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?
Sena tutatike kulilumbaisha? Sena twise uko ne makalata eshikutusansulula, mpani tumante makalata alico kufuma kuli njamwe mbuli ncobalenshinga bantu nabambi? nkacela kubeco sobwe!
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by everyone;
Pakwinga amwe njamwe kalata yetu yalembwa mu myoyo yetu iyo yela kubelengwa ne kwinshibikwa ne bantu.
3 being revealed that you are a letter of Messiah, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Ruach of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
Ni cintu ceshibikwa kwambeti Klistu mwine ewalalemba kalata iyo ne kwituma kupitila muli njafwe. Nkayalembewa ne inki sobwe, nsombi ne Mushimu Uswepa wa Lesa muyumi, kayi nkayalembwa pa mabwe sobwe nsombi mu myoyo ya bantu.
4 Such confidence we have through Messiah toward God;
Tulambeco pakwinga tukute lushomo muli Lesa kupitila muli Klistu.
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
Afwe paliya ncotukute ico cela kutupa ngofu sha kusebensa ncito iyi. Sobwe, ngofu nshotukute nisha Lesa.
6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Ruach. For the letter kills, but the Ruach gives life.
Nsombi nendi eukute kutupa ngofu shakwambeti tube basebenshi ba cipangano ca lino lino ico cabula kubambwa ne Milawo yalembwa, nsombi ne Mushimu Uswepa pakwinga Milawo yalembwa ikute kuleta lufu, Mushimu Uswepa ukute kupa buyumi butapu.
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:
Milawo yalikuba yabeswa pa mabwe, mpoyalapewa kuli Mose yalabonesha bulemu bwa Lesa. Bulemu bwa Lesa ebwalalengesha cinso ca Mose kumweka nambi cindi ncobwalikuya kushimangana, Baislayeli balikabacikute buyowa kulangana ne cinso ca Mose. Lino na Milawo ishikuleta lufu yalesa ne bulemu bulico,
8 won't service of the Ruach be with much more glory?
ekwambeti ncito ya Mushimu Uswepa wa Lesa nikabe yabulemu bwapita Milawo, sena nteco cakubinga?
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
Na Milawo ishikuleta lufu yalikuba ne bulemu bulico, ekwambeti bululami bwelakuba nebulemu bwapitapo.
10 For truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
Cakubinga, bulemu bwa cipangano ca kaindi nkabulabonekengeti ni bulemu bwakubinga sobwe, pakwinga bulemu bulipo lino bwapitapo.
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
Nicakubinga Milawo yalikukute bulemu ubo bwalashimangana. Nomba bulemu bwa cipangano calino lino nibunene, pakwinga nteti bukashimanganepo sobwe.
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Cebo ca kupembelela kwamushobo uyu, ekulatwambishinga kwakubula buyowa.
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.
Nkatulipo eti Mose walalifwekelela cikwisa pamenso kwambeti, bana Baislayeli kabatabona bulemu cindi ncobwalikushimangana.
14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Messiah it passes away.
Nomba manjeyaulwa abo acalilwa pakwinga kushikila pacindi cino, cikwisa cisa cicili cafwekelela manjeyaulwa abo babelenganga cipangano cakaindi. Cikwisa cikute kufwekulwa muntu aba muli Klistu.
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
Ee, mpaka pacino cindi cikwisa cisa cicibafwekelela kumoyo babelenganga Milawo yalalembwa ne Mose.
16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Cikwisa cisa cikute kufumapo na muntu lasandukili kuli Mwami.
17 Now the Lord is the Ruach and where the Ruach of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Lino Lesa ni Mushimu, pali Mushimu wa Lesa pali kusunguluka.
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 Ruach.
Neco, twense tulabononga bulemu bwa Mwami Lesa ne cinso cabula kufwekwa cikwisa, tulyeti cilola cikute kubonesha bulemu bwa Mwami Lesa. Twaleshanga bulemu bulico tukute kushinta nekubeti endiye, kayi tukute kufuma mubulemu ubu kuya mubulemu nabumbi bwapitapo.
