¹ Bëgg naa nag, ngeen xam bëre bu metti, bi may bëre ngir yéen, ngir waa Lawdise ak ñépp ñi ma musul a teg bët. Damay def sama kem-kàttan,

¹For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

² ngir ngeen am fit te nekk benn ci mbëggeel, ngir dajal noonu xam-xam bu mat, ba xam kumpag Yàlla, di Kirist.

²that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

³ Ci moom lañu denc lépp lu ñuy sàkku ci xel ak ci xam-xam.

³in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

⁴ Maa ngi wax lii, ngir kenn bañ leen a nax ci ay wax yu neex.

⁴and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

⁵ Jëmm ji ñëwul waaye sama xel a ngi ci yéen, di bég ci seen doxalin ak ngëm gu dëgër, gi ngeen am ci Kirist.

⁵for if even in the flesh I am absent — yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

⁶ Kon nag, ni ngeen nangoo Kirist Yeesu ni Boroom bi, dundeleen noonu ci moom.

⁶as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,

⁷ Saxleen ci moom, di màgg ci moom, tey gën a dëgër ci ngëm, gi ñu leen jàngal, ba seen xol di baawaan ci gërëm Yàlla.

⁷being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught — abounding in it in thanksgiving.

⁸ Moytuleen ba kenn bañ leen a fàbbi ci ay xam-xami nit yuy naxi neen. Xam-xam yu mel noonu, ñu ngi soqikoo ci aada yu nit tëral, ci aaday àddina, waaye soqikoowul ci Kirist.

⁸See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

⁹ Ndaxte ci Kirist, maanaam ci yaramu nitam, la matug Yàlla gépp dëkk,

⁹because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

¹⁰ te mat ngeen ci moom, miy buuru kilifa yépp ak boroom sañ-sañ yépp.

¹⁰and ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,

¹¹ Ndax seen ngëm ci moom xaraf ngeen xaraf bu loxol nit deful, maanaam Kirist summil na leen dooley bàkkaar, ji moomoon seen yaram. Loolu mooy xaraf, bi Kirist def.

¹¹in whom also ye were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh in the circumcision of the Christ,

¹² Bi ñu leen sóobee ci ndox, suulaale nañu leen ak moom, te it dekki ngeen ak moom, ndaxte gëm ngeen ci dooley Yàlla, ji ko dekkal ca néew ya.

¹²being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with [him] through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

¹³ Te yéen ñi doon ndee fa kanam Yàlla ndax seeni moy ak seen ñàkka xaraf, Yàlla dundalaat na leen ak Kirist, baal nu sunuy bàkkaar yépp.

¹³And you — being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh — He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

¹⁴ Mbind mi nu doon tiiñal, te daa nu yey ndax ay sàrtam, Yàlla far na ko, dindi ko, daajaale ko ca bant, ba Kirist deeye.

¹⁴having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

¹⁵ Futti na kilifa yi ak boroom sañ-sañ yi, weer leen ci kanamu ñépp, sëkktal leen niy jaam ndax ndam la Kirist jële ca bant ba.

¹⁵having stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly — having triumphed over them in it.

¹⁶ Kon nag bu leen kenn teg tooñ ci li jëm ciy ñam mbaa naan, ci màggal mbaa xewu weer wu feeñ, mbaa ci bésu noflaay.

¹⁶Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

¹⁷ Loolu lépp nag takkandeer la woon buy misaal li waroon a ñëw, waaye lu dëggu li mi ngi ci Kirist.

¹⁷which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body [is] of the Christ;

¹⁸ Kuy bég ci di toroxlu ci ngistal, di jaamu ay malaaka, buleen ko may, mu àtte leen. Kooku dafay jeneer, di seet li koy feeñu, bay tiitaroo xalaatam, fekk xalaatu nit kese la, te neen.

¹⁸let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and [in] worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

¹⁹ Taqul ci Kirist, miy bopp bi yilif jëmm ji. Bopp bee tax ba jëmm jépp, ji siddit yi ak tenqo yi téye te taqale ko, di màgg màgg gi ko Yàlla di jox.

¹⁹and not holding the head, from which all the body — through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together — may increase with the increase of God.

²⁰ Ndegam deeyandoo ngeen ak Kirist, ba génne noonu ci aaday àddina, lu tax ngeen di nangu, ñu di leen teg ay sàrt yu mel nii: «Bul fab, bul ñam, bul laal,» ni bu seenug dund aju woon ci àddina si?

²⁰If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

²² Sàrt yooyu ñu ngi aju ci ndigali nit ñi ak seen njàngale. Yëf yi ñu tudd yépp, dees na leen jariñoo, ba ñu jeex.

²¹— thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle —

²³ Dëgg la, seeni sàrt dañuy dénkaane pasteef ci jaamu Yàlla, di toroxlu ak di fitnaal seen yaram. Waaye sàrt yooyu nag amuñu benn njariñ, ngir nit ñi noot seen nafsu.

²²which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,

²³which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body — not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.