Abakkolosaayi 2
1 Njagala mumanye nga bwe nfuba ennyo okubasabira mmwe n’ab’omu Lawodikiya, era n’abo abatandabangako mu mubiri.
For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;
2 Ekyo nkikola mbazzeemu amaanyi era bagattibwe wamu mu kwagalana, ne mu kutegeerera ddala obugagga bwonna obuli mu kumanya ekyama kya Katonda, ye Kristo.
to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to [the] full knowledge of the mystery of God;
3 Mu Kristo mwe mukwekeddwa eby’obugagga byonna eby’amagezi n’okumanya.
in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.
4 Ebyo mbibategeeza waleme kubaawo n’omu ababuzaabuza.
And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.
5 Kubanga wadde siri wamu nammwe mu mubiri, naye mu mwoyo ndi wamu nammwe, era nsanyuka okumanya nti mutambula nga bwe muteekwa okutambula mu Kristo era nti n’okukkiriza kwammwe mu Kristo kunywevu.
For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
6 Nga bwe mwaweebwa Kristo Yesu Mukama waffe, mutambulirenga mu ye,
As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
7 nga musimbibwa era nga mukuzibwa mu ye, era nga munywezebwa mu kukkiriza nga bwe mwayigirizibwa, nga mujjudde okwebazanga.
rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
8 Mwekuumenga walemenga kubaawo n’omu ku mmwe abuzibwabuzibwa mu bufirosoofo ne mu by’obulimba ebitaliimu, okugobereranga obulombolombo obw’abantu n’ebiyigirizibwa abantu. Munywererenga ku biyigirizibwa ku Kristo.
See that there be no one who shall lead you away as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.
9 Kubanga mu Kristo okutuukiriza kwonna okw’Obwakabaka mwe kulabikira mu mubiri,
For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;
10 era mmwe nga muli mu ye, mwatuukirira mu ye, oyo Kristo omutwe gw’obufuzi bwonna n’obuyinza bwonna.
and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and authority,
11 Mu ye mwakomolebwa, bwe mwaggibwako okwegomba kw’omubiri, naye si okukomolebwa okw’engalo z’abantu, wabula mu kukomolebwa okwa Kristo.
in whom also ye have been circumcised with circumcision not done by hand, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ;
12 Bwe mwabatizibwa, mwaziikibwa wamu naye, ate ne muzuukizibwa wamu naye olw’okukkiriza kwammwe mu maanyi ga Katonda eyamuzuukiza mu bafu.
buried with him in baptism, in which ye have been also raised with [him] through faith of the working of God who raised him from among the dead.
13 Mwali mufudde olw’ebyonoono byammwe ne mu butakomolebwa bwammwe obw’okwegomba kw’omubiri. Katonda n’abafuula balamu wamu ne Kristo, ffenna bwe yatusonyiwa ebyonoono byaffe byonna.
And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;
14 Bwe yasazaamu era n’aggyawo ebiragiro ebyawandiikibwa mu mateeka ebyatwolekeranga, n’abikomerera ku musaalaba,
having effaced the handwriting in ordinances which [stood out] against us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it also out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;
15 n’aggya ebyokulwanyisa ebyo ku bafuzi n’ab’obuyinza ab’omu bbanga, n’abaswaza mu lwatu, n’abawangulira ddala.
having spoiled principalities and authorities, he made a show of them publicly, leading them in triumph by it.
16 Noolwekyo waleme kubaawo muntu n’omu abasalira musango ku bye mulya ne bye munywa, oba okubasalira omusango olw’embaga z’Ekiyudaaya oba ez’omwezi ogubonese wadde olwa Ssabbiiti.
Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
17 Kubanga ebyo kisiikirize eky’ebyo ebyali bigenda okujja, naye ekirimu ensa ye Kristo.
which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.
18 Omuntu yenna tabalimbalimbanga n’abanyagako ekirabo kye mwaweebwa, nga yeesigama ku kwewombeeka okw’obulimba n’okuwa bamalayika ekitiibwa ekingi, ng’anywerera mu bintu bye yalaba, nga yeenyumiririza mu butaliimu obw’amagezi ag’omubiri gwe.
Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
19 Ab’engeri eyo baba tebakyali mu Kristo, omutwe gw’omubiri gwonna. Omubiri ogwo gugattibwa mu nnyingo ne mu binywa era ne gugattibwa wamu nga gukula, Katonda nga y’agukuza.
and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
20 Obanga mwafiira wamu ne Kristo ne musumululwa okuva mu magezi ag’ebintu ebyangu eby’ensi, lwaki mufugibwa ebiragiro ng’ab’omu nsi?
If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as [if] alive in [the] world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?
21 Bino bye bimu ku biragiro ab’omu nsi bye bawa: Tolya kino, tokwata ku kiri oba nti tokomba ku kino.
Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
22 Ebyo byonna ku nkomerero biriggwaawo kubanga biriba tebikyalina mugaso.
(things which are all for destruction in the using [of them]: ) according to the injunctions and teachings of men,
23 Birabika ng’eby’amagezi mu ngeri ey’okusinza, abantu gye beegunjirawo bokka mu kwewombeeka ne mu kubonyaabonya omubiri, songa tebiriiko kye bigasa n’akatono mu kufuga okwegomba kw’omubiri.
(which have indeed an appearance of wisdom in voluntary worship, and humility, and harsh treatment of the body, not in a certain honour, ) to [the] satisfaction of the flesh.
