1 PBDH Jadi, sebab me mpo pelayanan to, ngan sebagaimana me jeh himo kemurahan, me kae ncodi kecewa. BSB BSB: Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
2 PBDH Melainkan, me jeh ntiga cara-cara dik ngongun ngan besukan. Me kae midek oleh kelicikan, ngan me kae tosak-menangani firman Allah. Hisai menyatokan kebenaran, me merekomendasikan diri-me-todek kone oti-nurani tio'k nto nting motuh Allah. BSB BSB: Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3 PBDH Tetapi jikalau injil me tertudong, han hanya tertudong kone bahongoseh dik sodong binasa. BSB BSB: And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
4 PBDH Nting hal balo to, ilah dunia to jeh membutakan pikeh-pikeh balo dik kae-pucayok. Sebagai akibatde'e, balo kae dopak ntilek tohong injil sae kemuliaan Kristus, dik adalah gambar Allah. BSB BSB: The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
5 PBDH Kano me kae memproklamirkan diri-me-todek, tetapi Kristus Yesus sebagai Penompo, ngan diri-me-todek adalah hamba-hambamo bagi Yesus. BSB BSB: For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 PBDH Kano Allah todek nyono, "Tohong akan nampok kegelapan." De'e sodong besinar ntong sodo-oti me, nyok munyo tohong pengetahuan sae kemuliaan Allah nting hadirat Yesus Kristus. BSB BSB: For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 PBDH Tetapi me mpo hato to nting bejana poyo-liat, supayo han ncodi jelas bahwa kuaso dik hebat dik ajeh bolimpoh adalah milik Allah dan biking dek. BSB BSB: Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
8 PBDH Me ninindas nting tio'k cara, tetapi kae tapek. Me bingung tetapi kae mosik-owong. BSB BSB: We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
9 PBDH Me ninganiaya tetapi kae nintiga. Me nimongkong-roboh tetapi kae ningancoh. BSB BSB: persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
10 PBDH Me selalu man nting sengolo me kematian Yesus, supayo midek Yesus geh panai ninyatokan nting sengolo-sengolo me. BSB BSB: We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
11 PBDH Me dik bayu midek selalu ninyerahkan kone kematian demi Yesus, sehingga midek Yesus panai ninunjukkan nting sengolo-sengolo me. BSB BSB: For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
12 PBDH Kano alasan to, kematian sodong kijo nting me, tetapi midek sodong kijo nting mo. BSB BSB: So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
13 PBDH Tetapi me mpo roh iman dik supo menurut oneh dik tertulis: "Ko pucayok, maka ko bebobo-bobo." Me geh pucayok, maka me geh bebobo-bobo. BSB BSB: And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
14 PBDH Me taok bahwa De'e dik jeh-membangkitkan Tuhan Yesus geh akan membangkitkan me bosamoh Yesus. Me taok bahwa De'e akan man me bosamoh mo konesais hadiratDe'e. BSB BSB: knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
15 PBDH Segalo-sesuatu adalah demi mo supayo, sebagaimana anugerah menyebar kone oben nyo, ucapan-syukur panai botambah nyok kemuliaan Allah. BSB BSB: All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.
16 PBDH Maka me kae ncodi kecewa. Walaupun secara-lahiriah me sodong merosot, secara-batiniah me sodong nibaharui onu demi onu. BSB BSB: Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
17 PBDH Nyok sesaat to, penderitaan nyangan sodong mempersiapkan me nyok suatu ukuran kemuliaan dik kekal dik melampaui sodo ukuran. BSB BSB: For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
18 PBDH Kano me kae hatii hal-hal dik tilek, tetapi hal-hal dik kae tilek. Hal-hal dik me dopak ntilek adalah sementara, tetapi hal-hal dik kae tilek adalah kekal. BSB BSB: So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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