2 Corinthians 5

1 We know that [these bodies] we live in [here in this world are like] [MET] tents. [They are like temporary living/dwelling places]. [So we should not be concerned about what happens to our bodies]. We know that if we are killed {if [someone] kills us}, God will give us [permanent living places. Those permanent living places] [MET] will not be houses that people have made. They [will be new bodies in which we will live forever] in heaven. (aiōnios g166)

Ti bani ki tingi n po tin ye yaa gbanandi yaa niini yaadi n tie nani li gbandieli yeni yaa bodi, ti pia tanpoli po yaa dieli ke U tienu wani o yaaba n tagi yaali. yaa dieli n baa ye u yogunu kuli, o nisaalo n ki tagi yaali. (aiōnios g166)

2 [While we are here on earth, we suffer]. We often groan because we desire [to go] to heaven [where God] will give us our new [bodies] [MET].

Ti go ye leni li dunli laa gbandieli yaa niini kelima ti bua ki yie ti tanpoli gbandieli.

3 When [God gives us(inc) our new bodies] [MET], our [spirits will have] [LIT, MET] bodies to live in [that will last forever].

Lan wani ti yaa yie tanpoli tiadi ti kan sua ti ye mubina.

4 [It is true that] while we are still living in these bodies [MET] [that do not last forever], we often groan [DOU] [because we desire to be free from them]. We are not longing to be without a body. Instead, [we groan because] we desire to receive our new bodies [MET] in heaven. We long for this to happen so that these bodies that are going to die some day will suddenly be changed [into bodies] that will live [forever].

Hali ti da ye ti naa gbanandi nni ti ye leni li dunli leni fala. laa tie ke ti bua ki yiedi tin yie yaa gbandieli ka, ama ti bua ki yie tanpoli yaali, lan tie yaali n fo n bolini yaali n kpe.

5 It is God himself who has prepared us to [receive] these [new bodies]. He is also the one who has guaranteed/assured us [(inc)] that this will happen. He has guaranteed it by sending his Spirit [to live inside us now].

U tienu, wani O Yaaba n boginti laa bonli po, ki go kpa puni ti O Fuoma Yua, yuan tie tin baa ba yaala yaa bonciala.

6 So, [because God’s Spirit lives in us], we are always confident [that God will give us new bodies]. We know that as long as we have bodies here on [earth], we are not yet [living together] with the Lord [Jesus in heaven].

Lan wani ti pala gbie leni ti dugidi, ki go bani ke ti yaa ye ti naa gbanandi nni ti ye ki fuagi leni O Diedo.

7 While we [(exc)] live [here, we] do not have our [new bodies, but we are] trusting [that God will give them to us].

Kelima ti cuoni leni li dandanli yo, laa tie leni tin nua yaali ka.

8 [As I said], we [(exc)] are confident [that he will give us new bodies]. We [(exc)] would much prefer to leave these bodies [which we have now], and be with the Lord [Jesus in our] home in [heaven].

Ti gbie leni ti dugidi ti go bi sugini ba ki ña yaa gbanandi n tiene yaa niini ki yaa ye leni O Diedo.

9 Because of all that, we always want to please [Jesus in everything that we do]. Whether we [(exc)] are [still living] here [in these] bodies or whether we have [left] them and are living in our home [in heaven], we want to please him.

Lan yaa po, ba tin ye ti naa gbanandi nni bi, ti yaa di ye ti naa gbanandin nni, ti tiendi a nia ki bua O pali n yaa mani ti po.

10 [And we need to try hard to do that] because each one of us [believers] must stand before Christ [to be] judged [by him] {[when he will] judge [his people]}. [At that time] he will [reward each one of] us according to what we have done [while we lived in this world] in these bodies. [He will reward us according to] whether we have done good things or whether we have done evil things.

Kelima tiladi, ti kuli baa fa ki sedi Kilisiti bujiali kaanu kani yua kuli n ga o tuonŋama bi, o tuonbiadi panpani wan bi ye o gbanandi nni yaa yogunu.

11 It makes me fearful [to think that some day I will stand before the Lord for him to judge me]. So I [do everything that I can to] convince people [that they should believe] (OR, [that I teach] sincerely) [God’s message]. God knows very well [how I conduct my life and what I teach], and I really believe that you know it, too.

Nani tin pia O Diedo fangili maama yeni, lan teni ke ti maadi ki bua ti maama n sii ki lebidi bi niba pala. U tienu bani yua kuli; yi moko yi pala nni yi bani tin tie yaaba.

