2 Akorinto 3
1 Kodi tayambanso kudzichitira umboni tokha? Kapena kodi ifenso tikufuna makalata otivomereza kwa inu, kapena ochokera kwa inu monga anthu ena?
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Unless we need, as some men, commendatory letters to you or commendatory from you?
2 Inu ndinu kalata yathu, yolembedwa pa mitima yathu, yodziwika ndi yowerengedwa ndi aliyense.
Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
3 Inu mukuonetsa kuti ndinu kalata yochokera kwa Khristu, zotsatira za utumiki wathu, osati yolembedwa ndi inki koma ndi Mzimu wa Mulungu wamoyo, osati pa miyala yosemedwa koma mʼmitima ya anthu.
being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts.
4 Kulimba mtima kumeneku tili nako pamaso pa Mulungu kudzera mwa Khristu.
And we have such confidence toward God through Christ,
5 Sikuti mwa ife muli kanthu kotiganizitsa kuti tingathe kugwira ntchitoyi patokha, koma kulimba mtima kwathu kumachokera kwa Mulungu.
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
6 Iye watipatsa kulimba mtima kuti tikhale atumiki a pangano latsopano, osati malamulo olembedwa koma a Mzimu; pakuti malamulo olembedwa amapha koma Mzimu amapereka moyo.
who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a Spirit, for the document kills but the Spirit makes alive.
7 Koma ngati utumiki umene unabweretsa imfa uja, wolembedwa ndi malemba pa mwalawu, unabwera ndi ulemerero mwakuti Aisraeli sanathe kuyangʼanitsitsa nkhope ya Mose chifukwa cha ulemerero wa pa nkhopeyo, ngakhale kuti unali kunka nuzilala,
But if the administration of death in writings engraved on stones occurred in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his countenance,
8 kodi nanga utumiki wa Mzimu sudzaposa apa?
how will the administration of the Spirit not be more in glory?
9 Ngati utumiki umene umatsutsa anthu unali ndi ulemerero, nanga koposa kotani ulemerero wa utumiki wobweretsa chilungamo!
For if the administration of condemnation has glory, the administration of righteousness excels much more in glory.
10 Pakuti zimene zinali ndi ulemerero, tsopano zilibenso ulemerero pofananitsa ndi ulemerero wopambanawo.
For also that which has been glorified, has not been glorified in this regard, because of the glory that transcends.
11 Ndipo ngati zosakhalitsa zinabwera ndi ulemerero, koposa kotani ulemerero wamuyayawo!
For if that which is abolished was through glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
12 Choncho, popeza tili ndi chiyembekezo chotere, ndife olimba mtima kwambiri.
Having therefore such a hope we use great boldness,
13 Ife sitili ngati Mose amene amaphimba nkhope yake kuopa kuti Aisraeli angaone kuti kunyezimira kwa nkhope yake kumazilala.
and are not as Moses. He put a veil over his face in order for the sons of Israel not to gaze on the end of the fading.
14 Koma nzeru zawo zinawumitsidwa, pakuti mpaka lero chophimbira chomwecho chikanalipo pamene akuwerenga Chipangano Chakale. Sichinachotsedwebe, chifukwa chimachotsedwa ngati munthuyo ali mwa Khristu yekha.
But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ.
15 Ngakhale lero lomwe lino akuwerenga mabuku a Mose pali chophimbabe mitima yawo.
But to this day when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart.
16 Koma pamene aliyense atembenukira kwa Ambuye, “chophimbacho chimachotsedwa.”
But whenever it turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
17 Tsono Ambuye ndi Mzimu, ndipo pamene pali Mzimu wa Ambuye, pali ufulu.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Ife tonse, amene ndi nkhope zosaphimba timaonetsera ulemerero wa Ambuye, tikusinthika kufanana ndi ulemerero wake, umene ukunka nuchulukirachulukira, wochokera kwa Ambuye, amene ndi Mzimu.
But we all, with unveiled face seeing by reflection the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness from glory to glory, just as from the Spirit of the Lord.
