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.
ulwakuva ninoghua kuuti mukagule ndavule nilyale ni mhumhuko nyinga vwimila jiinu, ku vooni vano vali ku Laodikia na kuvoni vano navaghaghile amaaso ghango mu lwa m'bili.
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,
nivomba imbombo iji kuuti inumbula saave siwesie kuhuvisivua..... kukwisa palikimo ku lughano na mu vutajili.... vwoni vwa vwinga nu vukyang'haani vwa luhala, kwa kukagula ulufiso lwa lweli ulwa Nguluve, juno ghwe Kilisite.
3 who alone is able to cause them and you to understand thoroughly [DOU] [this very important message].
mwa mwene vutile vwoni vwa vukoola nu luhala sifisilue.
4 I am telling you this in order that no one may deceive you by persuasive arguments;
nijova ndiki neke kuuti umuunhu ghweni nangavavombelaghe igila ku njovele inya vusyangi.
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.
nambe kuuti nanili palikimo numue ku m'bili, looli nili numue ku numbula. nihovoka kuvona uvutavike vwinu vunono ni ngufu sa lwinu mwa Kilisite.
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.
ndavule mulyamupile uKilisite Mutwa, mughendaghe mwa mwene.
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].
mukangasivue mwa mwene, mujengwe mwa mwene, mukangasivue mu lwitiko ndavule mulyavulanisivue na kupinyua muluhongesio lwinga.
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.
mulolaghe kuuti umuunhu ghweni nangavakolaghe mu masio ghano ghasila kimonga aghavusyangi kuling'haana na vaanhu fino vikwupila nu vutaviike vwa iisi, kisila kuling'haana nu Kilisite.
9 It is in Christ’s body that God lives completely.
ulwakuva mwa mwene uvunywilifu vwoni uvwa Nguluve vukukala mumbili.
10 And you are spiritually complete because you have a close relationship with Christ, who rules over every other ruler.
umue mumemesevue mwa mwene. umwene ghwe mutu ghwa vuwesia vwoni nu vutavulua.
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.
mwa mwene kange mulyakekilue ku tohala jino najikavombike nu muunhu kuvusisivua um'bili ghwa danda. neke je tohala ja Kilisite.
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.
mukasyililue palikimo nu nu mwene mu lwofugho. na kusila ja lwitiko mukasyilulivue ku ngufu sa Nguluve juno akansyuluile kuhuma kuvafue.
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.
na pano mulyafwile mu vuhosi vwinu kisila kukekua amaviili ghinu, akavavombile kuva vwumi palikimo nu mwene na kutusaghila uvuhosi vwitu vwoni.
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].
akafutile ikumbukumbu isa kudajivua sino sikalembilue, nu vutavike vuno natukanoghiile kuva navyo.
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].
akavusisie ghoni na kupaghika pakikovekano. akavusisie ingufu nu vutavulua. akaghavika pavuvalafu na kukughahovokela ku vusindi vwimila kikovekano kyake.
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).
pe lino u muunhu ghweni nangavahighaghe umue kwa kulia nambe kunyua, nambe mu kighono kya kuhovokela nambe umwesi umpya, nambe ikighono kya Sabati.
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].
ifi fye fin'sulua fya ghano ghikwisa, neke ikikome ghwe Kilisite.
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,
umuunhu ghweni nangapokuaghe ingigha jaake kwa kunoghelua uvukoola na kukufunya avanya Mhola. Umuunhu ughwa ndikio aikwingila mu sino asaghile ka na kusyangua na masaghe ghake agha m'bili.
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.
umwene naikolelela umutu. kuhuma ku mutu kuuti um'bili ghwoni kukilila ifilungo fyake na mafupa kulunganisivua palikimo; na kukula muvukulilo vwa Nguluve.
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
ulwakuva mlyafwile palikimo nu Kilisite mu maghendele gha iisi, ongo mukukala hwene mukujivombela iisi:
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.
namungakolaghe nambe kuvonja,
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.
agha ghooni ghalaghilue vwimila uvunangifu vuno vukwisa na kutumila, kuhangilanila ni mbulanisio sa vaanhu.
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.
indaghilo isi sili nu vukola vwa nyifunyilo sino sitendilue ku vunoghelua vwave na nakunyenyekela mu mhumhuko sa m'bili. neke sisila lutalama mu noghelua sa m'bili.
