2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I myself, Paul, appeal to you in a gentle and humble way, like Christ [would. Certain people among you have falsely accused me by saying], “When [Paul] is with you, he is humble [and speaks gently] to you, but when he is away from you, [in the letters he writes to you] he threatens [to punish] you.” [Those people claim that I do not have authority over you as an apostle].
Kai Paul, naming lakawh thlang mik huhawh kawdungnaak ing ak awm, lak a hla awh nangmih anik poekkhqi ing, Khrih ak kawdawnaak ingkaw khawboe leeknaak ing ni thoeh khqi nyng;
2 I strongly plead with you, “[Please do not listen to people who say things like that!]” [I strongly plead with you not to listen to them], so that when I am there [with you] I will not [need to] speak severely [to you] in the same severe way as I [plan to] speak to those people who think that I behave like people who are not believers.
Ve khawmdek phung amyihna khaw ak sa myihna ak poekkhqi venawh thincaknaak ka taak amyihna nangmih a venawh am ka lawnaak ham nangmih a venawh qeennaak thoeh law nyng.
3 [Remember that] although I am [human like everyone else] in the world, I do not fight [against those who oppose me] in the way that people who are not believers fight those who oppose them.
Pumsa ing awm pai hlai unyng, khawmdek pumsa qaal amyihna qaal am tuk unyng.
4 [I will tell you what I mean by that: Just like soldiers use] various weapons [to fight their enemies] [MET], [I] ([fight against/oppose]) [those who] oppose God’s message, but I do it in a different way. I do not [use human arguments and clever/sweet talk], like unbelievers do. Instead, [I fight against my opponents] with the powerful means that God [has given me]. With that power [I destroy their arguments against God’s message and against me, just like soldiers destroy] [MET] the fortresses [of their enemies].
kaimih a phuqaakhqi ve ve khawmdek phuqaakhqi amni. Kaimih a phuqaa taw vawngpui ak hqe thai Khawsa thaawmnaak veni.
5 [Specifically], I show that the [human] arguments that they use to deceive [people are completely wrong]. When they [proudly say things that] keep other people from knowing God, [I show them that they are completely wrong. I also enable people to] change their ways of thinking so that they think about everything as Christ [wants them to think].
Oelhnaakkhqi ingkaw Khawsa a cyihnaak ak oelh thainaak, poeknaakkhqi boeih boeih ce Khrih ak awi ngai aham sai unyng.
6 I am also ready to discipline everyone [among you] who has not obeyed [the things that Christ taught. I will do this] as soon as you [who truly want to obey Christ show me that] you are [going to] obey him completely.
Nangmih ak awi ngainaak ce a soep awh, awi amak ngai a sainaakkhqi ngainaak ce a soep awh, awi amak ngai a sainaakkhqi boeih boeih ce toel aham a oepchoeh na awmhly unyng.
7 [I want you to understand what is] happening among you. There are certain [people there who are telling you that] they know for sure that they are Christ’s [representatives and that I am not]. Those people should realize that I [represent] Christ as much as they do.
Nangmih ingtaw ak khan ik-oeih doeng ce toek uhyk ti. U ingawm Khrih a koena awm nyng tice a sim ceet awhtaw anih amyihna ni kaimih awm Khrih a koena kami awm lawt hy tice ak poek tlaih aham awm hy.
8 [I say that] because the authority that the Lord gave me [as his apostle] is to help you to become mature believers, not to cause you to stop [trusting in Christ]. So even if I were to boast a little more than I have [already done] (OR, proudly talk a little more than I have [already talked] about the authority the Lord gave me [as his apostle]), [no one would be able to make me] ashamed [by proving that Jesus has not given me that authority].
Nangmih ce hu benna ak dawh lat kaana hai benna taai sak aham Bawipa ing saithainaak ani peekkhqi a dawngawh kang oek qu awhtaw, ap chak nyng.
9 I do not intend to make you afraid of me by the letters that I [write to you].
Ka capat ing nangmih kqih sak aham am ngaih nyng.
