2 Akoritho 3
1 Je, tutumbwile kuisifia bene kae? Tuhitaji kwaa barua ya mapendekezo kwinu au boka kwinu, kati baadhi ya bandu, je twahitaji?
Do we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
2 Mwenga mwabene ni barua yitu ya mapendekezo, yaiandikilwe mu'mioyo yitu, yaiyowanika na kusomwa na bandu bote.
You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
3 Na mwaonesha panga mwenga ni barua boka kwa Kristo, yaitolewa ni twenga, iandikilwe na wino kwaa ila kwa Roho wa Nnongo ywabile nkoto. Iandikilwe kwaa nnani ya vibao ya maliwe, ila nnani ya vibao vya mioyo ya bandu.
revealed that you are a letter of Christ ministered by us, not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,
4 Na wolo nga ujasiri tubile nao katika Nnongo pitya Kristo.
and such trust we have through the Christ toward God,
5 Twajiamini kwaa wabene kwa kudai chochote kati boka kwitu. Badala yake, kujiamini kwitu kwaboka kwa Nnongo.
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] of God,
6 Ni Nnongo ywabile atupangite tuweze pangika atumishi wa liagano lyayambe. Ayee nga liagano labile kwaa lya barua ila ni lya Roho. Kwa kuwa barua ubulaga, lakini roho yatoa ukoto.
who also made us sufficient [to be] servants of the New Covenant, not of letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, and the Spirit makes alive.
7 Nambeambe kazi ya kiwo itichongwa katika herufi nnani ya maliwe iisile kwa namna ya utukufu panga bandu ba Israeli balilinga kwaa bene ila pitya minyo ga Musa. Ayee nga sababu ya utukufu wa minyo gake, utukufu ambao wabile wafifia.
And if the ministry of death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look steadfastly into the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face—which was being made useless,
8 Je, kazi ya Roho ilowa kuwa kwaa na utukufu muno?
how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?
9 Kwa kuwa kati huduma ya hukumu ibile na utukufu, ni mara ilenga zaidi huduma ya haki huzidi muno katika utukufu!
For if the ministry of the condemnation [is] glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory;
10 Ni kweli panga, chelo chakipangilwe utukufu kwanza kibile kwaa utkufu kae katika heshima yee, kwa sababu ya utukufu wanansima.
for also even that which has been glorious, has not been glorious—in this respect, because of the superior glory;
11 Kwa kuwa kati chelo ambacho chabile chapeta chabile ni utukufu, ni kwa kiasi gani muno chelo ambacho ni chakudumu kibile na utukufu!
for if that which is being made useless [is] through glory, much more that which is remaining [is] in glory.
12 Kwa kuwa twajiamini eyo, tubile ni ujasiri muno.
Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
13 Tubile kwaa kati Musa, ywabekite utaji nnani ya uso bake, ili panga bandu ba Israeli baweze kwaa lola moja kwa moja mu'mwisho wa utukufu ambao ubile watiboka.
and [are] not as Moses, who was putting a veil on his own face, for the sons of Israel not to look steadfastly into the end of that which is being made useless,
14 Lakini malango gabe gatabilwe. Hata mpaka lisoba lee utaji wowolo bado ulekilwe nnani ya usomaji wa liagani lya kale. Ibekilwe kwaa wazi, kwa sababu ni katika Kristo kichake iondolewa kutalu.
but their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil at the reading of the Old Covenant remains unwithdrawn—which in Christ is being made useless—
15 Lakini hata leno, wakati wowote Musa asomwapo, utaji utama nnani ya mioyo yabe.
but until today, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart,
16 Lakini mundu paakeleka kwa Ngwana, utaji ulowa boka.
and whenever they may turn to the LORD, the veil is taken away.
17 Nambeambe Ngwana ni Roho. Pabile ni Roho wa Ngwana, kubile ni uhuru.
And the LORD is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the LORD [is], there [is] liberty;
18 Nambeambe twenga twabote, pamope ni minyo zibile kwaa bekewa utaji, ubona utukufu wa Ngwana. Twabadilishwa nkati ya muonekano wowolo wa utukufu boka shahada jimo ya utukufu yenda yenge, kati yaibile kwa Ngwana, ambaye ni Roho.
and we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the LORD in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
