Yepeni omapukifo ounongo wovanhu
1 Osheshi ame onda hala mu shiive olwoodi linene apa li fike ndi li kwete molweni nomolwaava ve li muLaodikea nomolwaaveshe ava inava mona oshipala shange shopalutu, 2 opo omitima davo da kwatafana mumwe mohole, di tuwe ouladi okutambula oupuna aushe weendunge da wana, nova longwe okushiiva oshiholekwa shaKalunga, osho oKristus. 3 Oye tuu ou muye mwa holekwa omamona aeshe ounongo neshiivo.
4 Edi ohandi di popi opo muha pukifwe nande okomunhu e neendjovo domaheko, 5 osheshi nande nghi li punye palutu, ondi li punye pamhepo, ndele nda hafa mokutala eenghedi deni nepamo leitavelo leni muKristus.
6 Hano ngaashi mwa tambula Kristus Jesus Omwene, osho kaleni nokweenda muye, 7 nokutwama nokulitungila muye nokulipamekela meitavelo, ngaashi mwa longwa, nye mu kale mwa yada omapandulo.
8 Lungameni, paha kale umwe te mu yulifa ounongo wovanhu nomapukifo ongaho, te likwatelele meenghedinghulu nomoihovelanghono younyuni, hamuKristus. 9 Osheshi muye mwa kala ouyadi aushe woukalunga palutu. 10 Nanye yo mwa yada muye, Oye tuu ou omutwe womapangelo aeshe neenghonopangelo adishe. 11 Muye mwa pitifwa etanda, hapitotanda eli hali ningwa nomake, ndelenee oleli lokulidula olutu lombelela, olo epitotanda laKristus, 12 eshi mwa pakwa pamwe naye meshasho, mulo mwa nyumuka yo pamwe naye keitavelo okwiitavela eenghono daKalunga, ou e mu nyumuna movafi. 13 Nanye ava mwa li mwa fila momatauluko nomokuhapitatanda kwombelela yeni, Oye e mu tula omwenyo pamwe naye, eshi e tu dimina po omatauluko aeshe, 14 nokwa dima po eshangelo loipango la li li nondubo nafye, okwe li kufa po nokwe li valela komushiyakano. 15 Ndele komushiyakano Kristus okwe limangulula momapangelo eenghono novapangeli aveshe vopamhepo okwe va kaleka poluhaela noku va endifa molweendo laye lefindano.
Inamu kanyatela keenghedi dovanhu
16 Inamu itavela mu tokolwe hano nande okomunhu omolwokulya nokunwa, ile omolwoshivilo ile omolwohani ipe ile omolwEshabata, 17 osheshi oyo omudidimbe woinima tai uya, ndele olutu olo laKristus. 18 Ondjabi yeni yefindano muhe i nyekwe nande okomunhu a hokwa elininipiko nokulongela ovaengeli note litumbalekele omamoniko nokwa fulalala keendunge daye dopambelela, 19 ndele ite likwatele kOmutwe mwaau olutu alishe la kwatelwa kumwe keengolo nokomifipa, notali kulu opakulifo laKalunga.
20 Onye ngeenge mwa fya mo pamwe naKristus moihovelifonghono younyuni, oshike hano tamu itavele okutwikwa eenghedi ngaashi oonakukala mounyuni nokutya: 21 “Ino shi kwata, ino shi lavela, ino shi kuma!” 22 Nande aishe ei oi li po i longifwe noi xule po paipango nopamalongo ovanhu, 23 ei aishe oi na ngaho efimano lounongo omolwelongelokalunga nelininipiko ve li lihoololela voovene naashi kai na onghenda nolutu; ndelenee oyo kai na nande oshilonga noi li po i hafife ombelela.
1 I want you to know what a struggle I am going through for you, for God's people at Laodicea, and for all of those followers who have never met me. 2 I do it to encourage them. Then as their hearts are joined together in love, they will be wonderfully blessed with complete understanding. And they will truly know Christ. Not only is he the key to God's mystery, 3 but all wisdom and knowledge are hidden away in him. 4 I tell you these things to keep you from being fooled by fancy talk. 5 Even though I am not with you, I keep thinking about you. I am glad to know that you are living as you should and your faith in Christ is strong.
Christ Brings Real Life
6 You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him. 7 Plant your roots in Christ and let him be the foundation for your life. Be strong in your faith, just as you were taught. And be grateful.
8 Don't let anyone fool you by using senseless arguments. These arguments may sound wise, but they are only human teachings. They come from the powers of this world and not from Christ.
9 God lives fully in Christ. 10 And you are fully grown because you belong to Christ, who is over every power and authority. 11 Christ has also taken away your selfish desires, just as circumcision removes flesh from the body. 12 And when you were baptized, it was the same as being buried with Christ. Then you were raised to life because you had faith in the power of God, who raised Christ from death. 13 You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins.
14 God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross. 15 There Christ defeated all powers and forces. He let the whole world see them being led away as prisoners when he celebrated his victory.
16 Don't let anyone tell you what you must eat or drink. Don't let them say you must celebrate the New Moon festival, the Sabbath, or any other festival. 17 These things are only a shadow of what was to come. But Christ is real!
18 Don't be cheated by people who make a show of acting humble and who worship angels. They brag about seeing visions. But it is all nonsense, because their minds are filled with selfish desires. 19 They are no longer part of Christ, who is the head of the whole body. Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.
Christ Brings New Life
20 You died with Christ. Now the forces of the universe don't have any power over you. Why do you live as if you had to obey such rules as, 21 “Don't handle this. Don't taste that. Don't touch this.”? 22 After these things are used, they are no longer good for anything. So why be bothered with the rules that humans have made up? 23 Obeying these rules may seem to be the smart thing to do. They appear to make you love God more and to be very humble and to have control over your body. But they don't really have any power over our desires.
