2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate.
Ya mere, ebe anyị natara ije ozi a site nʼebere Chineke, ike adịghị agwụ anyị nʼobi.
2 For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God.
Anyị ahapụla omume nzuzo niile na-eweta ihere. Anyị ahapụla ụzọ aghụghọ niile, maọbụ iji okwu Chineke na-atụ asị. Kama site nʼikwupụta eziokwu ahụ ka ndị mmadụ were ezi akọnuche ha mata ụdị mmadụ anyị bụ nʼihu Chineke.
3 But if our Gospel is in some way hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing.
Ma a sịkwa na oziọma nke anyị na-ekwusa dịka ihe e zoro ezo, ọ bụ ihe e zoro ezo nye ndị ahụ na-ala nʼiyi.
4 As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them. (aiōn g165)
Nʼebe ha nọ, chi nke ụwa a ekpuchiela uche ndị na-ekweghị ekwe iji gbochie ha ịhụ ìhè nke oziọma ahụ na-ezipụta ebube Kraịst, onye dị nʼụdị Chineke nʼonwe ya. (aiōn g165)
5 For we are not preaching about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ our Lord. We are merely your servants through Jesus.
Nʼihi na ọ bụghị anyị onwe anyị ka anyị na-ekwusa, kama anyị na-ekwusa na Kraịst Jisọs bụ Onyenwe anyị. Ma anyị onwe anyị bụ ụmụodibo unu nʼihi Jisọs.
6 For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.
Nʼihi na ọ bụ Chineke ahụ sịrị, ka ìhè si nʼọchịchịrị chawapụta; bụkwa onye mere ka ìhè ya nwuwa nʼime obi anyị. Nke a ka o mere iji wetara anyị ìhè amamihe nke ebube Chineke nʼihu Kraịst.
7 But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.
Anyị onwe anyị bụ ndị natara akụ nke dị oke ọnụahịa dị nʼime ite ụrọ, iji gosi na ike kacha elu si nʼaka Chineke, ọ bụghị nʼaka anyị.
8 In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute.
A na-akpagbu anyị nʼakụkụ niile, ma adịghị emeri anyị. Mgbe ụfọdụ, anyị nọ na mgbagwoju anya ma anyị adịghị ada mba.
9 We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
A na-esogbu anyị, ma adịghị ahapụ naanị anyị; mgbe ụfọdụ, a na-akụtu anyị nʼala ma adịghị ala anyị nʼiyi.
10 We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
Ọtụtụ mgbe, anyị na-ebugharị nʼahụ anyị ọnwụ Jisọs, ka ndụ nke Jisọs nwekwa ike pụta ìhè nʼahụ anyị.
11 For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Mgbe ọbụla anyị dị ndụ, anyị nọ nʼọnwụ nʼihi Jisọs, ka ndụ Jisọs nwee ike pụta ìhè nʼahụ anyị pụrụ ịnwụ anwụ.
12 Therefore, death is at work in us, and life is at work in you.
Nke a pụtara na ọnwụ na-arụsị ọrụ ike nʼime anyị, ma na ndụ na-arụ ọrụ nʼime unu.
13 But we have the same Spirit of faith. And just as it is written, “I believed, and for that reason I spoke,” so we also believe, and for that reason, we also speak.
Ebe ọ bụ na anyị nwere otu mmụọ nke okwukwe ahụ, dịka e si dee nʼakwụkwọ nsọ, “Ekweere m, ya mere m ji kwuo.” Anyị onwe anyị kwekwara, nʼihi nke a mere anyị ji na-ekwu,
14 For we know that the One who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and will place us with you.
ma anyị maara na onye mere ka Onyenwe anyị Jisọs si nʼọnwụ bilie, ga-emekwa ka anyị soro Jisọs si nʼọnwụ bilie, ma kpọbatakwa anyị na unu nʼihu ya.
15 Thus, all is for you, so that grace, abounding through many in thanksgiving, may abound to the glory of God.
Ihe ndị a niile bụ maka nʼihi unu, ka ọ ga-abụ amara na-abawanye irute ọtụtụ mmadụ aka, ka o nwee ike na-abawanye inye ekele maka otuto nke Chineke.
16 For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
Ọ bụ nke a mere ike adịghị agwụ anyị nʼobi. Ọ bụ ezie na anụ ahụ anyị na-anwụ anwụ, ma a na-agba mmụọ anyị ume kwa ụbọchị.
17 For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure. (aiōnios g166)
Nwantịntị ahụhụ nke anyị na-ata ugbu a, nke na-adị nwa oge, na-akwadoro anyị otuto ebighị ebi dị ukwuu. (aiōnios g166)
18 And we are contemplating, not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporal, whereas the things that are not seen are eternal. (aiōnios g166)
Nʼihi na anyị adịghị ele ihe anya nwere ike ịhụ, kama anyị na-ele anya nʼihe ahụ anya na-adịghị ahụ. Nʼihi na ihe ahụ anya na-ahụ na-adị naanị nwa oge, ma ihe ahụ anya na-adịghị ahụ na-adị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. (aiōnios g166)
