2 Korinte 10

1 Pool, ngah ih, sen lasih jorum hala—sen damdi roongtong hang di mih ih toongtang nyia ese li halang, enoothong haloh ang angdi mithih li halang. Kristo minchan nyia tenthet ih

Now, I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ — I who, “in your presence, am humble in my bearing towards you, but, when absent, am bold in my language to you” —

2 sen reenah wanghang doh mithih nakkah angthuk weehe; tiimnge liidi o ih mongrep tenthun nawa ih re rumla ngeh ih li hali erah damdi mithih likhiik ih reeli.

I implore you not to drive me to “show my boldness,” when I do come, by the confident tone which I expect to have to adopt towards some of you, who are expecting to find us influenced in our conduct by earthly motives.

3 Amiisak di elang eh ah seng arah mongrep adi songtong li, enoothong mongrep tenthun ni tarookmuike.

For, though we live an earthly life, we do not wage an earthly war.

4 Seng rookmuili lang apah ah arah mongrep dowa lang apah tah angka erabah Rangte chaan aphaan lang apah, erah lang apah rah ih echeh echaan loong ah thet haat hi. Tiitmoong jengkhaap di daanmui li loong ah seng ih thet haat ehi;

The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.

5 Rangte mongtham ngathong ni khuupookli adi seng lamtang hali ah thet haat ehi; warep tenthun ah seng lakhui ni angthuk eno Kristo tiit ah kap thuk hi.

We are engaged in confuting arguments and pulling down every barrier raised against the knowledge of God. We are taking captive every hostile thought, to bring it into submission to the Christ,

6 Sen loong ah hejeng chaatchaat ngeh ih noisok an, jeng laboichaatte loong ah cham thuk suh seng loong ah ban tongli.

and are fully prepared to punish every act of rebellion, when once your submission is complete.

7 Tiim ang abah uh sen ih rangkhoh toloh ni sok han. O ih bah uh senteewah Kristo raangtaan ngeh ih thun tam ehan? Ese, neng teewah suh emah toom we samthun rum ah, tiimnge liidi neng ih samthunha likhiik seng uh emamah Kristo mina ju.

You look at the outward appearance of things! Let any one, who is confident that he belongs to Christ, reflect, for himself, again upon the fact — that we belong to Christ no less than he does.

8 Teesu ih chaan aphaan kohali asuh khuupook ih bah uh nga tarakri kang—erah chaan aphaan ah sen toonjoot theng, sen dat hoom theng tah angka.

Even if I boast extravagantly about our authority — which the Lord gave us for building up your faith and not for overthrowing it — still I have no reason to be ashamed.

9 Nga ih le korum haano sen cho thuk suh taliikang.

I say this, that it may not seem as if I were trying to overawe you by my letters.

10 Mararah ih liiha “Pool le ah echeh echaan, enoothong heteewah ah hephuuphu seng damdoh ang haano, heh larook lata ih hoonla, eno heh jengkhaap ah tiimju tah angka!”

For people say “His letters are impressive and vigorous, but his personal appearance is insignificant and his speaking contemptible.”

11 Erah likhiik mina ih jat etheng seng sen reeni lah angke di le ni tiimjih raang kohi nyia sen damdi ang edi tiimjih reeli ah phoosiit.

Let such a man be assured of this — that our words in our letters show us to be, when absent, just what our deeds will show us to be, when present.

12 Elang eh ah o ih ngah elong thunha damdi seng teeteewa tanaan toobaatke. Neng loong ah tiimthan ngakthakla! Erah loong ah ebah neng thun jun ih neng teeteewah thaak samthunha nyia neng teeteewah thaak dande ha!

We have not indeed the audacity to class or compare ourselves with some of those who indulge in self-commendation! But, when such persons measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they show a want of wisdom.

13 Enoothong, seng loong ah kaaliin takhuupookke; Rangte ih mathan mootkaat thuk hali erah mongmong adoh ang ah, eno arah sen damdi moli rah uh erah mongmong adi moli.

We, however, will not give way to unlimited boasting, but will confine ourselves to the limits of the sphere to which God limited us, when he permitted us to come as far as Corinth.

14 Eno seng ih Kristo Ruurang Ese tiit baatkaat tahe adoh, sen ih mathan samjat an erah than ba baatti, erah nang eh ehan jiitbaat muh.

For it is not the case, as it would be if we were not in the habit of coming to you, that we are exceeding our bounds! Why, we were the very first to reach you with the Good News of the Christ!

15 Erah thoidi seng suh Rangte ih mathan reetheng thiinkoh hali wahoh loong ah erah nang ih ehan mokala asuh takhuupookke. Erah nang ebah, saarookwet Rangte ih mathan mootkaat theng thiinkoh hali, sen jaachi nah sen loong ah ehanhan ih jen mootkaat suh hanpi han asuh ba laalomli.

Our boasting, therefore, is not unlimited, nor does it extend to the labours of others; but our hope is that, as your faith grows, our influence among you may be very greatly increased — though still confined to our sphere —

16 Eno juuba seng lakngah nah deek hoh nah Ruurang Ese tiit jen jiit baatkaat ih, eno wahoh phek ni jen mootkaat choi asuh takhuupookke.

So that we shall be able to tell the Good News in the districts beyond you, without trespassing on the sphere assigned to others, or boasting of what has been already done.

17 Enoothong Rangteele ni liiha, “O bah uh khuupook esuh li abah Teesu ih tiimjih mokala erah suh khuupook theng.”

‘Let him who boasts make his boast of the Lord.’

18 Tiimnge liidi Teesu ih seng suh ese ngeh ih thun ano kap hali adi ba seng loong ah epun eli, eno seng teeteewah ih maama teewah suh ese thunhi adi tah angka.

For it is not the man who commends himself that stands the test, but the man who is commended by the Lord.