2 Corinthians 2
1 Anyway, I definitely decided that I would not come to visit you again [now. If I had come, I would have spoken severely to you again, and] I would have made you unhappy as I did the last time [I visited you].
Nangmih a venawh kawseet doena am ka lawnaak bai aham kaw poek nyng.
2 [And] if I make you unhappy, I will have made unhappy [the only people who can cheer me up], so (there will be none of you to cheer me up!/who would cheer me up?) [RHQ]
Nangmih kaw ka ni seet sak khqi mantaw, u ing nu kak kaw a ni zeel sak hly chang bai?
3 So, [instead of going to visit you at that time], I wrote a letter [and sent it to you]. I wrote it the way I did so that [you would know what you should do. Then] when I come to visit you, you will not make me unhappy when you should be causing me to rejoice. I was quite sure that all of you [would do what I told you to do in that letter, and because of that] I would be happy and you would be happy, too.
Kai anik zeel sak hly kawi nangmih a venna ka law awh kak kaw ama seetnaak aham vemyihna ca ni qee law pek khqi nyng. Nami ni zeel pyi thainaak aham, nangmih boeih ve ni yp nak khqi nyng.
4 I wrote to you [the way I did] because I felt very troubled and distressed about you. I was even crying very much as I wrote. [My purpose in writing was] not in order to make you feel bad, but, instead, in order that you might know how deeply/much I love you.
Nangmih kaw seet sak aham am nawh ni lungnaak khqi soeih nyng tice nami simnaak thai aham, kawseet mikphli tui a baw doena ca ni pat lawk khqi nyng.
5 [Now I want to write about the man who] caused all this anguish. [What he did was very wrong, but] I know that it has caused you much more sorrow than it has caused me, because [what he did] has [affected] all of you [to some extent. I say], “to some extent,” [because I do not want to say that he has] done more harm [than he really has done].
U ingawm kawseetnaak a sai awhtaw, kai anik kawseet sak anglakawh nangmih boeih ni anik kawseet sak khqi ngai hy – ak tlo soeih na koeh poek law aih uh.
6 [Since he has now stopped sinning in that way], the punishment that nearly all of you [decided was right for him] has continued long enough.
Thlang khawzah ing a toel cemah anih aham khoek da hawh hy.
7 So now, instead [of punishing him any longer], you need to forgive him and deal kindly with him. [If you do not forgive him], he may become so sad that he will begin to [think that you will never forgive him] (OR, will stop [believing in Christ]).
Ce anglakawhtaw, ak kaw ama seetnaak aham anih ce qeenkhaw ngai pe unawh ngaihdingnaak awi namik kqawn peek aham awm hy.
8 For those reasons, I beg you to [forgive him and accept him into your group again, and by doing that] assure him that you truly love him.
Cedawngawh, anih ce nami lungnaak tlaih ahamni thoeh lawk khqi nyng.
9 [I feel sure that you will do as I ask], because when I wrote [severely] to you [before], I did it to test you by finding out whether or not you really would do everything [that I, as your apostle, asked you to do].
Ni hu awh ca ka ni qee law peek khqi taw sykzoeknaak awh ak cak na naming dyih nawh ik-oeih a soep a hoei awh awi namik ngai hy voei nu tice sim ka ngaihnaak awh ni.
10 So [since you obeyed what I told you before, I feel sure that now you will obey what I am writing in this letter] and forgive the man, as I have done, because I indeed have forgiven him for the wrong thing that he did. Anything he needed me to forgive him for, I have forgiven, and Christ knows [that I have forgiven him sincerely. I have done that mainly] to help you [so that you and I will again have fellowship with each other, and that you will accept him into your group again].
Nangmih ing qeenkhaw ngai hawh nyng. Ik-oeih pynoet oet awh qeenkhaw ngai aham awm nawh kai ing qeenkhaw kang ngai hawh awhtaw – nangmih aham Khrih a mikhuh awh ni kai ing anih ce qeenkhaw kang ngai hawh hy,
11 [I want you to forgive him] so that Satan will not be able to take advantage of [the problems among] us [and make the situation worse]. We know very well [LIT] that Satan is always planning to [cause problems among us].
cetaw Setan ing ningnih awh a tym leek a huhnaak thai ahamni. Ikawtih anih ang cainaak ce ni sim boeih uhy.
12 [I will continue by telling you what I did after I wrote to you from Ephesus city]. I went to Troas [city] in order to [tell people] the message [about] Christ. [When I arrived there], I found [many people] who had been prepared by the Lord [Jesus] [MET] [to listen to what I told them about him].
Khrih ak awithang leek khypyi aham Troas khaw na ka ceh awh, Bawipa ing chawh awng law hy tice hu nyng,
13 But because my fellow believer Titus had not [arrived with a report from you], I still felt very anxious and concerned [about you]. So, [after spending only a short time at Troas], I said goodbye to [the believers who were there] and came [here] to Macedonia [province to find Titus].
Cehlai ka naa Tita ce cawh am ka huh dawngawh kang ngaih am qep hy. Cedawngawh a mingmih ce kut tlaih nyng saw Madedonia na cet poe nyng.
14 However, [before I tell you any more about that], I [want to] thank God [for what he is doing. As a great leader of fighting men causes all his prisoners to take part in his victory parade] [MET], God leads us [who are his workers] to always be victorious [over Satan because of our(exc) close relationship with Christ. God causes people to come to] know Jesus Christ as a result of our [(exc) teaching his message. That message is like] [MET] the smell of perfume.
Khrih awh noengnaak ing ningnih anik sawikung ingkaw, amah a cyihnaak bawktui a hun hoei awh ak khyn sak kung, Khawsa venawh zeel nyng.
15 [When we(exc) tell God’s message] about Christ, it [spreads out among people] like the smell of perfume. [Those who believe the message that we tell them] are saved {[Jesus Christ] saves them} [from the guilt of their sin. But those who reject that message] will be separated from God [forever].
Ikawtih ningnih taw hulna ak awm huikhqi ingkaw ak plalthamkhqi aham Khawsa venawh Khrih a bawktui na ni awm uhy.
16 To those who [are on the way to hell, our message is like] [MET] a foul smell [because it is about dying] and being separated from God forever. But, to those [on the way to heaven, the message that we teach is like] a pure fragrant smell, [because we tell them] that they will live [forever with God. As we think about that, we think] (no one is able [to do] such important work [for God!]/how can anyone be able [to do] such important work [for God]?) [RHQ] (questioned)
Pynoet a venawh thihnaak a baw na nik khqim unawh; pynoet a venawh taw hqingnaak a bawktui na ni awm uhy. Ve a ik-oeih awh ve ang amyihna u nu ak awm bawk hly thai?
17 [But perhaps God considers us(exc) able], because we do not work/act like so many [others whom you know]. They teach God’s message in a way that [they think people will like, and they think that] people will pay them for teaching that way. We [(exc) certainly do not do that]. On the contrary, [as servants of] Christ, and knowing that God is watching us [(exc)], we teach sincerely [the message that] God sent us to proclaim.
Thlang khawzah amyihna a awm kaana, Khawsak awi ve hawihkhangnaak huhnaak a aham amni haw na uhy. Vemyihna a awm kaana, Khawsa ing a tyih thlangkhqi amyihna, Khawsa haiawh Khrih awh ce kawlung tang tang ing ningnih ing awi nik kqawn uhy.
