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 recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation to you, or 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.
You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read by 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.
revealed that you are a letter of Christ ministered by us, not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,
4 M'ap di nou tou sa, paske, gremesi Jezikri, mwen gen konfyans nan Bondye.
and such trust we have through the 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 anything, 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 made us sufficient [to be] servants of the New Covenant, not of letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, and the Spirit makes alive.
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,
And if the ministry of death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look steadfastly into the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face—which was being made useless,
8 nou pa bezwen mande si pouvwa ki pou parèt lè Lespri Bondye a ap travay p'ap pi gwo toujou.
how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?
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 ministry of the condemnation [is] glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound 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 also even that which has been glorious, has not been glorious—in this respect, because of the superior glory;
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 being made useless [is] through glory, much more that which is remaining [is] in glory.
12 Se paske mwen gen tout espwa sa a kifè kè m' poze konsa.
Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom 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 [are] not as Moses, who was putting a veil on his own face, for the sons of Israel not to look steadfastly into the end of that which is being made useless,
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 hardened, for to this day the same veil at the reading of the Old Covenant remains unwithdrawn—which in Christ is being made useless—
15 Jòdi a ankò, chak fwa y'ap li liv Moyiz yo, vwal la kouvri lespri yo.
but until today, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart,
16 Men, tankou sa ekri nan liv la: Lè yon moun tounen vin jwenn Seyè a, vwal la soti.
and whenever they may turn to the LORD, the veil is taken away.
17 Kilès Seyè y'ap pale la a? Se Lespri Bondye a. Kote Lespri Bondye a ye, la gen libète.
And the LORD is the Spirit; and where the Spirit 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.
and we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the LORD in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
