Korintotɔwo 2 11
1 Mexɔ se be miagbɔ dzi ɖi ase nye movinya siwo gblɔm mele na mi. Miɖo to ne magblɔ nye dzimenyawo na mi.
I wish that you would endure a small amount of my foolishness, so as to bear with me.
2 Metsɔ Mawu ƒe ŋuʋaʋã le ŋu ʋãm le mia ŋu; elabena medo mia ŋugbe na ŋutsu ɖeka, si nye Kristo be mianye eya ɖeka ko tɔ, abe ale si ɖetugbi dzadzɛ tsɔa eƒe lɔlɔ̃ naa ŋutsu si ƒe ŋugbe wodo nɛ la ene.
For I am jealous toward you, with the jealousy of God. And I have espoused you to one husband, offering you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 Gake mele vɔvɔ̃m ɖe mia nu be ɖewohĩ la, ame aɖe ava ble mi, eye wòatrɔ miaƒe susu ɖa tso dzimekɔkɔ si mietsɔ na Kristo gbɔ, abe ale si da dzeaye ma ble Eva ene.
But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.
4 Nu si ta mele esiawo gblɔm lae nye be edze nam be mia beble le bɔbɔe, eye ne ame aɖe va mia gbɔ va ɖe gbeƒã Yesu bubu si to vovo tso esi ŋuti míefia nu mi le la gbɔ alo wòfia nu bubu sãa mi alo ƒo nu tso gbɔgbɔ bubu aɖe si mesɔ kple Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe si miexɔ o ŋuti la, miexɔa ame ma dzi sena bɔbɔe.
For if anyone arrives preaching another Christ, one whom we have not preached; or if you receive another Spirit, one whom you have not received; or another Gospel, one which you have not been given: you might permit him to guide you.
5 Ke nye Paulo mexɔe se be ame siwo nɔa wo ɖokuiwo yɔm be Mawu ƒe ame dɔdɔwo yewonye la menyo wum le mɔ aɖeke nu o.
For I consider that I have done nothing less than the great Apostles.
6 Ne nyemeɖea ami ɖe nye nuƒo abe ale si woawo wɔnɛ ene o hã la, menya nu si tututu gblɔm mele elabena Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋusẽ me meƒoa nu le abe ale si miawo ŋutɔ mienya ene.
For although I may be unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge. But, in all things, we have been made manifest to you.
7 Azɔ esi meva mia gbɔ, eye meɖe gbeƒã Mawu ƒe nyanyui la na mi le ɖokuibɔbɔɖeanyi blibo me, eye nyemexɔ naneke le mia si o la, eyae nye nu vɔ̃ si mewɔ ɖe mia ŋu eya ta miebum ɖe naneke me oa?
Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you would be exalted? For I preached the Gospel of God to you freely.
8 Le ɣeyiɣi si me menɔ gbeƒã ɖem le mia gbɔ la, hame bubuwoe nɔ dzinye kpɔm. Ale be wòva zu be mexɔ nu siwo hame bubuwo nam la hetsɔ wɔ dɔe le mia gbɔ.
I have taken from other churches, receiving a stipend from them to the benefit of your ministry.
9 Esi menɔ mia gbɔ, eye nanewo va hiãm la, nyemebia mi o, ke boŋ kristotɔ siwo tso Makedonia va gbɔnye lae tsɔ nu siawo nu vɛ nam. Meɖoe be nyemanye agba na mi o, eya tae nyemebia pesewa ɖeka hã va se ɖe fifia o, eye nyemabia mi hã gbeɖegbeɖe o.
And when I was with you and in need, I was burdensome to no one. For the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied whatever was lacking to me. And in all things, I have kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.
10 Abe ale si Kristo ƒe nyateƒe la le menye ene la, ame aɖeke mate ŋu atrɔ nye susu sia o, eye mana nɔvi siwo katã le Akaya nutowo me la hã nanya nu le esia ŋuti.
The truth of Christ is in me, and so this glorying shall not be broken away from me in the regions of Achaia.
