Kolossiyawa 2
1 Ina so ku san irin famar da nake yi saboda ku da kuma waɗanda suke a Lawodiseya, da kuma saboda dukan waɗanda ba su taɓa ganina ido da ido ba.
I want you to know how hard I'm working for you, and for those at Laodicea—in fact for all those who haven't met me personally—
2 Manufata ita ce a ƙarfafa su su kuma zama ɗaya a cikin ƙauna. Ina so su kasance da cikakken ƙarfin hali domin suna da cikakken fahimtar asirin Allah, wato, Kiristi kansa,
so that you may be encouraged. May you be bound together in love, experiencing the great benefit of being completely sure in your understanding, for this is what the true knowledge of God brings. May you know the revealed mystery of God, which is Christ!
3 a cikinsa ne aka ɓoye dukkan dukiya ta hikima da ta sani.
In him you can discover all the rich wisdom and knowledge of God.
4 Ina faɗa muku wannan ne don kada wani yă ruɗe ku da daɗin baki.
I'm telling you this so that no one will fool you by spinning you a tale.
5 Gama ko da yake ba na nan tare da ku a cikin jiki, ina tunaninku kullum, ina kuma farin ciki da gani kuna rayuwa yadda ya kamata, kuna kuma dāgewarku a kan bangaskiyarku a cikin Kiristi.
Even though I'm not physically there with you, I'm with you in spirit. I'm so happy to see the way you stick together and how firm you are in your trust in Christ.
6 To, da yake kun karɓi Kiristi Yesu a matsayin Ubangiji, sai ku ci gaba da rayuwa a cikinsa,
Just as you accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, go on following him,
7 ku tsaya daram ku kuma ginu a cikinsa, ku sami ƙarfafawa a cikin bangaskiya kamar yadda aka koya muku, kuna kuma cike da godiya.
grounded in him and built up by him. May your trust in him continue to grow strong, following what you were taught, full of gratitude to God.
8 Ku lura kada wani yă ruɗe ku da ilimin banza da wofi. Wannan koyarwa ta mutane ce kawai. Ta fito daga ikokin wannan duniya ne ba daga Kiristi ba.
Watch out that nobody enslaves you through their philosophy and worthless delusions, following human traditions and concepts of this world, and not following Christ.
9 Gama a cikin Kiristi cikin jiki dukkan cikar Allahntaka take tabbata,
For the fullness of God's divine nature lives in Christ in bodily form,
10 an kuma mai da ku cikakku a cikin Kiristi, wanda yake shi ne kai a kan kowane iko da kuma hukuma.
and you have been made full in him. He is supreme over every ruler and authority.
11 A cikinsa ne kuma aka yi muku kaciya, ba kuwa yin mutum ba, amma wadda Kiristi ya yi muku, ta wurin tuɓe halinku na mutuntaka.
You were “circumcised” in him but not by human hands. You have been set free from sinful human nature by the “circumcision” Christ performed.
12 Da yake an binne ku tare da shi cikin baftisma haka kuma aka tashe ku tare da shi ta wurin bangaskiyarku a cikin ikon Allah, wanda ya tashe shi daga matattu.
You were buried with him in baptism, and you were raised with him through your trust in what God did by raising him from the dead.
13 Kun zama matattu saboda ku masu zunubi ne kuma saboda halin zunubanku aka ware. Sa’an nan Allah ya sa kuka rayu tare da Kiristi. Ya gafarta mana dukan zunubanmu.
And even though you were dead because of your sins and being physically “uncircumcised,” he brought you to life together with him. He has forgiven us all our sins.
14 Ya soke rubutacciyar doka tare da ƙa’idodinta, wadda take gāba da mu, take kuma hamayya da mu; ya kuma kawar da ta, ya kafe ta a kan gicciye.
He wiped out the record of our debts according to the Law that was written down against us; he took away this barrier by nailing it to the cross.
15 Bayan ya ƙwace makaman ikoki da hukumomi, ya kunyata su a sarari, ya ci nasara a bisansu ta wurin gicciye.
He stripped away the power of spiritual rulers and authorities, and having publicly revealed what they were truly like, he led them captive behind him in victory.
16 Saboda haka kada ku bar wani yă shari’anta ku a kan abin da kuke ci ko sha, ko bisa ga abin da ya shafi wani bikin addini, ko Bikin Sabon Wata ko na ranar Asabbaci.
So don't let anyone criticize you for what you eat or what you drink, or regarding which religious festival, new moon ritual, or ceremonial sabbaths you choose to observe.
17 Waɗannan su ne hoton abubuwan da za su zo; amma Kiristi ne ainihinsu.
These are just a shadow of what was to come, for the physical reality is Christ.
18 Kada ku yarda wani yă ɓata ku, cewa shi wani abu ne don yă ga wahayi. Irin mutumin nan yakan nuna ƙasƙancin kai na ƙarya, yă kuma ce yana yi wa mala’iku sujada. Irin mutumin nan yana kumbura kansa ba dalili, sai son zuciya irin na halin mutuntaka.
Don't let anyone cheat you out of your prize by insisting you have to beat yourself, or worship angels. They think they are better than anyone else because of visions they say they've had, and become ridiculously conceited in their sinful minds.
19 Ya yanke dangantaka da Kiristi wanda yake kai, wanda ta gare shi ne dukan jiki yake a haɗe, yake tsaye ta wurin taimakon gaɓoɓi da jijiyoyi, yana kuma girma kamar yadda Allah yake sa yă yi girma.
Such people are not connected to the head that directs the body, nourished and joined together through the body's sinews and muscles. As the body is united together it grows the way God wants it to grow.
20 Kun mutu tare da Kiristi. Yanzu ƙa’idodin wannan duniya ba su da iko a kanku. Don me kuke zama har yanzu kamar ku nasu ne? Kuna biyayya da umarnansu cewa,
If you died with Christ to the religious demands that this world insists upon, why would you make yourself subject to such demands as if you were still part of this world?
21 “Kada ka kama! Kada ka ɗanɗana! Kada ka taɓa”?
Things like: don't handle that, don't taste that, don't touch that!
22 Irin waɗannan dokoki suna magana a kan abubuwan da ba sa daɗewa. Su ayyukan mutane ne, sun kuma fito daga koyarwar mutane.
These commands refer to things that don't last since they're used up, and they're based on man-made requirements and teachings.
23 Yin biyayya da irin waɗannan ƙa’idodi za su yi kamar su ne abu mafi kyau da za a yi. Sukan yi kamar suna sa a ƙaunaci Allah sosai a kuma kasance da sauƙinkai a kuma kasance da kamunkai. Amma ba su da wani iko a kan sha’awace-sha’awacenmu.
Such rules may make some kind of sense to those who practice self-centered piety, who are so proud of being humble, and who “mortify the body;” but in reality they don't help at all in dealing with sinful desires.
