2 Ndị Kọrint 5
1 Nʼihi na anyị ma nke ọma na mgbe e mebiri ụlọ ikwu nke anyị bi nʼime ya, bụ ụlọ nke ụwa a, anyị nwere ụlọ nke sitere na Chineke, ụlọ nke ejighị aka wuo, ga-adị ebighị ebi nʼeluigwe. (aiōnios g166)
We know that [these bodies] we live in [here in this world are like] [MET] tents. [They are like temporary living/dwelling places]. [So we should not be concerned about what happens to our bodies]. We know that if we are killed {if [someone] kills us}, God will give us [permanent living places. Those permanent living places] [MET] will not be houses that people have made. They [will be new bodies in which we will live forever] in heaven. (aiōnios g166)
2 Ugbu a anyị nọ na-asụ ude, na-enwe agụụ inweta ebe obibi anyị dị nʼeluigwe.
[While we are here on earth, we suffer]. We often groan because we desire [to go] to heaven [where God] will give us our new [bodies] [MET].
3 Ka ọ ga-abụ anyị yiri ya, ka anyị hapụ ịdị ka ndị gba ọtọ.
When [God gives us(inc) our new bodies] [MET], our [spirits will have] [LIT, MET] bodies to live in [that will last forever].
4 Mgbe ahụ niile anyị nọ nʼime ụlọ ikwu a, anyị na-anọgide nʼịsụ ude nke ibu arọ. Ọ bụghị nʼihi na anyị chọrọ ịnwụ anwụ bụrụ ndị na-enweghị anụ ahụ, kama ọ bụ nʼihi na anyị chọrọ ka e yikwasị anyị anụ ahụ nke eluigwe ahụ, ka anụ ahụ a pụrụ ịnwụ anwụ yikwasị ndụ ebighị ebi.
[It is true that] while we are still living in these bodies [MET] [that do not last forever], we often groan [DOU] [because we desire to be free from them]. We are not longing to be without a body. Instead, [we groan because] we desire to receive our new bodies [MET] in heaven. We long for this to happen so that these bodies that are going to die some day will suddenly be changed [into bodies] that will live [forever].
5 Chineke onye ya onwe ya, bụ onye kwadobere anyị maka mgbanwo nke a, nyekwara anyị Mmụọ Nsọ ka ọ bụrụ onye ga-ahụ na anyị ga-enwetazu nkwa ahụ niile.
It is God himself who has prepared us to [receive] these [new bodies]. He is also the one who has guaranteed/assured us [(inc)] that this will happen. He has guaranteed it by sending his Spirit [to live inside us now].
6 Nʼihi nke a, anyị nwere obi ike mgbe niile, nʼihi na anyị maara na mgbe anyị na-aga nʼihu na-adị ndụ nʼanụ ahụ a, anyị na Onyenwe anyị anọghị.
So, [because God’s Spirit lives in us], we are always confident [that God will give us new bodies]. We know that as long as we have bodies here on [earth], we are not yet [living together] with the Lord [Jesus in heaven].
7 Nʼihi ọ bụ okwukwe ka anyị ji adị ndụ ọ bụghị ihe anya hụrụ.
While we [(exc)] live [here, we] do not have our [new bodies, but we are] trusting [that God will give them to us].
8 Obi siri anyị ike. Ọ gaara amasị anyị ịhapụ ụlọ nke a anyị bi na ya, bụ ahụ anyị ma lakwuru Onyenwe anyị nʼebe obibi ya.
[As I said], we [(exc)] are confident [that he will give us new bodies]. We [(exc)] would much prefer to leave these bodies [which we have now], and be with the Lord [Jesus in our] home in [heaven].
9 Ya mere, ma anyị nọ nʼụlọ a maọbụ nʼọzọ, ihe anyị chọrọ bụ ka anyị mee ihe ga-atọ ya ụtọ.
Because of all that, we always want to please [Jesus in everything that we do]. Whether we [(exc)] are [still living] here [in these] bodies or whether we have [left] them and are living in our home [in heaven], we want to please him.
10 Nʼihi na anyị niile ga-eguzo nʼihu oche ikpe Kraịst, mgbe ahụ onye ọbụla nʼime anyị, nʼotu nʼotu, ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ dịka ihe ọ rụrụ na-anụ ahụ ya mgbe ọ nọ nʼime ụwa si dị, maọbụ ezi ihe maọbụ ihe ọjọọ.
[And we need to try hard to do that] because each one of us [believers] must stand before Christ [to be] judged [by him] {[when he will] judge [his people]}. [At that time] he will [reward each one of] us according to what we have done [while we lived in this world] in these bodies. [He will reward us according to] whether we have done good things or whether we have done evil things.
11 Ọ bụ nʼihi na anyị maara nnọọ ihe ịtụ egwu Onyenwe anyị pụtara, ka anyị ji na-arụsị ọrụ ike ka ndị mmadụ mata Chineke makwaara ụdị mmadụ anyị bụ. Enwekwara m olileanya na nke a pụtara ihe nye akọnuche unu.
It makes me fearful [to think that some day I will stand before the Lord for him to judge me]. So I [do everything that I can to] convince people [that they should believe] (OR, [that I teach] sincerely) [God’s message]. God knows very well [how I conduct my life and what I teach], and I really believe that you know it, too.
