2 Vakolinto 12
1 ninoghiile kukughinia nambe nakuvumbulila kimonga. looli nitapikughinia vwimila inyivonelo ni mhola isingi sino ambonisie uMutwa.
I am compelled to boast. It is not a profitable employment, but I will proceed to visions and revelations granted me by the Lord.
2 nimmanyile umuunhu jumo mwa Kilisite, juno amaka kijigho na ghane gha kilile, alyatolilue kuhanga kufika ku vulanga uvwa kukyanya fiijo. — apuo nanikagwile pamo alyale mu m'bili ughu, pamo naalyale mu m'bili ughu, looli uNguluve ghwemwene akagwile.
I know a Christian man who fourteen years ago-- whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows--was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) even to the highest Heaven.
3 kange nikagwile kuuti umuunhu uju - pamo alyale mu m'bili ughu, pamo naalyale mu m'bili ughu, une nanikagwile, looli uNguluve ghwe mwene akagwile.
And I know that this man-- whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know;
4 alyatolilue kuhanga kufika ku paladiso ukuo akapulika amasio amimike kyongo ghano umuunhu naangajove kange naanoghile kujova.
God knows--was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable things which no human being is permitted to repeat.
5 lino nikughinia vwimila umuunhu ujuo. une nanikughinia vule nilivuo, ulwene nikughinia vwimila uvuvotevote vwango.
Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
6 nambe naale nilondaghe kukughinia, naale niiva n'jaasu, ulwakuva naale niiva nijova isa kyang'haani. lino nikusigha kukughinia, kuuti umuunhu ghweni alekaghe kukumbona une kuuti ninoghiile kyongo kukila sino vikusivona na kukusipulika kuhuma kulyune.
If however I should choose to boast, I should not be a fool for so doing, for I should be speaking the truth. But I forbear, lest any one should be led to estimate me more highly than what his own eyes attest, or more highly than what he hears from my lips.
7 neke kuuti nileke kukughinia kyongo vwimila inyinga isa kudegha sino uMutwa uYeesu ambonisie, nikapelua ulupumuko mum'bili ghwango luno luli ghwene mafua. ulupumuko uluo nsung'hua ghwa Setano, asung”hilue kuuti amhumhusie, neke nileke kukughinia.
And judging by the stupendous grandeur of the revelations--therefore lest I should be over-elated there has been sent to me, like the agony of impalement, Satan's angel dealing blow after blow, lest I should be over-elated.
8 nikansuuma uMutwa katatu kuuti amhoke mulupumuko uluo.
As for this, three times have I besought the Lord to rid me of him;
9 neke umwenen akam'buula akati, ulusungu lwango lukukukwila, ulwakuva muvuvotevote mwe muno ingufu sango sivoneka. mu uluo nikughiniagha nu lukeelo ulukome vimila uvuvotevote vwango, kuuti ingufu sa Kilisite sivisaghe numue.
but His reply has been, "My grace suffices for you, for power matures in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I boast of my infirmities rather than complain of them--in order that Christ's power may overshadow me.
10 lino nili nulukeelo vwimila uvuvotevote, kulighua, kuuva mu nhalamu, kuuva mulupumuko na kuhangajisivua vwimila uKilisite, ulwakuva pano niiva m'botevote, pe pano niiva ni ngufu.
In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
11 lino une nili n'jaasu umue mwemue mumheliile ku ulu. umue muveela munoghile kukunginia, ulwakuva nambe nivoneka kuuti naninoghiile, une nanili nsunghua n'debe kukila avuo vano vitambulua vasung'hua vavaha.
It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing.
12 ye nili ku lyumue nikaale nu lugudo na kuvomba ifidegho ni fi valilo fino fyahufyagha kuuti une nili nsung'hua.
The signs that characterize the true Apostle have been done among you, accompanied by unwearied fortitude, and by tokens and marvels and displays of power.
13 nakwekili kimonga kino nivombile kufipugha ifingi ifya vitiki. neke nanivombile kulyumue. ulwene kuuti pano nanikaale n'sigho kulyumue? neke uvuo vwe vwitiki vwango, mun'saghilaghe.
In what respect, therefore, have you been worse dealt with than other Churches, except that I myself never hung as a dead weight upon you? Forgive the injustice I thus did you!
14 lolagha! une nikulinga'hania kukwisa kulyumue ulwa vutatu. neke naningave n'sigho kulyumue ulwakuva nanilonda ifiinu fiinu, nikuvalonda umue. ulwakuva avaanha navanoghiile kuvuta ifiinu kuuti five fya vapafi, looli avapafi vanoghiile kuvuta ifiinu kuuti five fya vaanha.
See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.
15 une nili nu lukeelo kuhumia ifiiu fyango na kukuhumia juune kukuvatanga umue. nave nikuvaghana fiijo, ninoghiile kughanua padebe?
And as for me, most gladly will I spend all I have and be utterly spent for your salvation.
16 neke ndavule lulivuo, une nanikaale n'sigho kulyumue. looli ulwakuva une nili n'sufu fiijo, nihwene juno avakoovile nu vusyangi.
If I love you so intensely, am I the less to be loved? Be that as it may: I was not a burden to you. But being by no means scrupulous, I entrapped you, they say!
17 asi! nikatoliile kimonga kulyumue mulwa kukava uluvumbulilo kukilila avaanhu vano nikavasung'hile?
Have I gained any selfish advantage over you through any one of the messengers I have sent to you?
18 nikan'sumile uTiito palikimo nu nyalukolo ghwitu ujunge kuuti iise kulyumue. asi! uTiito akatoolile kimoga kulyumue? asi! natukagwile musila jila jila? vule, natukaghendile mu sajo sila sila?
I begged Titus to visit you, and sent our other brother with him. Did Titus gain any selfish advantage over you? Were not he and I guided by one and the same Spirit, and did we not walk in the same steps?
19 musagha kuuti un'siki ghwoni ughu, tukujooleka kulyumue kuuti muleke pikutuvona kuuti tulivavivi pa maaso ghiinu? tujova isi ulwakuva tuli vavombi va Kilisite, na ju Nguluve akagwile, isi sooni tuvomba kukuvatanga mukangale mu lwitiko.
You are imagining, all this time, that we are making our defense at your bar. In reality it is as in God's presence and in communion with Christ that we speak; but, dear friends, it is all with a view to your progress in goodness.
20 lino nikwoghopa kuuti, niliiva nikwisa kulyumue nili kuvagha muli nu luveelo luno nanikeela une. nikwoghopa kuuti ndepoonu nilikuvaagha muli na mabaatu, ni giila, ni ng'halaasi, nu vusulani, kudeselanila kukughinia kuuva na matiling'hano.
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest;
21 kange nikwoghopa kuuti niliiva nikwiisa kulyumue, uNguluve ghwango ilikumbiika nivone soni pa maaso ghiin. nilisukunala kuvona avaanhu vinga mulyumue vano vakavombile inyivi ulutasi, navalatile. vajighe na maghendele agha vuvwafu, uvughendamwalu nu vunoghelua uvunge vuno vakaale navwo.
and that upon re-visiting you I may be humbled by my God in your presence, and may have to mourn over many whose hearts still cling to their old sins, and who have not repented of the impurity, fornication, and gross sensuality, of which they have been guilty.
