2 Corinthians 3
1 Do you say that this is self-recommendation once more? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Eske sa vle di m'ap kòmanse fè lwanj tèt mwen ankò? Osinon, èske mwen ta bezwen yon lèt rekòmandasyon pou nou tankou kèk lòt ki pòte lèt rekòmandasyon ban nou? Ou ankò èske se pou m' ta mande nou pòte yon lèt konsa ban mwen?
2 Our letter of recommendation is yourselves--a letter written on our hearts and everywhere known and read.
Se nou menm, moun Korent, ki lèt rekòmandasyon mwen, yon lèt ki ekri nan kè m' pou tout moun ki konn li ka li li.
3 For all can see that you are a letter of Christ entrusted to our care, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the ever-living God--and not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts as tablets.
Wi, se bagay ki klè, nou menm moun Korent, nou se yon lèt Kris la menm te ekri ban m' pote. Li pa t' ekri l' ak lank, sou moso wòch plat, men sou kè moun ak Lespri Bondye ki vivan an.
4 Such is the confidence which we have through Christ in the presence of God;
M'ap di nou tou sa, paske, gremesi Jezikri, mwen gen konfyans nan Bondye.
5 not that of ourselves we are competent to decide anything by our own reasonings, but our competency comes from God.
Konprann byen, mwen pa t' janm gen pretansyon pou m' ta kapab fè bagay konsa ak pwòp kouraj mwen. Sa mwen fè a, se Bondye ki fè m' ka fè li.
6 It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.
Se li menm ki fè m' ka sèvi anba nouvo kontra a. Kontra sa a pa t' fèt dapre lalwa ki ekri a, men dapre pouvwa Lespri Bondye a. Lalwa ki ekri a bay lanmò, men Lespri Bondye a bay lavi.
7 If, however, the service that proclaims death--its code being engraved in writing upon stones--came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily on the face of Moses because of the brightness of his face--a vanishing brightness;
Yo te make lalwa a lèt pa lèt sou de moso wòch plat. Pouvwa Bondye a te parèt aklè lè li t'ap bay li. Lè sa a, figi Moyiz te sitèlman klere, moun pèp Izrayèl yo pa t' ka fiske je yo sou li. Men, figi Moyiz la pa t'ap rete klere tout tan. Si travay lalwa a, ki te la pou bay lanmò, te parèt konsa,
8 will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?
nou pa bezwen mande si pouvwa ki pou parèt lè Lespri Bondye a ap travay p'ap pi gwo toujou.
9 For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.
Travay ki t'ap fè yo kondannen moun lan te gen pouvwa, se vre! Nou pa bezwen mande ki kalite pouvwa ki dwe genyen nan travay k'ap fèt pou Bondye fè moun gras.
10 For, in fact, that which was once resplendent in glory has no glory at all in this respect, that it pales before the glory which surpasses it.
Nou ka menm di pouvwa ki te parèt aklè nan tan lontan an pa anyen devan pouvwa k'ap parèt aklè koulye a, sitèlman li depase l' anpil.
11 For if that which was to be abolished came with glory, much more is that which is permanent arrayed in glory.
Si sa ki te la pou yon tan an te gen pouvwa, nou pa bezwen mande ki pouvwa sa ki la pou tout tan an genyen.
12 Therefore, cherishing a hope like this, we speak without reserve, and we do not imitate Moses,
Se paske mwen gen tout espwa sa a kifè kè m' poze konsa.
13 who used to throw a veil over his face to hide from the gaze of the children of Israel the passing away of what was but transitory.
Mwen pa tankou Moyiz: klate ki te nan figi l' la te la pou yon tan. Se sa ki fè Moyiz te kouri kouvri tout figi l' ak yon moso twal pou moun pèp Izrayèl yo pa t' wè lè klate a disparèt.
14 Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day during the reading of the book of the ancient Covenant, the same veil remains unlifted, because it is only in Christ that it is to be abolished.
Men, yo pa t' ka konprann anyen. Jouk koulye a, lè y'ap li liv ansyen kontra yo, vwal la toujou la sou lespri yo. Lè yon moun mete konfyans yo nan Kris la, se lè sa a vwal la disparèt.
15 Yes, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their hearts.
Jòdi a ankò, chak fwa y'ap li liv Moyiz yo, vwal la kouvri lespri yo.
16 But whenever the heart of the nation shall have returned to the Lord, the veil will be withdrawn.
Men, tankou sa ekri nan liv la: Lè yon moun tounen vin jwenn Seyè a, vwal la soti.
17 Now by "the Lord" is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.
Kilès Seyè y'ap pale la a? Se Lespri Bondye a. Kote Lespri Bondye a ye, la gen libète.
18 And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.
Nou tout, nou pa kouvri figi nou; nou tankou yon glas k'ap fè moun wè pouvwa Bondye a: konsa chak jou n'ap transfòme, pouvwa li ap grandi nan nou, jouk tan n'a rive sanble nèt ak Seyè a. Sa se travay Seyè a. Lespri Bondye.
