Korintotɔwo 2 10
1 Azɔ la, nye Paulo ŋutɔ mele nu xlɔ̃m mi kple dzigbɔɖi kple tufafa abe ale si Kristo ŋutɔ awɔ ene. Ke mia dometɔ aɖewo le gbɔgblɔm be, ne mele adzɔge la, nye nya dzi “sesẽna”, gake ne meva yewo gbɔ ko la, menɔa anyi abe “vɔvɔ̃nɔtɔ” ene.
Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Messiah; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.
2 Mele kuku ɖem na mi be migana makplɔ mi kple asi sesẽ ne meva mia gbɔ o. Menya be ŋusẽ le asinye mazã ɖe ame siwo buna le mia dome be amegbetɔ ƒe nunya kple ŋusẽ ko metsɔ le dɔ wɔmii la dzi, gake nyemedi be mawɔ alea o.
But I implore you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence with which I intend on showing against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
3 Enye nyateƒe be míele ŋutilã me zɔm gake, míewɔa aʋa le ŋutilã nu o.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;
4 Menye amegbetɔwo ƒe aʋawɔnuwo míezãna o, ke boŋ Mawu ƒe ŋusẽ si tri akɔ wu nu sia nu lae míetsɔna ɖua Abosam ƒe ŋusẽwo katã dzi.
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds,
5 Míetsɔa Mawu ƒe ŋusẽ sia ɖua nya vlo siwo katã amegbetɔwo gblɔna ɖe Mawu ŋuti la dzi, eye eyae míetsɔna gbãa nugɔmemasemase ƒe gli si wòtu ƒo xlã amewo be woagadze si Mawu o. Eye to ŋusẽ sia me la, míeléa ame si dze aglã ɖe Mawu ŋuti la kluvii be wòatrɔ gbɔ va Mawu gbɔ, eye míetrɔa eƒe susuwo be wòaɖo to Kristo.
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Messiah;
6 Eye míele dzadzraɖo me be ne miaƒe toɖoɖo made blibo o la, ekema míahe to na ame siwo me aglãdzegbɔgbɔ gale la.
and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
7 Nu si le fu ɖem na mi lae nye be mietsɔ ameŋkumekpɔkpɔ ɖo dɔe, eye miele nye hã kpɔm be ŋusẽ aɖeke mele ŋunye o. Ke medi be miase egɔme be ne ame aɖe ate ŋu agblɔ be Kristo ƒe ŋusẽ le ye si tututu la, míawo hã míate ŋu agblɔ esia.
Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Messiah's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Messiah's, so also we are Messiah's.
8 Ɖewohĩ la, awɔ na mi abe ɖe mele adegbe ƒom akpa le Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋusẽ si wònam la ta ene, gake nye la, menye ŋukpe nam o, elabena ɖe wòna ŋusẽ siam be matsɔ tu mi ɖe edzi, menye be matsɔ agblẽ nu le mia ŋu o.
For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
9 Nyemedi be miabu be ɖeko mele vɔvɔ̃ dom na mi kple nye agbalẽwo o.
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
10 Mia dometɔ aɖewo gblɔ be, “Ne ele adzɔge la, eyae wòŋlɔa agbalẽ nɔa ŋɔdzi kple vɔvɔ̃ dom na ame, gake ne eya ŋutɔ va la, megatea ŋu gblɔa nya mawo dometɔ aɖeke o, ke boŋ eƒoa nu abe ɖevi ene.”
For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
11 Ke medi be ame siwo le nya mawo gblɔm la, nadzra ɖo ɖi, elabena ne míeva la, ŋusẽ si míetsɔ ŋlɔ agbalẽawo la, míele eɖe ge afia wo.
Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
12 Míedi be míawɔ abe ale si mia dometɔ aɖewo wɔna nɔa wo ɖokuiwo kafum eye wonɔa nya ʋlim le wo ɖokuiwo dome be ame kae nye gãtɔ hã o. Nu siawo katã nye movidzɔdzɔ be miadi be yewoakpɔ be, ame kae nye gãtɔ wu le yewo dome hã?
For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
13 Ke míawo la, míaƒo adegbe le nu si le mía si la ko ŋu; míaƒo adegbe le dɔ si Mawu de mía si be míawɔ, eye esi míewɔ le mia dome la koe nye míaƒe taɖodzinu.
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
14 Míedze agɔ ne míegblɔ be ŋusẽ le mía si ɖe mia dzi o, elabena míawoe nye ame gbãtɔ siwo tsɔ Kristo ƒe nyanyui la vɛ na mi.
For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the gospel of Messiah,
15 Eye menye ɖe míele didim be míaƒo adegbe le ame bubu ƒe dɔ si wòwɔ le mia dome la ta o, ke míaƒe didi vevie nye be miaƒe xɔse natsi ɖe edzi be míate ŋu awɔ dɔ gãwo le mia dome le ɖoɖo si wona mí la nu.
not boasting excessively in the work done by others, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
16 Le esia megbe la, miate ŋu akpɔ mɔ atsɔ Kristo ƒe nyanyui la ayii na dukɔ siwo le adzɔge le mia gbɔ afi si ame aɖeke mede haɖe o, be woawo hã nadze si Kristo. Ale be ame aɖeke magagblɔ be yee nye ame gbãtɔ si tsɔ nyanyui la yi du ma me hafi míeva o.
so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.
17 Mawunya gblɔe be, “Ame sia ame si di be yeaƒo adegbe la naƒoe le nu si Aƒetɔ la wɔ la ko ŋu.”
But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
18 Elabena ame si ƒoa adegbe le eya ŋutɔ ƒe dɔwo ŋuti la medzea Aƒetɔ la ŋu o, ke ame si ƒe dɔwɔwɔ ŋu Aƒetɔ la kpɔ ŋudzedze nyui le lae nye dɔwɔla nyuitɔ.
For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
