2 Corinthians 3
1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
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?
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
Ko ʻemau tohi ʻakimoutolu, kuo tohi ki homau loto, kuo ʻilo pea lau ʻe he kakai kotoa pē:
3 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.
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.
4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God,
Pea ko e meʻa ʻia Kalaisi ʻoku ai haʻamau tui pehē ki he ʻOtua:
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
Kae ʻikai hangē ʻoku maʻu mafai ʻiate kimautolu ke mahalo ki ha meʻa meiate kimautolu; ka ko e maʻu mafai ʻoku mei he ʻOtua;
6 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.
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.
7 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,
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:
8 will not service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
Pea ʻe ʻikai lahi hake ʻaupito hono nāunau ʻoe ngāue ʻoe Laumālie?
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
He kapau ʻoku nāunauʻia ʻae ngāue ʻoe fakamalaʻia, pea ʻoku lahi hake ʻaupito hono nāunauʻia ʻoe ngāue ʻoe fakatonuhia.
10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
He ko ia naʻe ngaohi ke nāunauʻia, naʻe ʻikai hano nāunau ʻi he meʻa ni, ko e meʻa ʻi he nāunau ʻoku lahi hake.
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
He kapau naʻe nāunauʻia ʻaia kuo fakaʻosi, tā ʻoku lahi ʻaupito hono nāunau ʻo ia ʻoku tuʻumaʻu.
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Pea ko ia ʻi heʻemau maʻu ʻae ʻamanaki lelei pehē, ʻoku mau lea ʻilongofua lahi ai.
13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
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:
14 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.
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.
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
Ka ʻoku aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, ʻoku kei ʻi honau loto ʻae pūlou ʻi he lau ʻo Mōsese.
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Ka ko eni, “ʻOka tafoki ia ki he ʻEiki, ʻe toʻo atu ʻae pūlou.”
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Pea “ko e ʻEiki” ʻae laumālie ko ia: pea ko ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae Laumālie ʻoe ʻEiki, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae tauʻatāina.
18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
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.
