2 Corinthians 13

1 This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”

Èyí ni ó dí ìgbà kẹta tí èmi ń tọ̀ yín wá. Ní ẹnu ẹlẹ́rìí méjì tàbí mẹ́ta ni a ó fi ìdí ọ̀rọ̀ gbogbo múlẹ̀.

2 I have warned previously, and I warn again, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now and to all the rest that if I come again, I will not spare,

Mo ti sọ fún yín ṣáájú, mo sì ń sọ fún yín tẹ́lẹ̀, bí ẹni pé mo wà pẹ̀lú yín nígbà kejì, àti bí èmi kò ti sí lọ́dọ̀ yín ní ìsinsin yìí, mo kọ̀wé sí àwọn tí ó ti ṣẹ̀ náà, àti sí gbogbo àwọn ẹlòmíràn, pé bí mo bá tún padà wá, èmi kì yóò dá wọn sí.

3 seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me who is not weak, but is powerful in you.

Níwọ́n bí ẹ̀yin tí ń wá àmì Kristi ti ń sọ̀rọ̀ nínú mi, ẹni tí kì í ṣe àìlera sí yin, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó jẹ́ agbára nínú yín.

4 For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

Nítorí pé a kàn án mọ́ àgbélébùú nípa àìlera, ṣùgbọ́n òun wà láààyè nípa agbára Ọlọ́run. Nítorí àwa pẹ̀lú jásí aláìlera nínú rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n àwa yóò wà láààyè pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ nípa agbára Ọlọ́run sí yín.

5 Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

Ẹ máa wádìí ara yín, bí ẹ̀yin bá wà nínú ìgbàgbọ́; ẹ máa dán ara yín wò. Tàbí ẹ̀yin fúnra yín kò mọ ara yín pé Jesu Kristi wá nínú yín? Àfi bí ẹ̀yin bá jẹ́ àwọn tí a tanù.

6 But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified.

Ṣùgbọ́n mo ní ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé pé ẹ̀yin yóò mọ̀ pé, àwa kì í ṣe àwọn tí a tanù.

7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we may seem to have failed.

Ǹjẹ́ àwa ń gbàdúrà sí Ọlọ́run, kì í ṣe nítorí kí àwa lè farahàn bí àwọn ti ó tayọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kí ẹ̀yin lè máa ṣe èyí tí ó dára bí àwa tilẹ̀ dàbí àwọn tí a tanù.

8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

Nítorí àwa kò lè ṣe ohun kan lòdì sí òtítọ́, bí kò ṣe fún òtítọ́.

9 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

Nítorí àwa ń yọ̀, nígbà ti àwa jẹ́ aláìlera, tí ẹ̀yin sì jẹ́ alágbára; èyí ni àwa sì ń gbàdúrà fún pẹ̀lú, àní pípé yín.

10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

Ìdí nìyí ti mo ṣe kọ̀wé àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí nígbà tí èmi kò sí lọ́dọ̀ yín, pé nígbà tí mo bá dé kí èmi má ba à lo ìkanra ní lílo àṣẹ, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àṣẹ tí Olúwa ti fi fún mí, láti mú ìdàgbàsókè, kì í ṣe láti fà yín ṣubú.

11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Ní àkótán, ará ó dì gbòóṣe, ẹ ṣe àtúnṣe ọ̀nà yín, ẹ tújúká, ẹ jẹ́ onínú kan, ẹ máa wà ní àlàáfíà, Ọlọ́run ìfẹ́ àti ti àlàáfíà yóò wà pẹ̀lú yín.

12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Ẹ fi ìfẹnukonu mímọ́ kí ara yín.

13 All the saints greet you.

Gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn Ọlọ́run níbi kí i yín.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

Oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Jesu Kristi Olúwa, àti ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run, àti ìdàpọ̀ ti Èmí Mímọ́, kí ó wà pẹ̀lú gbogbo yín.