< Colossians 2 >
1 Mo fẹ́ kí ẹ mọ bí mo ti ń jìjàkadì fún un yín àti fún àwọn ará Laodikea àti fún ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn mìíràn tí wọn kò ì tí ì rí mi sójú rí.
For I would have you know what a great conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen me in person:
2 Ohun tí mo ń béèrè lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run fún un yín nínú àdúrà mi ni pé, kí a lè mú yín lọ́kàn le, kí a sì lè so yín pọ̀ pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́ to lágbára, kí ẹ le ní àṣírí ìjìnlẹ̀ Ọlọ́run lẹ́kùnrẹ́rẹ́. Àṣírí ìjìnlẹ̀ Ọlọ́run náà ni Kristi fúnra rẹ̀.
that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all the riches of a full assurance of understanding in these things, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of our God and Father, and of Christ:
3 Nínú ẹni tí a fi gbogbo ìṣúra ìjìnlẹ̀ ọgbọ́n àti ìmọ̀ pamọ́ sí.
in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 Mo sọ èyí fún un yín kí ẹnikẹ́ni ma ba à fi ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀tàn mú yín ṣìnà.
And this I say, least any one should deceive you with fine speeches.
5 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé èmi kò sí i lọ́dọ̀ yín nínú ara, ṣùgbọ́n mo wà lọ́dọ̀ yín nínú ẹ̀mí, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni mo sì ń yọ̀ láti kíyèsi ètò yín àti bí ìdúró ṣinṣin yín nínú Kristi ti rí.
For though I be absent in body, yet am I with you in spirit, rejoicing and beholding your regularity, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 Nítorí náà, bí ẹ̀yin ti gba Jesu Kristi gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ẹ̀yin máa gbé nínú rẹ̀.
Therefore as ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him;
7 Ẹ fi gbòǹgbò múlẹ̀, kí a sì gbé yín ró nínú rẹ̀, kí ẹ sì fi ẹsẹ̀ múlẹ̀ nínú ìgbàgbọ́ yín, bí a ti kọ́ yín, àti kí ẹ sì máa pọ̀ nínú rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ọpẹ́.
rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught it, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Ẹ rí dájú pé ẹnikẹ́ni kò mú yin ní ìgbèkùn pẹ̀lú ẹ̀kọ́ àròsọ àti ìmọ̀ ẹ̀tàn, èyí tí ó gbára lé ìlànà ti ènìyàn àti àgbékalẹ̀ àwọn ẹ̀mí ayé yìí tí ó yàtọ̀ sí ti Kristi.
Take heed least any one make a prey of you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ:
9 Nítorí nínú Kristi ni ẹ̀kúnrẹ́rẹ́ ìwàláàyè Ọlọ́run gbé ní ara,
for all the fulness of the deity dwelleth personally in Him.
10 ẹ̀yin sì ní ohun gbogbo ní kíkún nínú Kristi, ẹni tí i ṣe orí fún gbogbo agbára àti àṣẹ.
And ye are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
11 Nínú ẹni tí a kò fi ìkọlà tí a fi ọwọ́ kọ kọ yín ní ilà, ni bíbọ ara ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀, nínú ìkọlà Kristi.
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision not performed by hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision which is of Christ:
12 Bí a ti sin yín pọ̀ pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ nínú ìtẹ̀bọmi, tí a sì ti jí yín dìde pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìgbàgbọ́ yín nínú agbára Ọlọ́run, ẹni tí ó jí dìde kúrò nínú òkú.
being buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are raised together with Him, through faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
13 Àti ẹ̀yin, ẹni tí ó ti kú nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín àti àìkọlà ará yín, mo ní, ẹ̀yin ni ó sì ti sọ di ààyè pọ̀ pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, ó sì ti dárí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín jì yín;
And when ye were dead in trespasses, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
14 Ó sì ti pa ìwé májẹ̀mú nì rẹ́, tí ó lòdì sí wa, tí a kọ nínú òfin, èyí tí o lòdì sí wa: òun ni ó sì ti mú kúrò lójú ọ̀nà, ó sì kàn án mọ àgbélébùú.
and cancelled the obligation we were under by ritual decrees, which was grievous to us, and hath taken it quite away, even nailing it to his cross.
15 Ó sì ti gba agbára kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn ìjọba ẹ̀mí búburú àti àwọn alágbára gbogbo, ó sì ti dójútì wọn ní gbangba, bí ó ti ń yọ̀ fún ìṣẹ́gun lórí wọn.
And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made them an open spectacle, triumphing over them by it.
16 Nítorí náà ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni ṣe ìdájọ́ yín ní ti jíjẹ, tàbí ní ti mímu, tàbí ní ti ọjọ́ àsè, tàbí oṣù tuntun, àti ọjọ́ ìsinmi.
Let no one therefore judge you on account of meat, or drink, or in respect of a feast, or a new-moon, or sabbaths;
17 Àwọn tí í ṣe òjìji ohun tí ń bọ̀; ṣùgbọ́n ní ti òtítọ́, nínú Kristi ni àti mu wọn ṣẹ.
which are a shadow of good things to come, but the body is of Christ.
18 Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó ní inú dídùn nínú ìrẹ̀lẹ̀ èké àti bíbọ àwọn angẹli lọ́ èrè yín gbà lọ́wọ́ yín, ẹni tí ń dúró lórí nǹkan wọ̀n-ọn-nì tí ó ti rí, tí ó ń ṣe féfé asán nípa èrò ti ọkàn ara rẹ̀.
Let no one deprive you of your reward by an affected humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into what he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his carnal mind;
19 Wọn ti sọ ìdàpọ̀ wọn pẹ̀lú ẹni tí i ṣe orí nu, láti ọ̀dọ̀ ẹni tí a ń ti ipa oríkèé àti iṣan pèsè fún gbogbo ara, ti a sì ń so ó ṣọ̀kan pọ̀, tí ó sì ń dàgbà nípa ìmísí Ọlọ́run.
and not adhering to the head, from which all the body, being supplied and held together as by joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.
20 Bí ẹ̀yin bá ti kú pẹ̀lú Kristi si àwọn agbára ìlànà ayé yìí, kín ló dé tí ẹ̀yin ń tẹríba fún òfin bí ẹni pé ẹ̀yin wà nínú ayé.
If therefore ye be dead with Christ from the elements of the world; why, as if living in the world, are ye subject to ceremonial ordinances,
21 Má ṣe dìímú, má ṣe tọ́ ọ wò, má ṣe fi ọwọ́ bà á.
(such as "touch not, taste not,
22 Gbogbo èyí tí yóò ti ipa lílo run, gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin àti ẹ̀kọ́ ènìyàn?
handle not," which all tend to corruption in the using, ) according to the commandments and doctrines of men?
23 Àwọn nǹkan tí ó ní àfarawé ọgbọ́n nítòótọ́, nípasẹ̀ àdábọwọ́ ìsìn, àti ìrẹ̀lẹ̀, àti ìpọ́nra-ẹni-lójú, ṣùgbọ́n tí kò ni èrè láti di ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ara ku.
which things indeed have a pretence to wisdom in voluntary worship, and humiliation, and bodily penance, as having no regard to the satisfying of the flesh.