Makolose 2
1 Kakuli ni saka kuti mwi zive bukando vwa manyando aniva vi ka chenu, chavo kwa Laudesiya, mi vungi kana vava voni chifateho changu mu nyama,
For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 Ni seveza njikuti inkulo zavo zi susuwezwe chaku letwa hamwina mwi lato ni mu chose chifumu cha kwi zula nsepo ye nkutwisiso, mu maano a vuniti vuli patite vwa Ireza, nji kuti, Keresite.
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
3 Mwali vonse vufumu vwa vutali ni maano zi patitwe.
in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
4 Ni wamba ichi iri kuti nanga yenke ye ta mi cenge ca vuwambi vo ku wondelela.
Now I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive words.
5 Mi niha ni sena nanwe mu nyama, kono nina nenwe mu luhuho. Ni nyakalala ku vona vuiswalo vwenu ni ca ziho ze ntumero yenu mwa Keresite.
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 Sina hamu va tambuli Keresite Simwine, mu yende mwali.
As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
7 Mu vyalwe cha kukola mwali, mu zakwe hali, mu simululwe mu ntumero sina mumu va rutirwa, ni ku kwatisa mu ku litumera.
rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
8 Mu vone kuti kakwina yo mi hapa kuya cha buchaziba ni bu chengeleli vwa mukungulu vu letwa chizo za vantu, kwi zuziliza ku mayendero e inkanda, ni kusa li zuziliriza kwa Keresite.
Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty and deceptive philosophy, according to human tradition, according to the elementary principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
9 Kakuli mwali mu hala vutungi vonse vwa muviri we Ireza.
For in him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
10 Mi mwi zuzizwe mwakwe. Nji mutwi wa ziho zonse ni maata.
and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
11 Mwali muva twaliwa ku mupato u sana uva chitwa cha vantu mu ku zwiswa ku muviri we nyama, kono mu mupato wa Keresite. Muva ungwa naye mu nkorovezo.
in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
12 Mi mwali muva zwiswa che ntumero mu maata a Ireza, yava mu vusi ku vamu bafu.
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 Mi cwale hamu va fwile kwi nfoso zenu ni mukuva mu mupato we nyama yenu, ava mi pangi kuhala hamwina naye ni ku tu swalela zonse infoso zetu.
You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
14 Ava sindi indava zetu zonse za zikoroti ni ntaero zi ba tu lwisa. A va zi zwisi zonse ni ku zi kokotela ha chifapano.
wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
15 Ava zwisi maata ni zibo. Che mpatalaza chazi zibahaza ni ku va twala ku koma che nyakalalo cho mukwa we chifapano chakwe.
having disarmed the rulers and authorities, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Nji kuti, kanji mu zimini nanga yenke yo mi atula mu kulya kamba ku nya, kamba kaze zuva lya mukiti, kamba mwezi muhya, kamba ka mazuva a mukivero.
Therefore do not let anyone judge you about food and drink, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
17 Izi muzuunde wa zintu zi keza, kono mutomo nji Keresite.
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
18 Kanji mu zuminini yo saka ze nyama ni ku lumbeka kwa mañeloi ku mi atula kuzwa ku mupuzo wenu. Muntu wina vulyo wi njira mu zintu za vaa voni ni ku litunduvula che mihupulo yakwe ye nyama.
Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 Ka kwatilili ku mutwi. Chizwa ku mutwi kuti muviri wonse ku sika mwi nuungo ni matefukiro zi tenda ni ku kwatila hamwina; chi kula ni cha mukulilo u herwe nji Ireza.
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
20 Heva uva fwi ni Keresite cha zitendiso ze nkanda, chizi ho hala che ntamo ze nkanda:
If you died with Christ from the elementary principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
21 “Kanji u kwati, kamba ku sola, kamba ku wonda”?
"Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch"
22 Zonse izi zintu zi twala ku vu lyangelino ni ntuso, cha kuya ka milao ni ntuto za vantu.
(all of which perish with use), according to human commandments and teachings?
23 Iyi milao ina ku luka kwa kuli pangila chirumeri ni che nyama ni ntakazo za muvili. Kono ka zina vutokwa ku ku li twala mu nyama.
Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
