2 Wakorintho 3
1 Ko, tuyandili kujisifili tayoto kabhele? Tilonda lepi barua ya mapendekesu kwa yhomo au kuhomela kwa yhomo, kwa baazi ya bhanu, ko twilonda?
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? We do not need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you, do we?
2 Muenga mwa yhomo ndo barua yhitu ya mapendekesu, yaiyandikibhu mu miteema yhitu, yaimanyikene ni kusomibhwa ni bhanu bhoa.
You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by everyone;
3 Na mwilasibhwa kuwa muenga ndo barua kuhomela kwa Kristu. yaiyandikibhu so kwa wino bali kup'etela Roho wa K'yara yaayele haiyayandikibhu hee panani pa mfibao fya maganga, bali panani pa mfibao sya miteema ya bhanadamu.
being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
4 Na obho ndo ujasili watayele nabhu kwa K'yara kup'etela Kristu.
Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
5 Tukajiamini lepi tayhoto kwa kudai kyoakela kutya kupita kwa yhoto. Badala yaki, kujiamini kwa yhoto. kwihomela kwa K'yara.
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
6 Ndo K'yara muene yaatufwanyili tubhwesyai kuya bhutumishi bha agano lipya. Ele ndo agano na so barua bali la Roho. Kwa ndabha barua yikooma, lakini Roho yipisya uhai.
who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Henu mbhombho ya kifo ya ichongibhu kiherufi lbhaa panani pamaganga ili kuhida kwa namna ya utukufu kwa bhanu bha Israel bhalangi lilepi moja kwa moja mu pamiu mwa Musa. Eye ndabha ya utukufu wa pamiu paki, utukufu wawafifiliai.
But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:
8 Ko, mbhombho ya Roho ilayalepi ni utukufu zaidi?
won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
9 Kwa ndabha kutya huduma ya hukumu yayele ni utukufu, ni mala silenga zaidi huduma ya haki huzidi sana kup'etela utukufu!
For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
10 Ni kueli ndabha, khela kakifanyibhu utukufu hosi kiyele hee ni utukufu kabhele kup'etela heshima eye, ndabha ya utukufu wawizidi.
For truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
11 Ya kuwa kutya khela kakapetayi kujo kiye ni utukufu, ni kiasi kelevu zaidi ni khela ambakyo kya kudumu kilaya ni utukufu!
For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
12 Kwa ndabha tukajiamini eye, tuyele ni ukifu naa.
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
13 Tuyehe kujo Musa, yaabhekili utaji panani pakumiu pamuene, ili ndabha bhanu bha ku Israel bhasibhuesi kulanga moja kwa moja mu mwisho wa utukufu wa wayele kutya wiyagha.
and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
14 Ila uyelebhwa wa bhene wayele ufungibhu. Hadi kufikila magono agha utaji bhola bado wibakila panani pa kusoma agano la muandi. Ibhekibhu hee bhuasi, kwa ndabha eye kup'etela Kristu muene yibhosibhwa patali.
But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
15 Ila hata lelu, magono ghoa ghala Musa paisomibhwa, utaji witama panani pamiteema ya bhene.
But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Ila munu paigeuka kwa Bwana, utaji wibhosibhwa.
But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Henu Bwana ndo Roho. Palipo na Roho ya Bwana, kuye ni uhuru.
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Henu tete tabhoa, pamonga ni mumiu mwambelili kubhekibhwa utaji, tibhona utukufu wa Bwana. Tibadilisibhwa mugati wa muonekano bholabhola wa utukufu kuhomela shahada imonga ya utukufu kulotela yhenge, Katya kaiyele kuhomela kwa Bwana, yaayele Roho.
But we all, with unveiled face looking as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
