Korintotɔwo 2 2

1 Ke azɔ la, nye ŋutɔ meɖoe be nyemagava mia gbɔ kple nu si agahe nuxaxa vɛ na mi o,

But I determined this in myself, not to come again to you in sadness.

2 elabena ne megade nuxaxa miaƒe dzi me la, miate ŋu ado dzidzɔ nam ne mele mia gbɔ o. Evɔ ame bubu aɖeke hã meli si ado dzidzɔ nam tsɔ wu miawo o.

For if I make you sad, who then is he who makes me glad except he who is made sad by me?

3 Esia ta meŋlɔ agbalẽ ma na mi, ale be miaɖɔ nuwo ɖo hafi mava elabena nyemedi be makpɔ naneke le mi, ame siwo ŋu meɖoa ŋu ɖo be miado dzidzɔ geɖe nam la ŋu, si ade nuxaxa nye dzi me o. Menya nyuie be ne meva mia gbɔ le dzidzɔ me la, ekema miawo hã miakpɔ dzidzɔ geɖe.

And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sadness from whom I ought to rejoice, having been confident toward you all, because my joy is of all of you.

4 Nuxaxa kple vevesese geɖe nɔ nye dzi me, eye aɖatsi ge le mo nam gɔ̃ hã le agbalẽ ma ŋɔŋlɔ me, eye menye ɖe meŋlɔ agbalẽ la be mana miaxa nu o. Ke boŋ meŋlɔe be mana miadze si ale si melɔ̃ mi vevie.

For out of much stress and dismay of heart, through many tears, I wrote to you, not that ye would be grieved, but that ye might know the love that I have so much more for you.

5 Ne ame aɖe he nuxaxa vɛ la, menye nyee wòdo nuxaxa na o ke boŋ mi katãe, mele egblɔm alea be nyemagate gbe ɖe edzi fũu o.

But if any man has caused sadness, he has not caused me sadness, but in part (that I may not bear down) you all.

6 Eya ta tohehe si ame akpa gãtɔ da ɖe ame ma dzi la sɔ gbɔ nɛ.

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment by the many,

7 Azɔ ele be miatsɔ eƒe nu vɔ̃wo akee, eye miafa akɔ nɛ. Ne menye nenema o la, ase veve eye dzi aɖe le eƒo ale gbegbe be wòatrɔ ɖa tso nyateƒe la gbɔ.

so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.

8 Meɖe kuku na mi, miɖee fiae azɔ be miegalɔ̃e pɛpɛpɛ abe tsã ene.

Therefore I beseech you to affirm love for him.

9 Meŋlɔ agbalẽ ma na mi be makpɔe ɖa be miele klalo awɔ ɖe nye ɖoɖowo dzi, eye be makpɔe ɖa be toɖoɖo ƒe gbɔgbɔ le mia me mahã?

For I also wrote for this, so that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

10 Nu si mietsɔ ke ame aɖe la, nye hã metsɔe kee, eye edze be nye hã matsɔe ke le Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe ŋusẽ me hena miaƒe nyonyo ko.

But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ,

11 Susu bubu si ta wòdze be miatsɔ nu vɔ̃ ake amewo ɖo lae nye be miaxe mɔ na Satana be wòagaɖu mia dzi, ahe tɔtɔ va mia dome o, elabena mí katã míedze si ale si wòdi be yeade zitɔtɔ hamewo domee.

so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.

12 Esi meva Troa be magblɔ Kristo ƒe nyanyui la le afi ma la, mekpɔ be Aƒetɔ la ŋutɔ ʋu mɔ nam be dɔ la nayi edzi nyuie,

Now having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the Lord,

13 gake metsi dzi le ɖokuinye me, elabena nyemekpɔ nɔvinye lɔlɔ̃tɔ Tito le afi ma o. Esia ta medo taflatse na Troatɔwo, eye medzo le afi ma heyi Makedonia.

I had no rest in my spirit, my not finding Titus my brother. But having departed from them, I went forth into Macedonia.

14 Ke akpe na Mawu be to nu si Kristo wɔ me la, míekpɔ dziɖuɖu eye míekaka nyanyui la abe ami ʋeʋĩ si ʋẽna lĩlĩlĩ ene ɖe amewo dome le afi sia afi si míeyi.

And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us.

15 Elabena Mawu wɔ mí míezu ami si ʋẽna lĩlĩlĩ la, eye Kristo ƒe ʋeʋẽ lĩlĩlĩ si wòtsɔ de mía me la, kaka ɖe ame siwo katã kpɔ xɔxɔ kple ame siwo mekpɔe o la siaa dome.

Because we are a fragrance of Christ to God, in those being saved and in those perishing:

16 Nunana nyui si Kristo tsɔ na mí la ɖi ku ƒe ʋeʋẽ na ame siwo le tsɔtsrɔ̃m. Ke le ame siwo xɔ Kristo dzi se ya gbɔ la, míenye ʋeʋẽ lĩlĩlĩ si naa agbe. Azɔ biabia lae nye be ame ka ŋu ŋutete le be wòawɔ dɔ siawo?

to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

17 Míawo la, míele abe ame siwo tsɔ mawunya la ɖo ŋgonu hele amewo blem, le ga xɔm le wo si la ene o. Esi wònye Mawue dɔ mí ta la, míeƒoa nu kple Kristo ƒe ŋusẽ la, eye Mawu ƒe ŋku le mía ŋu ɖaa.

For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.