Bakolosa 2

1 Ke eletsa fa lo ne lo ka itse ka fa ke lo kgaratlhetseng ka teng mo thapelong ke rapelela lona le phuthego e e kwa Laodikea, ebile ke rapelela le ditsala tsa me tse dingwe tse dintsi tse di iseng di ke di nkitse sefatlhogo.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me face to face.

2 Se ke se lo kope-tseng mo Modimong ke se: gore lo kgothadiwe lo bo lo lomaganngwe mmogo ka ditlamo tse di thata tsa lorato, le gore lo nne le boitemogelo jo bo tletseng le tlhaloganyo ya go itse Keresete ka botlalo. Gonne leano le la Modimo le le neng le sa itsiwe, jaanong le senotswe, ke lone Keresete ka sebele.

I want their hearts to be comforted and knit together in love, so that they may have all the riches of being fully assured in their understanding, and so that they may know the mystery of our God and Father and of Christ,

3 Mo go ene go na le mahumo otlhe a magolo a a fitlhegileng a a senang bolekanngo a botlhale le kitso.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

4 Ke bua jaana ka gore ke tshaba gore motho mongwe o ka lo fora ka puo ya gagwe e e borethe.

I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive speech.

5 Gonne le fa ke le kgakala le lona, pelo ya me yone e na le lona, ke a itumela gonne lo tsweletse sentle thata, ke a itumela ka ntlha ya tumelo ya lona e e nonofileng mo go Keresete.

For though I am absent in body, I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

6 Mme jaanong fela jaaka lo ne lwa ikanya Keresete go lo boloka, mo ikanyeng, le mo matshwenyegong a letsatsi lengwe le lengwe; nnang mo kgolaganong ya botlhokwa nae.

Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to walk in him,

7 A medi ya lona e melele thata kwa teng ga gagwe mme e gope dikotla mo go ene. Elang tlhoko gore lo tswelele go gola mo Moreneng, le gore lo a nonofa ebile lo tlhomama mo boammaaruring jo lo bo rutilweng. A matshelo a lona a penologe ka boitumelo le malebogo mo go tsotlhe tse a di dirileng.

being rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

8 Se letleleleng ba bangwe go senya tumelo ya lona le boitumelo ka botlhalenyana jwa bone; le dikarabo tsa bone tse di sa tlalang tse di tswang mo megopolong le mo ditlhaloganyong tsa batho, mo boemong jwa go dumela mo go se Keresete o se buileng.

Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men and the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

9 Gonne mo go Keresete go na le BoModimo jotlhe mo mmeleng wa setho;

For all the fullness of God's nature dwells bodily in Christ,

10 jalo lo na le sengwe le sengwe fa lo na le Keresete, gape lo tladiwa ka Modimo ka ntlha ya kgolagano ya lona le Keresete. Keresete ke Mmusi yo mogolo, o na le taolo mo nonofong e nngwe le e nngwe.

and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

11 Erile fa lo tla kwa go Keresete, a lo golola mo dikeletsong tsa lona tse di bosula, eseng ka thupiso ya mmele e e dirwang ka diatla mme e leng ka thupiso ya semowa, kolobetso ya mewa ya lona.

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ.

12 Gonne mo kolobetsong lo bona ka fa tlholego ya lona e kgologolo e e bosula e suleng nae ka teng le ka fa e neng ya fitlhwa nae ka teng; mme jalo lo ne lwa tsoga mo losong nae lwa tsogela mo botshelong jo bosha gonne lo ne lo ikanya Lefoko la Modimo o mogolo o o tsositseng Keresete mo baswing.

Having been buried with him in baptism, you have also been raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.

13 Lo ne lo sule mo dibeng, mme dikeletso tsa lona tsa boleo di ne di ise di kgaolwe. Mme wa lo naya seabe mo go jone botshelo jwa ga Keresete, gonne o ne wa lo itshwarela dibe tsotlhe.

And although you were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses

14 Wa bo wa phimola bosupi jwa melato yotlhe ya lona, jo bo mo lokwalong lwa melao ya one e lo sa e obamelang. O ne wa tsaya lokwalo lwa melato mme wa lo senya ka go lo kokotela mo sefapaanong sa ga Keresete.

by blotting out the certificate of debt that stood against us with its legal demands; he took it away by nailing it to the cross.

15 Ka tsela e, Modimo o ne wa tlosa nonofo ya ga Satane ya go lo bona molato wa boleo, Modimo wa bo wa supa mo pepeneneng mo lefatsheng lotlhe phenyo ya ga Keresete mo mokgorong kwa dibe tsa lona di neng tsa tlosiwa tsotlhe teng.

He stripped the rulers and authorities of their power and made a public display of them, leading a triumphal procession over them by the cross.

16 Jalo se letleleleng ope go lo bona molato kaga se lo se jang kgotsa se lo se nwang, kgotsa ka go tlhoka go tshegetsa malatsi a boikhutso a Sejuta le mediro kgotsa meletlo ya kgwedi e e rogwang kgotsa bo-Sabata.

Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, a New Moon celebration, or a Sabbath day.

17 Gonne se e ne e le melao fela ya lobakanyana e e neng ya khutla fa Keresete a tla. E ne e le meriti fela ya selo sa boammaaruri, ebong Keresete ka sebele.

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance is Christ.

18 Se letleleleng ope go lo raya a re lo latlhegile fa lo gana go obamela baengele, jaaka ba re lo tlamega go ba obamela. Ba re ba bonye ponatshegelo, mme ba itse gore lo tshwanetse. Batho ba ba ikgogomosang ba, ba na le kakanyo ya botlhale jo bogolo.

Let no one who delights in false humility and angelic religion disqualify you. Such a person takes his stand on things he has not seen, being puffed up without reason by the mind of his flesh,

19 Mme ga ba a lomagana le Keresete, tlhogo e rotlhe ba re leng mmele wa gagwe re lomagantsweng mo go yone; gonne re lomagantswe nae ka mesifa ya gagwe e e nonofileng mme re gola fela fa re tsaya kotla le nonofo ya rona mo Modimong.

while not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supported and knit together by its joints and tendons, grows with a growth that is from God.

20 Mme e re ka o ka re lo sule le Keresete, ebile go swa mo go lo golotse mo go saleng morago ditlhaloganyo tsa lefatshe tsa ka fa lo ka bolokwang ka teng, ka go dira molemo le go obamela melao e mentsi e e farologanyeng, ke eng fa lo tswelela lo e sala morago ka tsela nngwe, lo santse lo bofilwe ke melao e e reng,

If you have died with Christ to the elements of the world, why, as though you were living in the world, do you submit to regulations such as,

21 lo se ka lwa leka sepe ka legano, kgotsa le fa e le go ama dijo dingwe?

“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch”?

22 Melao e e ntseng jaana ke dithuto tsa batho fela, gonne dijo di diretswe go jewa le go dirisiwa.

Such regulations are based on the commandments and doctrines of men, and apply to things that will all decay with use.

23 Melao e, e ka ne e bonala e siame, gonne melao ya mofuta o, e batla boineelo jo bo nonofileng mme e kgobalatsa mmele ebile e imela mmele, mme ga e na thuso epe fa go tliwa mo go fenyeng megopolo e e bosula le dikeletso tse di bosula tsa motho. E mo dira boikgodiso fela.

Although these regulations have a semblance of wisdom in self-imposed piety, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are of no value in restraining fleshly indulgence.