Kolosa 2
1 NO ka mea, ke ake nei au e ike oukou i ko'u ehaeha nui ana no oukou, a me ko Laodikeia, a me ka poe i ike ole mai i ko'u maka, i ke Kino nei;
I want you to know in how great a struggle I am engaged for you and for Christ’s people at Laodicea, and for all who have not yet seen me;
2 I hooluolu pu ia ko lakou naau, i hookui pu ia hoi i ke aloha, a i ka waiwai a pau o ka manao maopopo loa, i ka ike paka ana i ka mea pohihihi a ke Akua ka Makua a me Kristo;
in the hope that they, being bound to one another by love, and keeping in view the full blessedness of a firm conviction, may be encouraged to strive for a perfect knowledge of God’s hidden truth,
3 Kahi i hunaia'i ka waiwai nui o ke akamai, a me ka naauao.
even Christ himself, in whom all treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden.
4 O ka'u ia e olelo nei, o puni oukou i kekahi, i na olelo hoowalewale.
I say this to prevent anyone from deceiving you by plausible arguments.
5 No ka mea, i ko'u kaawale ana ma ke kino, owau pu kekahi me oukou ma ka uhane, e hauoli ana, me ka nana ana i ko oukou pono like, a me ke kupaa ana o ko oukou manaeio ia Kristo.
It is true that I am not with you in person, but I am with you in spirit, and am glad to see the good order and the unbroken front resulting from your faith in Christ.
6 Nolaila hoi, no ka loaa ana mai o Kristo ia oukou, e hele oukou iloko ona;
Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him –
7 I hookumuia, a i hookukuluia iloko ona, a me ka hoomauia i ka manaoio i hoikeia mai ia oukou, a malaila e hoomahuahua ae ia me ka hoomaikai aku.
rooted in him, building up your characters through union with him, growing stronger through your faith, as you were taught, overflowing with faith and thanksgiving.
8 E malama hoi, o hokai mai kekahi ia oukou me ka manao maalea, a me ka hoopunipuni lapuwale, mamuli o ka mooolelo o Kanaka, mamuli o na kumu o ko ke ao nei, aole hoi mamuli o Kristo.
Take care that there is not someone who will carry you away by his ‘philosophy’ – a hollow sham! – following, as it does, mere human traditions, and dealing with puerile questions of this world, and not with Christ.
9 No ka mea, maloko ona e noho ana ka pono nui a pau o ke Akua ma ko kino.
For in Christ the Godhead in all its fulness dwells incarnate;
10 Ua hemolele oukou maloko ona, oia ke poo o na'lii a pau a me ka mana.
and, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the head of all archangels and powers of heaven.
11 Iloko ona, ua okipoepoeia oukou i ke okipoepoe hana ole ia e ka lima, i ke pale ana aku i ke kino o ka hewa o ka io, ma ko Kristo okipoepoe ana;
By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the Christ.
12 I kanu pu ia me ia, i ka bapetizo ana, a ilaila hoi e ala pu hou ai me ia, ma ka manaoio i ka hana a ke Akua, a ka mea i hoala ia ia, mai ka make mai.
For in baptism you were buried with Christ; and in baptism you were also raised to life with him, through your faith in the omnipotence of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 O oukou hoi ka poe i make iloko o ka hewa, a me ke okipoepoe ole ia o ko oukou kino, o oukou Kana i hoala pu hou mai nei me ia, a ua kala mai i ko oukou hewa a pau;
And to you, who once were dead, by reason of your sins and your uncircumcised nature – to you God gave life in giving life to Christ! He pardoned all our sins!
14 E hokai ana i ka palapala lima o na oihana i pono ole ai Kakou, o ka mea i ku e mai ia kakou, oia kana i lawe aku ai, a makia aku la ma kona kea.
He canceled the bond which stood against us – the bond that consisted of ordinances – and which was directly hostile to us! He has taken it out of our way by nailing it to the cross!
15 A kaili ae la oia i ko na'lii, a me ko na mea mana, ua hoike ia lakou ma ke akea, e lanakila ana maluna o lakou ma keia.
He rid himself of all the powers of evil, and held them up to open contempt, when he celebrated his triumph over them on the cross!
16 Nolaila, mai hoahewa mai kekahi ia oukou, i ka mea ai, a me ka mea inu, aole hoi no kahi la hoano, a me ka mahina hou, a me na sabati.
Do not, then, allow anyone to take you to task on questions of eating or drinking, or in the matter of annual or monthly or weekly festivals.
17 He aka no ia mau mea no na mea e hiki mai ana: aka o ke kino, no Kristo no ia.
These things are only the shadow of what is to come; the substance is in the Christ.
18 Mai hoonele mai kekahi ia oukou i ko oukou uku ma ka hoohaahaa wale ana, a me ka hoomana ana i na anela, e maoi wale ana iloko o na mea ana i ike ole ai, e hookano wale ana kona naau kanaka,
Do not let anyone defraud you of the reality by affecting delight in so-called ‘humility’ and angel-worship. Such a person busies themselves with their visions, and without reason are rendered conceited by their merely human intellect.
19 Me ka malama ole i ke Poo, i ka mea i hanaiia mai ai ke kino a pau, i paa i na ami a me na olona, ua mahuahua aku ia i ko ke Akua hoomahuahua ana mai.
They fail to maintain union with the head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and connexion of every part, grows with a divine growth.
20 Ina hoi i make pu oukou me Kristo, a kaawale na kumu liilii o ko ke ao nei, no ke aha hoi oukou, e like me ka noho ana ma keia ao, i malama ai i na kapu,
Since, with Christ, you became dead to the puerile teaching of this world, why do you submit, as if you still belonged to the world,
21 (Mai hoopa, mai hoao, mai lawelawe;
to such ordinances as ‘Do not handle, or taste, or touch’?
22 O na mea ia e make ai ma ka lawe ana; ) mamuli o na kauoha a me na oleloao a kanaka?
For all the things referred to in them cease to exist when used. You are following mere human directions and instructions.
23 He mau mea hookohukohu naauao, i ka hoomana e, a i ka hoohaahaa, a i ka malama ole i ke kino, aole nae i ka mea nui e oluolu ai ke kino.
Such prohibitions appear reasonable where there is a desire for self-imposed service, and so-called ‘humility,’ and harsh treatment of the body, but are of no real value against the indulgence of our earthly nature.
