2 Qorontos 10
1 Ani Phaawulos kan yeroon isin bira jiru “Ija laafessa” yeroon isin irraa fagaadhu immoo “Ija jabeessa” taʼe garraamummaa fi gara laafina Kiristoosiin isinan kadhadha!
Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
2 Ani yeroon gara keessan dhufutti akka isin ija jabina ani warra waan nu akka yaada fooniitti jiraannu seʼan sana irratti nan qabaadha jedhee yaadu sana qabaadhu akka isin na hin goone isin kadhadha.
Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
3 Nu yoo fooniin jiraanne iyyuu akka yaada fooniitti hin lollu.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;
4 Miʼi waraanaa kan nu ittiin lollu kan daʼannoo jigsuudhaaf humna Waaqaa qabuudha malee miʼa waraana foonii miti.
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
5 Mormii fi of tuulummaa beekumsa Waaqaa irratti kaʼu hunda ni diigna; yaada hundas boojinee Kiristoosiif akka ajajamu ni goona.
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
6 Yommuu isin guutummaatti ajajamuu keessan raawwattanitti, nu immoo ajajamuu diduu hunda haaloo baʼuuf ni qophoofna.
and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.
7 Isin waanuma isinitti mulʼatu qofa ilaaltu. Eenyu iyyuu yoo kan Kiristoos taʼuu isaatti amane akkuma inni kan Kiristoos taʼe, nus kan Kiristoos taʼuu keenya haa hubatu.
Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.
8 Ani taayitaa keenya kan Gooftaan akka ittiin isin diignuuf utuu hin taʼin akka ittiin isin ijaarruuf nuu kenne sanaan caalaatti yoon boone iyyuu itti hin qaanaʼu.
For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,
9 Ani waanan ergaa kootiin isin sodaachisuu yaalu fakkaachuu hin barbaadu.
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
10 Namoonni tokko tokko, “Ergaan isaa ulfaataa fi cimaa dha; inni yeroo qaamaan argamutti garuu dadhabaa dha; dubbiin isaas tuffatamaa dha” jedhu.
For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
11 Warri akkasii akka wanni nu fagoo jiraannee barreessinuu fi wanni nu yeroo isaan wajjin jirrutti hojjennu tokkuma taʼe haa hubatan.
Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
12 Nu warra of saadan tokko tokkotti of ramaduuf yookaan isaaniin of qixxeessuuf ija hin jabaannu. Isaan yeroo walii isaaniitti of madaalanii fi walii isaaniitti of qixxeessan hin hubatan.
For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
13 Nu garuu hamma daangaa Waaqni nuu ramade kan isin bira gaʼuutti malee dandeettii keenyaa olitti of hin jajnu.
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
14 Nu waan wangeela Kiristoos lallabaa gara keessan dhufneef, akka waan isin bira hin gaʼiniitti baayʼee hin hiixannuutii.
For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,
15 Nu hojii warra kaaniin hojjetameen baayʼee of hin jajnu. Akkuma amantiin keessan guddachaa deemuun akka iddoon hojii keenyaa kan isin gidduutti argamu akka malee babalʼatu ni abdanna;
not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
16 kunis akka nu hojii duraan dursee biyya nama biraa keessatti hojjetameen utuu of hin jajin biyyoota isinii achi jiran keessatti wangeela lallabuu dandeenyuuf.
so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.
17 Garuu, “Namni boonu Gooftaadhaan haa boonu.”
But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
18 Nama Gooftaan galateessutu fudhatama argata malee namni of galateessu fudhatama hin argatuutii.
For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
