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 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;

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

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;

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

³in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.

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

⁴And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.

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 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.

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

⁶As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

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.

⁷rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with 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 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.

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

⁹For in him dwells 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 complete in him, 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 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;

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.

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.

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 offences and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven us all the offences;

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 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;

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 spoiled principalities and authorities, he made a show of them publicly, leading them in triumph by 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 none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or 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 things to come; but the body [is] of 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 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,

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 fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases 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 ye have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why as [if] alive in [the] world do ye subject yourselves 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.

²¹Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,

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.

²²(things which are all for destruction in the using [of them]:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men,

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.