Colossians 2
1 In particular, I want you to realize that I am (exerting myself very greatly/working very hard) on your behalf, on behalf of those who are in Laodicea [city], and on behalf of all those others who have not seen me personally.
Ngusaka mmanyilile inguti pakupanganya masengo kwa kuchalila kwa ligongo lyenu ni kwa ligongo lya ŵandu ŵa ku Laodikia ni kwa ligongo lya wose ŵanganamone une.
2 I am doing this in order that they and you [SYN] might be strengthened [spiritually] as you are united in loving [one another]. And I am doing this in order that they and you might fully and thoroughly [DOU] understand the message that God has now revealed; that is, in order that they and you might truly know the message from God our Father and about Christ,
Ngupanganya yelei kuti atulaswe mitima ni kulumbikana pamo mu unonyelo ni pakupunda yeleyo akombole kugumbalichiswa upile kwa winji ni kumanyilila kwa kusyene. Pele chakombole kuchimanyilila chantemela cha Akunnungu, malumbo gakwe kwamanyilila Kilisito asyene.
3 who alone is able to cause them and you to understand thoroughly [DOU] [this very important message].
Ŵelewo pe ni ŵakukombola kwatenda ŵandu alumanyilile lunda lose ni umanyilisi wose wa Akunnungu.
4 I am telling you this in order that no one may deceive you by persuasive arguments;
Ngunsalila ŵanyamwe maloŵe ga kuti mundu akanlambusya kwa maloŵe gakunnyenga namuno gakuwoneka gambone.
5 because, even though I am absent from you physically, I am very concerned about you. At the same time, I am rejoicing because I know that you are united [with each other] and that you believe firmly in Christ.
Pakuŵa atamuno ndalichile kwa chiilu, nambo ndili pamo ni ŵanyamwe mu mbumu, none ngusengwa kwiwona ipanganyo yenu ikwendelechela kwa ukotopasyo ni inkuti pakwima chimile nkwakulupilila Kilisito.
6 In a way that is (consistent/in harmony) with [the message that] you received about Christ Jesus, who is our Lord, conduct yourselves as you should, since you have a close relationship with him.
Nipele pakuŵa mwapochele Kilisito Yesu kuŵa Ambuje ŵenu, iyoyo njendeje nkulumbikana ni ŵelewo.
7 Specifically, continue believing and practicing [MET, DOU] what you were first taught about Christ. Continue to do this more and more; continue to fIrmly believe all the true teaching, just like [Epaphras] taught it to you. And continue thanking [God, our Father], very much [for all that he has done for you].
Njendelechele kukamulangana nawo mpela ila nkuŵika michiga nkati mwakwe ni umi wenu utaŵikwe pachanya pakwe ni kwima nkulimbangana mu chikulupi mpela imwatite kujiganyikwa. Pakupunda yeleyo mmeje ŵakutogolela nnope.
8 Make sure that no one forces you [(pl)] to become his disciples [MET] by his teaching you a religious philosophy/doctrine that is worthless and false. Such a philosophy is false because it teaches what mere human beings think, because it teaches people elementary regulations/rules [that are concerned merely with what is external/physical], and because it teaches what is contrary to [the true teaching about] Christ.
Nlilolechesye akaika mundu kukunnambusya kwa maloŵe ga majiganyo gaunami, ndande jakwe jili mapochelo ga ŵandu ni ga masoka gagakulamula pachilambo nambo ngagakutyochela kwa Kilisito asyene.
9 It is in Christ’s body that God lives completely.
Pakuŵa chinungu chose cha Akunnungu chili mu nkati mwa chiilu cha Kilisito.
10 And you are spiritually complete because you have a close relationship with Christ, who rules over every other ruler.
Ni nkulumbikana nawo, ŵanyamwe nkwete umi wautindimisyo. Ŵelewo akwete ulamusi pa masoka gagakutawala ni achakulu wose.
11 Specifically, because of your close relationship with Christ, it is as though [MET] you were circumcised {Christ circumcised you} [spiritually]. This does not mean that someone circumcised you physically [MTY], but it means that Christ completely removed your self-directed nature.
Nkulumbikana ni Kilisito ŵanyamwe mwaumbele ni kusileka tama syangalumbana simpagwile nasyo nambo kuumbala kwangatendekwa kwa makono ga ŵandu nambo mmumbeswe ni Kilisito nsyene.
12 And specifically, when you were baptized, [it was as though] [MET] you [had died and] were buried with Christ, and [it was as though] [MET] God caused you to live again with Christ as a result of your believing that God acted powerfully; specifically, by your believing that God caused Christ to become alive again.
Pakuŵa pamwabatisilwe mwasichikwe pamo ni Kilisito, ni mu ubatiso wo iyoyo ŵanyamwe mwasyuchile pamo nawo ligongo mwakulupilile machili ga Akunnungu, juŵansyusisye Che Yesu.
13 And specifically, you [who are non-Jews], because of your sins, you were [spiritually] dead [before you trusted in Christ]. You were uncircumcised [spiritually]; that is, your self-directed nature controlled you. Nevertheless, it was you whom God caused to become alive [spiritually because of their close relationship] [MET] with Christ. And specifically, God forgave us all our sins.
