2 Avakolinto 3
1 Pu twandile khange ukwitujya yufwe? Pamo tulonda ndavange ikalata incha lweinghinio ukwincha khulyumwe?
Must we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some, letters of recommendation to you, or letters of recommendation from you?
2 Umwe mwemwe kalata yeito eiyuyeisimbiwe munumbula ncheito, eiyeimanyeikhikhe na vanu vooni pakhwimba.
You are out letter, written on our hearts, known and read of all men.
3 Hange pumwivonia ukhuta umwe mulei kalata ukhuhuma khwa Keileisite, eiyeisimbiwe nufwe. Eiyeisimbiwe nu Mepo va Nguluve unyavwumi. Sayeisimbiwe mumawe pu yeisimbivwe munumbula ncha vanu.
For you are plainly declared Christ's letter, ministered by us, written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.
4 Uvu vwuvukifu uvwutuleinavyo mwa Nguluve ukhunghendela mwa Keileisite.
Now we have such confidence through Christ, toward God;
5 Satukweilanile ufwe yufwe ukhweisangheila eilimenyu lyulyoni ukhuta lyeito yufwe. Pu leino, uvunghelanifu vweito vwihuma khwa Nguluve.
not that we are competent by ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves: but our competency is from God,
6 Vei Nguluve uvyatupelile ukhuta tuve vavombi va lweideihano ulupya. Ulu pu lweideihano lwa Mepo. Pakhuva uvuveinghi vwa mukatata vwibuda, pu umepo vei ikhutupa uvwumi.
who has made us competent ministers of a new institution; not of letter, but of spirit: for the letter kills; but the spirit makes alive.
7 Leino uvuvombeli vula uvwa vufwe uvuvwasimbiwe pakhipanga pu na vwope vwale nuvudwadwa ukhuta avanya Israeli valekhe ukhulungama amiho ngavo kwa Mose khumiho. Ulwakhuva ale idwadwa, nuvudwadwa avuvwayanghangha.
For if the ministration of death in letters engraved on stone was with glory, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face, which was to be abolished;
8 Pu, leino imbombo ya Mepo pusayeikhave nuvudwadwa ukhuluteila?
how much rather shall not the ministration of the Spirit be with glory?
9 Ulwakhuva eingave eimbombo ya vuheinghi yale navudwadwa, pu khaleingi eimbombo yavuyeilweli yeiluteila fincho puvudwadwa!
For if the ministration of condemnation was glorious, much more does the ministration of justification abound in glory.
10 Ulwakhuva nakheilakheila eikheikhya pelivwe kheidwadwa pavulenghuleilo kheileivula vudwadwa ndavule savuli ya vudwadwa uvululeilile fincho.
For, indeed, that which was glorified, was not glorified, in this respect, by reason of the transcendent glory.
11 Pakhuva kheila kheikhyo khya silangha kheingave khyale navudwadwa, pu ndakheikhi pusakhivwa kheila eikhya sikhu nchooni?
For if that which is abolished was with glory, much more that which continues, is with glory.
12 Pakhuva tuleinuluhuveilo ulu leindavule putulei nu vukifu fincho.
Having, therefore, such confidence, we use great plainness of speech;
13 Pu satuleindu Mose, uveiaveikhangha uludeingh'uleilo pamiho pamwene, ukhuta avanya Israeli valekhe ukhulola pavamaleilo uvwavudwadwa vuvwa vwale vukhusila.
and not as Moses, who put a vail upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished.
14 Pu leino uvumanyi vwavo vwandei ndeivwe. Pakhuva na leino leino mufinghono ifi uludengh'uleilo lula lula vupinchinghe pa vweimbi vwa livangeili lya lweideihano ulwakhatale.
Indeed, their minds were blinded: for, till this day, the same vail remains in the reading of the Old Institution; it not being discovered that it is abolished in Christ.
15 Pu na leino leino, ululangheilo lwa Mose vulukhweimbivwaa uludeingh'uleilo lutama panumbula nchavo.
Moreover, till this day, when Moses is read, the vail lies upon their heart.
16 Pu leino useikhei unghu avanu vikilivukha khwa Nkuludeva uludeingh'uleilo lwihengha.
But when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken from around it.
17 Pu leino Unkuludeva vei Mepo. Apa leinu Mepo va Nkuludeva, paleinuvulenghefu.
Now, the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 Pu leino ufwe tweivoni ni mbomeila inchilivula ludeingh'uleilo pulukhuvuvona uvwadwadwa vwa Nkuludeva. Putuhambukha mumivele ngheilangheila einghya vudwadwa ukhuhuma pudwadwa nu vudwadwa, vuvuvwa nduvudwadwa uvwihuma khwa Nkuludeva.
And we all, with unvailed face, beholding, as in a mirror, the glory of the Lord; are transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
