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.
N bua yin bandi min togidi leni ya toacianbu kelima yi yaapo leni yaaba n ye layodise yaapo leni yaaba n daa laa n nunga ti gbananandi nni kuli yaapo.
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,
N tiendi yeni ke ban baa li papaali, ki taani mi buama nni ki baa mi yanfuoma ki fidi ki bandi U Tienu bondoaginkaala yeni lani n tie Kilisiti.
3 who alone is able to cause them and you to understand thoroughly [DOU] [this very important message].
Mi yanfuoma leni U Tienu bandima halimani kuli wuo wani Kilisiti yaa niinne.
4 I am telling you this in order that no one may deceive you by persuasive arguments;
N waani yi laa maama kuli, ke o ba kuli n da boandi yi leni mi mafanma.
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.
Kelima baa ke mii ye leni yi n gbannandi nni, n ye leni yi n yantiali nni, ki pia li pamanli leni min nua ke yi dagidi leni yi yaba maama, ke yi dandanli mo se ke li pa Kilisiti nni.
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.
Lani wani yin baa ki bandi o Diedo Jesu Kilisiti yeni, yin yaa cuoni mani o yaa niinni.
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].
Ki yaa pia ijiini oniinni, ki suagi liiga O sanhoadima nni. Yin go yaa se ke li pa yi dandanli nni nani ban den bangi yi maama.
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.
Yin fangi mani yi yula ki da tuo ke oba kuli n cuo yi yama leni onisaalo yanfuoma yaama n hua bi nisaaliba bangima, yaama n tie fanma fanma ki boandi ki hua bi nisaaliba danbogida leni handuna paciami ki naa hua Kilisiti.
9 It is in Christ’s body that God lives completely.
Kelima U Tienu n tie maama kuli ye Kilisiti gbannandi nni ki dagidi.
10 And you are spiritually complete because you have a close relationship with Christ, who rules over every other ruler.
Yi pia li bonla kuli ke li dagidi o yaa niinni, wani yua n tie yi paciami danba kuli liiga yua leni li bali danba kuli yaa yudaano.
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.
O yaa niinne, ke yi kua yaa koanciagu n naa tie onisaalo nuu ka, ama ku tie Kilisiti n tieni yaale, lani n tie ke yi landi ti nisaali gbannandi tagibiadu.
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.
Bi den taani ki piini yi leni o mi batisima nni ke yi go fii leni o ki ye leni o kelima li dandanli yaapo, leni U Tienu paciamu yuu n den fiini o bi tinkpiba siiga yaapo.
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.
Yinba yaaba n den kpe kelima yi tuonbiadi po leni yin kaa den kua koanciagu yi gbanandi nni maama yaapo U Tienu guani ki puni yi limiali kelima Kilisiti yaapo ki go puni ti sugili ti tuonbiadi po.
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].
O den boliniyaa tili yaa diani n den buni ki cuo ti ki doagidi tin den yie O mabilikaama maama ki kpaa ki tabini laa tili li dapoanpoanli po ki bolini li.
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].
O den dindi mi diema danba leni yi paciami danba bi bala kuli ki doagidi ke o paadi yaa paali n sieni kuli, kelima li dapoanpoanli yaapo.
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).
Yin da tuo oba n jia yi buudi kelima yin di ki go ñu yaala yaapo, bi lan tie yaa jaandana po kuli, yaaka yi ŋmapaani jaanma dana, yaaka mi fuodima dana po.
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].
Laa bonla kuli den tie yaala n baa cua yaa junjungoe ama li bonmoanla liba tie Kilisiti.
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,
Yin da tuo nilo ba kuli n fie yi nuama panpaani nani wan bua maama, baa yaaba n kpali ke bi fani ki pia li yumiinli ki jaandi malekinba. Bi puni bi yula li bonlekaala po, ki gbengidi bi yula fanma fanma bi gbannandi yantiali po.
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.
Baa tuugi leni leni yua n tie li yuli, ti gbannandi kuli n tuugi yenma ki baadi yaala n dagidi yua yaa kani, kelima yi jiini leni atuga po, ki kpedi nani U Tienu npuni ti maama.
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
Yi yaa kpe leni Kilisiti, yi paadi leni handuna maasuagu. Be yaapo ke yi go tuo ke handuna kuana die yi nani yi da tie handuna yaaba yeni?
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.
Laa kuana nne: Han da taa, han da leni, han da sii.
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.
Naani laa kuana kuli ki tie bonpendikaala, ki hua bi nisaaliba nbili ki bangi bangi yaala bebe ka?
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.
A kuana yeni tie nani a pia mi fuoma yeni ki teni ke bi niba gandi ban baa jaandi maamaa, ki go bili bi niba n ya miindi bi yula ki wangi bi gbannandi fala. Ama haa pia yaa fidu n baa todi ba, ban paadi bi gbannandi bonbuakaala.
