2 Ukorintiyawa 8

1 Tidi inisu iyinin nwan ni lime nin nishono ubelenng mbalu Kutelle na ina ni udu atii alau in Makadonia.

We want to remind you, friends, of the love that God has shown to the churches in Macedonia –

2 kubin dumunu nkonu udiy, inbardan nlanzu mmang mine nin gip likimon mene na shoon nani nanya nse uwashallang men.

How, tired though they were by many a trouble, their overflowing happiness, and even their deep poverty, resulted in a flood of generosity.

3 Bara na iwa nii ligan nilemon na iwa dumun meng wa di unan nizie inba kitin nnizwe ikata ile na imon na iwa dumung nin nibinai ni foong.

I can bear witness that to the full extent of their power, and even beyond their power, spontaneously,

4 Nin fuona cara adiya i wa roko nari nin se kubi nanya katwa kane udu anit alau.

and with many an appeal to us for permission, they showed their love, and contributed their share towards the fund for their fellow Christians.

5 Ile imone wa se na nafo arik wadin nin su we b, bara nin bune iwa ni ati mine udu Ucif ni Kutelle udak kiti bit.

And that, not only in the way we had expected; but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us also, in accordance with God’s will.

6 Ti reu Titus ku acara ule na ana malin cizinu mongo nang ghenu a malzinu katwa mbolu Kutelle likoot mine.

And this led us to beg Titus, that since he had started the work for you, he should also see to the completion of this expression of your love.

7 Bara na ina kafin nimoon vat nanya inyinu sauyen, nanya nlir, nanya uyir, nanya kujinji vat nin nanya nsu mine udu kiti bit cien nibinai iyene ikafina nanya katwa mbolu

And, remembering how you excel in everything – in faith, in teaching, in knowledge, in unfailing earnestness, and in the affection that we have awakened in you – I ask you to excel also in this expression of your love.

8 belu nilele na nin liwui likara b, bara induro kidegene nsu na idin batizu nin te kibinai na mong anit.

I am not laying a command on you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.

9 na iyiru ubolu Kutelle ncif bite Yesu Krist, au na awa dinin s, bara anung awa so ukimon, bara nanya likimong nge aning ma da se anan sea.

For you do not forget the loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ – how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.

10 Nanya nle ulire in mani minu ushawara ulena uma bunun minu; likus lona lina kata, na mah iwa cizin usu nimomonghari cas ba Barab iwa dinin su nsoi.

I am only making suggestions on this matter; for this is the best course for you, since you were a year before others, not only in taking action, but also in showing your readiness to do so.

11 malang usue, nafo na uwa di nin te kibinai nsue nin koni kub. I wa sa i malzina kanin nafo na wa sa iyinno.

And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness – in proportion, of course, to your means.

12 na nibinai nsu katwa kane waduku imong icinari in serututun, bara umong na unit dimun, na bara demong na asalinmun b.

For, where there is willingness, a person’s gift is valued by its comparison with what they have, and not with what they do not have.

13 Bara na kakatwawe kanti nmonghari getek. amon se isalin getek ba Bara tinan su arume.

For our object is not to give relief to others and bring distress on you. It is a matter of a fair balance.

14 mine nkunkubi ma dak nin ne mde na idinin suwe ilele di nanere wang bara mgbardan mene ma dak nimele na idinin suw. nin barana ima ti umonggetek ba.

On this occasion what you can spare will supply what they need, at another time what they can spare may supply your need, and so things will be equal.

15 na ina yertin, “Ule na adinin gbardan na adi nin kagisin ba '' barana ule na adumun baat na awasa adira b,

As scripture says – ‘Those who had much had nothing over, and those who had little did not lack!’

16 Bara ti gode Kutell, ulena ana ti nanya Titus ku nayi uditunu urume unyejue na mang dumun bara among,

I thank God for inspiring Titus with the same keen interest in your welfare that I have;

17 Na bara ana seru likura bite cas ba bara nani ana ceu kibinai kang ninin, awa dak kitimine nin nayi aboo.

for Titus has responded to my appeals and, in his great earnestness, is starting to go to you of his own accord.

18 Tiwa tughe nin gwana kana idin ruye nanya vat nati alau bara katwa, me kan dursu nliru Kutelle.

We are sending with him one of the Lord’s followers whose fame in the service of the good news has spread through all the churches;

19 Na ilelere cas b, baranani iwa fereghe tutung nanya natii alauwe ti cinu ligowe nanya abuzung nari nin katwa Kutelle bara ngongon ncif kitime nin duru nari kibinai mbuzunu.

and not only that, but he has been elected by the churches to accompany us on our journey, in connexion with this expression of your love, which we are personally administering to the honor of the Lord, and to show our deep interest.

20 Ti din cun imun ile na umong ba se finuu nliru mbeleng nile imunne nsesu washalang na tidimun.

What we are specially guarding against is that any fault should be found with us in regard to our administration of this charitable fund;

21 Tidin su seng tisu imon ile na iba dak nin gongong na ma mbun ncif cas b, umunu ubun nanit wang

for we are trying to make arrangements which will be right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of people.

22 Nin yenu ti wa tuu kan gwana ule na tina dumunghe tiseghe sa kugbala nanya nimong gbardea, wa ulena nene na duru kibinai nti nimon caut bara gbardan inyenu na adinin nanya mine.

We are also sending with them another of our friends, whose earnestness we have many a time proved in many ways, and whom we now find made even more earnest by his great confidence in you.

23 Bara fe Titus ame nan mba katwa ningheri nin nin dundung ubeleng ngwana bit, atii alau na tuu nan, umong igongon udu kiti Kristi.

If I must say anything about Titus, he is my intimate companion, and he shares my work for you; if it is our friends, they are delegates of the churches, an honor to Christ.

24 Durson nani usu min, dursun nani imong ile na ina ti tefoo figiri nin yinu nanya namong atii lira

Show them, therefore – so that the churches may see it – the proof of your affection, and the ground for our boasting to them about you.