Korintotɔwo 2 1
1 Nye, Paulo, ame si Mawu ŋutɔ tia be manye Yesu Kristo ƒe dɔla kple nɔvinye, xɔsetɔ Timoteo gbɔe agbalẽ sia tso, Na Mawu ƒe hame si le Korinto kple ame kɔkɔe siwo katã le Akaya:
To the Church of God which is in Corinth, and to all the saints throughout Greece. from Paul, by God’s will an apostle of Christ, and from brother Timothy.
2 Amenuveve kple ŋutifafa si tso Mawu, mía Fofo kple Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo gbɔ la nanɔ anyi kpli mi.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father in the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Woakafu Mawu, ame si nye míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo Fofo, nublanuikpɔkpɔ Fofo kple akɔfafa katã ƒe Mawu la,
Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,
4 ame si fa akɔ na mí le míaƒe xaxawo katã me, ale be míawo hã míate ŋu afa akɔ na ame siwo le xaxa me kple akɔfafa si míawo ŋutɔ míexɔ tso Mawu gbɔ.
who ever comforts me in all my troubles, so that I may be continually able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort with which God is ever comforting me.
5 Abe ale si Kristo ƒe fukpekpewo gena ɖe míaƒe agbe mee ene la, nenema ke to Kristo me míaƒe akɔfafa hã gbã goe.
For just as I have more than my share in the sufferings of the Christ, so also through the Christ I have more than my share of comfort.
6 Ne míexaxa la, miawo ƒe akɔfafa kple ɖeɖe tae; ke ne wofa akɔ na mí la, miawo ƒe akɔfafa tae. Esia dea dzigbɔgbɔ blewuu mia me be miawo hã mietea ŋu kpea fu siwo miekpena.
If I am afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if I am receiving comfort, it is for your comfort - a comfort produced within you by your patient fortitude, under the same sufferings which I also am enduring.
7 Míaƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ na mi li ke goŋgoŋgoŋ, elabena míenya be abe ale si miekpɔ gome le míaƒe fukpekpewo me ene la, nenema ke miakpɔ gome le míaƒe akɔfafa hã me.
My hope for you is firm; for I know that as you are comrades in my sufferings, so also are you comrades in my comfort.
8 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃tɔwo, mebu be ele be magblɔ fu siwo míekpe le Asia la na mi. Woƒo mí, eye wowɔ fu mí ale gbegbe be míawo ŋutɔ gɔ̃ hã míebu mɔkpɔkpɔ ɖe sia ɖe be míatsi agbe.
Now, brothers, I want you to know about the troubles which befell me in Asia; how I was burdened altogether beyond my strength, so that I renounced all hope even of life itself.
9 Míebu be míedze na ku elabena míekpɔ be wɔna aɖeke meganɔ mía ŋu o, gake míetsɔ nu sia nu gblẽ ɖe Mawu si tea ŋu wɔa nu sia nu, eye wòfɔa ame kukuwo gɔ̃ hã tso yɔdo me la ƒe asi me.
Indeed, I had in myself, and still have, the sentence of death, in order that I might not rely on myself, but on God who raises the dead to life.
10 Vavã, Mawu ɖe mí tso ku dziŋɔ aɖe me, ale míetsɔ míaƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe edzi be aɖe mí tso fukpekpe ɖe sia ɖe me ɖaa.
He delivered me from such a death, and will deliver me. On him I have set my hopes that he will continue to deliver me,
11 Eya ta mi katã miwɔ ɖeka ne miado gbe ɖa ɖe mía ta vevie. Zi ale si miedo gbe ɖa eye mieɖe kuku ɖe mía ta la, zi nenema ke miagada akpe na Aƒetɔ la ɖe eƒe amenuveve si na be míenɔ dedie la ta.
while all of you also are helping me by your prayers; so that from many lips thanksgiving may rise on my behalf for the blessings vouchsafed to me through the intercessions of many.
12 Ke míawo hã, adegbe si míaƒe dzitsinya nana míeƒona lae nye be míeléa mía ɖokuiwo nyuie le xexe sia me, eye le mia dome hã la, míewɔ mía ɖokuiwo dzadzɛe, eye míetoa nyateƒe le nu sia nu me. Ke menye míawo ŋutɔ ƒe ŋusẽ mee míewɔ esiawo le o, ke boŋ wo katã tso Mawu ƒe amenuveve me.
