2 Qoronttoosa 3
1 Nuuni zaaridi nuna sabbinooyye? Woykko hara asada, saba dabddaabbiya hinttew yeddanaw woykko hinttefe ekkanaw nuna koshshiyye?
Are we starting to speak well of ourselves again? Or do we need to have some letter of recommendation for you, or from you, as some people do?
2 Asi ubbay hinttena erana melanne nabbabana mela hintte nu wozanan xaafettidi de7iya nu dabddaabbe.
You are our letter, written in our experience with you, that everybody reads and knows about.
3 Hintte qalamen gidonnashin, de7o Xoossaa Ayyaanan, shuchcha bolla gidonnashin, asa wozanan xaafettidayssatanne nunan haggaazettida Kiristtoosa dabddaabbe gideyssa bessideta.
You demonstrate that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us; not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God; not written on stone slabs but in our living experience as human beings.
4 Nu hessa giday, Kiristtoosa baggara Xoossan ammanoy nuus de7iya gishossa.
We have total confidence before God through Christ.
5 Nu hessa oothanaw dandda7iday Xoossaa wolqqaanappe attin nuuni nu wolqqan aykkoka oothanaw dandda7okko.
Not that we would consider ourselves able to do this on our own—it's God who gives us this capacity!
6 Nu ooratha caaquwa oosanchchota gidana mela Xoossay nuna dandda7isis. He ooratha caaqoy Geeshsha Ayyaanan benttidayssafe attin xaafettida higgen gidenna. Higgey wodhees, shin Geeshsha Ayyaanay de7o immees.
He also gave us the ability to be ministers of a new agreement, based not on the letter of the law, but on the spirit. The letter of the law kills, but the spirit gives life.
7 Shuchcha bolla xaafettida higgey imettiya wode Xoossaa bonchchoy qonccis. Muse som77uwan de7iya bonchchoy dhayishe biyabaa gidikkoka, Isra7eele asay iya som77uwa tishshi oothidi xeellanaw dandda7ibookkona. Hiza, hayqo ehiya higgey hessa mela bonchchon qoncciko,
However, the old way of relating to God, written in letters carved in stone, ended in death, even though it came with God's glory—so much so that the Israelites couldn't even bear to look at Moses' face because it shone so brightly, even though the glory was fading.
8 yaatin, Geeshsha Ayyaanan oosettiya oosuwa bonchchoy waanidi aadhdhenee?
If that was so, shouldn't the new way of relating to God in the Spirit come with even greater glory?
9 Asa bolla pirdda ehiya higgey bonchcho gidikko yaatin, ase xillisiya ooratha ogey waanidi aadhdhidi bonchchettenne?
If the old way that condemns us has glory, the new way that makes us right with God has so much more glory!
10 Kase bonchcho gididayssa ha77i aadhdhiya bonchchoy de7eyssara gathi be7iya wode bonchchoy baynnabaa gidis.
For the old that was once glorious has no glory at all in comparison with the incredible glory of the new.
11 Guutha wodes qonccidi guyeppe dhaydayssi hayssada bonchchetiko, merinaw de7eyssi waanidi aadhdhidi bonchchettenne?
If the old that is fading away had glory, the new that continues has so much more glory.
12 Nuus hayssa mela ufayssay de7iya gisho, yeellatonna odettoos.
Since we have such a confident hope, we are truly bold!
13 Nuuni, Isra7eele asay dhayishe biya bonchchuwa wurssethaa be7onna mela ba som77uwa kammida Muse mela gidokko.
We don't have to be like Moses, who had to put on a veil to cover his face so the Israelites wouldn't be dazzled by the glory, even though it was fading away.
14 Shin entta wozanay doccis. Hachchi gakkanaw entti gal77a caaquwa nabbabiya wode entta wozanay he kaman kameti de7ees. He kamay Kiristtoosa xalaalan qaarettees.
In spite of that, they had a hard, stubborn attitude. For right up until today when the old agreement is read, the same “veil” remains. Only through Christ can it be removed.
15 Shin hachchi gakkanawukka entti Muse maxaafaa nabbabiya wode ubban he kamay entta wozanaa kammees.
Even today, whenever the books of Moses are read, a veil covers their minds.
16 Shin oonikka Godaakko simmiya wode awudekka he kamay qaarettees.
But when they turn and accept the Lord, the veil is removed.
17 Goday Ayyaana; Godaa Ayyaanay de7iya bessan la77atethi de7ees.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there's freedom.
18 Nuuni ubbay kametiboonna som77on Godaa bonchchuwa be7ana. Nuuni Ayyaana gidida Godaa malaa daananaw bonchchofe bonchchon laamettana.
So all of us, with our faces unveiled, see and reflect the glory of the Lord as in a mirror. We are being transformed into the same mirror image, whose glory grows brighter and brighter. This is what the Lord the Spirit does.
