Bakolose 2
1 Ndayandanga kumwishibisha ncito njondasebensenga cangofu cebo canjamwe bantu omuli ku Laodikaya ne bantu bonse batana bambonapo.
Wherefore, I wish you to know how great a combat I have for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 Ndayandangeti, bayuminishiwe nekwikatana pamo mu lusuno kwambeti bakapewe colwe ca kwishiba Klistu mwakwisulila. Cabeco mpobela kwishiba cena maswi a Lesa awo alikubula kwishibikwa ku bantu, awo alambanga sha Klistu.
that being compacted together in love, their hearts may be comforted, even by all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the secret of God,
3 Muli Klistu emwasolekwa mano onse ne lwishibo.
in whom are laid up all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 Ndamwambilingeti, kakutaba muntu naba umo weshikumupushika ne makani abuluya ngalambanga nambi kanyumfwiketi nakubinga.
Now this I say, that no one may deceive you with plausible speech.
5 Nambi nkandipo nenjamwe kumubili ame ndamuyeyenga cindi conse. Ndakondwa kunyumfweti buyumi bwenu bwalumbuluka kayi lushomo lwenu lwayuma muli Klistu.
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 Pacebo cakumutambula Klistu Yesu kuba Mwami wenu, kamutaleka kwikatana nendiye.
Now as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him;
7 Kamushimpani miyanda muli Klistu kayi abe pakwibakapo buyumi bwenu. Mube ne lushomo lwayuma mbuli ncomwalayishiwa, kayi kamulumbanga.
rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
8 Muntu katamupushika ne maswi a ntota shabuluya ayo ela kunyumfwiketi amano, kakuli na biyisho bya mano abantu. Mano angofu sha pacishi capanshi, ntewo mano alambanga sha Klistu sobwe.
Beware lest any one make a prey of you through an empty and deceitful philosophy, --according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.
9 Pakwinga mumubili wa Klistu emwekala bulesa bonse.
For all the fullness of the Deity resides substantially in him.
10 Nenjamwe mulaba ne buyumi bwancine ncine kupitila mukwikatana nendiye, pakwinga nendi wapita bami ne bendeleshi bonse.
And you are complete in him, who is the head of all government and power.
11 Pakwikatana ne Klistu nenjamwe mwalapalulwa, uku nteko kupalulwa kwakusebensesha makasa sobwe, nsombi ni kupalulwa kwakufulula bwikalo bwenu bwaipa mbomwalasemwa nabo. Uku ekupalulwa nkwakute kwinsa Klistu,
By whom, also, you have been circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ;
12 mpomwalabatishiwa mwalabeti mulabikwa pamo mumanda ne Klistu, kayi ne lubatisho lopelolo mwalapundushiwa pamo nendiye, pakushoma ngofu sha Lesa uyo walamupunndusha kubafu.
having been buried with him in immersion, by which also you have been raised with him, through the belief of the strong working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13 Amwe kaindi mwalikuba bafwa kumushimu cebo ca bwipishi, kayi mwalikuba bantu bakunsa babula milawo ya Mose. Nomba lino Lesa lamupani buyumi pakwikatana ne Klistu. Walatulekelela bwipishi bwetu bonse.
For you, who were dead on account of trespasses, and by the uncircumcision of your flesh, he had made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses: --
14 Walaitwamauna kalata ya nkongole yetu ilambanga sha Milawo ya Mose. Iyo kalata eyalikutupesha mulandu, nsombi neye walaifunya ne kwipopela pa lusanda.
having blotted out the handwriting of the ordinances concerning us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross: --
15 Neco, kupitila muli Klistu palusanda, Lesa walabalamuna byensho bami, ne mishimu ikute ngofu sha bwendeleshi. balawelulukwa pantangala, walabendesheti bakaili pamulongo ulasekelelenga kukoma kwakendi.
having spoiled governments and powers, he made a show of them openly, having triumphed over them by it.
16 Neco lino kamutasuminisha muntu uliyense kumombolosha pabintu mbyomwela kulya nambi kunwa nambi kusekelela kubala kwa mwenshi, nambi masuba akusekelela, nambi makani abusuba bwa Sabata,
Let no one, therefore, judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a festival, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths;
17 pakwinga bintu byonsebi bilemaniningowa bintu bya kuntangu, byonse byacinka muli Klistu.
which are a shadow of the things which were to come, but the substance is of Christ.
18 Neco kapataba muntu eshamukanishe kutambula cilambo. Nabo bakute kuyanda kulibonesheti balicepesha, bakambililanga bakute kulumbanya bangelo. basha moyo pa mbyobalabona mumaloto. Bakute kulisumpula pa bintu byabula ncito pakwinga nibeshikukonkela mano abantu,
Let no one beguile you of your reward, --delighting in humility, and the worship of messengers, intruding into things which he has not seen, being without cause, puffed up by his own carnal mind:
19 batekatana ne Klistu mutwi wa mubungano. Nomba kupitila muli Klistu, mubili wonse ukute kutambula ngofu, ne kulumankanya mishisa mafupa pamo ne nshinga. Munshila ilico, mubili ukute kukula cena kwelana ne kuyanda kwa Lesa.
and not holding firmly the head, by whom the whole body, through the joints and ligaments, being served and compacted, increases with the increase of God.
20 Mwalafwa pamo ne Klistu, neco nkamwela kubwelela kubwendeleshi bwa mishimu yapa cishi capanshi. Nipacebo cini mulenshingeti buyumi bucili bwacinka manungo mubintu byapanshi pano? Nipacebo cini mucikonkela milawo yakwambeti,
Now, if you have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as living in the world, you are subject to ordinances,
21 “Kotekata ici kotalya ico kotakumya ici?
Touch not, taste not, handle not;
22 Milawo iyi ne biyisho nibya bantu, kayi bikute kwambowa pa bintu bikute kupwa.
(which are all to perish with the using; ) after the commandments and doctrines of men;
23 Ee kulubasu nalumbi awo maswi akute kuboneketi a mano, pakwinga akute kwendelesha bantu mubintu bingi bya mobela kukambilila, ne kulicepesha kwabwepeshi, ne kupensha mubili wabo. Nomba milawo iyo iliya pindu, kayi nkakute kunyamfwa kupwisha lunkumbwa lwaipa lwa mubili.”
which things have, indeed, a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and not sparing the body--without any respect to the gratification of the flesh.
