2 Vakolinto 3
1 Wu, titumbula kavili kujilumbalila tavete? Wu, tigana balua ya kutimanyisa, kuhuma kwinu amala kwitu ngati chevavili vandu vangi?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or letters of recommendation from you?
2 Mwavene nyenye ndi balua yitu yeyiyandikiwi mumitima yitu, kila mundu yimanyikana na yisomwa na vandu voha.
You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by all.
3 Chakaka kuvya nyenye ndi balua ya Kilisitu yeyihuma mulihengu litu pagati yinu. Balua yene yiyandikwi lepi, nambu kwa Mpungu Msopi wa Chapanga mweavi mumi, iyandikiwi lepi panani ya chipandi cha liganga chechihongoliwi nambu ayandiki mumitima ya vandu.
You show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets, but on tablets of human hearts.
4 Tihotola kujova kwa ukekesi chenicho ndava ya huvalila kwa Chapanga ndava ya gala geagahengili Kilisitu.
Such is the confidence that we have in God through Christ.
5 Lepi kuvya tavete tihotola kukita chochoha kwa makakala gitu vene, nambu uhotola witu woha wihuma kwa Chapanga,
Not that we are competent in and of ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
6 Ndava muni Chapanga ndi mwatihotwisi kuvya vanalihengu va lilaganu la mupya, lelivii lepi la Lilaganu leliletiwi na malagizu gegayandikwi, nambu lilaganu la Mpungu Msopi. Muni malagizu gegayandikwi gileta lifwa, nambu Mpungu wa Chapanga wumi.
He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Malagizu gayandikiwi panani ya hipandi ya maganga vyevihongoliwi. Pamonga na kujova mwishu waki ulongosa mulifwa, ukulu waki wavili ukulu neju hati vandu va Isilaeli nakuhotola kuulola pamihu pa Musa ndava ya kung'asima kwaki. Kavili kung'asima kula kwavili mulukumbi ndu. Hinu malagizu gegaletili lifwa yavi na ukulu neju,
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its glory (a glory that was fading away),
8 wu uhengaji wa Mpungu Msopi yati uvya na ukulu neju?
will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
9 Yikavya mahengu gegileta uhamula gana ukulu ngati wenuwo, ndi hotohoto lihengu lelileta mambu gakumganisa Chapanga, yati givya na ukulu uvaha neju.
For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory even more.
10 Chakaka chila chechavili na ukulu kadeni pala chiyagisi ukulu waki ndava ya ukulu uvaha neju wewabwelili hinu.
For what was once glorious now has no glory in comparison with the glory that surpasses it.
11 Muni chila chechavi palukumbi luhupi chavi na ukulu waki, chakaka chila chechisigalila magono goha yati chivya na ukulu uvaha neju.
And if what was fading away came with glory, what remains will be even more glorious.
12 Ndava muni tivii na huvalila yitu tete tijova kwa ukekesi uvaha.
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we act with great boldness.
13 Tete tikita lepi ngati Musa ndi agubiki pamihu paki na chitambala muni vandu va ku Isilaeli vakotoka kulola mwishu wa kung'asima kula kwekwajimika.
We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not gaze at the end of what was fading away.
14 Nambu luhala lwavi lwagubikwi. Mbaka lelu pamwisoma Lilaganu la kadeni, chigubiku chila chivili balapala. Chigubiku chenicho yati chiwusiwa ndu mundu mukuwungana na Kilisitu.
But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains unlifted when the old covenant is read. Only in Christ is this veil taken away.
15 Nambu, hati lelu iyi peyisomewa malagizu ga BAMBU geampeli Musa luhala lwavi lugubikwi na chitambala.
But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.
16 Nambu, lukumbi mundu peakumuwuyila BAMBU Yesu, chigubiku chenicho chiwusiwa.
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Hinu “BAMBU” Ndi Mpungu Msopi, na popoha peavili Mpungu wa BAMBU ndi pepavi kulekekeswa.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 Hinu, tete tavoha pamihu pitu pangagubikwa, tikuulangisa ukulu wa BAMBU ngati chilolilo, tibadilishwa tiwanangana neju na luhumu lwaki muukulu wamahele neju. Lenilo ndi lihengu la Mpungu wa BAMBU.
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; this comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