12 Anyị adịghị agbalị ịgwa unu na anyị dị mma, kama anyị chọrọ inye unu ihe unu ga-eji nyaa isi mgbe unu na-ekwu ihe banyere anyị, ka unu nwee ike ịmata ihe unu ga-azaghachi ndị ahụ na-anya isi banyere ihe ha ji anya ha hụ, kama ihe dị mmadụ nʼobi.
Once again [I say, as I write this], I am not just [trying to] make you think well/highly of me, [as some people will probably say that I am]. Instead, I am [telling you in this letter why you have] good reason [to tell those who criticize me] that you think highly of me. [I am telling you this] so that you will know what to say to those [teachers of false doctrine among you]. They are proud [of what they have done], instead of [making sure that] they [are right with God and being pleased with that].
13 Ọ bụrụ na anyị amaghị onwe anyị, ọ bụ nʼihi Chineke, ọ bụrụ na anyị nwere uche zuruoke, ọ bụ nʼihi unu.
[Some of them say that after God has enabled me to see visions], I [talk like] a crazy person. If [that is so, I want you to realize that I talk that way in order to please] God. On the other hand, if [you think that] I [speak and act] wisely, [that is good. I want you to know that I do] speak and act wisely in order to [help] you.
14 Ọ bụ ịhụnanya Kraịst na-akwagide anyị, nʼihi na anyị kwere na otu onye nwụrụ maka mmadụ niile, nke pụtara na mmadụ niile anwụọla.
[I speak and act the way I do] because the love that Christ [has for people] influences me [in everything that I say and do]. When Christ died, [he suffered the punishment] for [the sins of] all people. So, we should all [think of ourselves as having] died with him, [being as unresponsive to sinful desires as] [MET] a corpse is.
15 Ọ nwụrụ nʼihi mmadụ niile, ka ndị dị ndụ gharakwa ịdịrị onwe ha ndụ ọzọ, kama maka onye ahụ nwụrụ nʼihi ha ma sikwa nʼọnwụ kulie.
When [Christ] died for the everyone, he died in order that [we believers who are alive now] should not conduct our lives in a way that will just [please ourselves]. Instead, [we should conduct our lives in a way that will please] Christ, [because] he is the one who died for us and was brought back to life {whom [God] raised} again.
16 Bido ugbu a gawa, anyị adịghị elekwa onye ọbụla anya dịka mmadụ nkịtị. Nʼihi na anyị sitere nʼụzọ dị otu a lee Kraịst anya, chee na ọ bụ mmadụ efu. Ma ugbu a, anyị amakwaghị ya nʼụzọ dị otu a.
So, [because I realize how much Christ loves everyone], I no longer think about people in the way that those who do not believe [in Christ] think about [them]. Before I [was a believer], I thought about Christ in the way that other non-believers did. But I do not think of him that way any more.
17 Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla amalite ịdị ndụ nʼime Kraịst, ọ ghọọla onye e kere ọhụrụ, ihe ochie agaala, nke ọhụrụ anọchie.
The fact is that God makes every one [of us] who [trusts] in Christ to be completely different [than we were before]. Our old [way of conducting our lives] is gone. We now have a [completely] new way of [conducting our lives].
18 Ma ọ bụ Chineke bụ onye na-eme ihe ndị a. Ọ bụ ya onwe ya sitere nʼaka Kraịst mee ka anyị na ya dịrị nʼudo. Ma ugbu a, o nyela anyị ọrụ ije ozi, ịkpọ ndị ọzọ ka ha bịa ka ya na ha dịrịkwa nʼudo.
This [complete change in our lives] is all something that God [does]. It is God who made it possible for us to have a peaceful relationship with him. [He was able to do that] because of what Christ [did for us]. Now God [has sent] me, and those [who work] with me, to tell [people that they] can have a peaceful relationship with him.
19 Ihe nke a pụtara bụ na Chineke sitere na Kraịst na-eme ka ya na ụwa dị na mma. Ọ dịghị agụkọrọ ụmụ mmadụ mmehie niile, kama o tinyela nʼaka anyị ozi banyere ụzọ o si eme ka ya na ụmụ mmadụ dịkwa na mma ọzọ.
That is, [he sent us(exc) to tell them that] when Christ [died], God was [making it possible for everyone] [MTY] in the world to have a peaceful relationship with him. He no longer keeps a record of the sinful things that [we believers] have done. The message that [God] has given to us [to tell people is how we can have a] peaceful relationship with him.
20 Ya mere, anyị bụ ndị na-anọchi anya Kraịst ijere ya ozi nʼụwa. Chineke ji anyị na-agwa unu okwu. Anyị na-arịọ unu dịka ọ bụ Kraịst nʼonwe ya na-arịọ unu. Biko, bịanụ ka unu na Chineke dịrị nʼudo.
So, it is I and my companions who are Christ’s representatives [in this world. When we tell people the message about Christ], it is God himself who is pleading with them by means of what we [say]. So, as true representatives of Christ, we plead with you: [Believe God’s true message about Christ in order that you may] be reconciled to {have a peaceful relationship with} him.
21 Nʼihi na o mere ka onye ahụ na-amaghị mmehie bụrụ mmehie nʼọnọdụ anyị, ka esi otu a mee ka anyị nwee oke nʼime ezi omume Chineke site na ya.
[You must believe that even though] Jesus never sinned, God [punished him for all the] sinful things [that people do, just] as [if Jesus had done those sinful things himself]. And because of our close relationship with Christ, God has erased the record of our sins/declared us no longer guilty for our sins.
