Kolosiana 2
1 Teako ho fohi’areo ty fimaneako ho anaharo naho o e Laodikia añeo vaho o mbe tsy nifañatre-daharañ’ amako iabio,
For I would have you know how great a contest I am waging for you and the brethren in Laodicea, and for all who have never seen my face.
2 hañohòako ty arofo’ iareo, ie fa nampivandìreñe am-pikokoañe, amy hene vara vokare’ ty faharendrehañe pea, ie fohiñe mazava, i hatò mietake aman’ Añahare Rae aoy, i Norizañey;
May their hearts be comforted! May they be knit together in love! May they gain in all its riches the full assurance of their understanding! May they come to a perfect knowledge of the secret truth of God, which is Christ himself.
3 ama’e ty ietaha’ ze fonga varan-kihitse naho hilala.
In Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge!
4 Itaroñako ‘nio, hera ao ty hamañahy am-bolam-pañèdre.
And this I say, lest any one should mislead you with enticing words.
5 Aa ndra te tsy eo an-tsandrin-draho, mbe ama’ areo an-troke, mirebeke te mahatrea ty fitraofa’ areo rehake naho ty fatokisa’ areo i Norizañey.
For though I am absent from you in body, I am with you in spirit, happy to note your discipline and the solid front of your faith in Christ.
6 Aa kanao rinambe’ areo i Talè Iesoà Norizañey, mañaveloa ama’e,
As then you have received Jesus Christ, your Lord, in him live your lives;
7 ie soa fivahatse naho nivoatse ama’e, naho niventèñe am-patokisañe ty amy naòke, vaho mandopatse fañandriañañe.
since you are rooted in him, and in him continually built up. Be firmly established in the faith as you were taught it, and continually abound in it with thanksgiving.
8 Mitaoa ke eo ty hañamengoke anahareo an-kilala miheotse naho famañahiañe kòake mirampy amo lili’ ondatio naho amo sata’ foto-ty tane toio, fa tsy amy Norizañey,
Take care lest any man drag you away captive by his philosophy which is a vain deceit, following the traditions of men and the world’s crude notions, and not Christ.
9 izay imoneña’ ty haliforan’ Añahare am-pañòva,
For it is in Christ that all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,
10 le nifonireñe ama’e nahareo, amy t’ie ty lohà’ ze hene fifeheañe naho lily.
and in him you have your fulness, and he is the Lord of all the principalities and powers.
11 Ama’e ka nahareo ro sinavatse an-tsavatse tsy nanoem-pitàñe fa nampikorendahañe ty fandilia’ i haondaty hambo’ey amy sandriñey ami’ty fanavara’ i Norizañey,
In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ’s own circumcision,
12 ie nalenteke mindre ama’e amy lipotsey naho nindre natroatse ama’e am-patokisañe ami’ty fitoloñan’ Añahare nampitroats’ aze an-kavilasiy.
when you were buried with him in baptism. In baptism also you were raised with him, through your faith in the energy of that God who raised him from the dead.
13 Ie nivetrake an-kakeo naho ami’ty tsy fanavara’ i nofotsey ro vinelo’e mindre ama’e, le fonga nafaha’e o tahin-tikañeo,
And you also, at one time dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sensual nature, he has made alive together with himself. For he forgave us all our transgressions,
14 ie namaopaoke i takelan-tsongoy, o fepetse nanisý antikañe naho nañamengoke antikañeo; nasita’e añe izay, amy nipehañ’ aze amy hatae ajaley,
blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that stood against us and was hostile to us, and took it out of our way, nailing it to his cross.
15 ie nampikorendahe’e ty lili’ o mpifeleke naho o mpañadilio, vaho nampiborahe’e ho fisambàñe am-batraike eo, ie fa rineba’e amy hatae ajaley.
Principalities and powers he disarmed, and openly displayed them as his trophies, when he triumphed over them in the cross.
16 Asoao arè tsy iaia ty hapo’ areo hanìñe ty fikamañe ndra finomañe, naho o andro nifotoañañeo naho o jiri-bolañeo vaho o Sabatao
Therefore do not permit any one to sit in judgment on you in regard to what you may eat or drink, or in regard to feast-days or new moons or sabbaths.
17 (toe fanalinjoa’ o raha ho avio irezay) —fa ty Fañova’ i Norizañey.
These were a shadow of things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
18 Asoao tsy hikatramoeñe ty tambe’ areo, ie sigiheñe hirè-batañe naho hitalaho amo anjelio; ie mitsibelezeñe amo raha nitrea’eo, naho mirengevoke am-pivetsevetsen-kaondaty hambo’e,
Let no man at his will defraud you of your prize through his false humility and worship of the angels, taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and vainly puffed up by his material mind;
19 naho tsy mitambozòtse amy Añamboney, i Mpamahañe i Fañòvay iabiy vaho mampirekets’ aze amo fange’eo naho amo lahin’ ozatseo, hitomboa’e ami’ty fampibodobodoan’ Añahare.
instead of keeping connection with the Head from the whole body draws nourishment for all its needs by the joints which bind it; and is knit together, and grows with a divine growth.
20 Ie nindre nivilasy amy Norizañey amo sata’ foto’ ty tane toio, akore te mbe manao hoe veloñe ami’ty voatse toy, mañorike o fañè’e manao ty hoe:
If you died with Christ to the world’s rudimentary notions, why, as if you still lived in the world, do you submit yourselves to dogmatisms found on teachings and doctrines of men -
21 Ko mandrambe! ko mitsopeke! ko mitsapa.
such as "Do not handle this," "You must not taste that," "Do not touch this" -
22 Ie ho fonga modo am-pitoloñañe, amy te mifototse ami’ty lily naho fañòha’ ondaty.
all things which are intended to perish in the using?
23 Ie toe misare hilala am-pitalahoañe an-tsatrin-troke naho am-pirehañe vande naho fampalovilovian-tsandriñe; f’ie tsy vente’e, naho tsy mahasebañe ty hadrao’ o nofotseo.
For these precepts, although they have a show of wisdom with their self-imposed devotions and fastings and bodily austerities, are of no real value against the indulgence of the carnal appetites.
