2 Corinthians 5
1 We know that [these bodies] we live in [here in this world are like] [MET] tents. [They are like temporary living/dwelling places]. [So we should not be concerned about what happens to our bodies]. We know that if we are killed {if [someone] kills us}, God will give us [permanent living places. Those permanent living places] [MET] will not be houses that people have made. They [will be new bodies in which we will live forever] in heaven. (aiōnios g166)
Ti rusa inki aruttuko ti hira ti ticukum tiru anyimo une ugeme. Tizin ira sa ugomo Asere ma barkan duru ni. Age be sa daki abarka ani in tari tu unu tini ba. A ge sa adi cukuno anyimo a ani sarki umara. (aiōnios g166)
2 [While we are here on earth, we suffer]. We often groan because we desire [to go] to heaven [where God] will give us our new [bodies] [MET].
A pum ageme ani ti inso iriba ti tira apum ti iri asokin duru turunga apum aru me azezzeser.
3 When [God gives us(inc) our new bodies] [MET], our [spirits will have] [LIT, MET] bodies to live in [that will last forever].
Inki a sokin duru turunganan me ada kem me haru ti ciki ihuruba ba.
4 [It is true that] while we are still living in these bodies [MET] [that do not last forever], we often groan [DOU] [because we desire to be free from them]. We are not longing to be without a body. Instead, [we groan because] we desire to receive our new bodies [MET] in heaven. We long for this to happen so that these bodies that are going to die some day will suddenly be changed [into bodies] that will live [forever].
Uganiya sa ta raa ani pun nu nee ugeme, unoro uni tazin meki wuza me barki, azo me uguna agi ti harzina ina aru me anyimo unee ugeme, ani me ti nyara a sokin duru turunga ta zezzere tini, barki debe sa ma vengize kpico debe sa ma wono.
5 It is God himself who has prepared us to [receive] these [new bodies]. He is also the one who has guaranteed/assured us [(inc)] that this will happen. He has guaranteed it by sending his Spirit [to live inside us now].
Asere ani anya duru ugino ugamirka me, me sa ma nya duru bibe biriri bi meme, ma nikara ni mum be sa wuu ini anaje.
6 So, [because God’s Spirit lives in us], we are always confident [that God will give us new bodies]. We know that as long as we have bodies here on [earth], we are not yet [living together] with the Lord [Jesus in heaven].
Barki ani me, kode umaya tizin nikara amuriba, ti kuri ti rusa apum ageme sa ti rani, tizi sas nan nu ugomo Asere.
7 While we [(exc)] live [here, we] do not have our [new bodies, but we are] trusting [that God will give them to us].
Ti cukum ti kadure tini ti zini, azo me ti uguna anu agi anu wa hirii duru ba.
8 [As I said], we [(exc)] are confident [that he will give us new bodies]. We [(exc)] would much prefer to leave these bodies [which we have now], and be with the Lord [Jesus in our] home in [heaven].
Ani me tizin ini kara. Itekin duru ti harzina in napum aru age me ti cukuno ahira Ugomo Asere.
9 Because of all that, we always want to please [Jesus in everything that we do]. Whether we [(exc)] are [still living] here [in these] bodies or whether we have [left] them and are living in our home [in heaven], we want to please him.
Barki ani me ca i cukunon duru guu imum iwuza, nani ti raa ahira ameme, nyani ta harzina nan me, ukem uru une uni ti sani me iriba.
10 [And we need to try hard to do that] because each one of us [believers] must stand before Christ [to be] judged [by him] {[when he will] judge [his people]}. [At that time] he will [reward each one of] us according to what we have done [while we lived in this world] in these bodies. [He will reward us according to] whether we have done good things or whether we have done evil things.
Ya cukuno vat uru, adi cukun duru aje ukpanku udenge utize ti Ugomo Asere, barki konde avi ma kem imum be sa maa wuzi ini sa ma raa ani pum ni geme nani iriri nani izenze.
11 It makes me fearful [to think that some day I will stand before the Lord for him to judge me]. So I [do everything that I can to] convince people [that they should believe] (OR, [that I teach] sincerely) [God’s message]. God knows very well [how I conduct my life and what I teach], and I really believe that you know it, too.
Ana me, sa tizin in biyau bi Ugomo Asere, ine ini ya wuna ti zin unu tuburo acee aru bati ti kem uhunguko anabu. Gusi uzina uru me, izi imum irusa ini ahira Asere, ti hira imum me izi ani me amuriba mushi cangi.
