2 Kolinta 4
1 Lan yaa po nani won puogiti laa tuonli, kelima o ninñingbadima po yeni, ti kan cedi ti gbanu n yualigi.
Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.
2 Ti yie yaali tiendi i ŋasiili nni ki tie fee bonla. tii tie nunfanbiadibu danba, tii go lebidi Utienu maama baa waamu. ama bi niba pala dua ti po kelima ti wangidi imoamoani Utienu nintuali.
No, we have renounced the secrecy prompted by shame, refusing to adopt crafty ways, or to tamper with God’s Message, and commending ourselves to every man’s conscience, in the sight of God, by our exhibition of the Truth.
3 Tin wangidi yaa labaali ŋamo yaa duaga, o duaga yaaba bodi po.
And, even if the Good News that we bring is veiled, it is veiled only in the case of those who are on the path to Ruin —
4 A pajuaga danba po kelima tin ye yaa jamaano ne tienu juani bi yantiana kaa bua ban le Kilisiti yua n tie U tienu nannanli yaa labaali ŋamo kpiagidi n ŋani ki ñuliti maama. (aiōn g165)
Men whose minds have been blinded by the God of this Age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the very incarnation of God, should not shine for them. (aiōn g165)
5 Ti naa wangiti ti yaa yula maama ka, ama Jesu kilisiti ti Diedo yo ke wangidi. ti go yedi ti yula ke ti tie yi naacenba kelima Jesu po.
(For it is not ourselves that we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.)
6 Kelima Utienu wan yua n yedi: mi yenyenma baa yendi li biigili nni, den teni ke mi yenyenma yendi ti pala nni ki bua, ke tin bandi wani Utienu kpiagidi n ñuliti maama Jesu Kilisiti nungi po.
Indeed, the same God who said ‘Out of darkness light shall shine,’ has shone in upon our hearts, so that we should bring out into the light the knowledge of the glory of God, seen in the face of Christ.
7 Ti cuoni leni laa piama tinba yaaba n naani nni yaa tuonsuantiagu n tie tandi. ke laa paliciamu kpiagidi n da tie ti yu, ama U tienu yaa kpiagidi.
This treasure we have in these earthen vessels, that its all-prevailing power may be seen to come from God, and not to be our own.
8 Lan yaa po, bi wangidi ti fala buolu kuli ama bi naa paadi ti; ki yagini ti yama, ama ti jigi naa cie;
Though hard pressed on every side, we are never hemmed in; through perplexed, never driven to despair;
9 Ti laadi fala, ama U tienu naa ŋaa ti; bi yen guliti, ama ti yen fi;
though pursued, never abandoned; though struck down, never killed!
10 O yogunu kuli ti tugi Jesu kuuma ti gbanandi nni, lani n tie Jesu miali moko n doagidi ti gbanandi nni.
We always bear on our bodies the marks of the death that Jesus died, so that the Life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our bodies.
11 kelima tinba yaabi n fo, o yogunu kuli ti ye mi kuuma nni kelima Jesu po; ke Jesu miali moko n doagidi ti gbanandi nni.
Indeed, we who still live are continually being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the Life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our mortal nature.
12 Lan mi kuuma tuuni ti niini ama li miali moko tuuni ti niini.
And so, while death is at work within us, Life is at work within you.
13 Nani ti kuli n pia yantiayenli li dandanli nni nani lan diani maama: «n daani, lan yaapo yo ke n den maadi» ti moko daani lan yaa po yo ke ti maadi.
But, in the same spirit of faith as that expressed in the words — ‘I believed, and therefore I spoke,’ we, also believe, and therefore speak.
14 Yin bandi mani ke yua n fiini O Diedo Jesu bi tinkpiba siiga yeni, ba ti fiini ti moko leni Jesu ki teni tinba leni yinba n taani ki sedi o nintuali.
For we know that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with him, and will bring us, with you, into his presence.
15 Yi yaa po n teni ke ti laadi lan kuli. ke U tienu ŋanbili yaa yabidi pugidi lan teni bi niba boncianla moko, tuondi n yaabidi ki pugini U tienu kpiagidi po.
For all this is for your sakes, that the loving-kindness of God, spreading from heart to heart, may cause yet more hearts to overflow with thanksgiving, to his glory.
16 Lan yaa po n teni ke tii luo li papaali, kelima ba ti gbanandi yaa kpeligi ke ti gbamanu wadi, ti naano wani, daali ki tu daali yen pandi.
Therefore, as I said, we do not lose heart. No, even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
17 Kelima moala n po tin laadi yaa fala jenjenmu, ki tie pu, ti yaa biiga leni wan bogin ti po yaa kpiagidi. (aiōnios g166)
The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory; (aiōnios g166)
18 Ti nuni naa ma bi niba n nua yaali yaa po ka, ama yaala ke baa nua; kelima bi niba n nua yaala tie bonpendi kaala ama ban kan fidi ki le yaala lani n tie yaala n kan pendi fabada. (aiōnios g166)
we, all the while, gazing not on what is seen, but on what is unseen; for what is seen is transient, but what is unseen is imperishable. (aiōnios g166)
