2 Korintofoɔ 3
1 Yei kyerɛ sɛ yɛrehoahoa yɛn ho bio anaa? Anaasɛ yɛhia adansedie nkrataa a ɛfiri yɛn nkyɛn anaa mo nkyɛn sɛdeɛ afoforɔ hia no anaa?
Are we to begin again, ourselves, to commend? or have we need, like some, of commendatory letters unto you, or from you?
2 Mo ankasa moyɛ krataa a ɛwɔ yɛn nkyɛn a wɔatwerɛ wɔ yɛn akoma mu sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a obiara bɛhunu na wakan.
Our letter, ye, are, inscribed in our hearts, noted and read by all men:
3 Mote sɛ krataa a Kristo nam yɛn som so atwerɛ. Ɛnyɛ twerɛduro na wɔde twerɛɛ no ɛboɔ ɛpono so, na mmom Onyankopɔn a ɔte ase no Honhom na wɔde twerɛ guu nnipa akoma mu.
Manifesting yourselves that ye are a letter of Christ, ministered by us, —inscribed—not with ink, but with [the] Spirit of a Living God, not in tablets of stone, but in tablets [which are] hearts of flesh.
4 Saa ahotosoɔ yi na yɛnam Kristo so anya wɔ Onyankopɔn fam.
But, such confidence as this, have we, through the Christ, towards God.
5 Biribiara nni yɛn mu a ɛbɛtumi ama yɛasi yɛn bo aka sɛ yɛbɛtumi ayɛ saa adwuma yi. Ahoɔden a yɛwɔ no firi Onyankopɔn.
Not that, of our own selves, sufficient, are we, to reckon anything as of ourselves, but, our sufficiency, is of God; —
6 Ɔno na wama yɛn afata sɛ NʼApam Foforɔ ho asomfoɔ. Ɛfiri Honhom Kronkron no na ɛmfiri mmara a wɔatwerɛ. Mmara de owuo ba na Honhom no deɛ ɛma nkwa.
Who also hath made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant—not of letter, but of spirit, for, the letter, killeth, whereas, the Spirit, maketh alive.
7 Mmara a ɛde owuo baeɛ no, na wɔatwerɛ no ɛboɔ ɛpono so, nanso animuonyam a na ɛkura no enti nnipa no antumi anhwɛ Mose anim. Mose animuonyam hyerɛneeɛ nanso saa animuonyam no dumiiɛ.
But, if, the ministry of death, in letters engraven in stones, was brought into existence with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look steadfastly into the face of Moses, by reason of the glory of his face—which [glory] was to be done away,
8 Enti, apam a Honhom no de ba no, ɛrennya animuonyam mmorosoɔ anaa?
How shall not, rather, the ministry of the Spirit, be with glory?
9 Sɛ mmara a ɛde owuo ba no wɔ animuonyam a, ɛnneɛ deɛ ɛma yɛtene Onyankopɔn anim no rennya animuonyam a ɛboro so?
For, if, the ministry of condemnation was glory, much rather, doth the ministry of righteousness abound with glory,
10 Nokorɛm, Apam Foforɔ no animuonyam mmorosoɔ enti, mmara a ɛde owuo ba no animuonyam ayera.
For that which hath been made glorious, hath not even been made glorious, in this respect, —by reason of the surpassing glory.
11 Na sɛ na animuonyam wɔ biribi a ɛnkyɛre mu a, animuonyam bɛn na ade a ɛte hɔ daa no rennya.
For, if that which was to be done away [was brought in] with glory, much more, that which is to abide, is in glory.
12 Esiane sɛ yɛwɔ saa anidasoɔ yi enti, yɛwɔ akokoɔduru.
Having, then, such hope as this, great openness of speech, do we use; —
13 Yɛnte sɛ Mose a ɔde nkatanimu kataa nʼanim sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Israelfoɔ no renhunu nʼanim hyerɛn no pa a ɛrepa na ayera no.
And are not just like Moses, [who] kept putting a veil upon his face, so that the sons of Israel should not look steadily unto the end of that which was to be done away.
14 Nanso nteaseɛ a wɔn annya no enti ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, sɛ wɔkenkan Apam Dada nwoma no a, saa nkatanimu no da so kata wɔn adwene so. Ansa na nkatanimu no bɛfiri hɔ no, gye sɛ ɔgye Kristo di.
But their thoughts were turned into stone: for, until this very day, the same veil, upon the reading of the old covenant, abideth, not to be removed, because, in Christ, it is to be done away;
15 Ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ, ɛberɛ biara a wɔbɛkenkan Mose mmara no, nkatanimu no da so kata wɔn adwene so.
But, until this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil upon their heart, doth lie;
16 Nanso sɛ obi gye Awurade di a, ne nkatanimu no, woyi firi hɔ.
Howbeit, whensoever he turneth unto [the] Lord, he taketh off the veil:
17 Na Awurade ne Honhom no, na baabiara a Awurade Honhom wɔ no, ahotɔ wɔ hɔ.
And, the Lord, is, the Spirit: now, where the Spirit of one who is Lord [is, there is] freedom!
18 Yɛn a nkatanimu biara nkata yɛn anim no, Awurade animuonyam hyerɛn yɛn anim, na Awurade Honhom no sakra yɛn kɔ nʼanimuonyam mu.
And, we all, with unveiled face, receiving and reflecting, the glory of [the] Lord, into the same image, are being transformed, from glory into glory, —even as from a Spirit that is Lord.