12 Once again [I say, as I write this], I am not just [trying to] make you think well/highly of me, [as some people will probably say that I am]. Instead, I am [telling you in this letter why you have] good reason [to tell those who criticize me] that you think highly of me. [I am telling you this] so that you will know what to say to those [teachers of false doctrine among you]. They are proud [of what they have done], instead of [making sure that] they [are right with God and being pleased with that].
Sa izi ani me, azo unonzo uni ce nini tizin shi ni, ti zinu bezi ushi unna sa idi yezize igiri in haru, barki inki idi buu tize ahiran an de sa wazin imma kpanku ma dangdang sa wa kunnan in mani, azo uzina uweme sa wazi.
13 [Some of them say that after God has enabled me to see visions], I [talk like] a crazy person. If [that is so, I want you to realize that I talk that way in order to please] God. On the other hand, if [you think that] I [speak and act] wisely, [that is good. I want you to know that I do] speak and act wisely in order to [help] you.
Inki muriba muru ma suro apum aru me, agino me, barki Asere ani. Inki ti raa anyimo amuriba muru me, a gino me barki she wani.
14 [I speak and act the way I do] because the love that Christ [has for people] influences me [in everything that I say and do]. When Christ died, [he suffered the punishment] for [the sins of] all people. So, we should all [think of ourselves as having] died with him, [being as unresponsive to sinful desires as] [MET] a corpse is.
Uhem Asere ahira aru me, une uni imum be sa ta kem barki ani me ta inko iriba iru a'inde sa ya cukuno iwono iwe ini vat.
15 When [Christ] died for the everyone, he died in order that [we believers who are alive now] should not conduct our lives in a way that will just [please ourselves]. Instead, [we should conduct our lives in a way that will please] Christ, [because] he is the one who died for us and was brought back to life {whom [God] raised} again.
Ma wi ini barki anabu, an debe sa wa vengize, kati wa wuzi ticukum ti hem, ca wa wuzi ti de sa ma wi barki weme, anno ahirza me barki we me.
16 So, [because I realize how much Christ loves everyone], I no longer think about people in the way that those who do not believe [in Christ] think about [them]. Before I [was a believer], I thought about Christ in the way that other non-believers did. But I do not think of him that way any more.
Sa azi ani me, ana me nan uhana aje tida kuri ti gbarika anu anyimo abanga ani pum nigeme ba, sa izi ani me taa hiri Vana ugomo Asere anyimo ani me, ana me tizon duru unu hira ume anyimo anini.
17 The fact is that God makes every one [of us] who [trusts] in Christ to be completely different [than we were before]. Our old [way of conducting our lives] is gone. We now have a [completely] new way of [conducting our lives].
Barki ani me, vat an de sa wazi ahana Asere, uyoo uso uni, imum ikuzu ya mara, vat timum tacukuno ti soo.
18 This [complete change in our lives] is all something that God [does]. It is God who made it possible for us to have a peaceful relationship with him. [He was able to do that] because of what Christ [did for us]. Now God [has sent] me, and those [who work] with me, to tell [people that they] can have a peaceful relationship with him.
Kagino katuma uwuza Asere uni vat, me me sa ma patan nan ni ce nime me, ma kuri ma nyan duru katuma ku suro uka bara utize me.
19 That is, [he sent us(exc) to tell them that] when Christ [died], God was [making it possible for everyone] [MTY] in the world to have a peaceful relationship with him. He no longer keeps a record of the sinful things that [we believers] have done. The message that [God] has given to us [to tell people is how we can have a] peaceful relationship with him.
Anime ani Asere abarka abanga nan une wan nice ni meme, mada basa me ucara abanga aweme azezzeser ace aweme, ma kuri ma nyan duru tize tu pata ace agino me.
20 So, it is I and my companions who are Christ’s representatives [in this world. When we tell people the message about Christ], it is God himself who is pleading with them by means of what we [say]. So, as true representatives of Christ, we plead with you: [Believe God’s true message about Christ in order that you may] be reconciled to {have a peaceful relationship with} him.
Barki ani me, haru wani ana akadura kasere, ani me Asere ma nyara anu usuro ahira aru. Ti zinu tira tari barki Asere, patani acee ahi me nan Asere.
21 [You must believe that even though] Jesus never sinned, God [punished him for all the] sinful things [that people do, just] as [if Jesus had done those sinful things himself]. And because of our close relationship with Christ, God has erased the record of our sins/declared us no longer guilty for our sins.
Me sa ma taa me ucara abanga, Asere a kurzo me unu cara abanga barki haru bati tikem uribe ahira Asere usuro umeme.
