2 Corinthians 7

1 My friends, whom I love, because [God] has promised [to accept us(inc) as his children], we [(inc)] must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not [think] sinful thoughts. [Because] we greatly revere God, we must strive to [live] a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be.

Ka pyikhqi, vawhkaw awikamnaak ve a awm hawh adawngawh, pum ingkaw Myihla amak ciimcaih sak khqi boeih ce ciimcaih sak u sih. Khawsa kqihchahnaak ing ciimcaihnaak soep ing awm u sih.

2 So, as I just wrote, I want you to love me (OR, us [IDM] [who are true apostles of Christ]). I/we [(exc)] have never done anything wrong to any of you. I/we have not done anything to harm any one of you spiritually or financially. And I/we have not tried to get money from [you] (for myself/for ourselves).

Namik kawlung khuiawh kaimih aham hun ta law uh. U ak khanawh awm ak che am sai unyng, u awm am seet sak unyng, u awm amak tyng na am haw na unyng.

3 [It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless], I am not trying to make you all feel ashamed because, as I wrote before, I will continue to love you all very much [IDM], whether I live with you or die with you. I am very confident about you.

Nangmih bo sak aham ve am haw na unyng. Nangmih bo sak aham ve ak awi ap kqawn unyng; nangmih mi hqing haih thih haih aham kaimih ak kawlung khuiawh hun ta uhyk ti tice nik kqawn law pek khqi hawh nyng.

4 I am very pleased with you. You have greatly encouraged me, so that I am now very joyful in spite of all the hardships that I have endured.

Nangmih ve ni ypnak khqi nyng; cedawngawh nangmih awh ce oekqu nyng. A kak tha awm hy; kyinaak soep ka huhnaak awh ka zeelnaak ing be nyng.

5 Now [I will write more about what I was saying about Titus]. When I [left Troas and] came [here to] Macedonia [province], I still did not get any rest. Everywhere we [(exc)] went, [people were constantly] causing us trouble. [And not only were] people [constantly causing us] trouble, but I was greatly concerned [about you all].

Makedonia qamna kami law awh, vawhkaw kami pum ing ngaiqepnaak qoe am ta nawh kyinaak ing awm poepa unyng. Voei avang qaaltuknaak awm nawh ak khui benawh kqihnaak ing awm unyng.

6 But God, who always encourages his people when they are discouraged, encouraged us by [sending] Titus back to us.

Cehlai ak kaikhyt na ak awmkhqi ngaih ak ding sakkung Khawsa ing Tita a tyih lawnaak ak caming ngaihdingnaak ce ni pek khqi hy,

7 I was encouraged by [seeing] Titus, [but when I heard how] you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted [to see me. He told me] that you were very sorry [that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me] that you are very eager for me [to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things], I was very, very happy.

Anih a lawnaak ak cam doeng am nawh, nami awmdamnaak khqi, naming kqaangnaak khqi, kak khanawh nami leeknaak anim thennaak khqi ingkaw nangmih awhkaw ngaihqepnaak ing awm ka ngai ni qep sak hy.

8 Even though what [I wrote] in my letter (distressed you/made you sad), I am not sorry [that I wrote it]. For a while I was sorry that I had written it, [because I knew that it would distress you]. Now [Titus has also told] me that it did distress you [when you read it], but you were distressed only for a short time.

Ca ka ni pat law khqi awh nangmih kaw ni seet sak khqi mai nyng seiawm am zut nyng. Am zut thai nyng – kak ca ing namik kaw ni seet sak khqi hy tice sim nyng, cehlai kawlhkalh mai awh ni.

9 [So now] I am happy [that I wrote it]. I am not happy that you were distressed {that [I] distressed you}, but [I am happy] because, when you became distressed, you felt sorry for what you had done and [you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making] you feel sorry did not harm you at all.

Cehlai tuh zeel nyng, namik kaw ka ni seet sak khqi awh am nawh, namik kawseetnaak ing a ning zut sak khqi awh ni. Khawsa ang cainaak amyihna namik kaw se hy, kaimih ing nami tlawhnaak aham ikaw awm am sai unyng.

10 [The fact is that] when God causes [us to feel] truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us [and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done]. And no one is ever sorry about that. [However], the people who do not trust [in God] [MTY] may be sorry [for the sinful things that they have done]. But [if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them], they will remain separated from him forever.

Khawsa kawngaihna kawseetnaak ing hulnaak a hamna zytnaak pha sak nawh, cece nik kawseet hly kawi am ni. Khawmdek kawseetnaak ingtaw thihnaak pha sak hy.

11 But [think about what happened when you read my letter]: God caused you to be truly sorry [for what you had done]. You eagerly [wanted to do what was right], and you wanted to show [God] (OR, [me]) that you had done the right thing. You were angry [about what had happened], and you were worried [that God would punish you if the situation continued]. You also wanted me [to visit you to encourage and help you]. You wanted me to know [that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing] all of those things, you have shown [me] that you have done what is right in this matter.

Khawsa ak kawngaihna kawseetnaak ing nangmih ikawmyihna a ni awm sak khqi tice toek lah uh: them am quuknaak, seet am sainaak, thawlh sai sawhnaak ingkaw thawlh kqihnaak, thahlynaak, ak thawlh toel thainaak khqi ce ni taak sak khqi hy.

12 So, even though I wrote that [severe] letter to you, I did not [write it just] so that [you would punish] the man who had done what was wrong. Also, I [did not write it] for the benefit of the person whom [he] had wronged. Instead, [I wrote it] so that, when you [read the letter], God would enable you to realize how much you really do respect [my authority].

Cedawngawh nangmih a venawh ca qee law hlai nyng, thlang pynoet a thawlhnaak, am awhtaw, thawlhnaak ak saikhqi awh am nawh, Khawsa haiawh nangmih ing kaimih ak awi ngai uhyk ti tice nami huh thainaak ahamni.

13 So, [because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do], (I was/we [(exc)] were all) encouraged. Not only (was I/were we) encouraged, but (I was/we [(exc)] were) [also] very happy to see how happy Titus was [when he arrived here. He told me/us that] he did not need to worry any more, because [he saw] that you all [had a good attitude toward me].

Vemyihkhqi boeih awh ve kamik tha na awm hy. Kaimih ak thaawmnaak coengawh, Tita a zeelnaak ce awm kami huh awh kamik kaw zeel khqoet bai hy, kawtih nangmih boeih ing anih ce ak kawlung caih sak pang uhyk ti.

14 I had told Titus that I was pleased about you. And I did not need to be ashamed [for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do]. Just like everything that I have taught you [and written to you] has been the truth, the good things that I told Titus about you were also true.

Anih a venawh nangmih ce ni zoeksang khqi hawh nyng, nangmih ing kak kaw zeel law sak uhyk ti. Nangmih a venawh kak kqawn law hawh amyihna ik-oeih boeih ce thym hy, cedawngawh Tita a venawh nangmih ka ni zoeksangnaak khqi awm thym hy.

15 Now he happily remembers how you all [were willing to] do [what I asked you to do]. He is [also happy about the way you] treated him with great respect. [When he thinks about those things], [it makes] him love you even more [than he did when he was with you].

Nangmih ing awi ngai uhyk ti tice a huh awh nangmih ing anih ce kqih ingkaw thyn doena nami do dawngawh nangmih a ni lungnaak khqi ce sang khqoet bai hy.

16 [As for me], I am very happy [because now] I am certain that I can depend on you [to do what you know God wants you to do].

Tuh taw nangmih ce ka ni ypnaak khqi hawh dawngawh ka zeelnaak soep hawh hy.