For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.
13 Elabena míeŋlɔ nya bubu aɖeke na mi, si miate ŋu axlẽ alo ase egɔme o. Mele mɔ kpɔm be,
For I am writing to you nothing different from what you read aloud and very well recognize, and I hope will continue to recognize to the very end,
14 abe ale si miese míaƒe nya gɔme afã kple afãe ene la, miava se egɔme blibo ale be miate ŋu aƒo adegbe le mía ŋu abe ale si míaƒoe le mia ŋu le Aƒetɔ Yesu ƒe ŋkeke la dzi ene.
as some indeed did recognize in part at last, that I am your cause of boasting, just as you will be mine on the Day of Jesus our Lord.
15 Esi meka ɖe miaƒe nugɔmesese dzi tae medi be mava mia gbɔ gbã le nye mɔzɔzɔ me, ale be miagaxɔ yayra ɖe yayra dzi.
And in this confidence I intended to visit you, before going elsewhere, that you might have a pleasure twice over.
16 Tso mia gbɔ la, mayi Makedonia eye ne metrɔ tso Makedonia la, magava to mia gbɔ ale miado mɔm ne medzo yina Yudea.
I intended to go by you into Macedonia, and to come again to you from Macedonia, and by you to be sent forward on my way to Judea.
17 Ɖewohĩ mianɔ biabiam be ɖe metrɔ ɖoɖo si mewɔ gbã la alo ɖe mele nu wɔm abe xexea me tɔ siwo menya Kristo o, ne nya la nye “ɛ̃” la, wogblɔna be, “ao” ene mahã?
In purposing this did I display "caprice"? Or what I purpose do I purpose in a worldly way, so that it may mean either "Yes, yes," or "No, no"?
18 Gbeɖe, mele eme nenema o. Abe ale si Mawu nye nyateƒetɔ ene la, nyemenye ame ma ƒomevi o. Nye “ɛ̃” nye “ɛ̃.”
As God is faithful, my message to you is not now "Yes," now "No."
19 Elabena Mawu ƒe Vi, Yesu Kristo, ame si ŋu nye Paulo, Silvano kple Timoteo míeɖe gbeƒã le na mi la, menye ame si ne nya la nye “ɛ̃” la, wògblɔ be, “ao” o. Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo wɔna ɖe nu sia nu si wògblɔ la ko dzi.
For Jesus Christ, Son of God, who was proclaimed among you by us, that is, by Silvanus and Timothy and me, was not wavering between "Yes" and "No," but in him is the everlasting "Yes."
20 Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo kpɔna hã be Mawu ƒe ŋugbedodo ɖe sia ɖe va eme pɛpɛpɛ. Ne ŋugbedodoawo wu akpe nanewo hã la, wovaa eme, eye miegblɔa “Amen” to Kristo dzi hena Mawu ƒe kafukafu.
For however many are the promises of God, in him they are "Yes." Therefore also through him let the Amen be said by our voices to the glory of God.
21 Medi be wòanɔ susu me na mi be Mawue wɔ mí kple miawo hã bena míezu kristotɔ vavãwo eye wòtia mí abe eƒe apostolowo ene be míaɖe gbeƒã nyanyui la.
And he who has established me with you in the Anointed One, and has anointed me, is God.
22 Eya ame si de dzesi mí abe viawo ene eye wòtsɔ Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la de míaƒe dziwo me abe kpeɖodzi be míenye etɔwo vavã la ene.
He has also set his seal upon me, and given me the pledge of his Spirit in my heart.
23 Azɔ la, meyɔ Mawu tso nye dzi me ke abe ɖasefo ene be nu si gblɔm mele na mi la nye nyateƒe tututu; susu si ta nyemetrɔ va Korinto haɖe o lae nye be nyemedi be mava ka mo na mi, eye mawɔe be miaxa nu o.
But for my part I call God to witness, as my soul shall answer for it, that it was to spare you that I came not to Corinth
24 Menye ɖe míegale amegã ɖum ɖe mia dzi hele se dem na mi tso nu si ke miaxɔ ase la ŋuti o, elabena mienya nu si dze be miaxɔ ase. Ke medi be mawɔ nane si ado dzidzɔ na mi, nye dɔwɔhatiwo ne meva, menye be mana mialé blanui o.
(not that I am attempting to lord it over your faith, but rather to work with you for your happiness); for your faith is stedfast.
