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 wish you could have borne with a little foolish boasting on my part. Nay, do bear 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 am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.
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.
But I am afraid that, as the serpent in his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may be led astray from their single-heartedness and their fidelity 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 indeed some visitor is proclaiming among you another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the One you have already received or a Good News different from that which you have already welcomed, your toleration is admirable!
5 Ma echeghị m na ọ dị ụzọ ọbụla ndị ozi a maara aha ha si kara m mma.
Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great 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.
And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you.
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?
Is it a sin that I abased myself in order for you to be exalted, in that I proclaimed God's Good News to you without fee or reward?
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.
Other Churches I robbed, receiving pay from them in order to do you service.
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.
And when I was with you and my resources failed, there was no one to whom I became a burden--for the brethren when they came from Macedonia fully supplied my wants--and I kept myself from being in the least a burden to you, and will do so still.
10 Ebe eziokwu nke Kraịst dị nʼime m, ịnya isi m nke a agaghị akwụsị na mpaghara Akaịa niile.
Christ knows that it is true when I say that I will not be stopped from boasting of this anywhere in Greece.
11 Nʼihi gịnị? Ọ bụ nʼihi na m ahụghị unu nʼanya? Chineke maara na m hụrụ unu nʼanya.
And why? Because I do not 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.
But I will persist in the same line of conduct in order to cut the ground from under the feet of those who desire an opportunity of getting themselves recognized as being on a level with us in the matters about which they boast.
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.
For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ.
14 Ma omume ha adịghị eju m anya, nʼihi na ekwensu gbanwere onwe ya dịrị ka mmụọ ozi na-enye ìhè.
And no wonder. Satan, their master, can disguise himself as 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.
It is therefore no great thing for his servants also to disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be in accordance with their actions.
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.
To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may 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 am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless boasting.
18 Ebe ọtụtụ mmadụ na-anya isi banyere ihe ha bụ nʼụzọ ụwa si eme. Mụ onwe m ga-anyakwa isi.
Since many boast for merely human reasons, I too will boast.
19 Unu were obi ụtọ na-anagide ndị na-enweghị uche, ebe unu onwe unu nwere uche.
Wise as you yourselves are, you find pleasure in tolerating fools.
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.
For you tolerate it, if any one enslaves you, lives at your expense, makes off with your property, gives himself airs, or strikes you on 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 use the language of self-disparagement, as though I were admitting our own feebleness. Yet for whatever reason any one is 'courageous' --I speak in mere folly--I also am courageous.
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? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
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 speak as if I were out of my mind.) Much more am I His servant; serving Him more thoroughly than they by my labours, and more thoroughly also by my imprisonments, by excessively cruel floggings, and with risk of life many a time.
24 Ugboro ise ka ndị Juu pịara m ọnụ ụtarị iri anọ e wepụrụ otu.
From the Jews I five times have received forty lashes all but 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 have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea.
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.
I have served Him by frequent travelling, amid dangers in crossing rivers, dangers from robbers; dangers from my own countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles; dangers in the city, dangers in the Desert, dangers by sea, dangers from spies in our midst;
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.
with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.
28 Ma e wezuga ihe ndị a niile, ana m anọ nʼechiche mgbe niile banyere otu ihe niile si aga nʼime nzukọ.
And besides other things, which I pass over, there is that which presses on me daily--my anxiety for 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 am not weak? Who is led astray into sin, and I am not aflame with indignation?
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 boast I must, it shall be of things which display my weakness.
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 our Lord Jesus Christ--He who is blessed throughout the Ages--knows that I am speaking the truth. (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.
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the gates of the city in order to apprehend me,
33 Ma e tinyere m nʼime nkata, site nʼoghere dị na mgbidi gbara obodo ahụ gburugburu wedata m, m gbanarị ya.
but through an opening in the wall I was let down in a basket, and so escaped his hands.
