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].
Hagi nagrani'a Poli'na, Kraisi anterami avu'avazampinti'ene fru avu'avazanteti tamantahinegoe. Nagra tamagranema mani'nena fru avu'ava huramante'noanagi, afete'ma mani'nena hanave naneke huneramantoe.
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.
Nagrama tamagritega vanu'na hankave kea osnuegu nentahue. Hianagi nagra esu'na tagriku'ma vahe'mofo antahintireti havi eri'za e'nerize nehaza vahe'mofona hanavege eme huzmantegahue.
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.
Tamage mopafi vahe mani'nonanagi, mopafi vahe'mo'za hzaza huta hara nosune.
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].
Ha'ma huzantamima azeri'nonana, ama mopafi ha'zana omne'ne. Anumzamofo hankave ha'za me'neankino, Sata vihua ahe'nafru hugahie.
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].
Tagra hakare'a havi antahintahine havigemo'enema renkani renentegeno vahe'mo'ma Anumzamofoma antahi ama nosia antahintahizmia, zamazeri rukrehe hanunke'za Kraisi amagera nentaze.
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.
Tamagrama amage'ma ante fatgoma hanageta, veganokno nehu'za, ke rutrage'namokizmia, ana nona'a knaza zamigahune.
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.
Tamagra mago'amota amega avufgage negeta agu'afina nonkaze. Hagi Kraisi vahe mani'noe huno hanave antahintahi nentahinimo'a, atregeno agra'a agu'afi refko huno negeno, nagra Kraisi vahe mani'noe huno nentahina, tagra'enena Kraisi vahe mani'none hugahune.
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].
Na'ankure Ramo'ma kva vahe manigahaze huno tazeri otigeta mani'neta tavufga rama nehunana, tamagri tamazeri so'e hunaku anara nehunanki, tamazeri haviza hunakura anara nosunankita, tagra tagazegura osugahune.
9 I do not intend to make you afraid of me by the letters that I [write to you].
Hanki tamazeri koro hunaku ama avontamina krenoramue.
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.”
Na'ankure mago'amo'za amanage nehaze, Poli'a avontafepina hankave ke kreneramino, tavure'ma ne-eno'a, akoheno kea nehige'za, amnege nehie hu'za nehaze.
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].
Hanki anagema nehanana vahe'moka antahio. Tagranema omanineta avontafe'tamimpima hankave kema krerami'nonankna huta tagrama esuta, hankavege eme hugahune.
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.
Na'ankure mago'amo'za knare vahe mani'none nehaza vahera nezmageta, tagratia zamagritera refko huta nonkone. Hianagi zamagra'a mani'naza avamente refko hu'za nege'za, tagra knare vahe mani'none hu'za refko hu'za negaza vahe'mo'za, negi vahe mani'naze.
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,
Hianagi tagra mani'nona avamena agatereta tavufa ra osugahune. Hianagi Anumzamo'ma e'inahu huta eri'zana erita vahe'ma kegava huzmanteho huno hurante'nesia avamente mani'neta, vahera kegava hunezmanteta tamagri'enena kegava hurmantegahune.
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]!
Na'ankure tagrama ese knazupa Kraisi Knare Musenke, Anumzamo'ma eriho hu'nea avamente Korintima mani'naza nagamotare erita uhaniti'nona zamofonkura, agatereta tavufga erisaga nosune.
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.
Magore huta rumo'za eri'za eri'naza zantera tavufga rana osu'none. Hianagi tagripi'ma fore hanigeta kesune huta antahi neramunana, tamagri tamentintimo nehagenkeno, eri'zama tamagripima erisuna zamo'a ra huno hageno vanie huta nehune.
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].
Ana hu'negu, mago'mo'e huno Knare Musenke huama osu'naza afete kumatamimpina, tagra ome huama huta vugahune. Na'ankure koma eri'zama rumo'za e'rinesaza kumatamimpina ome e'nerisunkeno tagenoka osnazegu nehune.
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].
Hianagi avontafepina anage hu'ne, Iza'o avufga rama hunaku'ma hanimo'a, Ramofoma keno antahino hu'nea zanku avufga ra hino hu'ne. (Jer 9:24)
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.
Na'ankure agra'agu knare hu'noe huno nehimo'ompage, Anumzamo'ma hu izo huno ra agima ami'nesimoke agra'agura musena hugahie.
