2 Ndị Kọrint 10
1 Ma mụ onwe m bụ Pọl, ji ịdị nwayọọ na obi umeala nke Kraịst na-arịọ unu. Mụ, onye na-adị umeala mgbe mụ na unu nọ nʼihu nʼihu, ma na-enwe mkwuwa okwu nʼebe unu nọ mgbe m na-anọghị nʼetiti unu.
NOW I Paul myself exhort you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who, when present, am indeed lowly among you, but being absent, am bold towards you.
2 Arịọ m unu, ka m ghara inwe obi ike mgbe m bịarutere dịka o kwesiri nʼebe ụfọdụ ndị nọ, site na iguzogide ndị ahụ na-eche na anyị na-eme ihe dị ka ndị ụwa si eme ya.
But I pray, that when I am present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I purpose to act resolutely against some who think of us, as if we walked after the flesh.
3 Ọ bụ ezie na anyị na-ebi dịka mmadụ, ma anyị adịghị ebu agha dịka usoro anụ ahụ si dị.
For though we walk in the flesh, we war not after the flesh:
4 Nʼihi na ngwa agha anyị ji ebu agha, abụghị ngwa agha nke mmadụ nkịtị nke ụwa, kama ha nwere ike nke mmụọ ịla ebe niile e wusiri ike nʼiyi.
for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the casting down the strong holds of corruption;
5 Anyị na-ala ịrụ ụka niile na okwu ụgha niile nʼiyi, nke na-egbochiri ụmụ mmadụ ụzọ e si amata Chineke, na-eme ka echiche niile hulata isi nʼokpuru Kraịst.
laying low proud reasonings, and every high thing which exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and making every thought captive to the obedience of Christ:
6 Anyị nọ na njikere ịta erubeghị isi niile ahụhụ, mgbe irube isi gị zuruoke.
and holding ourselves ready to avenge every act of disobedience, when your obedience is fully proved.
7 Unu na-ele anya nʼihe ndị dị unu nʼihu. Ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ ihe doro anya nye onye ọbụla na ha bụ nke Kraịst, ha matakwa na onwe ha, na otu ahụ ha bụ nke Kraịst na anyị onwe anyị bụkwa nke ya.
Regard ye the things that are personal? If any man is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, let him reflect again in himself, that as he is Christ’s, so are we Christ’s.
8 Ugbu a, ọ bụrụ na m anya isi banyere ikike ahụ Onyenwe anyị nyere m nʼebe unu nọ, ike ahụ o nyere m iji wulie unu elu, ọ bụghị iji wedaa unu ala, ihere agaghị eme m nʼihi nke a.
Yea, and if I should boast somewhat more highly of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed;
9 Achọghị ka ọ dịka m a ga-asị na m sitere nʼakwụkwọ ozi m na-emenye unu egwu.
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10 Nʼihi na ha na-asị, “Akwụkwọ ozi ya dị arọ dịkwa ike, ma na mmadụ, ma nʼọdịdị ya na mmadụ adịghị ike, okwu ọnụ ya bụkwa ihe na-abaghị uru.”
For his letters indeed, say they, are weighty and forcible, but his bodily presence is feeble, and his speech contemptible.
11 Ma ana m eme ka ndị dị otu a ghọta na ihe anyị na-ekwu site nʼakwụkwọ ozi mgbe anyị na-anọghị nʼetiti unu, ka anyị ga-eme ma anyị nọrọ nʼetiti unu.
Let such a man be assured of this, that such as we are by word in our letters when absent, such also will we be in deed when we are present.
12 Anyị enweghị anya ike ihazi ọnọdụ maọbụ were onwe anyị tụnyere ndị ụfọdụ na ndị ahụ nʼeto onwe ha. Ma mgbe ha na-eji onwe ha na-atụ onwe ha, werekwa onwe ha na-atụnyere onwe ha, ha adịghị ezipụta nghọta.
For we will not presume to put ourselves on the level, or compare ourselves with some who vaunt themselves; but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, have no understanding.
13 Ma anyị onwe anyị, adịghị anya isi banyere ihe ọbụla anyị na-enweghị ike ime. Kama anyị ga-anya isi nʼoke ọrụ ahụ Chineke kenyere anyị, ka anyị rụrụte ọ bụladị ruo nʼebe unu nọ.
But we will not glory in things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath marked out for us―a measure that hath reached even unto you.
14 Nʼihi na anyị adịghị ekwu okwu karịrị ọnụ anyị mgbe anyị na-etinye anya nʼihe gbasara unu, nʼihi na ọ bụ anyị buru ụzọ bịakwute unu, ikwusara unu oziọma gbasara Kraịst.
For we stretch not our pretensions beyond bounds, as though we reached not unto you; for we have advanced even unto you in the gospel of Christ:
15 Ọ bụghị na anyị na-ekwu na ọ bụ anyị rụrụ ọrụ niile, ya na ọrụ nke ndị ọzọ rụrụ nʼetiti unu, kama olileanya anyị bụ na okwukwe unu ga na-eto eto mgbe niile, ka ọrụ ya nʼetiti unu bụrụ nke ga-eto eto.
not boasting ourselves unmeasurably in other men’s labours; but having hope that when your faith is increased, we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule for more abundant usefulness,
16 Nke a ga-eme ka anyị nwee ike zisaa oziọma ahụ na mba ndị ọzọ ndị dị nʼofe ala unu, ghara iji ọrụ arụrụ nʼebe ndị ọzọ na-arụ ọrụ na-etu ọnụ.
to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to arrogate glory in another man’s line for things already prepared.
17 Ma, “Onye ọbụla na-anya isi, ya nyaa nʼime Onyenwe anyị.”
But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
18 Nʼihi na ọ bụghị onye ji aka ya bulie onwe ya elu ka a na-anabata, kama ọ bụ onye Onyenwe anyị jiri aka ya bulie.
For not he who commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.
