Bhakolosai 4
1 Bheso bhugenyi, nimusoshega ku bhagaya emisango jinu jili jo bhulengelesi ne ja Jintugwa je kisi. Mumenyele one ati munage Latabhugenyi mu lwile.
Masters, do what is right and fair by your slaves, for you know that you also have a Master – in heaven.
2 Nimugendelelega okukomela mu kusabhwa. Nimutengejenga mwijo mu sime.
Devote yourselves to prayer. Give your whole mind to it, and also offer thanksgiving;
3 Nimusabhwega muli amwi ingulu yeswe one, koleleki ati Nyamuanga egule omulyango ingulu yo musango, okwaika imbisike ye chimali eya Kristo. Kunsonga ya linu nibhoyelwe ne bhibhoyelo.
and at the same time pray for us, so that God may give us an opening for our message, so that we may speak of the truths hidden in the Christ – the truths for which I am in chains!
4 Na nimusabhwega ati nitule okuguta abhwelu, lwa kutyo jinyiile okwaika.
Then I will make them known, as I ought to do.
5 Nimulibhatega mu bhwengeso ku bhaliya bhanu bhali emwila, muguchuse omwana.
Show tact in your behaviour to the outside world, making the most of every opportunity.
6 Emisango jemwe na jibhe ne chigongo mu mwanya gwona, na galungwe omunyu katungu Kona, koleleki ati mutule okumenya lwa kutyo kubheile okumusubhya bhuli munu.
Let your conversation always be kindly, but not bland, season it, as it were, with salt; be aware in each case of the answer you should be giving.
7 Ku misango jinu ejilubhililana nanye, Tikiko kakola jimenyekane kwemwe. Omwene ni wasu omwendwa, omukosi omwiikanyibhwa, no mugaya wejasu mu Latabhugenyi.
Our dear friend, Tychicus, will tell you all about me. He is a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Master’s cause.
8 Enimutuma kwemwe ingulu ya linu, ati mutule okumenya emisango jinu ejo kulubhililana neswe one ati mutule okubhatamo omwoyo.
I send him to you expressly that you may learn our circumstances, and that he may give you encouragement.
9 Enimutuma amwi na Onesimo, owasu omwendwa omwiikanyibhwa, no oumwi wemwe. Abhajo okubhabhwila bhuli chinu chinu chabhonekene anu.
With him will be Onesimus, our dear faithful friend, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you all that is going on here.
10 Aristarko, omubhoywa wejasu, kabhakesha, one na Marko omwana wa mama-wabho na Bharnabha unu mwalamiye obhwitondi okusoka kwaye, “Nolwo akaja kwemwe, mumulamile,”
My fellow prisoner, Aristarchus, sends you his greeting, and Barnabas’s cousin, Mark, sends his. (You have received directions about him. If he comes to you, make him welcome.)
11 Nawe Yesu one unu kabhilikilwa Yusto. Bhanu bhenyele ni bho olutendo ni bhakosi bhe bhilimu bhejasu ingulu yo bhukama bhwa Nyamuanga. Bhwebhwe bhanu bho kusilisha anye.
Joshua, who is called Justus, also sends his greeting. These are the only converts from Judaism who have worked with me for the kingdom of God; I have found them a great comfort.
12 Epafra one kabhakesha. Omwene ni umwi wemwe na ni mugaya wa Kristo Yesu. Mwenene akomee mu okusabhwa koleleki ati mutule okwimelegulu kwo bhukumiye no kumenyegesha mu kukumila kwe lyenda lyona elya Nyamuanga.
Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God’s will.
13 Kulwo kubha enimubhambalila, ati akomee okukola emilimu ingulu emwe, kubhanu bhali Laodekia, na kubhanu bhali Hierapoli.
I can bear testimony to the deep interest he takes in you, as well as in the followers at Laodicea and at Hierapolis.
14 Luka ulya omufumu omwendwa, na Dema abhabhakesha.
Luke, our dear doctor, sends you his greeting, and Demas sends his.
15 Abhabhakesha abhasu bhanu bhali Laodekia, na Nimfa, na likanisa lilya linu Lili eyo ika ewae.
Give my greeting to the followers at Laodicea, and to Nymphe, and to the church that meets at her house.
16 Inyalubha inu alibha yasomwa kwimwe, isomwe one mwi Kanisa lya bhalaodekia, nemwe one mukomeleshe ati omuisoma inyalubha ilya okusoka Laodekia.
And when this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read before the church at Laodicea, and that you yourselves read the letter which will be forwarded from there.
17 Yaika kwa Arkipo, “Lola obhufulubhendi bhulya bhunu ulamiye mu Latabhugenyi, ati kukwiile okuikumisha.”
Give this message to Archippus – “Take care to discharge to the best of your ability the office to which you were appointed in the Master’s cause.”
18 Obhukesha bhunu ni bwo kubhoko kwani Anye omwene -Paulo. Nimujichuke jimboyelo jani. Echigongo chibhe amwi nemwe.
I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. Remember these chains of mine. God’s blessing be with you.
