2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint.
Ko ia ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae ngāue ni, pea ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae ʻofa, ʻoku ʻikai ai temau vaivai;
2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Ka kuo mau liʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū ʻoe fakamā, ʻo ʻikai ʻaʻeva ʻi he fiemuʻa, pe fai fakakākā ʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua; ka ʻi he fakahā atu ʻae moʻoni, ʻoku mau fakaongolelei atu ʻakimautolu ki he loto ʻoe tangata taki taha kotoa pē, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.
3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
Pea kapau kuo fakapulou ʻemau ongoongolelei, kuo fakapulou ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku malaʻia:
4 in whom the god of this age (aiōn g165) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
ʻAkinautolu kuo fakakui honau loto taʻetui ʻe he ʻotua ʻo māmani, telia naʻa ulo mai kiate kinautolu ʻae maama ʻoe ongoongolelei fakamonūʻia ʻo Kalaisi, ʻaia ko hono tatau ʻoe ʻOtua. (aiōn g165)
5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
He ʻoku ʻikai te mau malangaʻaki ʻakimautolu, ka ko Kalaisi Sisu ko e ʻEiki; mo kimautolu ko hoʻomou kau tamaioʻeiki koeʻuhi ko Sisu.
6 seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
He ko e ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe fekau “Ke ulo mai ʻae maama mei he poʻuli,” ko ia kuo ne fakaulo mai ki homau loto, ke fakamāmangia ʻakimautolu ʻi he ʻilo ʻoe nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻi he fofonga ʻo Sisu Kalaisi.
7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
Ka ʻoku mau maʻu ʻae koloa ni ʻi he ngaahi ipu ʻumea, koeʻuhi ke ʻi he ʻOtua hono lelei ʻoe mālohi, kae ʻikai ʻiate kimautolu.
8 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
He kuo fakaʻapiʻapi ʻakimautolu mei he potu kotoa pē, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻefituʻu; moʻua pe, kae ʻikai taʻehatokoni;
9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
ʻOku fakatangaʻi, ka ʻoku ʻikai liʻaki; kuo lī ki lalo, kae ʻikai tāmateʻi;
10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
ʻO fafa fano maʻu aipē ʻi homau sino ʻae mate ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu, koeʻuhi ke fakahā ai foki ʻae moʻui ʻa Sisu ʻi homau sino.
11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
He ko kimautolu ʻoku moʻui, ʻoku tukuange maʻuaipē ki he mate koeʻuhi ko Sisu, koeʻuhi ke fakahā ai foki ʻae moʻui ʻa Sisu ʻi homau kakano matengofua.
12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
Ko ia ʻoku ngāue ʻae mate ʻiate kimautolu, ka ko e moʻui ʻiate kimoutolu.
13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,
ʻOku mau maʻu ʻae laumālie ko ia ʻoe tui, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Naʻaku tui, pea ko ia kuo u lea ai; ʻoku mau tui foki, pea ko ia ʻoku mau lea ai;”
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
ʻO ʻilo ko ia naʻa ne fokotuʻu hake ʻae ʻEiki ko Sisu, te ne fokotuʻu hake ʻakimautolu foki ʻia Sisu, ʻo ʻatu ki hono ʻao fakataha mo kimoutolu.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
He ʻoku ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, pea ke ongoongolelei ʻae ʻOtua ʻi hono lahi ʻoe ʻaloʻofa, ko e meʻa ʻi he fakafetaʻi lahi ai ʻae tokolahi.
16 Therefore we do not faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai te mau vaivai: ka ʻi he fakaʻaʻau ʻo mole homau tangata ʻituʻa, ʻoku fakafoʻou ʻae loto ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly a consummate (aiōnios g166) weight of glory,
He ko homau mamahi maʻamaʻa ni, ʻaia ʻoku ʻosingofua, ʻoku fakatupu maʻamautolu ʻae lelei ʻoku lahi hake fakamanavahē ʻaupito ʻaupito pea mamafa mo taʻengata; (aiōnios g166)
18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are consummate (aiōnios g166).
Kae ʻikai ʻi he ʻemau siofia ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hāmai, ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai hāmai: he ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hāmai, ʻoku ʻosingofua; ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai hāmai, ʻoku taʻengata ia. (aiōnios g166)
