2 Korint 3
1 Eske sa vle di m'ap kòmanse fè lwanj tèt mwen ankò? Osinon, èske mwen ta bezwen yon lèt rekòmandasyon pou nou tankou kèk lòt ki pòte lèt rekòmandasyon ban nou? Ou ankò èske se pou m' ta mande nou pòte yon lèt konsa ban mwen?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2 Se nou menm, moun Korent, ki lèt rekòmandasyon mwen, yon lèt ki ekri nan kè m' pou tout moun ki konn li ka li li.
All of you are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Wi, se bagay ki klè, nou menm moun Korent, nou se yon lèt Kris la menm te ekri ban m' pote. Li pa t' ekri l' ak lank, sou moso wòch plat, men sou kè moun ak Lespri Bondye ki vivan an.
Forasmuch as all of you are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit (pneuma) of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4 M'ap di nou tou sa, paske, gremesi Jezikri, mwen gen konfyans nan Bondye.
And such trust have we through Christ toward God:
5 Konprann byen, mwen pa t' janm gen pretansyon pou m' ta kapab fè bagay konsa ak pwòp kouraj mwen. Sa mwen fè a, se Bondye ki fè m' ka fè li.
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 Se li menm ki fè m' ka sèvi anba nouvo kontra a. Kontra sa a pa t' fèt dapre lalwa ki ekri a, men dapre pouvwa Lespri Bondye a. Lalwa ki ekri a bay lanmò, men Lespri Bondye a bay lavi.
Who also has made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: (pneuma) for the letter kills, but the spirit (pneuma) gives life.
7 Yo te make lalwa a lèt pa lèt sou de moso wòch plat. Pouvwa Bondye a te parèt aklè lè li t'ap bay li. Lè sa a, figi Moyiz te sitèlman klere, moun pèp Izrayèl yo pa t' ka fiske je yo sou li. Men, figi Moyiz la pa t'ap rete klere tout tan. Si travay lalwa a, ki te la pou bay lanmò, te parèt konsa,
But if the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8 nou pa bezwen mande si pouvwa ki pou parèt lè Lespri Bondye a ap travay p'ap pi gwo toujou.
How shall not the ministration of the spirit (pneuma) be rather glorious?
9 Travay ki t'ap fè yo kondannen moun lan te gen pouvwa, se vre! Nou pa bezwen mande ki kalite pouvwa ki dwe genyen nan travay k'ap fèt pou Bondye fè moun gras.
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 Nou ka menm di pouvwa ki te parèt aklè nan tan lontan an pa anyen devan pouvwa k'ap parèt aklè koulye a, sitèlman li depase l' anpil.
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excels.
11 Si sa ki te la pou yon tan an te gen pouvwa, nou pa bezwen mande ki pouvwa sa ki la pou tout tan an genyen.
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious.
12 Se paske mwen gen tout espwa sa a kifè kè m' poze konsa.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 Mwen pa tankou Moyiz: klate ki te nan figi l' la te la pou yon tan. Se sa ki fè Moyiz te kouri kouvri tout figi l' ak yon moso twal pou moun pèp Izrayèl yo pa t' wè lè klate a disparèt.
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 Men, yo pa t' ka konprann anyen. Jouk koulye a, lè y'ap li liv ansyen kontra yo, vwal la toujou la sou lespri yo. Lè yon moun mete konfyans yo nan Kris la, se lè sa a vwal la disparèt.
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 Jòdi a ankò, chak fwa y'ap li liv Moyiz yo, vwal la kouvri lespri yo.
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Men, tankou sa ekri nan liv la: Lè yon moun tounen vin jwenn Seyè a, vwal la soti.
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Kilès Seyè y'ap pale la a? Se Lespri Bondye a. Kote Lespri Bondye a ye, la gen libète.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: (pneuma) and where the Spirit (pneuma) of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Nou tout, nou pa kouvri figi nou; nou tankou yon glas k'ap fè moun wè pouvwa Bondye a: konsa chak jou n'ap transfòme, pouvwa li ap grandi nan nou, jouk tan n'a rive sanble nèt ak Seyè a. Sa se travay Seyè a. Lespri Bondye.
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit (pneuma) of the LORD.
