciibi i dandanli Kiristi nni.

For though in the flesh I am far from you, yet in the spirit I am with you; and I rejoice to behold your order, and the firmness of your faith in the Meshiha.

6 Yin ya cuoni Jesu Kiristi sanu nni nani yin den ga o maama maama yeni.

As, then, you have received Jeshu Meshiha our Lord, (so) in him walk,

7 Yin kpa i jiina paama o niinni, yin cɔlni ban waani yi ya banma, ki ya maa i dandanli po po, ki jaandi o bonŋanla.

your roots strengthened, and you builded in him, and established in that faith which you have learned, that you may abound therein with thanksgiving.

8 Yin ya faami ke nilo ń da dia yi diagu yeni o maalcianma maabandi yaama n tie fafanma yeni mi tuofaama maama, yaama n maa bi niba maasuagu po yeni ŋanduna ne tuonbiadi danbogda po, ki naa ŋua Kiristi banma.

Beware lest any man strip you by philosophy and by vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, and according to the principles of the world, and not according to the Meshiha,

9 Kelima, U Tienu munli kuli ye o gbannandi nni i.

in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

10 O ya yeli po i, ke i baa bonli kuli, wani n die bali kuli yeni yikodi kuli.

And in him also you are complete; for he is the head of all principalities and powers.

11 O ya yeli po i ke U Tienukuani yi u kɔnciagu, ama li naa tie bi niba nui ya kɔnciagu ka, ti tuonbiadi gbannangu ñanma, ama, Kiristi ya ciagu.

And in him you have been circumcised with the circumcision which is not with hands, by the putting away of the flesh of sins, (even) by the circumcision of the Meshiha.

12 Bi pii wani yeni yinba i ñinwulma nni, o ya yeli po, i ke i yiedi (faadi) kelima i dandanli U Tienu paaciamu po. Lanya paaciamu n yiedi Kiristi ki ñani o mi kuuma nni.

And you have been buried with him by baptism, and in him have risen with him, who have believed in the power of Aloha who raised him from among the dead.

13 Yognuba, i den kpe i tuonbiadi yeni i jelma po i, o guani wani yeni yinba li miali nni, ki dini sugli ti tuonbiadi kuli po.

And you who were dead in your sins, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he hath made alive with him, and forgiven us all our sins;

14 O piini ban diani ya panli cuonu ti po, yeni ya tili nni ke bi den diani lanya yikodi. O ñani likuli, ki kpa ki tabni li daapɔnpɔnli po.

and hath blotted out in his mandates the writing of our debts that was against us, and hath taken it from the midst, and affixed it to his cross;

15 O landi gobna yeni yikodanba paatiadi, ki seni ba asala siiga. ki yuani ba o yudandi po li daapɔnpɔnli po.

and by the yielding up of his body he hath prostrated principalities and powers, and hath shamed them openly by himself.

16 Lanwani ii, yin da cedi nilo ń jia i buudi kelima yin di yaali bii yin ñu yaali ya po, bii jaanma bá po lanyaaka ŋmaapaano po bii fuodma dana po.

LET no man therefore judge you in meat and in drink, or in the distinctions of festivals, and of new moons, and of shabeths,

17 Lanya bona kuli tie ya bona n ba yuandi ki cua ya junjungu i, ama i mɔmɔni wani ii, li tie Kiristi i.

which are shadows of those to come, but the body is the Meshiha.

18 Yinda tuo nilo ń fie i yudanyema kelima bi kpali li yumiinli, ki jaandi malekinba. Lanya nilo kuani o yama wan nua yaali nni, ki ji tua yuondaano ke laa pia niima, kelima o nisaalmaalma po.

And lest any man wish by abasement of mind to fetter you to be subject to the worship of angels, intruding upon that which he hath not seen, and vainly inflated in his fleshly mind;

19 O ji ki pia Kiristi banma bawaamu, wani yua n tie li yuli, lani n dingi u gbanu kuli, ki cedi ke ti gbannandi kuli taani ki tuugi yeni a tuga yeni a jiina, ke u gbanu kpedi, ke U Tienu dingi u.

and not holding the Head, from whom all the body is composed and constituted in joints and limbs, and increaseth (with) the increase of Aloha.

20 I ya taani ki kpe yeni Kiristi, ke li ŋua ŋanduna ne ya yebiadma po, li nan tieni ledi ke i ŋua ŋanduna ń niini ki bili ya kuana, ki tua:

For if you are dead with the Meshiha from the principles of the world, why as if you lived in the world are you judged? as that

21 “Da jelni mani yeni ne, da leni mani ne, da sii mani ne”?

you are not to touch, nor to taste, nor to handle?

22 Lanya fuuna yeni li tunda tie bi niba yaa, ki nua ya bona bona ke ya sɔni yeni a ŋan biidi bii ŋan di ki buodi.

For these are of perishable use, and are ordinances and doctrines of men;

23 Li fuuna naani yeni nisaalo yanfuoma yeni i, ki ŋua nilo jaanbuolcelu, nufanu yumiinli, ki niindi ke lan kubi u gbanu yeni u tonu, ki nan ki pia ya mayuli n ba todi tin bandi ti gbanu bonbuakaali yaali n dagdi ti po.

and appear to have in them a reason of wisdom, with the look of humility and the fear of Aloha, (as) not sparing the body, (yet) not in that which is (really) of value, but in those (things) whose use pertains to the flesh.