Luo Corinth 2

1 Ouinge nga tuh sifacna sulela sik in tia sifilpa fahsrot nu yuruwos, tuh nga in tia akasorye kowos.

For my own sake, as well, I decided not to pay you another painful visit.

2 Mweyen nga fin oru kowos in asor, na su ac ku in akpwaryeyu? Elos na su nga tuh akasorye.

If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?

3 Pa inge sripen nga tuh sim nu suwos meet ah — nga tia lungse fahsrot nu yuruwos ac aksupwaryeyuk sin mwet na ma fal in akenganyeyu. Tuh nga pula tari lah nga fin engan, na kowos nukewa wi pac engan.

So I wrote as I did because I was afraid that if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.

4 Ke nga tuh sim nu suwos, nga tuh inse asor ac supwarlana ac nga tung pac; tia tuh nga in akasorye kowos, a tuh kowos in ku in akilen lupan lungse luk nu suwos nukewa.

I wrote to you in sore trouble and distress of heart and with many tears, not to give you pain, but to let you see how intense a love I have for you.

5 Inge, fin oasr sie inmasrlowos su akasorye siena mwet, el tia oru nu sik, a nu suwos nukewa — ku sahp kutu na suwos. (Nga fahk ouinge mweyen nga tia lungse in upala nu sel.)

Now whoever has caused the pain has not so much pained me, as he has, to some extent – not to be too severe – pained every one of you.

6 Fal tari kaiyuk ma inkaiyowos tuh sang nu sin mwet se ingan.

The man to whom I refer has been sufficiently punished by the penalty inflicted by the majority of you;

7 Na inge, kowos enenu in nunak munas nu sel ac akkeyal, tuh asor lal in tia yokelik, pwanang el fuhleak lulalfongi lal.

so that now you must take the opposite course, and forgive and encourage him, or else he may be overwhelmed by the intensity of his pain.

8 Ouinge nga kwafe suwos in akkalemye nu sel lah pwaye kowos lungse el.

So I entreat you to assure him of your love.

9 Nga tuh sim nu suwos mweyen nga ke srike kowos, ac liye lah kowos akola pacl nukewa in akos kas in luti luk.

I had this further object, also, in what I wrote – to find out whether you might be relied on to be obedient in everything.

10 Ke kowos nunak munas nu sin sie mwet, nga wi pac nunak munas nu sel. Tuh pacl nga nunak munas — fin oasr ma fal nga in nunak munas kac — nga oru ma inge ye mutun Christ, ke sripowos,

Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,

11 in kutongilya Satan elan tia kutangkutla, mweyen kut etu ouiya kutasrik lal.

so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 Ke nga sun acn Troas in fahkak Pweng Wo ke Christ we, nga konauk lah Leum el ikasla tari inkanek nu ke orekma uh.

When I went to the district round Troas to tell the good news of the Christ, even though there was an opening for serving the Master,

13 Tusruktu nga tuh arulana fosrnga, mweyen nga tia ku in konalak Titus, mwet wiasr in orekma uh. Ke ma inge nga wilkas nu sin mwet we, ac som nu Macedonia.

I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my friend; so I took leave of the people there, and went on to Macedonia.

14 A kut in sang kulo nu sin God! Tuh ke kut ma sefanna yurin Christ, God El kol kut in kutangla pacl nukewa. Ac El orekmakin kut in oru tuh etauk ke Christ in fahsrelik nu yen nukewa oana sie foul na keng.

All thanks to God, who, through our union with the Christ, leads us in one continual triumph, and uses us to spread the sweet perfume of the knowledge of him in every place.

15 Tuh kut oana sie mwe kisa keng fohlo, ma Christ el kisakin nu sin God, ac fohlo se inge fahsrelik nu inmasrlolos su fahsr ke inkanek in moul, oayapa nu inmasrlolos su fahsr ke inkanek in tuhlac.

For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God – both among those who are in the path of salvation and among those who are in the path to ruin.

16 Tuh nu selos su ac tuhlac, ma inge oana foulin ma misa su mwe uniya; a nu selos su ac moulla, ma inge sie foul keng ma ase moul. Na su ac fal in oru orekma ouinge uh?

To the latter we are a stench which arises from death and tells of death; to the former a fragrance which arises from life and tells of life. But who is equal to such a task?

17 Kut tia oana mwet puspis saya, su orekma ke kas lun God oana ma lusronten ma elos kukakin; a ke sripen God El supwekut, kut fahk ma na pwaye ye mutal, oana mwet kulansap lun Christ.

Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God’s message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God’s commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.