2 Korintuh 5

1 Khawmdek khana mi awmnaka pumsa im pyeh sepi khana kut am am sak, Pamhnam amäta sak, khankhaw im, anglät khäng khaia im, mi taki ti mi ksingki. (aiōnios g166)

For we know that if our tent – that earthly body which is now our home – is taken down, we have a house of God’s building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, in heaven. (aiōnios g166)

2 Khawmdek im üng mi ve k’um üng khankhaw ima mi luh vai aktäa ngaih u lü mi ngkoki.

Even while in our present body we sigh, longing to put over it our heavenly house,

3 Acun mi suiawi üng pumsa kaa am mi ve khai.

sure that, when we have put it on, we will never be found naked.

4 Hina khawmdek im üng mi ve üng phüi k’yüh mi phüi u lü, mkhuimkhanak am mi ngkoki; Mi awmnaka khawmdek pumsa üngka naw mi ngtai vai mi ngaiha phäha am kya lü, khankhaw suiawi mi khana mi suiawi vai mi ngaiha phäha kyaki. Acunüng va pyeh theiki cun xünaka nglat khai.

For we who are in this tent sigh under our burden, unwilling to take it off, yet wishing to put our heavenly body over it, so that all that is mortal may be absorbed in life.

5 Acukba jah biloki cun Pamhnama kyaki. Acuna Pamhnam cun khängnak saka Ngmüimkhya jah pekia kyaki. Ngmüimkhya ngcim a jah bekhütnak cun mimia phäha a jah tak pet ni.

And he who has prepared us for this change is God, who has also given us his Spirit as a pledge.

6 Acunakyase, pumsa im üng mi awma küt üng Bawipa im üngka naw mi thuki tia mi ksing u lü anglät se mi lingki.

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while our home is in the body, we are absent from our home with the Lord.

7 Jumnak üng mi xüng lü hmuhnak thei üng am mi xüng.

For we guide our lives by faith, and not by what we see.

8 Pumsa im mi yawk u lü Bawipa am im üng mi awm hmaih khaia aktäa mi ngaih u lü mi lingki.

And in this confidence we would gladly leave our home in the body, and make our home with the Lord.

9 Acunakyase, hia im üng kami ve üng pi kyase, acai im üng kami ve üng pi kyase Mhnam jekyainak sak vai kami ngaihki.

Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.

10 Isetiakyaküng, mi van mi pumsa üng mi vecawh, am dawkyaki la dawkyaki mi bilawha kba mi yahnak vaia Khritawa ngthumkhyanaka ma mi ngdang law khai.

For at the court of the Christ we must all appear in our true characters, so that each may reap the results of the life which he has lived in the body, in accordance with his actions – whether good or worthless.

11 Acunakyase, Pamhnam kyühnak ksing u lü khyang he kami jah kdäk khawiki. Pamhnam naw jah ksingki; nangmi naw pi nami mlung üng nami na ksingkia ngai veng.

Therefore, because we know the fear inspired by the Lord, it is true that we are trying to win people over, but our motives are plain to God; and I hope that in your inmost hearts they are plain to you also.

12 Nami veia kami awhcah hlü bekia am kya ve, khyanga ngneingnawnga mawng am ni lü, khyanga ngtotai awhcah naki he nami jah msangnak be thei vaia mawng ka ning jah mtheh hlüki ni.

We are not ‘commending ourselves’ again to you, but rather are giving you cause for pride in us, so that you may have an answer ready for those who pride themselves on appearances and not on character.

13 Kami ang kcangki aw? Pamhnama phäha ni akya ve. Am acunüng kami ngsümki aw? Nangmi phäha ni akya ve.

For, if we were ‘beside ourselves,’ it was in God’s service! If we are not in our senses, it is in yours!

14 Khritawa jawng'engnak naw amthuia jah uki; Khyang naküta thihnak vaia nghnün üng khyang mat thi se acuna phäha khyang naküt thiki hea kami ngaiki.

It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died;

15 Acunüng, xüngki he ami mäta phäha am xüng ti u lü, ami thihnak vaia nghnün üng thi lü tho bekia phäha ami xünnak vaia ni khyang naküta phäha a thih ve.

and that he died for all, so that the living should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died and rose for them.

16 Acunakyase, tuhkbäih üng tün lü pumsa thuma ua lei am mkhya ti ve ung. Khritaw mata khyanga thum am kami mkhya pe khawikia akya üng pi.

For ourselves, then, from this time forward, we refuse to regard anyone from the world’s standpoint. Even if we once thought of Christ from the standpoint of the world, yet now we do so no longer.

17 Acunakyase, khyang cun Khritaw üng a ve üng akthaia kyaki; akphyüm khyük bäih lü akthaia kya lawki.

Therefore, if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!

18 Ahmäi Pamhnama pawha kyase; ani naw Khritawa ye hea kyanak üngka naw amäta püi hea jah pawh lü, khyang kce pi a püia jah pawh vaia khut jah peki.

But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation –

19 Pamhnam naw Khritaw üng khyang avan a püia jah pawh lü, ami katnak he jah mhlät lü, ihawkba khyang he a püia a jah pawh ni tia ngthu keimi üng a jah pet.

To proclaim that God, in Christ, was reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning people’s offences against them, and that he had entrusted us with the message of this reconciliation.

20 Pamhnam naw ning jah nghui nakia mäiha kami pyenki. Pamhnam naw kami ngthu pyen nami ngai khaia ning jah nghui naki. Yea kyanak üngka naw a püia kyanak vaia ning jah mthawng mhlai kawm tia Khritawa nghnün üng ning jah nghui na ve ung.

It is, then, on Christ’s behalf that we are acting as ambassadors, God, as it were, appealing to you through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf – Be reconciled to God.

21 Khritaw üng Pamhnama ngdüngdainak mi yumei püi khaia, katkawngnak am ksingeikia Khritaw cun Pamhnam naw mi phäha kakawngkia a pyang.

For our sake God made Christ, who was innocent of sin, one with our sinfulness, so that in him we might be made one with the righteousness of God.