2 Kolinitō 3
1 He ʻoku mau toe kamata fakaongolelei atu ʻakimautolu? Pe ʻoku ʻaonga kiate kimautolu, ʻo hangē ko e niʻihi, ha tohi fakaongolelei atu kiate kimoutolu, pe ko e fakaongolelei mai meiate kimoutolu?
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? We do not need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you, do we?
2 Ko ʻemau tohi ʻakimoutolu, kuo tohi ki homau loto, kuo ʻilo pea lau ʻe he kakai kotoa pē:
You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by everyone;
3 Kuo fakahā fakapapau atu ko e tohi ʻa Kalaisi ʻakimoutolu kuo meʻa ngāueʻaki ai ʻakimoutolu, kuo tohi kae ʻikai ʻaki ʻae vaitohi, ka ko e Laumālie ʻoe ʻOtua moʻui; ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi maka lafalafa, ka ʻi he kakano ʻoe loto.
being revealed that you are a letter of Meshikha, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Rukha of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
4 Pea ko e meʻa ʻia Kalaisi ʻoku ai haʻamau tui pehē ki he ʻOtua:
Such confidence we have through Meshikha toward God;
5 Kae ʻikai hangē ʻoku maʻu mafai ʻiate kimautolu ke mahalo ki ha meʻa meiate kimautolu; ka ko e maʻu mafai ʻoku mei he ʻOtua;
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
6 ʻAia foki kuo ne teuʻi ʻakimautolu ko e kau faifekau faʻa fai ʻoe fuakava foʻou; ʻikai ʻoe mataʻitohi, ka ʻoe laumālie: he ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻe he mataʻitohi, ka ʻoku foaki moʻui ʻe he laumālie.
who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Rukha. For the letter kills, but the Rukha gives life.
7 Pea kapau naʻe nāunauʻia ʻae ngāue ʻoe mate naʻe tohitongi ki he ngaahi maka, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai faʻa sio fakahangatonu ai ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ki he mata ʻo Mōsese, ko e meʻa ʻi he malama ʻo hono mata; ʻaia naʻe pau ke ngata:
But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the people of Israyel could not look steadfastly on the face of Mushe for the glory of his face; which was passing away:
8 Pea ʻe ʻikai lahi hake ʻaupito hono nāunau ʻoe ngāue ʻoe Laumālie?
won't service of the Rukha be with much more glory?
9 He kapau ʻoku nāunauʻia ʻae ngāue ʻoe fakamalaʻia, pea ʻoku lahi hake ʻaupito hono nāunauʻia ʻoe ngāue ʻoe fakatonuhia.
For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
10 He ko ia naʻe ngaohi ke nāunauʻia, naʻe ʻikai hano nāunau ʻi he meʻa ni, ko e meʻa ʻi he nāunau ʻoku lahi hake.
For truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
11 He kapau naʻe nāunauʻia ʻaia kuo fakaʻosi, tā ʻoku lahi ʻaupito hono nāunau ʻo ia ʻoku tuʻumaʻu.
For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
12 Pea ko ia ʻi heʻemau maʻu ʻae ʻamanaki lelei pehē, ʻoku mau lea ʻilongofua lahi ai.
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
13 Pea ʻikai hangē ko Mōsese, naʻa ne ʻai ʻae pūlou ki hono mata, pea naʻe ʻikai faʻa sio fakamamaʻu atu ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ki he ngataʻanga ʻo ia kuo fakaʻosi:
and not as Mushe, who put a veil on his face, that the people of Israyel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
14 Ka naʻe fakakui honau loto: he ʻoku aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, ʻoku kei tuʻumaʻu ʻo taʻeueʻi ʻae pūlou ko ia ʻi he lau ʻoe fuakava motuʻa: [ʻae pūlou ]ko ia kuo mole ʻia Kalaisi.
But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Meshikha it passes away.
15 Ka ʻoku aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, ʻoku kei ʻi honau loto ʻae pūlou ʻi he lau ʻo Mōsese.
But to this day, when Mushe is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Ka ko eni, “ʻOka tafoki ia ki he ʻEiki, ʻe toʻo atu ʻae pūlou.”
But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Pea “ko e ʻEiki” ʻae laumālie ko ia: pea ko ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae Laumālie ʻoe ʻEiki, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae tauʻatāina.
Now the Lord is the Rukha and where the Rukha of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Ka ʻoku tau vakai kotoa pē, ʻo mata taʻepūlou ʻi he sioʻata, ki he nāunau ʻoe ʻEiki, pea ʻoku tau liliu ki hono tatau mei he nāunau ki he nāunau, ʻi he Laumālie ʻoe ʻEiki.
But we all, with unveiled face looking as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Rukha.
