2 Corinthians 3
1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Unless we need, as some men, commendatory letters to you or commendatory from you?
Kanti sesiqala futhi ukuzethula na? Kumbe njengabanye abantu kumele sibe lezincwadi zokusikhulumela kini kumbe ezivela kini na?
2 Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
Lina ngokwenu liyizincwadi zethu ezibhalwe ezinhliziyweni zethu, ezaziwayo lezifundwa ngumuntu wonke.
3 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.
Liyabonakalisa ukuba liyincwadi evela kuKhristu, isithelo sokutshumayela kwethu, engabhalwanga nge-inki kodwa ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu ophilayo, hatshi ezibhebhedwini zamatshe kodwa ezibhebhedwini zezinhliziyo zabantu.
4 And we have such confidence toward God through Christ,
Ithemba elinjengaleli ngelethu ngoKhristu phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
Kungayisikho ukuthi siyenelisa ukwahlulela konke esikwenzayo kodwa ukwenelisa kwethu kuvela kuNkulunkulu.
6 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.
Usiphe amandla okuba zinceku zesivumelwano esitsha, kungayisiso sokulotshiweyo kodwa esikaMoya; ngoba okulotshiweyo kuyabulala kodwa uMoya uletha ukuphila.
7 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,
Nxa imfundiso eyaletha ukufa eyayibhalwe ngamabala elitsheni, yeza lenkazimulo, ukuze abako-Israyeli bangabukhangeli kokuphela ubuso bukaMosi ngenxa yenkazimulo yabo, lanxa nje yayisifiphala,
8 how will the administration of the Spirit not be more in glory?
kambe imfundiso kaMoya kayiyikuba lenkazimulo enkulu na?
9 For if the administration of condemnation has glory, the administration of righteousness excels much more in glory.
Nxa imfundiso elahla abantu ilenkazimulo, pho inkulu kangakanani inkazimulo yemfundiso eletha ukulunga.
10 For also that which has been glorified, has not been glorified in this regard, because of the glory that transcends.
Ngoba okwakulenkazimulo khathesi akuselayo inkazimulo kuqathaniswa lenkazimulo enkulu.
11 For if that which is abolished was through glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
Njalo nxa okwakufiphala kwaletha inkazimulo, pho inkulu kangakanani inkazimulo yalokho okungulaphakade!
12 Having therefore such a hope we use great boldness,
Ngakho, njengoba silethemba elinje, silesibindi.
13 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.
Thina kasinjengoMosi owamboza ubuso bakhe ukuze abako-Israyeli bangabukhangeli lapho inkazimulo yayisifiphala.
14 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.
Kodwa ingqondo zabo zathundubezwa, ngoba kuze kube lamhla lesosembeso sisala sikhona lapho isivumelwano esidala sibalwa. Kasisuswanga ngoba sisuswa ngoKhristu kuphela.
15 But to this day when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart.
Langalolosuku nxa kubalwa umlayo kaMosi, isembeso sembesa inhliziyo zabo.
16 But whenever it turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
Kodwa nxa umuntu ephendukela eNkosini, “isembeso siyasuswa.”
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
INkosi inguMoya njalo lapho okuloMoya weNkosi khona, kulokukhululeka.
18 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.
Njalo thina, sonke esibonakalisa inkazimulo yeNkosi ngobuso obungembeswanga, siguqulelwa ekufananeni layo ngenkazimulo ekhula kokuphela, evela eNkosini, enguMoya.
