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 desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for 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, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
3 Ci moom lañu denc lépp lu ñuy sàkku ci xel ak ci xam-xam.
3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
4 Maa ngi wax lii, ngir kenn bañ leen a nax ci ay wax yu neex.
4Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of 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 though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 Kon nag, ni ngeen nangoo Kirist Yeesu ni Boroom bi, dundeleen noonu ci moom.
6As therefore you received 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 established in the faith, even as you 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.
8Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
9 Ndaxte ci Kirist, maanaam ci yaramu nitam, la matug Yàlla gépp dëkk,
9For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,
10 te mat ngeen ci moom, miy buuru kilifa yépp ak boroom sañ-sañ yépp.
10and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
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 you were also 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 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.
12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from 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.
13You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our 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.
14wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing 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 powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing 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 therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
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 things to come; but the body is Christ’s.
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 rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
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 firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.
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 you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you 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.
21“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor 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(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
23Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.