2 Qoronttosa 12
1 Ceeqetethan ayne go7ay bayinda agikoka ceeqistanas koshshiko Goday taas qonccis immidayssanine izi bessida ajjutan ta ceeqistana.
I am compelled to boast. It is not a profitable employment, but I will proceed to visions and revelations granted me by the Lord.
2 Kiristoosas gidida issade ta erays. He uray tammane oyddu laythafe kase hedzdzanttho salo ekketi bides. (Izi ekkettiday ba ashozara gidin woykko ashora gidontta aggin erikke shin Xoossi qasse eres.)
I know a Christian man who fourteen years ago-- whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows--was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) even to the highest Heaven.
3 Gididkoka izi ba ashozara biin woykko mela biin ta erike. Xooss qasse erees.
And I know that this man-- whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know;
4 Izadeyka pude ganate ekketidi asa qaalan qonccisanasine asi gaanas danda7onttazi izi siyides.
God knows--was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable things which no human being is permitted to repeat.
5 Tani hessa mala asan ceeqistayss. Ta hu7es gidiko ta daburisafe hara ta izan ceeqistana miishi deena.
Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
6 Histin tani tuma hasa7iza gishshi ceeqistanas koyikoka ta eeya gidike. Gido attin oonikka ta bolla ba beyzazapene tape siyizayssafe bollara qopontta mala gaada ceeqistanape naagistayss.
If however I should choose to boast, I should not be a fool for so doing, for I should be speaking the truth. But I forbear, lest any one should be led to estimate me more highly than what his own eyes attest, or more highly than what he hears from my lips.
7 Hayta taas qonccida gita hanotta geedon tani otoretontta mala ta asatetha aguntha mala caddiza sakoy taas imettides. Hessika xala7epe kiitetid tana cachan waayisid ta ceeqetontta mala digges.
And judging by the stupendous grandeur of the revelations--therefore lest I should be over-elated there has been sent to me, like the agony of impalement, Satan's angel dealing blow after blow, lest I should be over-elated.
8 Hayss tana waayissizayss taape kichana mala ta Goda hedzdzu too woossadis.
As for this, three times have I besought the Lord to rid me of him;
9 Gido attin Goday qasse “Ta wolqay kumetha gidi qonccanay ne daburisan gidida gishshi ta kiyatethi nees gidana” gides. Hessa gishshi Kiristoosa wolqay ta bolla gidana mala ay wodepeka bollara tana daaburisishin he wode ufayssan ceeqistanas dosayss.
but His reply has been, "My grace suffices for you, for power matures in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I boast of my infirmities rather than complain of them--in order that Christ's power may overshadow me.
10 Tani wollqa demmizay daburiza wode gidida gishshi ta Kiristoosa gishshi daaburishin, cayetishin, metotishin, goodetishin, muzotishin tana ufaysses.
In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
11 Tani eeya asa mala hasa7adis! Tani hessaththo hasa7ana mala oothiday intenakko. Inte tana galatanas besseskko shin ta oonakkone eretonttade gidikkoka hanko gita geetetida hawaristape tani aazanka guuxxike.
It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing.
12 Tani tumu haware gididayssa erissiza hanoti ta intenara dashe danda7an polida oothotakko. heyttika malatata, gita ooratha miishistane malalithiza oothotakko.
The signs that characterize the true Apostle have been done among you, accompanied by unwearied fortitude, and by tokens and marvels and displays of power.
13 Tani intes tooho gidontta aggoripe attin hanko hara woossa keethatape intena aazan paccisadinaa? Hessika mooro gidiko inte tana maarite.
In what respect, therefore, have you been worse dealt with than other Churches, except that I myself never hung as a dead weight upon you? Forgive the injustice I thus did you!
14 Tani he inteko baanas giigettishin hayssi hedzdzanthoko. Tani intes tooho gidanas koyke. Tani intena koyayss attin inte miishe koyke. Aawati naytas miishe shiishetes attin nayti Aawatas miishe shiishi erettena.
See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.
15 Tani inte gishshi tanaka taas dizazi ubbaa intes aatha immidako tana daro ufaysses. Histin tani intena hayssa mala daro siiqishin inte qass tana waani guuthara siiqetii?
And as for me, most gladly will I spend all I have and be utterly spent for your salvation.
16 Ay gidikkoka ta intes tooho gidabeykke shin intes ta intena coo genen baletha oyikidazi milatees.
If I love you so intensely, am I the less to be loved? Be that as it may: I was not a burden to you. But being by no means scrupulous, I entrapped you, they say!
17 Ta inteko kiitta yeddida asatape issade baggaraka intefe go7ettadinaa?
Have I gained any selfish advantage over you through any one of the messengers I have sent to you?
18 Titosay inteko baana mala ta iza woossadis. Hessa nu ishazaka izara gatha yedadis. Histin Titosay intefe ayko go7ettidee? Tanine izi intes oothiday issi wozinan gidenee? Kase nu hanoy issi mala gidenee?
I begged Titus to visit you, and sent our other brother with him. Did Titus gain any selfish advantage over you? Were not he and I guided by one and the same Spirit, and did we not walk in the same steps?
19 Inte wurikka ha7i gakkanaas qopizay nu inte sinthan nuna ashanas haniza miisha mala xeelletii? Nuni Kiristoosan gididi intes yootizayss Xoossa sintthankko. Ta siiqoto! nu hayssa wursi yootizay intena go7anas giidiko,
You are imagining, all this time, that we are making our defense at your bar. In reality it is as in God's presence and in communion with Christ that we speak; but, dear friends, it is all with a view to your progress in goodness.
20 Tani hee biza wode oone erizay inte ta koyida mala hanontta aggiko taka inte koyiza mala gidontta dashe gagistanesha gaada hirigayss. Hessaththoka inte giddon ooshshi, qanatetethi, hanqoy, zupeteth, asa suntthu iisoy, zigirisi, otoretethine kachchi duusu aggena gaada hirigayss.
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest;
21 Tani qasseka he inteko bishin oone erizay ta Goday tana inte sinthan kawushande gaada hirigayss. Hayssafe kase nagara oothidi he oothida tunatethan, laymmanine coo mela yeda duussas maarotethan gelontta asata gaason ta muuzotethan wodhandina gaada hirigayss.
and that upon re-visiting you I may be humbled by my God in your presence, and may have to mourn over many whose hearts still cling to their old sins, and who have not repented of the impurity, fornication, and gross sensuality, of which they have been guilty.
