1Ina so ku san irin famar da nake yi saboda ku da kuma waɗanda suke a Lawodiseya, da kuma saboda dukan waɗanda ba su taɓa ganina ido da ido ba. 2Manufata ita ce a ƙarfafa su su kuma zama ɗaya a cikin ƙauna. Ina so su kasance da cikakken ƙarfin hali domin suna da cikakken fahimtar asirin Allah, wato, Kiristi kansa, 3a cikinsa ne aka ɓoye dukkan dukiya ta hikima da ta sani. 4Ina faɗa muku wannan ne don kada wani yă ruɗe ku da daɗin baki. 5Gama ko da yake ba na nan tare da ku a cikin jiki, ina tunaninku kullum, ina kuma farin ciki da gani kuna rayuwa yadda ya kamata, kuna kuma dāgewarku a kan bangaskiyarku a cikin Kiristi.
’Yanci daga ƙa’idodin mutane ta wurin rayuwa tare da Kiristi
6To, da yake kun karɓi Kiristi Yesu a matsayin Ubangiji, sai ku ci gaba da rayuwa a cikinsa, 7ku tsaya daram ku kuma ginu a cikinsa, ku sami ƙarfafawa a cikin bangaskiya kamar yadda aka koya muku, kuna kuma cike da godiya.
8Ku lura kada wani yă ruɗe ku da ilimin banza da wofi. Wannan koyarwa ta mutane ce kawai. Ta fito daga ikokin wannan duniya ne2.8 ikokin wannan duniya ne, An ɗauka Ruhohi da ikokin da ba a gani su suke bi da rayuwar mutane sun kuma gaskata sun haɗa da motsin taurari. ba daga Kiristi ba.
9Gama a cikin Kiristi cikin jiki dukkan cikar Allahntaka take tabbata, 10an kuma mai da ku cikakku a cikin Kiristi, wanda yake shi ne kai a kan kowane iko da kuma hukuma. 11A cikinsa ne kuma aka yi muku kaciya, ba kuwa yin mutum ba, amma wadda Kiristi ya yi muku, ta wurin tuɓe halinku na mutuntaka. 12Da yake an binne ku tare da shi cikin baftisma haka kuma aka tashe ku tare da shi ta wurin bangaskiyarku a cikin ikon Allah, wanda ya tashe shi daga matattu.
13Kun zama matattu saboda ku masu zunubi ne kuma saboda halin zunubanku aka ware. Sa’an nan Allah ya sa kuka rayu tare da Kiristi. Ya gafarta mana dukan zunubanmu. 14Ya soke rubutacciyar doka tare da ƙa’idodinta, wadda take gāba da mu, take kuma hamayya da mu; ya kuma kawar da ta, ya kafe ta a kan gicciye. 15Bayan ya ƙwace makaman ikoki da hukumomi, ya kunyata su a sarari, ya ci nasara a bisansu ta wurin gicciye.
16Saboda haka kada ku bar wani yă shari’anta ku a kan abin da kuke ci ko sha, ko bisa ga abin da ya shafi wani bikin addini, ko Bikin Sabon Wata ko na ranar Asabbaci. 17Waɗannan su ne hoton abubuwan da za su zo; amma Kiristi ne ainihinsu. 18Kada ku yarda wani yă ɓata ku, cewa shi wani abu ne don yă ga wahayi. Irin mutumin nan yakan nuna ƙasƙancin kai na ƙarya, yă kuma ce yana yi wa mala’iku sujada. Irin mutumin nan yana kumbura kansa ba dalili, sai son zuciya irin na halin mutuntaka. 19Ya yanke dangantaka da Kiristi wanda yake kai, wanda ta gare shi ne dukan jiki yake a haɗe, yake tsaye ta wurin taimakon gaɓoɓi da jijiyoyi, yana kuma girma kamar yadda Allah yake sa yă yi girma.
20Kun mutu tare da Kiristi. Yanzu ƙa’idodin wannan duniya ba su da iko a kanku. Don me kuke zama har yanzu kamar ku nasu ne? Kuna biyayya da umarnansu cewa, 21“Kada ka kama! Kada ka ɗanɗana! Kada ka taɓa”? 22Irin waɗannan dokoki suna magana a kan abubuwan da ba sa daɗewa. Su ayyukan mutane ne, sun kuma fito daga koyarwar mutane. 23Yin biyayya da irin waɗannan ƙa’idodi za su yi kamar su ne abu mafi kyau da za a yi. Sukan yi kamar suna sa a ƙaunaci Allah sosai a kuma kasance da sauƙinkai a kuma kasance da kamunkai. Amma ba su da wani iko a kan sha’awace-sha’awacenmu.
1I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. 2My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4I tell you this so that no-one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. 5For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
Spiritual fullness in Christ
6So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8See to it that no-one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20 of this world rather than on Christ.
9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. 11In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13. was put off when you were circumcised by2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of Christ, 12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you2:13 Some manuscripts us alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.2:15 Or them in him
Freedom from human rules
16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
20Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21‘Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!’? 22These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