Kalakala mwaliji ŵawe ligongo lya sambi syenu ni tama sya chiilu syangalumbana simpagwile nasyo syasikusaka kupanganya sambi syaliji syangatyochekwa. Nambo sambano Akunnungu ampele umi pamo ni Kilisito. Nombe Akunnungu atulechelesye sambi syetu syose,
14 [It is just] as [though] he canceled ([the charges] against us/the sins [that we had committed]) for which [God] will punish us. And [it was just] as [though] [MET] it was [the charges on] that document/paper that he canceled by nailing them to the cross [when they nailed Christ on the cross].
paŵachipukwite chikalata chachilembekwe magambo getu pamo ni malajisyo gakwe chati Akunnungu akatulamulile uwe, ŵachipukwite kusyene kwa kuchiŵamba pa nsalaba.
15 And specifically, God defeated the [evil] spirit beings that rule, and he demonstrated/showed that publicly; that is, he triumphed over them as a result of what [Christ did].
Pa nsalaba po Kilisito ŵagasumwile machili masoka gagakutawala ni achakulu ŵakutawala. Ŵatasile soni paujo pa ŵandu kwa kwakwekwelemya nti ŵandu ŵataŵikwe mu ulendo kwalosya kuti ŵapundile.
16 So disregard anyone who says that God will punish you because you eat [certain foods] and because you drink [certain drinks] or because [you do not celebrate] special [yearly] festivals or celebrate the time when the new moon [appears] or weekly (Sabbaths/Jewish days of rest).
Nkakunda mundu jwalijose kummichila lilajisyo nkati chakulya ni yakung'wa atamuno yankati lyuŵa lya chindimba pane Lyuŵa lyakuwoneka lwesi pane Lyuŵa lya Kupumulila.
17 [Disregard such people] because those [regulations/rules about food and drink and festivals] are [only] like a shadow [MET] [that is cast by something that is approaching; that is, they merely represent] the real spiritual blessings that Christ [has given to you].
Ayiyi yose ili chiwilili cha indu yaikwika yo, nambo usyene wa yele yose uli Kilisito nsyene.
18 Disregard those who say that God will punish you because [you do not worship God in the way that] they say [that you should]; that is, they insist that you should humiliate yourselves and that you should worship the angels. [Disregard such people] since they base their authority on things that they have never seen, and since they are proud without reason because their self-directed nature [controls] what they think,
Nkajitichisya kulamulikwa ni mundu jwalijose jwakulilola kwa paasa kuti ali jwakulitulusya ni jwakwapopelela achikatumetume ŵa kwinani. Mundu jwanti yele akulifuna kwa indu yaiweni ni kwa ligongo lya lunda lwakwe.
19 and since they do not teach the true teaching about Christ [MET]. [Christ is the one who causes all of his people to develop/grow spiritually as God plans that they should develop/grow, just like] [MET] a person’s head directs how his body grows, as it is held together by its joints and ligaments.
Mundu jo alesile kukamulangana ni Kilisito ŵaali ntwe wa chiilu. Kwa litala lya ŵelewo chiilu chose chikutagwa machili ni kulumbikanywa pamo kwa iŵalo ni mitasi jakwe, nombecho chikukula kwa unonyelo wa Akunnungu.
20 [It is as though] [MET] you died with Christ. So [you no longer have to obey] elementary regulations/rules [that are concerned merely with what is external/physical, just like a dead person no longer has to do anything]. So, do not submit to regulations/rules
Ŵanyamwe mwawile pamo ni Kilisito ni kuwombolwa kutyochela mu machili ga masoka gagakulamula pa chilambo. Ana ligongo chi nkutama mpela ŵandu ŵa pa chilambo? Kwa chichi nkugajitichisya malajisyo gati yeleyo,
21 such as ‘Do not handle [certain things]’, ‘Do not taste [certain things]’, ‘Do not touch [certain things]’, as if you still had to obey such regulations/rules.
“Nkakamula chelechi, nkapasya chelechi, nkakwaya achila”?
22 All those things are intended to cease to exist when we use them. [And do not obey such regulations/rules], because they are what mere human teachers command and teach.
Yeleyo yose chiŵe yangalimate yamalaga kutumika. Yeleyo yose ili malajisyo ni majiganyo ga ŵandu pe.
23 [Do not obey such] regulations/rules; they only cause people to do what their self-directed nature wants to do. [Those regulations] seem to be wise because they [urge people to] worship as mere human teachers have decided. [They urge] that [people] should humiliate themselves, and that [people] should treat their bodies harshly. But those regulations/rules do not help [people] at all to not do the sinful things that their self-directed nature wants to do.
Isyene malajisyo ga gakuwoneka kuŵa ga lunda, nkupopela kwaliŵichile achinsyene ni nkulitulusya kwao ni nkuchilongosya chiilu kwakuchisausya. Nambo yele yose nganikola machili ga kusilekasya tama sya chiilu.
