Korintotɔwo 2 6

1 Esi mí katã míenye Mawu ƒe hadɔwɔlawo ta la, míele kuku ɖem na mi be migaxɔ Mawu ƒe amenuveve la dzodzro o.

As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

2 Elabena Mawu gblɔ be, “Meɖo to wò le nye amenuveɣi la, eye mekpe ɖe ŋuwò le xɔxɔgbe la.” Mele egblɔm na wò be, fifiae nye amenuveɣi, kpɔ ɖa fifiae nye xɔxɔgbe!

For he said. In an acceptable time have I heard thee, And in the day of salvation have I succored thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time! behold, now is the day of salvation!

3 Míedi be ame aɖeke nakpɔ vodada le dɔ si wɔm míele na Aƒetɔ la ŋu o, esia ta míena nuɖiɖia aɖeke le naneke me o.

I am giving no one a cause of stumbling in order that my ministry may not be discredited;

4 Ke boŋ le xaxawo, hiãkamewo kple yometiti geɖewo me hã la, míedoa dzi eye míeɖea mía ɖokui fiana abe Mawu ƒe subɔla vavãwo ene.

but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God’s minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses,

5 Woƒo mí, eye wode mí gaxɔ me. Ame siwo lɔ veve helĩhelĩ ɖe dzi me la tso ɖe mía ŋu kpɔ. Míewɔ dɔ sesĩe, eye ɖeɖi te mía ŋu kpɔ; míetsia zãdomadɔlɔ̃e, eye dɔ wua mí.

by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;

6 Le nu sia nu me la, míenɔa anyi le dzadzɛnyenye me. Míegbɔa dzi ɖi, eye míenyoa dɔ me na ame sia ame. Ale si míedze si Aƒetɔ la ŋu míezɔna ɖo. Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la yɔ mí fũu eye míezɔna le eme kple lɔlɔ̃ si me alakpa mele o.

with purity, understanding, patience, and kindness; by the Holy Spirit, by love sincere,

7 Míezɔna le Mawu ƒe nyateƒe kple eƒe ŋusẽ me, eye ame dzɔdzɔewo ƒe aʋawɔnu siwo le nuɖusime kple miame la le mía si.

by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,

8 Nenye be amewo de bubu mía ŋu alo do ŋukpe mí, nenye be wodzu mí alo kafu mí, eye wose nyateƒe si gblɔm míele, gake wogbe be yewomaxɔe o, eye wobu mí abe alakpatɔwo ene hã la, Aƒetɔ la ko míanɔ agbe na.

amid honor or dishonor, amid evil report and good report; as a deceiver and yet true;

9 Xexea me tɔwo mebua mí ɖe naneke me o, gake Mawu ya nya mí nyuie. Míele kudo nu ɣe sia ɣi, gake kpɔ ɖa, míele agbe wu nu sia nu. Wode abi mía ŋu, gake míeku o.

as unknown and yet well known; as at death’s door, yet, strange to tell, I live on; as chastened, but not killed;

10 Míaƒe dziwo sea veve ŋutɔ, eye míeléa blanui, gake Aƒetɔ la tsɔa eƒe dzidzɔ dea mía me. Míele abe ame siwo nye ame dahewo ene, gake míena ame geɖewo zu kesinɔtɔwo. Míedzena abe ame siwo si naneke mele o la ene, gake nu sia nu le mía si.

as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

11 Nɔvi Korinto hametɔ lɔlɔ̃awo, meʋu nye dzi me faa gblɔ nu siwo le eme la na mi. Míelɔ̃a mi ŋutɔ, eya ta

O Corinthians, I am unsealing my lips to you; my heart is wide open to you.

12 míeɣla naneke ɖe mi o, ke boŋ míelɔ̃ mi tso dzi blibo me, gake ewɔ nuku ŋutɔ be mieʋu miaƒe dziwo me ɖe mía ŋu abe ale si míawo míewɔe na mi ene o.

There is no narrowness in my love; but the narrowness is in your own.

13 Azɔ la, medi be maƒo nu na mi abe vinye ŋutɔŋutɔwo ene. Mina be miaƒe dɔ me nakɔ ɖe mía ŋu, eye mialɔ̃ mí tso dzi blibo me abe ale si míelɔ̃ mie ene.

I pray you, therefore, in fair exchange (I speak as to my children), let your hearts also be wide open to me.

14 Migawɔ ɖeka kple ame siwo melɔ̃a Aƒetɔ la o. Ƒomedodo kae le xɔsetɔwo kple dzimaxɔsetɔwo dome? Eye aleke kekeli kple viviti ate ŋu anɔ teƒe ɖekae le ɣeyiɣi ɖeka me?

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? what communion has light with darkness?

15 Aleke Kristo si nye dzɔdzɔetɔwo ƒe fia kple Abosam si nye nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo ƒe fia la ate ŋu awɔ ɖekae? Eye aleke kristotɔ hã ate ŋu awɔ ɖeka kple dzimaxɔsetɔ?

What concord has Christ with Belial? What portion has a believer with an unbeliever?

16 Nenema ke mele be ɖekawɔwɔ aɖeke nanɔ gbedoxɔ kple trɔ̃xɔ dome o. Míawoe nye Mawu gbagbe la ƒe gbedoxɔ, afi si wònɔna. Mawu ŋutɔ gblɔ be, “Manɔ ame siwo nye tɔnyewo la dome, mazɔ le wo dome. Manye woƒe Mawu, eye woawo hã woanye nye dukɔ.”

And what compact has God’s temple with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, as he has said. I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

17 Esia ta, Yehowa gblɔ be, “Mido go le wo dome, eye miaɖe vovo tso wo gbɔ le nu sia nu me. Migade asi woƒe nu siwo ŋuti mekɔ o la ŋuti o, ekema maxɔ mi abe tɔnyewo ene.”

Therefore, Come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean;

18 Ke, “Manye mia Fofo, eye miawo hã mianye, vinyeŋutsuwo kple vinyenyɔnuwo.”

then I will receive you and will be to you a Father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.