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;
Mepɛ sɛ mema mo ne nnipa a wɔwɔ Laodikea no ne wɔn a wonhuu me da no hu aperepere dennen a meredi wɔ wɔn ho.
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,
Me botae ne sɛ wobenya nkuranhyɛ wɔ wɔn koma mu, na wɔatena ase ɔdɔ mu, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobenya ntease a ewie pɛyɛ. Na wobehu Onyankopɔn ahintasɛm a ɛne Kristo no.
3 in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
Ɔno so na wɔnam hu Onyankopɔn nyansa ne nʼadwene.
4 Now I say this that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
Meka kyerɛ mo se mommma obiara mfa akyinnyehunu nnaadaa mo.
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.
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ minni mo nkyɛn wɔ ɔhonam fam de, nanso mewɔ mo nkyɛn wɔ honhom fam. Ɛyɛ me anigye nso sɛ monam Kristo mu gyidi so aka mo ho abɔ mu gyina hɔ pintinn.
6 As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
Esiane sɛ moagye Kristo sɛ mo wura nti, mo ne no mmom ntena.
7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
Munnye ntin na munyin wɔ ne mu; na mo gyidi mu nyɛ den daa, sɛnea wɔkyerɛɛ mo no, na monna no ase.
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.
Monhwɛ yiye na obi amfa ne nnaadaa a efi nnipa nkyerɛkyerɛ ne wiase ahonhom mu a emfi Kristo no amfa mo nnommum.
9 For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
Efisɛ Onyankopɔn tebea nyinaa ara te Kristo nipadua mu,
10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.
na mo nso Kristo ahyɛ mo ma, na tumidi ne mpanyinni biara hyɛ Kristo ase.
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,
Mo ne no ka bɔɔ mu no, wotwaa mo twetia a ɛnyɛ nnipa na wotwaa mo, na mmom ɛyɛ Kristo no ankasa na otwaa mo twetia de twee mo fii nipadua a ɛho ntew no tumi ase.
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.
Wɔbɔɔ mo asu no nso, wosiee mo ne Kristo. Afei wonyan mo ne no fii awufo mu, efisɛ na mowɔ gyidi wɔ Onyankopɔn tumi a enyan Kristo fii awufo mu no mu.
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,
Esiane mo bɔne nti, bere bi a atwam no na moyɛ honhom mu awufo ne amanamanmufo a munni Mmara. Nanso afei Onyankopɔn anyan yɛn ne Kristo. Onyankopɔn de yɛn nyinaa bɔne akyɛ yɛn.
14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
Onyankopɔn pepaa yɛn mmarato; na ɔde ne nyinaa kɔɔ asennua so kɔbɔɔ no asennua mu.
15 Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Ɛhɔ na Kristo dii mpanyinni ne tumidi nyinaa so. Ɔmaa wiase nyinaa huu sɛnea ɔfaa wɔn sɛ nneduafo, bere a ɔhyɛɛ ne nkonimdi ho fa no.
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,
Enti mommma obiara nhyehyɛ mmara a ɛfa nea mudi anaa nea monom, nna kronkron anaa ɔsram foforo afahyɛ anaa nea ɛfa homenna ho mmma mo.
17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
Saa nneɛma no nyinaa yɛ daakye mu nsɛm sunsuma. Kristo ne hann no.
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,
Mommma nnipa a wɔboa pa brɛ wɔn ho ase anaa wɔsom abɔfo nnaadaa mo; wɔhoahoa wɔn ho sɛ wɔanya anisoadehu. Saa ahantanfo yi wɔ anifere su.
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.
Saa nnipa yi nyɛ Kristo a ɔyɛ nipadua no nyinaa ti no de bio. Kristo na ɔma nipadua no ahoɔden na ɔka nipadua no akwaa nyinaa bɔ mu ma enyin sɛnea Onyankopɔn pɛ sɛ enyin no.
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,
Mo ne Kristo awu nti moatew mo ho afi ahonhom a wodi wiase so no ho. Adɛn nti na mobɔ mo bra sɛ nnipa a wɔhyɛ saa wiase no ase? Adɛn nti na mudi saa mmara a ese,
21 “Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
“Munnso eyi mu!” “Munnni eyi!” “Mommfa mo nsa nka!” no so?
22 (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
Saa mmara ahorow yi a ne dwumadi bɛsɛe no nyinaa yɛ nea egyina nnipa ahyɛde ne ne nkyerɛkyerɛ huhuw bi so.
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.
Ayɛ sɛ saa Mmara yi sodi ye pa ara, na ɛma wodɔ Onyankopɔn, anaasɛ ɛma wobrɛ wo ho ase ma wohyɛ wo ho so. Nanso saa mmara yi nni tumi biara wɔ onipa akɔnnɔ bɔne so.
