1Bɣiɣ aț-țeẓrem acḥal meqqeṛ imenɣi i deg lliɣ ɣef ddemma nwen, ɣef watmaten n temdint n Ludikus akk-d wid meṛṛa i geslan yis-i meɛna leɛmeṛ ur ẓrin udem-iw.
1For I would have you know what combat I have for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;
2Qebleɣ imenɣi-agi iwakken ad theddnen wulawen-nsen, ad ddukklen s leḥmala, ad ččaṛen d lefhama iwakken ad issinen lbaḍna n Sidi Ṛebbi Ṛebbi yellan di Lmasiḥ ;
2to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to [the] full knowledge of the mystery of God;
3deg-s i ffren igerrujen n lefhama ț-țmusni.
3in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.
4Nniɣ-d akka iwakken ur kkun ițkellix yiwen s imeslayen yețɣuṛṛun.
4And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.
5Ɣas akken ur lliɣ ara yid-wen, leɛqel-iw atan ɣuṛ-wen ; feṛḥeɣ aṭas mi ẓriɣ acḥal i teṭṭfem di liman-nwen di Lmasiḥ yerna tsedduyem kullec akken ilaq.
5For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
6Ihi imi tqeblem Ɛisa Lmasiḥ d Ssid-nwen, ddut di lebɣi-ines.
6As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
7Sbeddet lsas n tudert-nwen fell-as, sǧehdet liman-nwen akken i kkun nesselmed, țḥemmidet daymen Sidi Ṛebbi.
7rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
8Ḥadret a kkun-kellxen wid ițfelsifen, wid yessexdamen tiḥila ț-țiḥeṛci ; ayagi d lekdubat i gebnan ɣef leɛwayed n yemdanen akk ț-țizemmar n ddunit, mačči ɣef uselmed n Lmasiḥ.
8See that there be no one who shall lead *you* away as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.
9Axaṭer ayen akk yellan di Sidi Ṛebbi yezdeɣ s lekmal di Lmasiḥ,
9For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;
10kunwi tesɛam kullec deg-s, nețța yellan sennig lḥekmat ț-țzemmar.
10and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and authority,
11Sṭhaṛa-nwen tekka-d si tikli nwen akk-d Lmasiḥ, mačči am tin yețwaxedmen s ufus n wemdan, lameɛna s ɣuṛ Lmasiḥ i d-tekka iwakken a kkun-isellek si tezmert n lǧețța tamednubt.
11in whom also ye have been circumcised with circumcision not done by hand, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ;
12S weɣḍas-nwen tețwameḍlem akk-d Lmasiḥ, lameɛna teḥyam-d daɣen yid-es si lmut imi tumnem s tezmert n Sidi Ṛebbi i t-id-isseḥyan si ger lmegtin.
12buried with him in baptism, in which ye have been also raised with [him] through faith of the working of God who raised him from among the dead.
13Kunwi ur neḍhiṛ ara, tellam temmutem ɣef ddemma n ddnubat nwen ; tura Sidi Ṛebbi yerra-kkun-id ɣer tudert s Lmasiḥ. Sidi Ṛebbi yeɛfa-yaɣ ddnubat-nneɣ meṛṛa.
13And you, being dead in offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;
14Yemḥa leɛqed-nni i ɣ-isseḍlamen, imi ur nezmir ara a nexdem ayen d-teqqaṛ ccariɛa ; yemḥa-t mi t-isemmeṛ ɣef wumidag.
14having effaced the handwriting in ordinances which [stood out] against us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it also out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;
15Sidi Ṛebbi yekkes tazmert i lḥekmat ț-țzemmar n igenwan, ikcef itent-id zdat txelqit meṛṛa, iɣleb-itent s lmut n Mmi-s ɣef wumidag.
15having spoiled principalities and authorities, he made a show of them publicly, leading them in triumph by it.
16Ihi ur țțaǧat ara win ara kkun-iḥasben ɣef wayen ara teččem d wayen ara teswem neɣ imi ur tettabaɛem ara ayen yeɛnan leɛyudat, talalit n waggur d wussan n westeɛfu ;
16Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
17ayagi akk yezwar-ed d lemtel kan n wayen i d-iteddun, axaṭer tideț di Lmasiḥ i tella.
17which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.
18Ɣuṛ-wat a wen-kellxen yemdanen ițțarran iman-nsen d wid yunzen, țɛebbiden lmalayekkat, a kkun-id-awin ɣer webrid-nsen iwakken ur tețțawḍem ara ɣer lmeqṣud-nwen ; imdanen am wigi ttabaɛen kan ixemmimen-nsen yerna xeddmen ccan i yiman-nsen.
18Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
19Ur qbilen ara ad ṭṭfen di Lmasiḥ yellan d aqeṛṛuy, i gesdukklen lǧețța s lemfaṣel meṛṛa d iẓuran i d-icudden ɣuṛ-es ; yis i tețnerni lǧețța, i tețțimɣuṛ s wakken yella di lebɣi n Sidi Ṛebbi.
19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
20Ma yella temmutem akk-d Lmasiḥ, teṭṭaxṛem ɣef wayen akk yeɛnan tudert n ddunit, acimi ihi am akken di ddunit i tellam, tqebblem ad ḥețțmen fell-awen leɛwayed n ddunit m'ara wen-qqaṛen :
20If ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as [if] alive in [the] world do ye subject yourselves to ordinances?
21« Ur teddmet ara neɣ ur ɛeṛṛdet ara neɣ ur țnalet ara !»
21Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
22Lumuṛat-agi meṛṛa i nxeddem d ayen ara yefnun, d leqwanen d uselmed n yemdanen ;
22(things which are all for destruction in the using [of them]:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men,
23ț-țideț, lumuṛat-agi sselmaden leɛbada, annuz akk-d uɛețțeb n lǧețțat nneɣ, țbanen-d amakken d ayen yelhan, lameɛna d ayen ur nezmir ad iɛawen bunadem ad iṭṭef iman-is.
23(which have indeed an appearance of wisdom in voluntary worship, and humility, and harsh treatment of the body, not in a certain honour,) to [the] satisfaction of the flesh.