Colossians 2

1 For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

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.

2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

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.

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

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

4 Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

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

5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

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.

6 As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

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.

7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

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.

8 Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.

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.

9 For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,

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

10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.

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.

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

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.

12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

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.

13 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

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.

14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

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.

15 Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

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.

16 Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

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.

17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

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.

18 Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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.

19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

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.

20 If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

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,

21 “Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”

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

22 (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

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

23 These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body, but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

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.