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?
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? We do not need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you, do we?
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, written in our hearts, known and read by everyone;
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.
being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
4 M'ap di nou tou sa, paske, gremesi Jezikri, mwen gen konfyans nan Bondye.
Such confidence we have 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 account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from 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 as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit 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 service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:
8 nou pa bezwen mande si pouvwa ki pou parèt lè Lespri Bondye a ap travay p'ap pi gwo toujou.
won't service of the Spirit be with much more 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 service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more 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 truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
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 passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
12 Se paske mwen gen tout espwa sa a kifè kè m' poze konsa.
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness 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, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
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 until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
15 Jòdi a ankò, chak fwa y'ap li liv Moyiz yo, vwal la kouvri lespri yo.
But to this day, 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.
But whenever one turns 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.
Now 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.
But we all, with unveiled face looking as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
