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.
Nokuti ndinoda kuti muzive kuti kurwa kukuru zvakadini kwandinako pamusoro penyu, nevari paRaodhikia, nevese vasina kuona chiso changu panyama,
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,
kuti moyo yavo inyaradzwe, vasonanidzwe murudo, nemufuma yese yekuvimbiswa kwakakwana kwekunzwisisa, paruzivo rwechakavanzika chaMwari naBaba, nechaKristu,
3 who alone is able to cause them and you to understand thoroughly [DOU] [this very important message].
maari fuma yese yeuchenjeri neyeruzivo yakavigwa.
4 I am telling you this in order that no one may deceive you by persuasive arguments;
Ndinoreva izvi, kuti kusava nemunhu anokunyengerai nemashoko anonyengera.
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.
Nokuti kunyange ndisipo panyama, zvakadaro ndinemwi pamweya, ndichifara nekuvona kurongeka kwenyu, nekusimba kwerutendo rwenyu muna Kristu.
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.
Naizvozvo sezvamakagamuchira Kristu Jesu Ishe, fambai maari,
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].
makadzika midzi nekuvakwa maari, nekusimbiswa murutendo, sezvamakadzidziswa, muchiwedzera makuri nekuvonga.
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.
Chenjerai, zvimwe umwe munhu angakupambai neuchenjeri, nekunyengera kusina maturo, setsika dzevanhu, sedzidziso dzekuvamba dzenyika, uye kwete sekuna Kristu.
9 It is in Christ’s body that God lives completely.
Nokuti kuzara kwese kweuMwari kunogara maari pamuviri.
10 And you are spiritually complete because you have a close relationship with Christ, who rules over every other ruler.
Uye makazadziswa maari, iye musoro weutungamiriri hwese nesimba;
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.
wamakadzingiswawo maari nedzingiso isina kuitwa nemaoko, pakubvisa muviri wezvivi zvenyama, pakudzingisa kwaKristu;
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.
makavigwa pamwe naye pabhabhatidzo, pamakamutswawo pamwe naye nerutendo rwekuita kwaMwari, wakamumutsa kubva kuvakafa.
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.
Nemwi makafa mukudarika nekusadzingiswa kwenyama yenyu, wakakuitai vapenyu pamwe naye, akukanganwirai kudarika kwese,
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].
akadzima rugwaro rwezviga rwaipikisana nesu, rwaipesana nesu, akarubvisa pakati, aruroverera pamuchinjikwa;
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].
akurura vatungamiriri nemasimba, akavabudisa pachena, akatungamira kuvakunda mauri.
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).
Naizvozvo kusava nemunhu anokutongai pakudya kana pachinwiwa, kana panhau yemutambo kana yekugara kwemwedzi kana yemasabata;
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].
zvinova mumvuri wezvinhu zvichauya, asi muviri ndewa Kristu.
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,
Kusava nemunhu anokutorerai mubairo wenyu nemano, achifarira kuzvininipisa nekunamata vatumwa, achipindira pazvinhu zvaasina kuona, achizvikudza pasina nefungwa dzake dzenyama,
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.
uye asingabatisisi Musoro, uyo maari muviri wese nezvisungo nemarunda unoriritirwa, nekurukirwa pamwe, uchikura nekukura kwaMwari.
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
Naizvozvo kana makafa pamwe naKristu kune dzidziso dzekuvamba dzenyika, munosungikanirei nemirairo semugere munyika,
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.
(usabata, usaravira, usagunzva,
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.
izvo zvese zvichaparara nekushandiswa) semirairo nedzidziso dzevanhu?
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.
Zvine chimiro cheuchenjeri pakuzvidira kunamata, nekuzvininipisa, nekutambudza muviri; hazvitongobatsiri kukunda kugutsa nyama.
