2 Corinthians 1 (TGJ)

1Pwknvyarnv gv mvngku lokv, Kristo Jisu gv Apostol gubv darkunam Paul ngo gvlokv, okv boru Timoti gvlokv— Korint lo Pwknvyarnv gv Gvrja ngala okv Akaia mooku lo Pwknvyarnv gv nyi mvnwngnga lvkdunv:Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

2Ngonugv Abu Pwknvyarnv okv Ahtu Jisu Kristo nonua aya okv sarsopoyo nga jigv yilaka.Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3Klvi ngonugv Ahtu Jisu Kristo gv Abu Pwknvyarnvnyi umbonyikv vlaju, ayanv Abu, nw gvlokv ridur mvnwngngv aadunv!Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

4Nw ngonu mvnwng gv adwkaku rinyi ridurdu, ogulvgabv vbolo ngonu oguaingbv Pwknvyarnv gvlo ridur ha paadudw, ho apiabv ngonuaka kvvbi vdwgv adwkaku lo ridur modubv vla.who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

5Kristo gv achialvbv hinching chingnam lo ngonu chingmin gvnam apiabv, vkv aingbv Kristo gvlo ngonu Pwknvyarnv gv kairungbv ridur a paaming gvdunv.For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

6Vdwlo ngonu hirukaya namgo paadubolo, hv nonua ridur lvgabv okv ringlinbaalin kunam lvgabv; okv ngonu ridur nama paadubolo nonuno ka ridur nama paadunv, ngonugv apiabv hirukaya nga saktv ladubv gwlwk ka nonua ka jidu.If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

7Vkvlvgabv ngonugv nonua mvngtin v vdwlo biv mare; ngonu chindu nonu ngonugv hirukaya hinam a himing gvnam apiabv, nonuka ngonugv ridur paanam a paaming gvta dunv.And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

8Achiboru vdwa ngonu nonua Asia mooku lokv adwkaku paanam a lvkodv minpa nvpv vla mvngdu. Ngonua kudungkua ridubv jinam angv achialvbv kainvgo okv ai ka nvgo ngonu turdubv mvngtinnam nyemu toku.We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

9Ngonu gvlo sinamv aapv kunvgo vla ngonu mvngtoku. Vbvritola si ngonu atua mvnging simu dubv okv sinv nga turkur mokunv Pwknvyarnvnyi mvnging simu dubv vla riya kunam gukunyi.Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

10Nw ngonua vkvnv achialvbv alvmanv sijiku loka ngonua ringtoku, okv ngonua ringbwngre; okv ngonu n gvlo mvngtin ha mvnglwkre okv nw ngonua lvkodv ringtare,He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

11nonuno ngonua nonugv kumnam lokv ridur yadu. Vkvlvgabv ngonugv lvgabv kumnam dvdv nga riji rungre, okv Pwknvyarnv ngonua aya jire; okv nyi achialvgo ngonugv lvgabv ninyia umbonyikv vre.as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

12Vjak si ngonugv goosu namv ngonugv mvngnamsaknam mv alvyaungbv minlin jido ho ngonu nyia mooku so alvbv ripv dakpv kunv, okv jvjv bv minbolo ngonugv nonua lvkobv ribam dakbam siku lokv ripv kunv, darwk bv okv alvbv Pwknvyarnv gv lokv. Nyia mookugv chinampaanam lokvma vbvritola Pwknvyarnv gv aya lokv ngonu ritoku.For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

13Ngonu nonuno oguaingbv purila chinla ridw um lvkdunv. Vbvritola nonugv vjak ngonua chinggv dunam mv tunggo nyimwng, okv ngo mvngtindu nonu ngonua alvbv chinpwng kaapwng reku vla mvngdu. Vbvrikunamv Ahtu Jisu gv aariku alulo nonuno ngonua hartvla okv ngonuka nonua hartv dobv ho nonuno ngonua alvbv chinpwng rikunv.For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

15Ngo achialvbv mvnwng sum rirungre vla mvngla ngo nonua lvnyibv aya paamu so mvngtala nonugv ho aarung dubv vla mvngchoto.Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

16Ngo Mesedonia bv vngrilo okv vngkur rikunyika nonua kaarwk sidubv vla rungtoku, ngoogv Judia lo moing vngrinyi nonu gvlokv ridur paanam lvgabv.I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

17Sum ngo rungdula, ngo ajikalak manv gubv ripv ai? Vdwlo ngo rungrinyi atunvgv bvmwngbv rungmwngla vjakgobv “Vkv, vkv” okv “Makv, makv” vdubv doonv gulari? (Nonuno ngam ogugo rise vdw um mvngchin manvgo vla mvngdu nvri? Vmalo ngo kvvbi vdwa alvbv mvngku dubv vla “vkv” vmalo “Makv” vnv nyi aingbv kaapvi?)When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?

18Pwknvyarnv jvjvnv gaam a minpiabv, ngoogv nonua milvjinam angv “Vkv” vtola okv “Makv” vnamgo kaama.But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

19Ogulvgavbolo Pwknvyarnv gv kuunyilo Jisu Kristo gv lvkwng nga Sailas, Timoti okv ngo atubongv nonua japji toku, nyi “Vkv” vnam gula okv “Makv” vnam ma, ho mabv nw Pwknvyarnv gv “Vkv” vnam yangv;For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

20ogulvgavbolo nw Pwknvyarnv gv milvkunam mvnwng gv “Vkv” vnammv. So si vkvlvkwngbv Jisu Kristo gv lokv ngonugv “Amen” vnam a Pwknvyarnvnyi kaibogobv hartvla mindunv.For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

21So si Pwknvyarnv atubongv ngonu hala, nonua lvkobv naadum sikunv, Kristo gvlo ngonu turnama jvjv gubv mvjila; so si Pwknvyarnv atubongv ngonua akusubv darlinkunv,Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

22okv nw ngonua atu tola tuprw toku, ngonugv lvgabv nw gv bokta vvkum pvvnam a jirungre vla milv jinam a kaatamla ninyigv Darwknv Dow nga ngonugv haapok lo jilwkla riduku.placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

23Ngo Pwknvyarnvnyi tvriakaria nvgobv gokla mindunv—nw ngoogv haapok a chindu! ngoogv Korint lo aaku manamv, so si nonua lvkodv hirukaya paamu kumanam lvgabv ripvku.I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

24Nonuno oguaingbv mvngjing rungsedw um ngonu miriadubv rikw yama; ngonu chindu nonu mvngjing ngv haatindu. Vmabvya, ngonu nonua lvkobv kudungkua ribam dunv nonua atubongv mvngpu monam lvgabv.Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

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