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)
tukagwile kuuti amavili ghiitu kye kyeve kya n'siki n'debe mu iisi muno. neke kyang'hanangike, uNguluve ilikutupeela uvukalo kukyanya uvwa kusila na kusila vuno navuli ndavule ilikaaja lino lijengilue na mavoko gha vaanhu. (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].
ulwakuva mu iisi muno amoojo ghitu ghipumuka mu uluo tuli nu vusyukue uvukome uvwa kuluta kuvukalo vwitu uvwa kukyanya, ukuo uNguluve ilikutufywika amavili amapia.
3 When [God gives us(inc) our new bodies] [MET], our [spirits will have] [LIT, MET] bodies to live in [that will last forever].
tusyukilue mu ulu, kuuti mulwa kufwikua, apuo natuuva vufuula.
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].
pano yu jiighe mu ma vuli agha ghano gha kyeve kya n'siki n'debe tupumuka mu mojo ghiitu mu lwa kufua mu nyinga. na kwe kuuti tulonda kufuula um'bili ughu ghuno ghufua, ulwene tulonda kufwikua um'bili ghuno naghufua, kuuti um'bili ughu ghuno ghufua ghugulubikue na ghuno naghufua.
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].
uNguluve ghe juno atuling'hanisie uluo, utupeliile uMhepo ghwake neke tukagule kuuti kyang'haani fye tiliiva.
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].
jaatu tuli nu luhuviilo nambe tukagwile kuuti, pano tulu mu m'bili ughu tulipatali nu Mutwa.
7 While we [(exc)] live [here, we] do not have our [new bodies, but we are] trusting [that God will give them to us].
tukukala vwimila ulwitiko, na kwe kuuti vwimila fino fivoneka mu uluo mwe tukangalika.
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].
kange tuvona ye kuba twale tughuleke um'bili ughu na kuluta kukukala nu Mutwa.
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.
lino tuve muvukalo uvu, nambe natuuve muvukalo uvu, uvufumbue vwitu kukumuhovosia uMutwa.
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.
ulwakuva usue tweni tulikwima pamaaso gha Kilisite nakuhighua nu mwene, neke nujunge ilikwupila uluhombo vwimila sino avomba mu iisi muno, siive nnofu nambe siive mbiivi.
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.
lino, ulwakuva tukaghwile kuuti lunoghiile kukumwoghopa uMutwa, tughimba kukuvavula avaanhu kuuti vamwitikaghe. uNguluve atukagwile vunono vuno tulivuo, najune nihuviila kuuti na jumue mutukagwile vunono.
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].
natulonda pikughinia kange kulyumue, looli tulonda kukuvavuula kino kinoghiile kukughinia vwimila usue, kuuti muve na masio agha kuvamula vano vikughinia vwimila sino sivoneka pa maaso, vikusileka isa mu mwojo.
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.
ulwakuva, nave tuvoneka tulivanyalukwale, tuli enendiiki vwimila mwa Nguluve, kange nave tuvoneka tuli nu luhala vwe vwimila umue.
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.
ulughano lwa Kilisite lukutulongosia usue, ulwakuva tukagwile kuuti umuunhu jumo alwafwile vwimila avaanhu vooni, mu uluo avaanhu vooni valyafwile.
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.
UKilisite alyafwile vwimila avaanhuu vooni kuuti, avaanhu valekaghe kukukala mu vughane vwake, looli mu vughane vwa juno alyafwile na kusyuka vwimila aveene.
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.
lino kuhuma un'siki ughu, natukun'kagula umuunhu mulwa m'bili. na pano un'siki ghumonga tukan'kagwile uKilisite mulwa m'bili, neke liino natukun'kagula mu uluo.
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].
umuunhu ghweni juno alimwa Kilisite, ujuo avumbiike vupia, isa muvukuulu sikilile, lino uvumuunhu vwake vupia.
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.
neke isi sooni sihuma kwa Nguluve juno alyansung'hile uKilisite atusambanie usue nu mwene, kange atupeliile imbombo ija kupulisia imhola ijio ija kusambana nu mwene.
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.
kwekuuti kukilila uKilisite, uNguluve ikuvasambania avaanhu nu mwene, kisila kuvalilila uvuhosi vwaave. kange atupeliile imbombo ija kuvavuula avaanhu imhola ija lusambanio.
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.
lino, uKilisite atusung'hile kuvomba imbombo jaake, neke kukilila usue uNguluve ikuvasimilisia kusambana nu mwene. fwe nambe tukuvasuuma vwimila uKilisite kuuti: “musambane nu Nguluve!
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.
UNguluve alyam'bikile uKilisite unsila vuhosi, kuuva mhosi vwimila usue, kuuti pano tuuva vaanhu va Kilisite ujuo, tuvisaghe vagholofu pa maaso gha Nguluve.
