Wakolosayi 2
1 Nfira muvimani ntambu yantenda lihengu kwa ugangamala toziya ya mwenga, na kwa toziya ya wantu wa Laudikiya na kwa toziya ya woseri haweniliwoni naneni
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 Ntenda hangu su watulwi moyu na waweri umu mumafiliru, su wamemiziwi kuvimana unakaka, wapati kuvimana bada ya Mlungu, bada ayi ndo Kristu mweni.
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 Mngati mwa Kristu zilififa hanja zoseri zya luhala na mahala.
even Christ himself, in whom all treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden.
4 Nuwagambirani hangu su namjimira kupayirwa na muntu yoseri kwa visoweru vya mpayu handa viwoneka vya kukwegiziya nentu.
I say this to prevent anyone from deceiving you by plausible arguments.
5 Tembera neni nakutali na mwenga, kumbiti moyu gwangu gwa pamuhera na mwenga na nankunemelera kuwawona mwenga yamugangamala munjimiru yenu mu Kristu.
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 Vinu handa ntambu yamumjimiriti Kristu Yesu yakawera Mtuwa, mwendereyi kulikala kwa kulikolerana pamuhera nayomberi.
Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him –
7 Muweri na mishigira mngati mwa Kristu, na mulinyawi pampindi pakuwi na kuwera wagangamala munjimiru ntambu yamfunditwi. Namwenga mlongi mayagashii.
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 Mloli muntu nakawatenda wamanda na mafundu gakuwi hera ga upyota, wagatumbira mayangiru gakuwi ga vitiba vya wantu, ga Kristu ndiri kumbiti ga washamshera wakolamlima, kuliku galii galawa kwa Kristu.
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 Toziya mngati mwakuwi Kristu, muuntu wakuwi, ulumngu woseri ulikala kwa kukamilika,
For in Christ the Godhead in all its fulness dwells incarnate;
10 mwenga wawapanana ukomu woseri mukulikolerana pamuhera nayomberi. Yomberi kakumpindi kwa washamshera woseri yawakolamlima na wakulu woseri.
and, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the head of all archangels and powers of heaven.
11 Mukulikolerana pamuhera na Kristu mwenga mwingiziwitwi jandu, kwa kuivula nshimba ya vidoda. Mtenditi hangu kwa jandu ndiri yaitendwa na wantu, kumbiti yaitendwa na Kristu mweni kulawa muuntu wa vidoda.
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 Toziya pambatizwiti, msilitwi pamuhera na Kristu, na muubatizu mwenga viraa mzyukusiwitwi pamuhera nayomberi kupitira njimiru mumakakala ga Mlungu, kamzyusiyiti Kristu kulawa kwa yawahowiti.
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 Namwenga mhowiti kwa ajili ya vidoda vyenu, toziya mweriti mmumana ndiri Mlungu. Kumbiti vinu Mlungu kawapanana mwenga ukomu pamuhera na Kristu. Mlungu katulekiziya vidoda vyetu vyoseri,
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 pakamaliriti kuwusiya vilii vya kutulunda twenga na malagaliru ga kututatira, kaviwusiya nakamu kwa kuvikong'ondelera palupingika.
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 Mulipingika alu Kristu kawapokiti makakala gawu washamshera walii wakolamlima na wakulu, kawasoniziyiti palongolu pa wantu kuwakwega gambira walopolwa mumwanja gwa ukanga wakuwi.
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 Vinu namumleka muntu yoseri kawatuliri malagaliru toziya viboga ama vyakulanda ama mashaka ga msambu ama msambu gwa mwezi gwa syayi ama lishaka lya Kwoyera.
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 Vitwatila avi ndo shiviyiru hera sha galii gagiza, unakaka weni ndo Kristu.
These things are only the shadow of what is to come; the substance is in the Christ.
18 Namjimila kulundwa na muntu yoseri yakalitenda kuwera gwa mana toziya ya maonu ga gweka na yakahimiziya unanagala wa mpayu na kuwaguwira kwa wantumintumi wa kumpindi, Muntu handa ayu kalitumba hera kwa mahala gakuwi ga nshimba.
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 Kaleka kuwera pamuhera na Kristu, yakawera mtuwi gwa nshimba ayi. Kwa ulongoziya wa Kristu, nshimba yoseri ilikola na kuwera pamuhera na viungiru na mishipa yakuwi, naikula ntambu yakafiriti Mlungu.
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 Mwenga muhowa pamuhera na Kristu na kulopuziwa kulawa mumakakala mwa washamshera wakolamlima wa pasipanu. Vinu kwa shishi mulikala gambira wantu wa pasipanu? Kwa shishi mkola malagaliru gambira aga?
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 “Namkola ashi,” “Namlawalira shilii,” “Namshinkula shilii!”
to such ordinances as “Do not handle, or taste, or touch”?
22 Vitwatila avi vyoseri vibogoyoka palii pavitumika, aga malagaliru na mafundu ga wantu hera.
For all the things referred to in them cease to exist when used. You are following mere human directions and instructions.
23 Nakaka malagaliru aga gawonekana ga luhala mukuguwira kwawalitendiriti weni na muunanagala na kuyitendera nshimba kwa kukalipa, kumbiti gahera makakala ga kulewelera lumata lwa nshimba.
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.
