Tkabˈ Tuˈj Pabl kye Nimil aj Corint 4
Mam, Central
4 Tuˈnpetziˈn, mi qo kubˈ numj, quˈn axte Dios tukˈa tkyaqil tqˈaqˈbˈil tkˈuˈj, ma tzaj toqxenin taqˈin qe toj akˈaj tumil, tuˈn kykyijxjal toj wen tukˈa. 2 Tuˈntziˈn ikyjo, ma tzˈel qiˈjlin tkyaqil qbˈinchbˈin, a nbˈant toj ewajil, a te elsbˈil qtxˈixew, me nya tuˈn qsbˈuˈn mo tuˈn tja qtxˈixpin Tyol Dios. Qalaˈ, nqo yolin Tyol jikyin wen, tuˈn qel wen kywutzxjal, ex tuˈn tel pjet Tyol Dios toj kyanmin junjun, tzeˈnku taj Dios. 3 Exla qa at junjun mi n‑el kynikyˈ teˈ Tbˈanil Tqanil kolbˈil, quˈn ayelaˈ kyjaˈ kyxiˈ toj najin. 4 Quˈn a tajaw il, a nkawin te twutz txˈotxˈ, ma tzˈok jpunte kynabˈl tuˈn kyok tzeˈn jun moẍ toj kyanmin, ex tuˈn mi tzˈele kynikyˈ tiˈjjo tspikyˈimil Tbˈanil Tqanil tiˈj tqoptzˈajiyil Crist, a qˈanchaˈl tiˈjxjo Dios, a nya qˈanchaˈl.
5 Tuˈnpetziˈn, mi nqo yoliˈn toj aqˈuntl qil qibˈxa; qalaˈ nxi qqˈmaˈn qa a Jesucrist tAjaw Tkyaqil, ex awotzin qeˈ, ma tzˈok qqˈon qibˈa tuˈn qajbˈin kyeˈy toj tumil tbˈi. 6-7 Quˈn axte Diosjo, a qˈmaˈntexix te tnejil, tuˈn tjaw qoptzˈaj spikyˈin toj qxopin; ex ikyxjo jaˈlin, ma tzaj tqˈoˈn spikyˈin te jun qˈinimil toj qanmin, a ojtzqibˈl tiˈjjo t‑xilin tqoptzˈajiyil Dios, noq tuˈn Jesucrist. Me ante qˈinimil lo tojxi qxmilil taˈye te jun majx, ex atziˈn qxmililjo nyakuj ikyjo tzeˈnku jun tzˈaqbˈaj kˈwil, jun paqx nbˈaj. Ex atziˈn qˈinimil nimxix qipin tuˈn toj qanmin, tuˈntzin tyekˈin qa te te Dios ex nyaqeku.
Mi qo kubˈ numj toj qnimbˈil
8 Exla qa nim yajbˈil n‑ikyˈx quˈn, me nyat ntiˈ qelix; exla qa ma tzaj bˈis qiˈj, me nya tuˈn qo kˈwel numje; 9 exla qa ma qo el kyikyˈinxjal, me me te Dios, nlay qo kyij tkolin; exla qa tiˈ xbˈant kyuˈnxjal qiˈj, nlay qo kubˈ tuˈn. 10 Ikyxjo tzeˈnku bˈaj tiˈj Crist, a qxmilil te twutz txˈotxˈ il tiˈj tuˈn tkyim. Me ma jatz anqˈin Jesús juntl majl tukˈa nimxix tipin. Ex nqo bˈet jaˈlin kywutzxjal tukˈa tipin Jesús toj qchwinqil. 11 Tzeˈnku qe, awo nimilqo tiˈj Jesús, noqx n‑elje qiˈj tuˈn qkyim, noq tuˈn tpaj, tuˈn tyekˈit kyexjal, a akˈaj chwinqil te jun majx toj qanmin, a tzajnin tuˈn Jesús. 12 Ikytziˈn tzeˈnku nqo anqˈiˈn tjaqˈ xobˈajil te kyimin kyuˈnxjal, tuˈntzintla t‑xi qqˈmaˈn kyeˈy Tbˈanil Tqanil kolbˈil, ex tuˈn tten kychwinqila tuˈn te jun majx.
13 Quˈn qˈuqlek qkˈuˈja tiˈj Dios, ikyx tzeˈnkuxjo tqˈma jun xjal toj Tuˈjil Tyol Dios: Ma txi nnimiˈn. Tuˈnpetziˈn nchin yoliˈn tiˈjjo t‑xilin nnimbˈila.