11 Ame aɖe agblɔ be ɖe nyemelɔ̃ mi Kristotɔwo o, eya ta megblɔ esia ɖo, gake mele eme nenema o, elabena Mawu ŋutɔ gɔ̃ hã nya be melɔ̃ mi vevie.
Why so? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do.
12 Ke mawɔ nu si meɖo la dzi be matsɔ ɖe ke le miaƒe apostolo siwo le adegbe ƒom be yewo hã Mawu ƒe dɔ ko wɔm yewole abe míawo ke ene la te.
But what I am doing, I will continue to do, so that I may take away an opportunity from those who desire an opportunity by which they may glory, so as to be considered to be like us.
13 Nenɔ nyanya me na mi be menye Mawue dɔ aʋatsopostolo mawo o. Alakpatɔwo wonye, eye wodze agbagba ble mi be Kristo ƒe apostolowo yewonye.
For false apostles, such as these deceitful workers, are presenting themselves as if they were Apostles of Christ.
14 Esia mewɔ nuku nam o, elabena Satana ŋutɔ hã tea ŋu trɔa eɖokui ɣe aɖewo ɣi abe Mawudɔla ene.
And no wonder, for even Satan presents himself as if he were an Angel of light.
15 Eya ta menye nu wɔnuku aɖeke wònye kura be Satana ƒe dɔlawo trɔ wo ɖokuiwo abe Kristo ƒe dɔlawo ene o, gake le nuwuwu la, woahe to na wo ɖe woƒe nuwɔnawo ta.
Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers present themselves as if they were ministers of justice, for their end shall be according to their works.
16 Megale kuku ɖem na mi be migabu be ɖe nyemenya ale si maƒo nu abe ame mawo ene o, eye nenye be nyemenya ale si maƒo nu abe woawo ene o hã la, miɖe mɔ nam be maƒo nu abe abunɛtɔ ene, eye nye hã maƒo adegbe vie abe woawo ene.
I say again. And let no one consider me to be foolish. Or, at least, accept me as if I were foolish, so that I also may glory a small amount.
17 Adegbe sia ƒoƒo kple kakaɖedzi menye nu si Aƒetɔ la di tso asinye be mawɔ o, gake mele eƒo ge abe ale si ame tagbɔmanɔsitɔ ƒoa nue ene.
What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
18 Abe ale si ame geɖewo ƒoa adegbe be yewonye ame tɔxɛwo le xexea me ene la, nenema ke nye hã mele wɔwɔ ge fifi laa.
Since so many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.
19 Miebe nunyalawoe yewonye, gake mieɖoa to bometsinyawo dzidzɔtɔe.
For you freely accept the foolish, though you yourselves claim to be wise.
20 Mielɔ̃ wotsɔ mi wɔ kluviwoe, woɖoa nu siwo menyo o la na mi miewɔna, wona miekpɔ wo dzi, wowɔa wo ɖokuiwo glodzoo eye wokaa mo na mi ɖe madzɔmadzɔ dzi gake miekea nu o.
For you permit it when someone guides you into servitude, even if he devours you, even if he takes from you, even if he is extolled, even if he strikes you repeatedly on the face.
21 Enye ŋukpe nam be magblɔ be dzideƒo kple ŋusẽ mele asinye be maƒo nu nenema o, ke nu sia nu si ŋu woaƒo adegbe le la nye hã mate ŋu aƒo adegbe le nenem nu ma ŋu, eye enye dada nam be megale nu ƒom abe bometsila ene.
I speak according to disgrace, as if we had been weak in this regard. In this matter, (I speak in foolishness) if anyone dares, I dare also.
22 Woƒoa adegbe be Hebritɔwo yewonye, nye hã Hebritɔ menye. Wobe Israelviwo yewonye, nye hã Israelvi menye, eye wobe Abraham ƒe dzidzimeviwoe yewonye, nye hã Abraham ƒe dzidzimevie menye.
