Korintotɔwo 2 3
1 Ke nya siwo meŋlɔ na mi la, ɖe wodze abe míele mía ɖokui kafum enea? Alo ɖe wòhiã mi abe ame aɖewo ene be míatsɔ kafukafugbalẽwo vɛ na mi alo míaxɔ kafukafugbalẽ le mia si mahã?
Must we begin again to commend ourselves? Or are we in need (as some are) of epistles of commendation for you, or from you?
2 Miawoe nye míaƒe agbalẽ si woŋlɔ ɖe miaƒe dziwo me, si amewo katã nya, eye woxlẽnɛ.
You are our Epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men.
3 Amewo akpɔe be miezu agbalẽ si tso Kristo gbɔ to mía dzi. Menye agbalẽ si woŋlɔ kple nuŋlɔtsi o, ke boŋ esi wotsɔ Mawu gbagbe la ƒe Gbɔgbɔ ŋlɔe ɖe miaƒe dziwo me, ke menye ɖe nuŋlɔkpewo dzi o.
It has been made manifest that you are the Epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written down, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on tablets of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.
4 Míele nya siawo gblɔm kple kakaɖedzi, elabena míeɖo ŋu ɖe Mawu ɖeka hɔ̃ la ko ŋu to Kristo dzi.
And we have such faith, through Christ, toward God.
5 Míawo la, ŋusẽ aɖeke mele mía si si míate ŋu atsɔ awɔ nu siawo katã o, ke míaƒe ŋusẽ tso Mawu gbɔ.
It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, as if anything was from us. But our adequacy is from God.
6 Mawue nye ame si na míedze be míanye Nubabla Yeye la ƒe gbeƒãɖelawo. Nubabla Yeye sia to vovo sãa tso xoxoa si nye se siwo woŋlɔ la gbɔ. Ke yeyetɔ nye be míasubɔ Mawu le Gbɔgbɔ me elabena Gbɔgbɔ lae gbɔa agbe ame, ke seawo ɖeɖe ko dzi wɔwɔ kplɔa ame yia ku me.
And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Enye nyateƒe be Mose xɔ se siwo woŋlɔ ɖe kpe dzi, siwo dzi mawɔmawɔ hea ku vɛ la, le ŋutikɔkɔe gã aɖe me. Eye esi wòtrɔ gbɔ va kple seawo la, keklẽ gã aɖe ƒo xlãe ale gbegbe be Israelviwo mete ŋu kpɔ eƒe ŋkume gɔ̃ o, gake ŋutikɔkɔe ma nu va yi xoxo.
But if the ministration of death, engraved with letters upon stones, was in glory, (so much so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze intently upon the face of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance) even though this ministration was ineffective,
8 Ke azɔ la, ɖe míakpɔ mɔ na dzidzɔ kple ŋutikɔkɔe geɖe wu le esime Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ subɔsubɔ la le amewo xɔm ɖe agbe le ŋkeke siawo me oa?
how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?
9 Ne ŋutikɔkɔe geɖe ƒo xlã se siwo hea ku vɛ la, ekema ŋutikɔkɔe geɖe fũu ŋutɔe aƒo xlã nubabla yeye si Mawu wɔ, si kplɔa ame yia agbe mavɔ la me.
For if the ministration of condemnation is with glory, so much more is the ministration of justice abundant in glory.
10 Le nyateƒe me la, ŋutikɔkɔe ma si klẽ tso Mose ƒe ŋkume la menye naneke ne woatsɔ asɔ kple esi ƒo xlã Mawu ƒe nubabla yeye la o.
And neither was it glorified by means of an excellent glory, though it was made illustrious in its own way.
11 Eya ta ne nu xoxo si nu va yi la kpɔ ŋutikɔkɔe nenema la, ekema Mawu ƒe nubabla yeye si hea agbe mavɔ vɛ la ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe la mele gbɔgblɔ me o, elabena eya anɔ anyi ɖaa.
For if even what was temporary has its glory, then what is lasting has an even greater glory.
12 Azɔ esi mɔkpɔkpɔ sia le mía si ŋuti la, dzika metsoa mía ƒo o, eye míegblɔa nya la kple dzideƒo.
Therefore, having such a hope, we act with much confidence,
13 Míawo ya la, míewɔna abe ale si Mose wɔ esi wòtsɔ nu tsyɔ mo be Israelviwo nagakpɔ nu si nu tsina ƒe nuwuwu o la ene.
and not as Moses did, in placing a veil over his face, so that the sons of Israel would not gaze intently at his face. This was ineffective,
14 Va se ɖe egbeŋkekea dzi la, menye Mose ƒe mo ko wotsyɔ nue o, ke boŋ Israelviwo hã ƒe susuwo kple nugɔmesese dzie, elabena wogaɖoa dzi ɖe Nubabla Xoxoa ŋu, eye woxlẽnɛ ɖaa abe nu si ko me woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ le ene, evɔ wònye to Kristo dzixɔse me ko hafi woate ŋu adzo le vivitia me, eye agbe ƒe kekeli la nadze na wo.
for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).
15 Eye va se ɖe fifia ne woxlẽ Mose ƒe Seawo la, nutsyɔnu gatsyɔa wofe mo kokoko.
But even until today, when Moses is read, a veil is still set over their hearts.
16 Ke gbe si gbe wo dometɔ aɖe trɔ eye wòxɔ Aƒetɔ la la, ekema nu si tsyɔ mo nɛ si na be wòle viviti me la, ɖena ɖa.
But when they will have been converted to the Lord, then the veil shall be taken away.
17 Aƒetɔ la ŋutɔe nye Gbɔgbɔ si naa agbe wo eye afi si Aƒetɔ la ƒe Gbɔgbɔ le ko la, afi mae ablɔɖe le.
Now the Spirit is Lord. And wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Ke mí ame siwo katã xɔ Yesu Kristo abe Aƒetɔ ene heɖoa dzi ɖe eŋu la, nutsyɔnu aɖeke mele míaƒe mowo o, eya ta míele abe ahuhɔ̃e si ɖea Aƒetɔ la ƒe keklẽ kple ŋutikɔkɔe fiana la ene. Eye zi ale si Aƒetɔ la si nye Gbɔgbɔ la le dɔ wɔm le mía me la, etrɔa mí be míaɖi Kristo le eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe me.
Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.
