2 Ndị Kọrint 3
1 Anyị na-ebido ito onwe anyị ọzọ? Ọ dị a mkpa anyị inye unu, maọbụ ịnata nʼaka unu akwụkwọ nkọwa iji too onwe anyị dịka ụfọdụ mmadụ ndị ọzọ si eme?
Do we again begin to commend ourselves? or whether have we need of commendatory letters to you or from you, as some do?
2 Unu onwe unu bụ akwụkwọ ozi anyị nke e dere nʼobi anyị nke mmadụ niile maara ma gụọkwa.
You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
3 Unu na-egosikwa na unu bụ akwụkwọ ozi si nʼebe Kraịst nọ, mpụta ihe nke ozi anyị jere. Ọ bụghị ihe e ji inki dee na mbadamba nkume, kama ọ bụ mmụọ Chineke na-adị ndụ ka e ji dee ya na mbadamba obi mmadụ.
being manifest that you are the letter of Christ, having been ministered by us, having been written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh.
4 Nke a bụ ntụkwasị obi anyị nwere site na Kraịst nʼebe Chineke nọ.
But we have such confidence through Christ towards God,
5 Ọ dịkwaghị mgbe anyị ji chee nʼime onwe anyị, na anyị nwere ike ime ihe ọbụla bara uru site nʼike aka anyị, kama ihe ọbụla anyị nwere, ihe ọbụla anyị rụpụtara, sitere nʼaka Chineke.
not that we are able of ourselves to think anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 Onye mere ka anyị zuo oke ịbụ ndị ozi ya nke ọgbụgba ndụ ọhụrụ, nke edeghị nʼakwụkwọ iwu kama nʼime Mmụọ. Ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ iwu na-eweta ọnwụ, ma Mmụọ na-enye ha ndụ.
who also rendered us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit creates life.
7 Ma ọ bụrụ nʼije ozi ahụ nke na-eweta ọnwụ bụ nke e gbunyere nʼelu nkume ji ebube dị ukwuu bịa, nke mere na ụmụ Izrel apụghị ilegide Mosis anya nʼihu mgbe o si nʼelu ugwu Saịnaị rịdata nʼihi ebube nke ihu ya, bụ ebube nke na-agabiga agabiga,
But if the ministry of death, having been written in letters of stone, was in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look upon the face of Moses on account of the glory of his countenance; which was destined to be done away:
8 ọ bụ nʼije ozi nke Mmụọ nsọ agaghị adị ebube karịa?
how will not the ministry of the spirit be more in glory?
9 Ọ bụrụ na-enwere ebube nʼime ije ozi nke amamikpe, ije ozi nke ezi omume ga-adị ebube karịa ya.
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, how much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.
10 Nʼezie, ihe jupụtara nʼebube mgbe ochie enwekwaghị ebube ọbụla ugbu a, nʼihi na ebube nke ọgbụgba ndụ ọhụrụ ekpuchiela ya.
For indeed that which was glorious, has ceased to be glorious in this respect on account of the transcendent glory.
11 Ọ bụrụ na ihe na-agafe agafe nwere ebube dị otu a, ihe ga-anọgide mgbe niile ga-enwe ebube karịa ya.
For if that which was to be done away was through glory, much more is that which abides in glory.
12 Ya mere, ebe ọ bụ na anyị nwere olileanya dị otu a, anyị enweghị egwu ọbụla.
Then having such hope, we use great boldness,
13 Anyị agaghị adị ka Mosis onye weere akwa kpuchie ihu ya, nʼihi na ọ chọghị ka ụmụ Izrel hụ ebube ahụ na-agbanwe agbanwe.
and not as Moses put the veil on his face, in order that the sons of Israel might not look forward to the end of that which was transitory.
14 Kama e mechiri obi ha ruo taa. Nʼihi na mgbe ọbụla ha gụrụ akwụkwọ ọgbụgba ndụ ochie ahụ, akwa mkpuchi ahụ na-anọgidekwa apụghị apụ nʼobi ha, nʼihi na ọ bụ naanị site nʼime Kraịst ka ọ ga-eji pụọ.
But their minds were darkened. For until this day the same veil remains in the reading of the old covenant, remains, not lifted; because it is done away in Christ;
15 Ee, tutu ruo taa, mgbe ọbụla ha na-agụ akwụkwọ iwu ahụ Mosis dere, ihe mkpuchi na-adịgide nʼobi ha.
but until this day when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart:
16 Ma mgbe onye ọbụla tụgharịrị nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ, a na-ewepụ akwa mkpuchi ahụ.
but when they may turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị bụ Mmụọ, ma ebe ọbụla kwa Mmụọ Onyenwe anyị nọ, nʼebe ahụ ka mmadụ pụrụ inwere onwe ya.
But the Lord is a Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Anyị niile bụ ndị e wepụrụla akwa mkpuchi site nʼihu, na-egosi ebube nke Onyenwe anyị. A na-agbanwe anyị ịbanye nʼoyiyi ya site nʼebube ruo nʼebube, nke si nʼaka Onyenwe anyị, onye bụ Mmụọ.
But we all, with unveiled face beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
