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?
Am I beginning again to "recommend" myself? Or do I need, as some do, letters of commendation either to you or from you?
2 Miawoe nye míaƒe agbalẽ si woŋlɔ ɖe miaƒe dziwo me, si amewo katã nya, eye woxlẽnɛ.
You are my letter, written on my heart, 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.
Since all can see that you are a letter of Christ transcribed by men, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts as tablets.
4 Míele nya siawo gblɔm kple kakaɖedzi, elabena míeɖo ŋu ɖe Mawu ɖeka hɔ̃ la ko ŋu to Kristo dzi.
Such confidence I have through Christ before God.
5 Míawo la, ŋusẽ aɖeke mele mía si si míate ŋu atsɔ awɔ nu siawo katã o, ke míaƒe ŋusẽ tso Mawu gbɔ.
Not that I am sufficient in myself to reach any conclusion in my own wisdom; but my sufficiency 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.
It is he who has also made me sufficient as a minister of a new covenant; not of a letter but of a spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.
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.
If, however, the administration of death, written with letters and engraved on stones, began in glory, so that the children of Israel could not gaze steadily on the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face - a glory even then fading -
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 much more shall the ministry of the Spirit abide in 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 ministry of condemnation had glory, far more is the ministry of righteousness radiant 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.
Indeed that which once was glorious has lost its glory, because of the glory which surpasses it.
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 that which was fading came in glory, far more will that which ever abides be glorious.
12 Azɔ esi mɔkpɔkpɔ sia le mía si ŋuti la, dzika metsoa mía ƒo o, eye míegblɔa nya la kple dzideƒo.
Therefore, cherishing such a hope, I use great freedom of speech.
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.
I do not do as Moses did, who used to cover his face with a veil to keep the children of Israel from beholding the passing of a fading glory.
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.
Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day, at the public reading of the Old Testament, the same veil rests thereon, because it is not revealed to them that in Christ the veil is taken away.
15 Eye va se ɖe fifia ne woxlẽ Mose ƒe Seawo la, nutsyɔnu gatsyɔa wofe mo kokoko.
Yes, to this very day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on 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 their heart turns to our Lord the veil is stripped 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.
(The Lord means the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord abides there is freedom.)
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.
And we all, with unveiled faces, reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are ourselves continually being transformed into the same likeness, from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
