2 Ndị Kọrint 11
1 Ọ ga-adị m mma ma ọ bụrụ na unu ga-anagide m ka m kwuo okwu ndị a dị ka onye nzuzu. Biko nagidenụ m.
I hope you can put up with a little more foolishness from me—well you already do put up with me!
2 Ekworo m nwere nʼebe unu nọ bụ ekworo nke Chineke. Ekwere m nkwa iwere unu nye otu di, ya bụ Kraịst, ka m nwe ike chee unu nʼihu ya dịka nwaagbọghọ dị ọcha nke na-amaghị nwoke.
I agonize over you with a divine kind of jealousy, for I promised you to a single husband—Christ—so that I could present you as a pure virgin to him.
3 Ma ana m atụ egwu, na dịka agwọ jiri aghụghọ ghọgbuo Iiv, ndị nrafu ga-eji aghụghọ duhie unu, mee ka unu kwụsị iji obi dị ọcha na uche ziri ezi jeere Kraịst ozi.
I worry that in some way, just as the serpent deceived Eve with his devious cunning, that you might be led astray in your thinking from your sincere and pure commitment to Christ.
4 Nʼihi na unu gaara anara onye ọzọ bịakwutere unu na-ekwusa Jisọs ọzọ nke na-abụghị nke anyị kwusara, unu gaara anarakwa ike nke mmụọ ọzọ dị iche na-abụghị ike nke Mmụọ Nsọ ahụ unu natara, unu gaara ekwenyekwa na nkuzi ọzọ dị iche, na-abụghị oziọma ahụ nke unu natara.
If anyone comes and tells you about a different Jesus to the one we shared with you, you easily go along with them, accepting a different spirit to the one you received, and a different kind of good news to the one you believed.
5 Ma echeghị m na ọ dị ụzọ ọbụla ndị ozi a maara aha ha si kara m mma.
I don't believe I'm inferior to these “super-apostles.”
6 Ọ bụrụ na m abụghị onye ọka okwu, abụ m onye ọka mmụta. Anyị akọwarala unu nke a ọtụtụ mgbe nʼụzọ dị iche iche nʼihe niile.
Even though I may not be skilled in giving speeches, I do know what I'm talking about. We have made this absolutely clear to you in every way.
7 Ọ ga-abụ na-emere m ihe ọjọọ mgbe m wedara onwe m ala ka e welie unu elu, nʼihi nʼanaghị m unu ihe ọbụla mgbe m na-ekwusara unu oziọma Chineke?
Was it wrong of me to humble myself so you could be elevated, since I shared the good news with you at no charge?
8 Ọ bụ nzukọ nọ nʼebe ọzọ nyeere m aka mgbe m na-arụ ọrụ nʼetiti unu. Ọ bụ site nʼaka ha ka m ji nata nkwado, dịka ụgwọ ọrụ m, ka m nwee ike inyere unu aka.
I robbed as it were other churches, taking pay from them so I could work for you.
9 Ma mgbe m nọ nʼetiti unu abụghị m ibu arọ nye onye ọbụla nʼoge mkpa m. Nʼihi na ụmụnna si Masidonia wetaara m ihe niile na-akpa m mkpa. Ebe ọ bụ na m gbalịrị debe onwe m, ka m ghara ịbụ ibu arọ nye unu nʼụzọ ọbụla nʼoge gara aga, agaghị m abụkwa ibu arọ nye unu nʼoge dị nʼihu.
When I was there with you and needed something, I wasn't a burden to anyone because the believers who came from Macedonia took care of my needs. I was determined never to be a burden to you and I never shall.
10 Ebe eziokwu nke Kraịst dị nʼime m, ịnya isi m nke a agaghị akwụsị na mpaghara Akaịa niile.
This is as certain as the truth of Christ that is in me: nobody in all Achaia will stop me boasting about this!