Ex ikyxjo qe jaˈlin. Ma txi qnimin. Tuˈnpetziˈn, nqo yolin tiˈjjo lo: 14 Quˈn bˈiˈn quˈn, qa ax Diosjo, a jatz anqˈin qAjaw Jesús tuˈn, kyxol kyimnin; ex ikyxjo qe ok qo jawil anqˈin tuˈn, tuˈn qja tiˈn junx kyukˈiy toj kyaˈj, jaˈ taˈye qAjaw. 15 Quˈn tkyaqilxjo n‑ikyˈx quˈn, noq tuˈn kyel wena twutz Dios, ex tuˈntzintla ttchˈiyxjo aqˈbˈil chjonte te Dios te nimsbˈil tbˈi, tuˈn jniˈ t‑xtalbˈil, a nchˈiy toj tkyaqil twutz txˈotxˈ.
16 Tuˈnpetziˈn, mi qo tzaj numj. Exla qa a qxmilil lajoˈn tuˈn tbˈaj, me mete qanmin noq kyja tuˈn t‑xi kuˈxinix teˈ junjun qˈij. 17 Quˈn tkyaqilxjo nya bˈaˈn n‑ikyˈx quˈn jaˈlin, nya nimxix, ex liwey kbˈajil teˈ. Me te t‑xeljo ikyjo, ktzajil qˈoˈn jun chojbˈil qe nimxix wen, a nlayx bˈaj toj kyaˈj. 18 Tuˈnpetziˈn, mi tzˈok qqˈoˈn qwutz tiˈjjo at twutz txˈotxˈ, a qˈanchaˈl. Qalaˈ qqˈonk qwutz tiˈjjo a nya qˈanchaˈl. Quˈn tkyaqiljo qˈanchaˈl, te twutz txˈotxˈ, ex kbˈajil teˈ. Me anteˈ, a nya qˈanchaˈl, mi bˈajx teˈ te jun majx.
2 Corinthians 4
Living Bible
4 It is God himself, in his mercy, who has given us this wonderful work of telling his Good News to others,[a] and so we never give up. 2 We do not try to trick people into believing—we are not interested in fooling anyone. We never try to get anyone to believe that the Bible teaches what it doesn’t. All such shameful methods we forego. We stand in the presence of God as we speak and so we tell the truth, as all who know us will agree.
3 If the Good News we preach is hidden to anyone, it is hidden from the one who is on the road to eternal death. 4 Satan, who is the god of this evil world, has made him blind, unable to see the glorious light of the Gospel that is shining upon him or to understand the amazing message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is God.[b] 5 We don’t go around preaching about ourselves but about Christ Jesus as Lord. All we say of ourselves is that we are your slaves because of what Jesus has done for us. 6 For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made us understand that it is the brightness of his glory that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But this precious treasure—this light and power that now shine within us[c]—is held in a perishable container, that is, in our weak bodies. Everyone can see that the glorious power within must be from God and is not our own.
8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit. 9 We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. 10 These bodies of ours are constantly facing death just as Jesus did; so it is clear to all that it is only the living Christ within who keeps us safe.[d]
11 Yes, we live under constant danger to our lives because we serve the Lord, but this gives us constant opportunities to show forth the power of Jesus Christ within our dying bodies. 12 Because of our preaching we face death, but it has resulted in eternal life for you.
13 We boldly say what we believe, trusting God to care for us,[e] just as the psalm writer did when he said, “I believe and therefore I speak.” 14 We know that the same God who brought the Lord Jesus back from death will also bring us back to life again with Jesus and present us to him along with you. 15 These sufferings of ours are for your benefit. And the more of you who are won to Christ, the more there are to thank him for his great kindness, and the more the Lord is glorified.
16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our inner strength in the Lord is growing every day. 17 These troubles and sufferings of ours are, after all, quite small and won’t last very long. Yet this short time of distress will result in God’s richest blessing upon us forever and ever! 18 So we do not look at what we can see right now, the troubles all around us, but we look forward to the joys in heaven which we have not yet seen. The troubles will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:1 of telling his Good News to others, implied.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 who is God, literally, “who is the image of God.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 this light and power that now shine within us, implied.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10 who keeps us safe, implied.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 trusting God to care for us, implied.
2 Corinthians 4
New King James Version
The Light of Christ’s Gospel
4 Therefore, since we have this ministry, (A)as we have received mercy, we (B)do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor [a]handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth (C)commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 But even if our gospel is veiled, (D)it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds (E)the god of this age (F)has blinded, who do not believe, lest (G)the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, (H)who is the image of God, should shine on them. 5 (I)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and (J)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God (K)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (L)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Cast Down but Unconquered
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, (M)that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are (N)hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not (O)forsaken; (P)struck down, but not destroyed— 10 (Q)always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, (R)that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live (S)are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death is working in us, but life in you.
13 And since we have (T)the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, (U)“I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that (V)He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. 15 For (W)all things are for your sakes, that (X)grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Seeing the Invisible
16 Therefore we (Y)do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is (Z)being renewed day by day. 17 For (AA)our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 (AB)while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:2 adulterating the word of God
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