2 Corinthians 3
1 [As I write these things about myself], I am [RHQ] not [doing it] to boast about how good I am, [as some of you say I do]. Some people always carry letters with them that tell how well they work, [that other people] have [written]. But I do not [RHQ] need [to bring] letters like that [when I come to you]. Nor do I need to ask you [to write] letters like that [for me when I go to other congregations].
Ma guna haa, tidi tubi unonzo ace aru me ana me? Nyanini ti nyara kadura ku nyetike uhana ahira ashi me, nyanini ahira ashi me, gusi uwuza wabaye sa wa wuza?
2 You yourselves are [MET] [like a] letter that recommends my work [for God to everyone]. People see [how Christ changed] your [lives when you believed the message that I taught you]. Everyone [who knows you] can see [the result of my work for God].
She wani kadura ku nyertike uru me kani nonzo ka ge be sa a nyertike amu riba mushi me, barki konde vi ma rusi kani, ma kuri ma basa kani.
3 You are [MET] [like] a letter that Christ himself [has written] that says good things about [my work for God in your lives]. You show [people by the way you now conduct your lives that God has changed your lives] as a result of my work [among you. People did] not [find out about you by] reading [a letter that was written to them on paper] with [pen and] ink. Instead, [they saw how] the Spirit of the all-powerful God [has changed your lives]. Nor [did people find out about you by reading] a letter that was carved on stone slabs [like the stone slabs that God gave to Moses]. Instead, [it was the change that God’s Spirit made in] your lives [MET] [that they saw].
Imum igenne ama saa, shi kadura ku nyertike kani ka Yeso, ka tari tiru azo unyertike umara mei sas, mei magino me ma bibe ba Asere bini bi zatu marsa, azo me anipum nini nipo nini anyertike, anyimo amu riba muni manyertike nin.
4 I [can very] confidently [write these things about the work that Silas, Timothy, and I did among you, because God knows that what I write is true. We(exc) are true workers] for God [because of what] Christ [has done for us].
Une uni uhem uru me ahira Asere usuro Yeso.
5 We [(exc)], by ourselves, do not have the ability [to do this work]. None of us [apostles] can say, “[I have changed the lives of these people].” God is the one [who has given us this ability].
Azo uguna haru ace aru me iri mum ini sa ta bari, sati di gu ana haru wani ti wuza ace aru me daa urusa wa suro ahira Asere ani.
6 He is the one who enables us [(exc)] to be his messengers. [He has enabled us to tell people the message] about the new agreement [that he is making with them]. This is not a [message about obeying all the] written laws [of his old agreement that he made with the Jewish people]. Instead, [it is a message about God giving us his] Spirit. [Previously, God condemned people to be] separated from him forever [if they did not obey his laws]. But by [God’s new agreement] his Spirit enables people to live [eternally].
Barki maa bezin duru urusa a nyimo akatuma ka soo ka Yeso ubinani u aye umeme. Unyertike ukatuma kaso me uzo me unu binani Ibibe biriri bini. Barki unyertike ubinani uhaza, bibe biriri bi humz ni cas.
7 [Moses] taught [the people that if they did not obey God’s laws completely they would be] separated from God forever. [God] wrote [his laws] on stone [slabs. Then he gave them to Moses to teach them to the people. Although God’s laws condemned the people] to die, [when Moses brought those laws down from Sinai Mountain, God caused Moses’ face to shine] Moses’ face to shine radiantly [to show the people that these laws were God’s laws. It shone]. so brightly that the people of Israel could not keep looking at Moses’ face. [They had to look away]. But the brightness was slowly fading away.
A nyertike tize ti katuma ka Musa a pum a poo kage be sa umasirka ukani iwono ini azikinkatuma me ini nikara, anu uisraila wadiri ace u ira Umusa barki masaa makani mawu madangdang. Matuma kayenne kazi ku aka kani.
