Wakolosai 3
1 Basi, kwa kuwa mmefufuliwa pamoja na Kristo, yatafuteni yaliyo juu, Kristo alikoketi mkono wa kuume wa Mungu.
If then you were raised together with Messiah, seek the things that are above, where Messiah is, seated on the right hand of God.
2 Yafikirini mambo yaliyo juu, wala si ya duniani.
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
3 Kwa maana ninyi mlikufa, nao uhai wenu sasa umefichwa pamoja na Kristo katika Mungu.
For you died, and your life is hidden with Messiah in God.
4 Wakati Kristo, aliye uzima wenu, atakapotokea, ndipo nanyi mtakapotokea pamoja naye katika utukufu.
When Messiah, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
5 Kwa hiyo, ueni kabisa chochote kilicho ndani yenu cha asili ya kidunia: yaani uasherati, uchafu, tamaa mbaya, mawazo mabaya na ulafi, ambayo ndiyo ibada ya sanamu.
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
6 Kwa sababu ya mambo haya, ghadhabu ya Mungu inakuja.
For these things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
7 Ninyi pia zamani mlienenda katika mambo haya mlipoishi maisha hayo.
You also once walked in those, when you lived in them,
8 Lakini sasa yawekeni mbali nanyi mambo kama haya yote: yaani hasira, ghadhabu, uovu, masingizio na lugha chafu kutoka midomoni mwenu.
but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
9 Msiambiane uongo, kwa maana mmevua kabisa utu wenu wa kale pamoja na matendo yake,
Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
10 nanyi mmevaa utu mpya, unaofanywa upya katika ufahamu sawasawa na mfano wa Muumba wake.
and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
11 Hapa hakuna Myunani wala Myahudi, aliyetahiriwa wala asiyetahiriwa, asiyestaarabika wala aliyestaarabika, mtumwa wala mtu huru, bali Kristo ni yote, na ndani ya wote.
where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, or free person; but Messiah is all, and in all.
12 Kwa hiyo, kwa kuwa ninyi mmekuwa wateule wa Mungu, watakatifu wapendwao sana, jivikeni moyo wa huruma, utu wema, unyenyekevu, upole na uvumilivu.
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
13 Vumilianeni na kusameheana mtu akiwa na lalamiko lolote dhidi ya mwenzake. Sameheaneni kama vile Bwana alivyowasamehe ninyi.
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Messiah forgave you, so you also do.
14 Zaidi ya maadili haya yote jivikeni upendo, ambao ndio unaofunga kila kitu pamoja katika umoja mkamilifu.
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
15 Amani ya Kristo na itawale mioyoni mwenu, kwa kuwa ninyi kama viungo vya mwili mmoja mmeitiwa amani. Tena kuweni watu wa shukrani.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
16 Neno la Kristo na likae kwa wingi ndani yenu, mkifundishana na kuonyana katika hekima yote, mkimwimbia Mungu zaburi, nyimbo na tenzi za rohoni, huku mkiwa na shukrani mioyoni mwenu.
Let the word of Messiah dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
17 Lolote mfanyalo, ikiwa ni kwa neno au kwa tendo, fanyeni yote katika jina la Bwana Yesu, mkimshukuru Mungu Baba katika yeye.
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Yeshua, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
18 Ninyi wake, watiini waume zenu, kama inavyostahili katika Bwana.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Ninyi waume, wapendeni wake zenu, wala msiwe na uchungu dhidi yao.
Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
20 Enyi watoto, watiini wazazi wenu katika mambo yote, kwa maana hivi ndivyo inavyompendeza Bwana.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Ninyi akina baba, msiwachokoze watoto wenu, wasije wakakata tamaa.
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
22 Ninyi watumwa, watiini mabwana zenu wa hapa duniani katika mambo yote. Fanyeni hivyo si wakiwepo tu, wala si kwa kutafuta upendeleo wao, bali kwa moyo mnyofu na kumcha Bwana.
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
23 Lolote mfanyalo, fanyeni kwa moyo kama watu wanaomtumikia Bwana, na si wanadamu,
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
24 kwa kuwa mnajua kwamba mtapokea urithi wenu kutoka kwa Bwana ukiwa thawabu yenu. Ni Bwana Yesu Kristo mnayemtumikia.
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Messiah.
25 Yeyote atendaye mabaya atalipwa kwa ajili ya mabaya yake, wala hakuna upendeleo.
But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