10 [I say that] because some people are saying, “[When Paul writes] letters, he says severe things [in order to make you obey him], but when he is here with you, [people look at him and say] he is weak, and he certainly is not a skillful speaker.”
Thlang pynoet ing, Anih a capatkhqi kqih nawh ak tha awm hlai hy, ak thlang pum ingtaw thlang awm am noeng nawh ak awih kqawnkhqi awm kawna am awm hy,” ti uhy.
11 The [people who say] such things should think carefully about this: The kind of [severe] person that [you think] me to be when you read my letters is exactly the kind of person I will be when I come. [I will do what I wrote that I would do].
Cemyih ak thlang ing veve sim seh nyng, nami venawh am ka awm awh capat awh awina ka awm amyihna nami venawh ka awm awhawm bibinaak ing awm kawng nyng.
12 [Those who oppose me] tell others how good they are. [If they really were superior to me] [IRO], I would not be so bold as to say that I [was equal to them, or] to compare myself with them. [But they are not superior to me]. They make up their own standards [about what God’s servants should be like], and then they look at their own [conduct] and decide [whether or not they meet those standards. By doing that, they show that] they are foolish.
Amah ingkaw amah ak zoeksang qukhqi mi nyhtah aham am ngaih unyng. Cekkhqi ing a mimah ingkaw a mimah ce ami nyhtah awh, am cyi uhy.
13 But as for me, I will not boast about [working among people living in] areas outside of the areas [that God sent/assigned me to work in]. But [it is right for] me to say that [I have worked] in the areas that God assigned to me. [And since those areas] include the one where you live,
Cehlai kaimih taw, kaming oek qu hly kawi a voel na am oek qu kawng unyng, Khawsa ing ani peek bibinaak ak khui doeng ni ka ming oek qu hly, cawhkaw bibinaak ak khuiawh nangmih awm paa uhyk ti.
14 [when I talk about working among you], I am not boasting [about working in an area where God did not give me the right to work. What those who oppose me say about my not having authority as an apostle to you might be true] if I had not already come all the way to your area. [But that is not true], because I was the one who first brought the message about Christ to you. [I came to Corinth before they did]!
Khawteh na am oek qu hly unyng, nangmih a venawh am kami law mantaw oek qu hly mai hlai unyng, kawtih nangmih a venawh ang coeng thai khuina Khrih ak awithang leek ce ning zaak sak khqi hawh nyng.
15 Also, [my opponents] boast about work that others have done [as if it were their own work]. It is improper for them to do that, but I do not do as they do. I confidently expect that as you trust more and more [in the gospel that I preach], you will more and more [agree that God has given me the right to] work [as Christ’s representative] among you.
Thlang a bibinaak ak khanawh am oek qu unyng. Kaimih ang ngaih-unaak taw, nangmih ak cangnaak ce taai nawh, kaimih a bibinaak awm nangmih anglakawh a kaunaak thai hamni,
16 Then I will be able to go to places beyond where you [are]. I will be able to tell the good message about Christ [to people in areas where no one has yet gone to tell that message]. And [I will be able to talk about the work I myself have done in that area], instead of boasting about work that someone else has already done [as if it were my work].
cawhni nangmih a awmnaak a kil dyna awithang leek ve kamik khypyi hly thai hy. Thlak chang a bibinaak ce awh oek qu aham am ngaih unyng.
17 [I try to do according to what someone/Jeremiah wrote in the Scriptures], If anyone wants to boast [about something], he should boast [only] about what the Lord [God has done].
Cehlai, Ak oek qu ingtaw Bawipa awh oek qu seh.
18 [You can realize, then, that] it is not those who (praise themselves/tell you what great things they have done), [as my opponents do], whom you should accept [as apostles]. Instead, you [should accept as true apostles only] those whom the Lord commends.
Ikawtih u awm amah ingkaw amah ak zoeksang qu thlang ce do na am awm nawh, Bawipa ing a zoeksang thlang ni ami do hy.
