2 Corinthians 10

1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

An Paulo koro akwayou kuom muolo kod ngʼwono mar Kristo mondo uwinja. An ma usebedo kuwacho ni amuol ka an kodu, to ager ka an mabor kodu!

2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

Asayou ni kik umi abi iru ka ager, kaka ajatimo ni jomoko maparo ni wadak e pinyni kaluwore gi dwaro piny.

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

Nikech kata obedo ni wadak e pinyni, to ok wakedi kaka jopiny kedo.

4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

Nikech gige lweny mwakedogo ok gin mag pinyni, to gin gige lweny mager mag Nyasaye, mwakonyorego kuom muko kuonde mochiel motegno.

5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Waketho mbekni kod riekni mag wuondruok duto mag sunga dhano, ma dino ni ji yor ngʼeyo Nyasaye, kendo watweyo paro ka paro mobam, mondo omi wami owinj Kristo.

6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.

Adier, wabiro kumo ji duto motamore winjo wach, nyaka chop un duto ubed joma olokore chuth.

7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

Uneno gik moko mana gi wangʼ mar dhano. To ka ngʼato paro ni en ngʼat Kristo, to kik chunye wuonde ni en ngʼat Kristo moloyowa!

8 For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,

To ka dipo ni asepakora moloyo teko ma Ruoth osemiyowa mar gerou mondo udongi moloyo thirou, to wiya ok nokuodi e wachno.

9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

Ok adwar mondo anenra ka gima abwogo chunyu gi barupena.

10 For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

Nikech jomoko kuomu wacho niya, “Barupene nigi teko kendo wuoyo mager, to ka en kodwa to onenore ngʼama yomyom, kendo koyalo to wechene onge gi teko.”

11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

Joma kamago onego ngʼe ni weche ma andikonu e barupena ka aonge, ema bende abiro timo ka an kodu.

12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

Chutho, ok dwaher mar ketore, kata pimore gi jogo matingʼore malo, kaka joma lich mokalo. Joma kamago ofuwo, kuom pimore gi rapim magin giwegi ema giketo, kendo kuom ngʼado buchgi kendgi, kaka joma lich.

13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

Wan to ok dwapakre mokalo tongʼwa, en tongʼ ma Nyasaye owuon ema noketonwa kaluwore gi tichne, kendo un bende un ei tongʼno.

14 For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

Omiyo ka wapakore e tijwani to ok wakalo tongʼ nikech wan ema ne wakwongo kelonu Injili mar Kristo bangʼ wuotho wuoth marabora.

15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

To bende, ok dwapakre mokalo tongʼwa kuom tich ma jomoko nono ema timo. To genowa en ni, kaka yie maru medo gerore, e kaka tongʼwa mar lando Injili biro medo yarore,

16 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

mondo wayal Injili e pinje maboyo moyombo thuru. Nikech ok wadwar pakore kuom tich ma ngʼat machielo ema otimo e kare mar tich.

17 But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

To, “Ngʼat ma sungore mondo osungre kuom Jehova Nyasaye.”

18 For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

Nikech ngʼat ma Ruoth pako ema ji yiego, to ngʼat mapakore kende onge rieko.