2 Corinthians 3
1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? We do not need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you, do we?
Èske n ap kòmanse bay pwòp tèt nou lwanj ankò? Oswa èske nou menm bezwen, tankou kèk lòt moun, lèt rekòmandasyon pou nou menm, oswa petèt ki sòti de nou menm?
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by everyone;
Nou menm nan legliz Korent se lèt nou, ki ekri nan kè nou, ki rekonèt e ki li pa tout moun.
3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
Li parèt klè ke nou se yon lèt ki sòti nan Kris la, ki pran swen pa nou menm, ki pa t ekri avèk lank, men avèk Lespri Bondye vivan an, pa sou tablèt wòch, men sou tablèt kè lòm.
4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
Yon konfyans konsa ke nou genyen atravè Kris la vè Bondye.
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
Se pa ke nou ase fò nan nou menm pou konsidere ke tout bagay kapab sòti nan nou menm, men fòs nou an soti nan Bondye.
6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Ki te osi fè nou ase fò tankou sèvitè a yon akò tounèf, pa selon lèt la, men selon Lespri a. Paske lèt la touye, men Lespri a bay lavi.
7 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:
Men si zèv lanmò a, ak lèt la byen grave sou wòch te vini avèk glwa, jis pou fis Israël yo pa t kapab fikse atansyon yo sou figi Moïse akoz de glwa a figi li, malgre briyans lan te kòmanse ap bese,
8 won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
kòman zèv Lespri a p ap vin pi fò avèk laglwa a?
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
Paske si zèv kondanasyon an gen glwa, konbyen anplis zèv ladwati a p ap ranpli avèk glwa?
10 For truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
Paske anverite, sa ki te gen glwa a, nan ka sa a pa gen glwa, akoz glwa ki depase l la.
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
Paske si sa ki disparèt la te avèk glwa, bokou plis sa ki rete a gen glwa.
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Konsa, akoz ke nou gen yon espwa parèy a sa a, nou sèvi ak gran kouraj nan pawòl nou yo.
13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
Se pa tankou Moïse ki te konn mete yon vwal sou figi l pou fis Israël yo pa t kab gade avèk atansyon sou fen sa ki t ap disparèt la.
14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
Men tèt yo te vin di; paske jis rive nan jou sa a, nan lekti ansyen akò a, menm vwal la rete toujou san leve, paske se jis nan Kris li vin leve.
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
Men jis rive nan jou sa a, lè ekriti Moïse la vin li, yon vwal kouvri kè yo.
16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Men nenpòt lè yon moun vire vè Senyè a, vwal la vin sòti.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Alò, Senyè a se Lespri a; e kote Lespri Senyè a ye, gen libète.
18 But we all, with unveiled face looking as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Men nou tout, avèk figi devwale k ap gade tankou nan yon miwa laglwa Senyè a k ap transfòme nan menm imaj a glwa sa a, jis rive nan glwa ki sòti nan Senyè a, ki se Lespri a.