11 Nʼihi gịnị? Ọ bụ nʼihi na m ahụghị unu nʼanya? Chineke maara na m hụrụ unu nʼanya.
And why? Because I don't love you? God knows that I do!
12 Ma aga m aga nʼihu na-arụ ọrụ m na-achọghị ka unu nyere m aka nʼụzọ ọbụla ka m si otu a mee ka ndị ahụ na-akpọ onwe ha ndị ozi ghara ịnya isi kwuokwa na ha na-arụ ọrụ dịka anyị si arụ ọrụ anyị nʼetiti unu.
I'll continue to do what I've always done, so as to remove any opportunity for those who want to boast that their work is the same as ours.
13 Nʼihi na ndị dị otu a bụ ndị ozi ụgha, ndị ọrụ aghụghọ, ndị na-eme onwe ha ka ha bụ ndị ozi Kraịst.
These people are false apostles, dishonest workers, who pretend to be apostles of Christ.
14 Ma omume ha adịghị eju m anya, nʼihi na ekwensu gbanwere onwe ya dịrị ka mmụọ ozi na-enye ìhè.
Don't be surprised at this for even Satan himself pretends to be an angel of light.
15 Ya mere, ọ bụghị ihe iju anya ma ọ bụrụ na ndị na-ejere ya ozi emee onwe ha dịka ndị na-eje ozi ụzọ ezi omume. Ma nʼọgwụgwụ oge, ha ga-anata ụgwọ dịka ọrụ ha si dị.
So it's no wonder then if those who serve him pretend to be agents of good. But their final end will be in accordance with what they've done.
16 Dịka m kwuru na mbụ, ka onye ọbụla ghara iche na m bụ onye na-enweghị uche. Ọ bụrụkwarị na unu na-eche ụdị echiche a, biko naranụ m dịka onye na-enweghị uche, ka m nwee ike ịnya isi nke nta dịka ndị ọzọ si eme.
Let me say it again: please don't think I'm being foolish. However, even if you do, accept me as someone who is foolish, and let me also boast a little.
17 Ma nʼihe m dabeere na-anya isi, adịghị m ekwu okwu dịka Onyenwe anyị ga-ekwu, maọbụ dịka onye na-enweghị uche.
What I'm saying is not as the Lord would say it—all this foolish boasting.
18 Ebe ọtụtụ mmadụ na-anya isi banyere ihe ha bụ nʼụzọ ụwa si eme. Mụ onwe m ga-anyakwa isi.
But since many others are boasting in the way the world does, let me boast too.
19 Unu were obi ụtọ na-anagide ndị na-enweghị uche, ebe unu onwe unu nwere uche.
(You're happy to put up with fools, since you are so wise!)
20 Unu na-anagide ya ma ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla eme unu ndị ohu ha, maọbụ jiri anya ike nakọrọ unu ihe unu nwere, maọbụ ghọgbuo unu, maọbụ bulie onwe ya elu dịka ha karịrị unu, maọbụ maa unu uraa nʼihu.
You put up with people who make you slaves, who take what you have, who exploit you, who arrogantly put you down, who hit you in the face.
21 Nʼezie, ọ bụ ihere m, ịnabata na anyị bụ ndị na-adịghị ike nʼezie nye nke a. Ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla anwaa anwaa nyaa isi nʼihe ọbụla (ana m ekwu dịka onye nʼenweghị uche), mụ onwe m ga-anyakwa isi.
I'm so sorry that we were too weak to do anything like that! But whatever people dare to boast about, I dare to do too. (Here I'm talking like a fool again.)
22 Ha bụ ndị Hibru? Mụ onwe m bụkwa ya. Ha bụ ndị Izrel? Mụ onwe m bụkwa ya. Ha bụ ndị agbụrụ Ebraham? Mụ onwe m bụkwa.
Are they Hebrews? Me too. Are they Israelites? Me too. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me too.
