2 Akoritho 3
1 Je, tutumbwile kuisifia bene kae? Tuhitaji kwaa barua ya mapendekezo kwinu au boka kwinu, kati baadhi ya bandu, je twahitaji?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some [others], epistles of commendation to you, or [letters] of commendation from you.
2 Mwenga mwabene ni barua yitu ya mapendekezo, yaiandikilwe mu'mioyo yitu, yaiyowanika na kusomwa na bandu bote.
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men:
3 Na mwaonesha panga mwenga ni barua boka kwa Kristo, yaitolewa ni twenga, iandikilwe na wino kwaa ila kwa Roho wa Nnongo ywabile nkoto. Iandikilwe kwaa nnani ya vibao ya maliwe, ila nnani ya vibao vya mioyo ya bandu.
[Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.
4 Na wolo nga ujasiri tubile nao katika Nnongo pitya Kristo.
And such trust we have through Christ toward God.
5 Twajiamini kwaa wabene kwa kudai chochote kati boka kwitu. Badala yake, kujiamini kwitu kwaboka kwa Nnongo.
Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] from God;
6 Ni Nnongo ywabile atupangite tuweze pangika atumishi wa liagano lyayambe. Ayee nga liagano labile kwaa lya barua ila ni lya Roho. Kwa kuwa barua ubulaga, lakini roho yatoa ukoto.
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7 Nambeambe kazi ya kiwo itichongwa katika herufi nnani ya maliwe iisile kwa namna ya utukufu panga bandu ba Israeli balilinga kwaa bene ila pitya minyo ga Musa. Ayee nga sababu ya utukufu wa minyo gake, utukufu ambao wabile wafifia.
But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away;
8 Je, kazi ya Roho ilowa kuwa kwaa na utukufu muno?
How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?
9 Kwa kuwa kati huduma ya hukumu ibile na utukufu, ni mara ilenga zaidi huduma ya haki huzidi muno katika utukufu!
For if the ministration of condemnation [was] glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 Ni kweli panga, chelo chakipangilwe utukufu kwanza kibile kwaa utkufu kae katika heshima yee, kwa sababu ya utukufu wanansima.
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11 Kwa kuwa kati chelo ambacho chabile chapeta chabile ni utukufu, ni kwa kiasi gani muno chelo ambacho ni chakudumu kibile na utukufu!
For if that which was done away [was] glorious, much more that which remaineth [is] glorious.
12 Kwa kuwa twajiamini eyo, tubile ni ujasiri muno.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 Tubile kwaa kati Musa, ywabekite utaji nnani ya uso bake, ili panga bandu ba Israeli baweze kwaa lola moja kwa moja mu'mwisho wa utukufu ambao ubile watiboka.
And not as Moses, [who] put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 Lakini malango gabe gatabilwe. Hata mpaka lisoba lee utaji wowolo bado ulekilwe nnani ya usomaji wa liagani lya kale. Ibekilwe kwaa wazi, kwa sababu ni katika Kristo kichake iondolewa kutalu.
But their minds were blinded: for until this day the same vail remaineth untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [vail] is done away in Christ.
15 Lakini hata leno, wakati wowote Musa asomwapo, utaji utama nnani ya mioyo yabe.
But even to this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Lakini mundu paakeleka kwa Ngwana, utaji ulowa boka.
Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Nambeambe Ngwana ni Roho. Pabile ni Roho wa Ngwana, kubile ni uhuru.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.
18 Nambeambe twenga twabote, pamope ni minyo zibile kwaa bekewa utaji, ubona utukufu wa Ngwana. Twabadilishwa nkati ya muonekano wowolo wa utukufu boka shahada jimo ya utukufu yenda yenge, kati yaibile kwa Ngwana, ambaye ni Roho.
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
