2 Wakorintu 3
1 Hashi, twanji kayi kulitumbira twaweni twenga? Ama hashi, twankufira luhamba lwa kulanguziya ukapitawu kwa wayetu? Ama hashi tulembelwi luhamba lwanakaka kwa mwenga ama kulawa kwa mwenga ntambu yawatenda wamonga?
Must we begin again to commend ourselves? Or are we in need (as some are) of epistles of commendation for you, or from you?
2 Mwenga mwaweni muwera luhamba lwa twenga, luhamba lwalulembitwi mumyoyu mwa twenga, imanikana na ibetulwa na kila muntu.
You are our Epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men.
3 Ndo nakaka kuwera mwenga ndo luhamba lwa Kristu lwalujegitwi kwa mawoku getu. Luhamba lweni lulembitwi ndiri kwa winu, kumbiti lulembwa kwa Rohu gwa Mlungu yakawera mkomu, lulembitwi ndiri pashipandi sha libuwi, kumbiti lulembwa mumyoyu ya wantu.
It has been made manifest that you are the Epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written down, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on tablets of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.
4 Tulonga hangu toziya ya litumbiru lwatwenga lyatuwera nalu kulongolu kwa Mlungu kupitira Kristu.
And we have such faith, through Christ, toward God.
5 Tuweza ndiri kutenda shoseri kwa makakala getu weni, kumbiti uwezu wa twenga woseri ulawa kwa Mlungu.
It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, as if anything was from us. But our adequacy is from God.
6 Toziya Mlungu ndo yakatutenditi twenga tuweri na uwezu wa kuwera wantumintumi wa lipatanu lya syayi, lipatanu lya Malagaliru ndiri gagalembitwi, kumbiti lipatanu lya Rohu. Malagaliru gagalembitwi gajega kuhowa, kumbiti Rohu kajega ukomu.
And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Vinu handa Liragaliru lyalijegiti kuhowa, lilembitwi pamabuwi, liza na ukwisa, mpaka Waisraeli waweziti ndiri kujodulera masu sheni sha Musa toziya ya ng'ereng'eta yakuwi. Ng'ereng'eta ayi iweriti ukwisa wa katepu hera,
But if the ministration of death, engraved with letters upon stones, was in glory, (so much so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze intently upon the face of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance) even though this ministration was ineffective,
8 su utendera wa Rohu hauweri na ukwisa mkulu nentu kupita ng'ereng'eta ilii.
how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?
9 Su payiwera, kuweriti na ukwisa muutendera ulii waujegiti utoza, hashi, utendera yawumfiriziya Mlungu, mkulu ndiri kupita awu?
For if the ministration of condemnation is with glory, so much more is the ministration of justice abundant in glory.
10 Vinu ukwisa mkulu nentu uwugubika ukwisa ulii yaupititi kwanja, ndogweni ulangala wakuwi uwuka kala.
And neither was it glorified by means of an excellent glory, though it was made illustrious in its own way.
11 Toziya payiwera shilii shashiweriti sha shipindi shididika hera shiweriti na ukwisa wakuwi, kupita aga shilii shashilikala mashaka goseri hashiweri na ukwisa mkulu nentu.
For if even what was temporary has its glory, then what is lasting has an even greater glory.
12 Toziya twana litumbiru ali, tutakula pota na lyoga.
Therefore, having such a hope, we act with much confidence,
13 Twenga tutenda ndiri gambira Musa yakagubikiti sheni shakuwi kwa shitambala, su wantu wa Israeli nawawona kupelera kwa ung'ereng'eta wakuwi.
and not as Moses did, in placing a veil over his face, so that the sons of Israel would not gaze intently at his face. This was ineffective,
14 Kumbiti mahala gawu gapungwa. Toziya mpaka leru palibetulwa lipatanu ligona, shigubiku ashi shankali. Shigubiku ashi hashiwusiwi hera, muntu pakalikolerana pamuhera na Kristu.
for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).
15 Yina, mpaka leru palibetulwa Malagaliru ga musa, shigubikiru shigubika mahala gawu.
But even until today, when Moses is read, a veil is still set over their hearts.
16 Kumbiti, shipindi muntu pakamuwuyira Mtuwa, shigubikiru ashi shiwusiwa.
But when they will have been converted to the Lord, then the veil shall be taken away.
17 Vinu “Mtuwa” Ndo Rohu na palii pakawera Rohu gwa Mtuwa, pawera ulekeru.
Now the Spirit is Lord. And wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Kumbiti twawoseri twenga, tuwera na sheni zyazigubikirwa ndiri, tulilora gambira mushiloleru, ukwisa wa Mtuwa na twenga tutendwa tulifani na yomberi kwa kwongereka muukwisa yawulawa kwa Mtuwa, ayu ndo Rohu.
Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.