23 Ha bụ ndị na-ejere Kraịst ozi? (Ana m ekwu dịka onye anya na-adịghị mma.) Ma mụ onwe m ejela ozi karịa. Adọgbuola m onwe m nʼọrụ karịa ha niile. Etinyela m nʼụlọ mkpọrọ ọtụtụ mgbe, tinyere ọtụtụ ihe otiti, mgbe mgbe anọọla m nʼọnụ ọnwụ.
Are they servants of Christ? (I know I'll sound like I'm crazy, talking like this.) But I have done so much more. I've worked harder, been imprisoned more often, whipped more times than I can count, faced death time and again.
24 Ugboro ise ka ndị Juu pịara m ọnụ ụtarị iri anọ e wepụrụ otu.
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes less one.
25 E jirila okporo igwe tie m ugboro atọ. Atụrụ m nkume otu ugboro. Ugboro atọ ka ụgbọ mmiri m nọ nʼime ya kpuru nʼoke osimiri. Anọọla m otu abalị na ụbọchị so ya nʼelu oke osimiri ebe mmiri na-ebugharị m.
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent twenty-four hours adrift on the ocean.
26 Ejeela m ọtụtụ ogologo ije nke ọtụtụ ihe ize ndụ dị nʼime ya. Nʼize ndụ site nʼosimiri, ize ndụ site na ndị na-apụnarị mmadụ ihe nʼike, ize ndụ site nʼaka ndị obodo nke aka m. Ọtụtụ mgbe ka m zere ndụ site nʼaka ndị mba ọzọ, nʼime obodo ukwu, nʼọzara ma nʼoke osimiri; na nʼaka ndị kpọrọ onwe ha ụmụnna m, ma ha bụ ndị ụgha.
During my many journeys I have faced the dangers of crossing rivers, robber gangs, attacks from my own countrymen, as well as from foreigners. I have faced danger in cities, in the deserts, and on the sea. I have faced the danger of people who pretend to be Christians.
27 Adọgbuola m onwe m nʼọrụ, anọọla m nʼọnọdụ ịhụju anya na ịmụ anya ọtụtụ abalị. Ọtụtụ mgbe ana m anọ agụụ na-erighị ihe ọbụla, maọbụ ịṅụ ihe ọbụla. Anọọla m ọtụtụ mgbe nʼoge oyi na-ama jijiji nʼihi enweghị uwe dị mma m ji achụ oyi.
I have faced hard labor and struggles, many sleepless nights, hungry and thirsty, often going without food, cold, without enough clothing to keep warm.
28 Ma e wezuga ihe ndị a niile, ana m anọ nʼechiche mgbe niile banyere otu ihe niile si aga nʼime nzukọ.
Besides all this, I face the daily concerns of dealing with all the churches.
29 Onye bụ onye ahụ na-adịghị ike nke m na-adịghị eso ya kere oke na-adịghị ike ya? Onye ka e dubara na mmehie nke ọnọdụ ya na-adịghị emetụ m nʼobi?
Who is weak, and I don't feel weak too? Who is led into sin, and I don't burn up?
30 Kama ọ bụrụ na o kwesiri ka m nyaa isi aga m anya isi banyere ihe ndị ahụ na-egosi adịghị ike m.
If I have to boast, I will boast about how weak I am.
31 Chineke, na Nna nke Onyenwe anyị Jisọs, onye e kwesiri ito aha ya ruo mgbe ebighị ebi, maara na ihe ndị a niile m na-ekwu bụ eziokwu. (aiōn g165)
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus—may he be praised forever—knows I am not lying. (aiōn g165)
32 Nʼobodo Damaskọs, onye ọchịchị ala ahụ nke eze obodo ahụ a na-akpọ Aretas họpụtara, ndị na-eche obodo Damaskọs nche ka ha jide m.
While I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city guarded in order to capture me.
33 Ma e tinyere m nʼime nkata, site nʼoghere dị na mgbidi gbara obodo ahụ gburugburu wedata m, m gbanarị ya.
But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the city wall, and so I escaped from him.
