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?
Èske n ap kòmanse bay pwòp tèt nou lwanj ankò? Oswa èske nou menm bezwen, tankou kèk lòt moun, lèt rekòmandasyon pou nou menm, oswa petèt ki sòti de nou menm?
2 Our letter of recommendation is yourselves--a letter written on our hearts and everywhere known and read.
Nou menm nan legliz Korent se lèt nou, ki ekri nan kè nou, ki rekonèt e ki li pa tout moun.
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.
Li parèt klè ke nou se yon lèt ki sòti nan Kris la, ki pran swen pa nou menm, ki pa t ekri avèk lank, men avèk Lespri Bondye vivan an, pa sou tablèt wòch, men sou tablèt kè lòm.
4 Such is the confidence which we have through Christ in the presence of God;
Yon konfyans konsa ke nou genyen atravè Kris la vè Bondye.
5 not that of ourselves we are competent to decide anything by our own reasonings, but our competency comes from God.
Se pa ke nou ase fò nan nou menm pou konsidere ke tout bagay kapab sòti nan nou menm, men fòs nou an soti nan Bondye.
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.
Ki te osi fè nou ase fò tankou sèvitè a yon akò tounèf, pa selon lèt la, men selon Lespri a. Paske lèt la touye, men Lespri 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;
Men si zèv lanmò a, ak lèt la byen grave sou wòch te vini avèk glwa, jis pou fis Israël yo pa t kapab fikse atansyon yo sou figi Moïse akoz de glwa a figi li, malgre briyans lan te kòmanse ap bese,
8 will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?
kòman zèv Lespri a p ap vin pi fò avèk laglwa a?
9 For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.
Paske si zèv kondanasyon an gen glwa, konbyen anplis zèv ladwati a p ap ranpli avèk glwa?
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.
Paske anverite, sa ki te gen glwa a, nan ka sa a pa gen glwa, akoz glwa ki depase l la.
11 For if that which was to be abolished came with glory, much more is that which is permanent arrayed in glory.
Paske si sa ki disparèt la te avèk glwa, bokou plis sa ki rete a gen glwa.
12 Therefore, cherishing a hope like this, we speak without reserve, and we do not imitate Moses,
Konsa, akoz ke nou gen yon espwa parèy a sa a, nou sèvi ak gran kouraj nan pawòl nou yo.
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.
Se pa tankou Moïse ki te konn mete yon vwal sou figi l pou fis Israël yo pa t kab gade avèk atansyon sou fen sa ki t ap disparèt la.
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 tèt yo te vin di; paske jis rive nan jou sa a, nan lekti ansyen akò a, menm vwal la rete toujou san leve, paske se jis nan Kris li vin leve.
15 Yes, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their hearts.
Men jis rive nan jou sa a, lè ekriti Moïse la vin li, yon vwal kouvri kè yo.
16 But whenever the heart of the nation shall have returned to the Lord, the veil will be withdrawn.
Men nenpòt lè yon moun vire vè Senyè a, vwal la vin sòti.
17 Now by "the Lord" is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.
Alò, Senyè a se Lespri a; e kote Lespri Senyè a ye, 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.
Men nou tout, avèk figi devwale k ap gade tankou nan yon miwa laglwa Senyè a k ap transfòme nan menm imaj a glwa sa a, jis rive nan glwa ki sòti nan Senyè a, ki se Lespri a.
