2 Corinthians 3
1 Àwa ha tún bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti máa yín ara wá bí? Tàbí àwa ha ń fẹ́ ìwé ìyìn sọ́dọ̀ yín, tàbí láti ọ̀dọ̀ yín gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹlòmíràn tí ń ṣe?
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 Ẹ̀yin fúnra yín ni ìwé ìyìn wa, tí a ti kọ sí yín ní ọkàn, ti gbogbo ènìyàn mọ̀, tí wọ́n sì ń kà.
You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by everyone;
3 Ẹ̀yin sì ń fihàn pé ìwé tí a gbà sílẹ̀ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Kristi ni yín, kì í ṣe èyí tí a sì fi jẹ́lú kọ, bí kò sẹ Ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run alààyè, kì í ṣe nínú wàláà òkúta bí kò ṣe nínú wàláà ọkàn ẹran.
being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
4 Irú ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé yìí ni àwa ní nípasẹ̀ Kristi sọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run,
Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
5 kì í ṣe pé àwa tó fún ara wa láti ṣírò ohunkóhun bí ẹni pé láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwa tìkára wa; ṣùgbọ́n láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run ní tító wà,
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
6 Ẹni tí ó mú wa yẹ bí ìránṣẹ́ májẹ̀mú tuntun; kì í ṣe ní ti ìwé àkọsílẹ̀ ṣùgbọ́n ní ti ẹ̀mí, nítorí ìwé a máa pa ni, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀mí a máa sọ ní di ààyè.
who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Ṣùgbọ́n bí iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ tí ikú, tí a tí kọ tí a sì ti gbẹ́ sí ara òkúta bá jẹ́ ológo tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli kò lè tẹjúmọ́ wíwo ojú Mose nítorí ògo ojú rẹ̀ (ògo ti ń kọjá lọ);
But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:
8 yóò ha ti rí tí iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ ti ẹ̀mí kì yóò kúkú jẹ́ ògo jù?
won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
9 Nítorí pé bi iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ ìdálẹ́bi bá jẹ́ ológo, mélòó mélòó ni iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ òdodo yóò tayọ jù ú ní ògo.
For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
10 Nítorí, èyí tí a tí ṣe lógo rí, kó lógo mọ́ báyìí, nítorí ògo tí ó tayọ.
For truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
11 Nítorí pé bí èyí ti ń kọjá lọ bá lógo, mélòó mélòó ni èyí tí ó dúró kí yóò ní ògo!
For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
12 Ǹjẹ́ nítorí náà bí a tí ní irú ìrètí bí èyí, àwa ń fi ìgboyà púpọ̀ sọ̀rọ̀.
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
13 Kì í sì í ṣe bí Mose, ẹni tí ó fi ìbòjú bo ojú rẹ̀, ki àwọn ọmọ Israẹli má ba à lè tẹjúmọ́ wíwo òpin èyí tí ń kọjá lọ.
and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
14 Ṣùgbọ́n ojú inú wọn fọ́; nítorí pé títí fi di òní olónìí nípa kíka májẹ̀mú láéláé, ìbòjú kan náà ṣì wà láìká kúrò; nítorí pé nínú Kristi ni a tí lè mú ìbòjú náà kúrò.
But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
15 Ṣùgbọ́n títí di òní olónìí, nígbàkígbà ti a bá ń ka Mose, ìbòjú náà ń bẹ lọ́kàn wọn.
But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà ti òun bá yípadà sí Olúwa, a ó mú ìbòjú náà kúrò.
But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Ǹjẹ́ Olúwa ni Ẹ̀mí náà: níbi tí Ẹ̀mí Olúwa bá sì wà, níbẹ̀ ni òmìnira gbé wà.
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo wa ń wo ògo Olúwa láìsí ìbòjú bí ẹni pé nínú àwòjìji, a sì ń pa wa dà sí àwòrán kan náà láti ògo dé ògo, àní bí láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa tí í ṣe Ẹ̀mí.
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 Spirit.