8 [So], [since God showed in such a wonderful way that those laws that condemned the people to die were from him], surely when we [(exc)] teach [people about how God’s] Spirit will [change their lives], [God will show] in an even more wonderful way [that] it is [his message.] [RHQ]
Adi bati kani ane ni nan katuma kabi be biriri.
9 The message [that Moses taught them was wonderful, but when people heard] that message, [they realized that they were sinners and that God] would punish them. But God’s message that we [(exc) teach is a] much more wonderful message. We teach people that God will (erase the record of/declare people no longer guilty for) [the sinful things that they have done].
Inki katuma be sa kadi hunguko uweki utize imum ihuma ini, am katuma be sa ka eze unu re piit.
10 [The truth is that, although the work of teaching the people to obey God’s laws] was once important, it is not as important now, because [the work of teaching people that God will forgive them and] enable them to live to please him is far more important.
Rep, aticukum me, imum be sa ateki unu hira me ine ini iriri me ada hiraa anyo a iri imum barki tize be sa a en in tini ti teki ta impo taje me.
11 Furthermore, [the message that Moses taught was not a lasting message, just like] the brightness on his face was not lasting and soon faded away. But [when God gives his Spirit to people], the wonderful work that [God’s Spirit does in their lives] is much greater [because] it lasts forever.
Inki imum i aka aziki ihuma ini, nyanini idi karti imum be sa idi karti imum idi dondonkino ahira ine ini iriri me piit.
12 We [(exc)] know that the message that we teach is a [much more wonderful message than the message that Moses taught]. So we [can preach] boldly.
Sa azin duru ani me ti inso iriba ani me tiboo tize tiru me in nikara nini.
13 We do not [need to put a veil over our faces when we teach people], as Moses did. Moses put a veil over his face so that the Israelites would not see that the radiance [on his face] soon faded away. [Similarly, the glory of the old agreement has also faded away].
Haru ti zome gusi Musa ba, sa ma impi muhenu mu meme in nitira barki kati anu Israila wa iri u'aka imum be sa teki unu hira ine ini iriri me vat sa idi mari.
14 But the Israelis stubbornly refused to [understand that the old agreement would end]. Even now, when they read the old agreement, [they still do not realize that it has ended. It is as if] [MET] that same veil [that Moses put on his face] is now over their [minds, keeping them from understanding God’s true message]. They will [understand that message] only when [they come to trust] in Christ. Then [it will be as though God] has removed the veil.
Ana me muriba mu weme ma impino, u yee kani geme inki azini ubasa utize tikuzu tu nyertike Umusa, manyani magino me madan adaa sarki ukara umani, ahira a Yeso mani adake akari mani cas.
15 [Throughout all these years], even until now, when [the Israelis] read what Moses [write, it is as though] a veil is covering their minds.
Rep uyee akani me, inki azi nu basa ihori I Musa, i ntira nigino me madi ma impi we muriba me.
16 But when any of them believes in the Lord [Jesus], [God] removes that veil from them.
Inki unu makuro ahira ugomonAsere adi kari me nitira nigino me.
17 [It is by the power of his] Spirit that the Lord [works in our lives], and the Lord’s Spirit has set us free [from trying to obey all the rules and rituals that God gave Moses].
Ani me, ugomo Asere memani bibe biriri ahira me sa bibe bi riri bi ugomo Asere bi rani abini me ani ukem ubura unice urani.
18 [It is as though God] has removed the veil from our faces [MET]. We realize how awesome Jesus is. As we realize that, we are continually being changed {[the Holy Spirit is] continually changing us} to become more and more like Jesus, [so that people can see], more and more, how awesome [Jesus is]. It is the Spirit of the Lord who does [this].
Vat uru ana me muhenu muru kani me nitira na zoni, tizinu bezi masaa mu ugomo Asere gusi mageni aciran duru gusi me mani in naza. Ugomo Asere sa mazi bibe biriri ma zika ani.
