Bakorintha II 4
1 Ke Modimo ka bo one, mo kutlwelong botlhoko ya one, yo o re neileng tiro e e hakgamatsang e, (ya go bolelela ba bangwe Mafoko a one a a Molemo), mme jalo ga re kake ra lesa.
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint.
2 Ga re leke go gogela batho ka boferefere mo go dumeleng, ga re na kgatlhego mo go tsietseng ope. Ga re ke re leka go gapa ope go dumela gore Baebele e ruta se e sa se ruteng. Ditsela tsotlhe tseo tsa matlhabisa ditlhong re di baketse. Re ema fa pele ga Modimo jaaka re bua mme jalo re bolele boammaaruri, jaaka botlhe ba re itseng ba tlaa dumela.
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3 Fa Mafoko a a Molemo a re a rerang a siregetse bangwe, a siregetse yo o tsamayang mo tseleng e e isang losong lo lo sa khutleng.
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing;
4 Satane, yo o leng modimo wa lefatshe le le bosula le, o mo foufaditse, ga a kgone go bona kgalalelo ya lesedi la Efangele e e phatsimang mo go ene, kgotsa go tlhaloganya molaetsa o o hakgamatsang o re o rerang kaga kgalalelo ya ga Keresete, yo e leng Modimo. (aiōn g165)
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so they would not see the light of the glorious Good News of Christ, who is the image of God. (aiōn g165)
5 Ga re tsamaye re rera kaga rona, mme fa e se ka ga Keresete Jesu jaaka Morena. Gotlhe mo re go buang ka ga rona ke gore re batlhanka ba lona ka ntlha ya se Keresete o se re diretseng.
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves because of Jesus.
6 Gonne Modimo, o o rileng, “A go nne lesedi mo lefifing”, o dirile gore re tlhaloganye gore ke phatshimo ya kgalalelo ya one e e bonalang mo sefatlhogong sa ga Jesu Keresete.
For it is God, who spoke for light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
7 Mme khumo e ya botlhokwa, lesedi le, le nonofo e jaanong e phatshimang mo go rona, e tshotswe ka setsholo se se nyelelang, se e leng mebele ya rona e e bokoa. Mongwe le mongwe o ka bona gore nonofo ya kgalalelo e e mo go rona e tshwanetse ya bo e tswa kwa Modimong mme ga se ya rona.
But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
8 Re pitlagantswe mo ntlheng tsotlhe ke ma-tshwenyego, mme ga go re dire sepe. Re akabetse ka gore ga re itse gore ke eng fa dilo di direga jaana, mme ga re kgobege marapo re tlogele.
We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
9 Re a tsongwa, mme Modimo ga o re latlhe. Re digelwa fa fatshe, mme re tsoge re tswelele pele.
pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
10 Mebele e ya rona ka metlha yotlhe e lebaganye le loso fela jaaka wa ga Jesu Keresete o dirile; jalo go bonala sentle mo go botlhe gore ke Keresete yo o tshelang mo go rona (yo o re babalelang).
always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
11 Ee, re tshelela mo kotsing ka metlha yotlhe mo matshelong a rona ka ntlha ya go direla Morena, mme se se re naya nako ka metlha go supela pele nonofo ya ga Jesu Keresete mo mebeleng ya rona e e swang.
For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
12 Ka ntlha ya go rera ga rona, re lebagane le loso, mme go feletse ele botshelo jwa lona jo bosakhutleng.
So then death works in us, but life in you.
13 Re bua ka bopelokgale ka se re se dumelang (re tshepa Modimo go re tlhokomela), fela jaaka mokwadi wa Pesalema a ne a bua a re, “Ke a dumela ebile jalo ke a bua.”
But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak;
14 Re a itse gore Modimo o o tsositseng Morena Jesu mo losong, le rona o tlaa re busetsa gape mo botshelong le Jesu, o bo o re baya fa pele ga one le lona.
knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
15 Dipogiso tse tsa rona ke poelo mo go lona. Mme fa lo ntse lo ntsifala ka go gapelwa mo Moreneng, lo tlaa mo leboga ka bontsi ka ntlha ya kutlwelo botlhoko ya gagwe e kgolo, le Morena o tlaa galalediwa thata.
For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
16 Ke gone ka moo re sa kgobegeng marapo. Le fa mebele ya rona e e swa, go nonofa ga rona kafa teng mo Moreneng, go gola letsatsi le letsatsi.
Therefore we do not become discouraged, but even though our outer nature is wearing away, yet our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
17 Matshwenyego a le dipogiso tsa rona, a mannye ebile ga a tseye lobaka lo lo leele. Le fa go ntse jalo lobaka lo lo khutshwane lo lwa bohutsana lo tlaa felela mo tshegofatsong e kgolo ya Modimo mo go rona ka metlha le metlha! (aiōnios g166)
For this momentary light affliction is working for us a far more exceeding and everlasting weight of glory; (aiōnios g166)
18 Jalo ga re lebe se re ka se bonang jaanong jaana, matshwenyego a re dikanyeditse, mme re lebeletse pele boitumelo mo legodimong jo re iseng re ke re bo bone. Matshwenyego a tloga a fela, mme boitumelo jo bo tlang bo tlaa nnela ruri. (aiōnios g166)
while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are everlasting. (aiōnios g166)