They are Hebrews; so am I. They are Israelites; so am I. They are the offspring of Abraham; so am I.
23 (Megale nu ƒom dadatɔe abe ame si ƒe tagbɔ da ene.) Wobe Kristo ƒe subɔlawo yewonyea? Gake mesubɔa Kristo wu wo katã, eye mewɔ dɔ wu wo elabena le Kristo ta wodem gaxɔ me zi geɖe, woƒom kutɔkutɔe, eye ɣe aɖewo ɣi gɔ̃ hã la, medea tsiẽƒe gagbɔna.
They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as if I were less wise); more so am I: with many more labors, with numerous imprisonments, with wounds beyond measure, with frequent mortifications.
24 Yudatɔwo ƒom zi atɔ̃ sɔŋ eye le ƒoƒo ɖe sia ɖe me la, woƒom zi blaetɔ̃-vɔ-asiekɛ.
On five occasions, I received forty stripes, less one, from the Jews.
25 Romatɔwo hã ƒom zi etɔ̃ kple gakawo, eye woƒu kpem zi ɖeka. Menɔ tɔdziʋu me wògbã zi etɔ̃ sɔŋ; ɣe aɖe ɣi gɔ̃ hã la, mege dze atsiaƒu me, eye menɔ atsiaƒu gbana la me zã ɖeka kple ŋkeke ɖeka.
Three times, I was beaten with rods. One time, I was stoned. Three times, I was shipwrecked. For a night and a day, I was in the depths of the sea.
26 Mezɔ mɔ didi teɖeɖiameŋu geɖewo, eye nye agbe ɖo xaxa me le tɔɖɔɖɔ, fiafitɔwo, Yudatɔwo kple ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo ta. Le nyateƒe me la, meto dzɔgbevɔ̃ewo me le afi sia afi si mede la, le du gãwo me, gbedzi kple ƒu dzi siaa. Nenema ke ame siwo be yewonye nɔviwo le Kristo me, evɔ mele eme nenema o hã do ŋɔdzi na nye agbe.
I have made frequent journeys, through dangerous waters, in danger of robbers, in danger from my own nation, in danger from the Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger in the sea, in danger from false brothers,
27 Le dɔwɔwɔ fũu ta la, ɖeɖi tea ŋunye, eye metsi zãdomadɔlɔ̃e zi geɖe. Dɔ kple tsikɔ wuam zi geɖe. Dɔƒe hã menɔa asinye o, eye le zã me la, vuvɔ wɔam, elabena avɔ titri menɔ asinye o.
with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness,
28 Hekpe ɖe nu siawo ŋuti la, metsina dzodzodzoe enuenu tso hamewo ƒe tsitsi ɖe edzi ŋuti.
and, in addition to these things, which are external: there is my daily earnestness and solicitude for all the churches.
29 Ne ame aɖe le hame aɖe me si gbɔdzɔ la, etena ɖe dzinye, eye nye hã megbɔdzɔna enumake eye ne hamevi aɖe wɔ nu vɔ̃ eye wòdze anyi la, enana be nuxaxa yɔa nye dzi me.
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not being burned?
30 Azɔ ne medi be maƒo adegbe la, ɖeko maƒoe le nu siwo nana be ŋusẽ mele ŋunye o la ŋu.
If it is necessary to glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weaknesses.
31 Mawu, ame si nye Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo Fofo, eye wòdze kafukafu tso mavɔ me yi mavɔ me la hã nya be nyateƒe gblɔm mele. (aiōn g165)
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. (aiōn g165)
32 Esi menɔ Damasko la, fia Areta ɖo asrafowo dua ƒe agbowo nu be woalém,
At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, watched over the city of the Damascenes, so as to apprehend me.
33 gake nɔvi siwo le afi ma la de ka kusi ŋu, eye wokɔm da ɖe kusi la me hetsɔ to fesre si le glia me la me, eye mesi dzo le egbɔ.
And, through a window, I was let down along the wall in a basket; and so I escaped his hands.
