Makolose 2
1 Kakuli ni saka kuti mwi zive bukando vwa manyando aniva vi ka chenu, chavo kwa Laudesiya, mi vungi kana vava voni chifateho changu mu nyama,
I want you to know how great is my concern for you and those in Laodicea, even all who have not met me personally,
2 Ni seveza njikuti inkulo zavo zi susuwezwe chaku letwa hamwina mwi lato ni mu chose chifumu cha kwi zula nsepo ye nkutwisiso, mu maano a vuniti vuli patite vwa Ireza, nji kuti, Keresite.
that their hearts may be encouraged, being united in love and into a great wealth of confident understanding, into a real knowledge of the mystery of the God and Father and of the Christ,
3 Mwali vonse vufumu vwa vutali ni maano zi patitwe.
in whom all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge are hidden.
4 Ni wamba ichi iri kuti nanga yenke ye ta mi cenge ca vuwambi vo ku wondelela.
Now I say this so that no one may deceive you with specious arguments.
5 Mi niha ni sena nanwe mu nyama, kono nina nenwe mu luhuho. Ni nyakalala ku vona vuiswalo vwenu ni ca ziho ze ntumero yenu mwa Keresite.
For although in fact I am physically absent, yet my spirit is with you, rejoicing as I observe your orderliness and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
6 Sina hamu va tambuli Keresite Simwine, mu yende mwali.
So then, keep on walking in the Christ, Jesus the Sovereign, just as you received Him,
7 Mu vyalwe cha kukola mwali, mu zakwe hali, mu simululwe mu ntumero sina mumu va rutirwa, ni ku kwatisa mu ku litumera.
having been rooted and being built up in Him and being established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
8 Mu vone kuti kakwina yo mi hapa kuya cha buchaziba ni bu chengeleli vwa mukungulu vu letwa chizo za vantu, kwi zuziliza ku mayendero e inkanda, ni kusa li zuziliriza kwa Keresite.
Be careful that no one captures you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the basic principles of the world and not according to Christ.
9 Kakuli mwali mu hala vutungi vonse vwa muviri we Ireza.
Because all the Fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him in bodily form,
10 Mi mwi zuzizwe mwakwe. Nji mutwi wa ziho zonse ni maata.
and you are complete in Him who is the head over all rule and authority.
11 Mwali muva twaliwa ku mupato u sana uva chitwa cha vantu mu ku zwiswa ku muviri we nyama, kono mu mupato wa Keresite. Muva ungwa naye mu nkorovezo.
In Him you were also ‘circumcised’ by the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, not with a circumcision done by hands but with the circumcision of the Christ,
12 Mi mwali muva zwiswa che ntumero mu maata a Ireza, yava mu vusi ku vamu bafu.
having been buried with Him in the baptism. In Him you were also raised together through your faith in the productive power of the God who raised Him from among the dead.
13 Mi cwale hamu va fwile kwi nfoso zenu ni mukuva mu mupato we nyama yenu, ava mi pangi kuhala hamwina naye ni ku tu swalela zonse infoso zetu.
Yes you, though being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh—He has made you alive together with Him; having forgiven us all our trespasses;
14 Ava sindi indava zetu zonse za zikoroti ni ntaero zi ba tu lwisa. A va zi zwisi zonse ni ku zi kokotela ha chifapano.
having wiped out the written record about us that was against us (based on the ordinances), indeed He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;
15 Ava zwisi maata ni zibo. Che mpatalaza chazi zibahaza ni ku va twala ku koma che nyakalalo cho mukwa we chifapano chakwe.
having stripped the principalities and the authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, having triumphed over them by it [the cross].
16 Nji kuti, kanji mu zimini nanga yenke yo mi atula mu kulya kamba ku nya, kamba kaze zuva lya mukiti, kamba mwezi muhya, kamba ka mazuva a mukivero.
So do not let anyone judge you about food or drink, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or Sabbaths,
17 Izi muzuunde wa zintu zi keza, kono mutomo nji Keresite.
which things are but a shadow of those to come, while the body is Christ's.
18 Kanji mu zuminini yo saka ze nyama ni ku lumbeka kwa mañeloi ku mi atula kuzwa ku mupuzo wenu. Muntu wina vulyo wi njira mu zintu za vaa voni ni ku litunduvula che mihupulo yakwe ye nyama.
Nor let anyone disqualify you, taking pleasure in a subservience and devotion to the angels, ‘taking possession’ of things that he has not seen, being puffed up by his carnal mind to no useful purpose,
19 Ka kwatilili ku mutwi. Chizwa ku mutwi kuti muviri wonse ku sika mwi nuungo ni matefukiro zi tenda ni ku kwatila hamwina; chi kula ni cha mukulilo u herwe nji Ireza.
and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, supported and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.
20 Heva uva fwi ni Keresite cha zitendiso ze nkanda, chizi ho hala che ntamo ze nkanda:
Now then, since you died with Christ away from the basic principles of the world, why, as though still living in it, are you subjecting yourselves to regulations
21 “Kanji u kwati, kamba ku sola, kamba ku wonda”?
—Don't handle! Don't taste! Don't touch!—
22 Zonse izi zintu zi twala ku vu lyangelino ni ntuso, cha kuya ka milao ni ntuto za vantu.
(all of which result in corruption through overuse) according to the commands and teachings of men?
23 Iyi milao ina ku luka kwa kuli pangila chirumeri ni che nyama ni ntakazo za muvili. Kono ka zina vutokwa ku ku li twala mu nyama.
Such things do indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and subservience and asceticism, but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
