2 Corinthians 3
1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Aimacae hoi aimacae maw amkoeh amtong o? To tih ai boeh loe kalah thoemto kaminawk baktiah, nangcae han ang paek o ih panoek paehaih ca maw, to tih ai boeh loe nangcae mah na paek o ih panoek paehaih ca to aicae han angaih maw?
2 You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
Nangcae loe kaicae palung thungah tarik ih ca, kami boih mah panoek moe, kroek ih capat ah na oh o:
3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
nangcae loe catui hoi tarik ih ca na ai, kahing Sithaw ih Muithla hoiah tarik ih ca ah na oh o; thlung kangphaek pongah tarik ih ca na ai, ngan kaom palung thungah tarik ih ca, tok a sak pae o ih, Kri capat ah ni na oh o, tito amtueng boeh.
4 Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
Aicae loe Kri rang hoiah Sithaw hmaa ah to baktih kacak tanghaih to a tawnh o.
5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Aicae loe aimacae angoephaih hoiah aimah koehah tih hmuen doeh a sah o thai ai, toe aicae akoephaih loe Sithaw ah ni oh;
6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Anih mah ni lokmaih kangtha toksahkung ah oh thaihaih to aicae hanah paek; to toksakhaih loe ca tangoengh ah toksakhaih ih na ai ah, Muithla ah toksakhaih ih ni: ca tangoengh mah loe duekhaih to ohsak, toe Muithla mah loe hinghaih to paek.
7 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
Thlung nuiah soi moe, tarik ih ca mah loe duekhaih to ohsak, toe anghmaa thaih koiah oh to mah, Israel caanawk mah Mosi ih mikhmai khet thaih han ai khoek to ah anih ih mikhmai to aangsak nahaeloe,
8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
Muithla toksakhaih mah cae loe kawkruk maw aicae han lensawkhaih to omsak aep tih?
9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
Lokcaekhaih kaomsak toksakhaih mah mataeng doeh lensawkhaih to omsak nahaeloe, toenghaih kaomsak toksakhaih mah cae loe kawkruk maw lensawkhaih to om sak aep tih?
10 Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
Vaihi lensawkhaih loe paroeai len pongah, canghni ih lensawkhaih loe lensawkhaih ah om ai boeh.
11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
Anghmaa ving thaih hmuen mataeng doeh lensawkhaih ah om nahaeloe, kacak poe hmuen cae loe kawkruk maw lensawkhaih ah om aep tih.
12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
Aicae loe to baktih oephaih a tawnh o pongah, angphathaih om ai ah lok a thuih o.
13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
Israel caanawk mah anghmaa ving thaih aanghaih to boeng khoek to khet o thaih han ai ah, Mosi mah angmah ih mikhmai to kahni hoiah khuk khoep baktih toengah, aicae loe kahni hoiah khuk ai:
14 But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
toe nihcae poekhaih palungthin loe mikmaeng o: vaihi khoek to Lokpaek Kangquem kroek o naah kahni to takhoe o ving ai, mikhmai to a khuk o vop; mikhmai khukhaih kahni loe Kri rang hoiah takhoe ving boeh.
15 And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
Vaihni ni khoek to, Mosi ih Cabu kroek naah, nihcae ih palung to kahni mah khuk pae khoep vop.
16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Toe Angraeng khaeah amlaem kami loe, mikhmai khukhaih kahni to takhoe pae ving tih.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Angraeng loe Muithla ah oh: Angraeng ih Muithla ohhaih ahmuen ah, loihhaih to oh.
18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Mikhmai khukhaih om ai, aicae boih khaeah loe, hmaidan thungah amtueng baktih toengah, Angraeng lensawkhaih to amtueng, aicae loe Angraeng ih Muithla rang hoiah, lensawkhaih bangah angmah hoi kanghmong ah amkhraihaih hoiah a qoeng o tahang.
