2 Ukorintiyawa 2

1 Namere in wa kpila kibinai ning likot nan ba kuru ndak kitimine tutung nanya piu sa nanya tinana nayi ba.

For my own sake, as well, I decided not to pay you another painful visit.

2 Andi wa nan za minu ukul, gyari ma tiiyi nhsau kibinai ame ule na inlanzaghe ukulere?

If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?

3 In wa yertin nafo na inasu bara inwa dak kitii mine na among mine ba lanzu ukule ba na a nunghere ma tiyi ayiaboo. Idinin likara kibinai kiti mine vat bara na mmang nighe mi rummere nan yinu vat.

So I wrote as I did because I was afraid that if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.

4 Bara indin yertu minu nanya nijase idia nin nayi asirn, nin mizin midiy, na idinin iti minu inpiu ni dawo b. Bara nanin iyinin incancam nsu ule na dimu kiti mine.

I wrote to you in sore trouble and distress of heart and with many tears, not to give you pain, but to let you see how intense a love I have for you.

5 Wase umong lanzai ukul, na alanza miyari cas b, bara nani inkon kubi na adinin su atiminu gbagbairyari vat b.

Now whoever has caused the pain has not so much pained me, as he has, to some extent – not to be too severe – pained every one of you.

6 Ule uburne le unite na ibureghe mbatina.

The man to whom I refer has been sufficiently punished by the penalty inflicted by the majority of you;

7 Nene uworu ule uwahale shawan nin nin, umong na ataa i nunkughe kibina, bara ingetek kibinai wa teghe ayiairne gbarda.

so that now you must take the opposite course, and forgive and encourage him, or else he may be overwhelmed by the intensity of his pain.

8 Nani idin timinu likara kibinai i dursughe usu na anit ba yenju.

So I entreat you to assure him of your love.

9 Ulena unnare wati inyertin minu bara inan dumun minu nin yinu sa idinin kudurtin [biyaya]nanya nimong vat.

I had this further object, also, in what I wrote – to find out whether you might be relied on to be obedient in everything.

10 Andi ishawa nin kulapin nanit va, men ma ma shawu mung ma, ilemon na inshawa mun, inshawa mun m, imini shawamu bara anighere nbun Krisri.

Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,

11 ilele kiden ghere bara shitan wa su narin tikanc, bara na titani imong ele na idi kibinai ba.

so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 Bara na Ucife wa punin kibulun kubi kona inwa dak nanya Troas unwaazinlirin Kriste kikane.

When I went to the district round Troas to tell the good news of the Christ, even though there was an opening for serving the Master,

13 Nin nani wan, na inse uno kibinai b, bara na iwa yene gwananin Titus kikane ba, intina kpila udu Umakadoniya.

I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my friend; so I took leave of the people there, and went on to Macedonia.

14 Bara nani uzazunu Kutelle ri ulena adi nanya Kristi na adin cinu nin narik udu linbun, nanya bite uliru umang din nudu anit lanza kauley.

All thanks to God, who, through our union with the Christ, leads us in one continual triumph, and uses us to spread the sweet perfume of the knowledge of him in every place.

15 Bara tidi Kutelle mamas nin Kristi, vat nanya na le na ina tucu nani nin nalena Yesu na tucu nanin ba ima tii anan kul.

For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God – both among those who are in the path of salvation and among those who are in the path to ruin.

16 Udu nalena idin kuzu ima imon immang ghari unuzu kul udu ukul. Udu nale na inatuc, unuzu inlai udu lai, ghari dinin su nilemong ghe?

To the latter we are a stench which arises from death and tells of death; to the former a fragrance which arises from life and tells of life. But who is equal to such a task?

17 Bara na aari di nafo anit gbardan na idin lesu uliru Kutelle isesu ikurfun ba. Nanya nan, nin lau kibina, na ina tuu unuzu Kutell, nanya mmuro Kutell, ti din nlirun Kristi.

Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God’s message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God’s commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.