12 Once again [I say, as I write this], I am not just [trying to] make you think well/highly of me, [as some people will probably say that I am]. Instead, I am [telling you in this letter why you have] good reason [to tell those who criticize me] that you think highly of me. [I am telling you this] so that you will know what to say to those [teachers of false doctrine among you]. They are proud [of what they have done], instead of [making sure that] they [are right with God and being pleased with that].

Tii wangidi ti yula yi kani, ama ti puni yi u sanu yin mangi yi pala ti po. lani n tie yin fidi ki guani ki lebidi yaaba n gbengidi bi yula len yaali n ye niini ki naa faami yaali n ye li pali nni.

13 [Some of them say that after God has enabled me to see visions], I [talk like] a crazy person. If [that is so, I want you to realize that I talk that way in order to please] God. On the other hand, if [you think that] I [speak and act] wisely, [that is good. I want you to know that I do] speak and act wisely in order to [help] you.

Lan yaapo, n yaa tie nani yua n luo mi yama li tie Utienu po, n yaa go pia ma mo, li tie yi yaa po.

14 [I speak and act the way I do] because the love that Christ [has for people] influences me [in everything that I say and do]. When Christ died, [he suffered the punishment] for [the sins of] all people. So, we should all [think of ourselves as having] died with him, [being as unresponsive to sinful desires as] [MET] a corpse is.

Kilisiti buama tiginiti. kelima ni yendo yaa kpe bi niba kuli po, li bundi ke bi niba kuli kpe.

15 When [Christ] died for the everyone, he died in order that [we believers who are alive now] should not conduct our lives in a way that will just [please ourselves]. Instead, [we should conduct our lives in a way that will please] Christ, [because] he is the one who died for us and was brought back to life {whom [God] raised} again.

O den kpe yua kuli po, lan tie yaaba n ye, n da ye bi yucela po ka ama ban yaa ye yua n den kpe, bi po, ki guani ki fii bi tinkpiba siiga yaa po.

16 So, [because I realize how much Christ loves everyone], I no longer think about people in the way that those who do not believe [in Christ] think about [them]. Before I [was a believer], I thought about Christ in the way that other non-believers did. But I do not think of him that way any more.

Lan wani ki cili leni moala tii go nua bi niba leni ti gbanandi nunnuanligu ka; ba ti yaa den bandi Kilisiti wan den ye ti gbanandi nni yaa yogunu, moala laa tie yen ka.

17 The fact is that God makes every one [of us] who [trusts] in Christ to be completely different [than we were before]. Our old [way of conducting our lives] is gone. We now have a [completely] new way of [conducting our lives].

kelima o nisaalo ya ye Kilisiti nni, o tie tagipanma, li bonkpeli pendi, ke li bonli kuli tua bonpanla.

18 This [complete change in our lives] is all something that God [does]. It is God who made it possible for us to have a peaceful relationship with him. [He was able to do that] because of what Christ [did for us]. Now God [has sent] me, and those [who work] with me, to tell [people that they] can have a peaceful relationship with him.

Lan kuli ñani U tienu kani, wan yua n teni ke ti guani mangi yeni O kelima Kilisiti yaa po. ki go puogiti yaa tuonli n tie, ke tin tua yaaba n baa teni ke bi niba n guani mangi leni O.

19 That is, [he sent us(exc) to tell them that] when Christ [died], God was [making it possible for everyone] [MTY] in the world to have a peaceful relationship with him. He no longer keeps a record of the sinful things that [we believers] have done. The message that [God] has given to us [to tell people is how we can have a] peaceful relationship with him.

U tienu den ye Kilisiti nni ki den teni ke ŋanduna guani mangi leni O. kaa coadi bi tuonbiadi; ki go den tieni ti ñoana nni O maama. ke tin yaa wangidi ya maama n ba teni bi niba n guani mangi leni U tienu.

20 So, it is I and my companions who are Christ’s representatives [in this world. When we tell people the message about Christ], it is God himself who is pleading with them by means of what we [say]. So, as true representatives of Christ, we plead with you: [Believe God’s true message about Christ in order that you may] be reconciled to {have a peaceful relationship with} him.

Lan wani, ti tie nani Kilisiti n dini yaa niba li bali; ke ti maama tie nani U tienu wani O yaaba n maadi ti ñoana nni ki tundi yi. ti miadi yi Kilisiti yeli nni guani mani ki mangi leni U tienu.

21 [You must believe that even though] Jesus never sinned, God [punished him for all the] sinful things [that people do, just] as [if Jesus had done those sinful things himself]. And because of our close relationship with Christ, God has erased the record of our sins/declared us no longer guilty for our sins.

Kilisiti yua n kaa den bandi ti tuonbiadi, U tienu teni ke O tua tuonbiadi kelima tinba yaa po. lan tie Kilisiti yaa niini tin fidi ki baa U tienu moamoansaali.