2 Kolinitō 4

1Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.

1Ko ia ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae ngāue ni, pea ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae ʻofa, ʻoku ʻikai ai temau vaivai;

2But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

2Ka kuo mau liʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū ʻoe fakamā, ʻo ʻikai ʻaʻeva ʻi he fiemuʻa, pe fai fakakākā ʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua; ka ʻi he fakahā atu ʻae moʻoni, ʻoku mau fakaongolelei atu ʻakimautolu ki he loto ʻoe tangata taki taha kotoa pē, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.

3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing.

3Pea kapau kuo fakapulou ʻemau ongoongolelei, kuo fakapulou ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku malaʻia:

4In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

4‌ʻAkinautolu kuo fakakui honau loto taʻetui ʻe he ʻotua ʻo māmani, telia naʻa ulo mai kiate kinautolu ʻae maama ʻoe ongoongolelei fakamonūʻia ʻo Kalaisi, ʻaia ko hono tatau ʻoe ʻOtua.

5For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

5He ʻoku ʻikai te mau malangaʻaki ʻakimautolu, ka ko Kalaisi Sisu ko e ʻEiki; mo kimautolu ko hoʻomou kau tamaioʻeiki koeʻuhi ko Sisu.

6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

6He ko e ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe fekau “Ke ulo mai ʻae maama mei he poʻuli,” ko ia kuo ne fakaulo mai ki homau loto, ke fakamāmangia ʻakimautolu ʻi he ʻilo ʻoe nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻi he fofonga ʻo Sisu Kalaisi.

7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

7Ka ʻoku mau maʻu ʻae koloa ni ʻi he ngaahi ipu ʻumea, koeʻuhi ke ʻi he ʻOtua hono lelei ʻoe mālohi, kae ʻikai ʻiate kimautolu.

8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;

8He kuo fakaʻapiʻapi ʻakimautolu mei he potu kotoa pē, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻefituʻu; moʻua pe, kae ʻikai taʻehatokoni;

9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

9‌ʻOku fakatangaʻi, ka ʻoku ʻikai liʻaki; kuo lī ki lalo, kae ʻikai tāmateʻi;

10always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

10‌ʻO fafa fano maʻu aipē ʻi homau sino ʻae mate ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu, koeʻuhi ke fakahā ai foki ʻae moʻui ʻa Sisu ʻi homau sino.

11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

11He ko kimautolu ʻoku moʻui, ʻoku tukuange maʻuaipē ki he mate koeʻuhi ko Sisu, koeʻuhi ke fakahā ai foki ʻae moʻui ʻa Sisu ʻi homau kakano matengofua.

12So death is at work in us, but life in you.

12Ko ia ʻoku ngāue ʻae mate ʻiate kimautolu, ka ko e moʻui ʻiate kimoutolu.

13Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,

13‌ʻOku mau maʻu ʻae laumālie ko ia ʻoe tui, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Naʻaku tui, pea ko ia kuo u lea ai; ʻoku mau tui foki, pea ko ia ʻoku mau lea ai;”

14knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

14‌ʻO ʻilo ko ia naʻa ne fokotuʻu hake ʻae ʻEiki ko Sisu, te ne fokotuʻu hake ʻakimautolu foki ʻia Sisu, ʻo ʻatu ki hono ʻao fakataha mo kimoutolu.

15For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

15He ʻoku ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, pea ke ongoongolelei ʻae ʻOtua ʻi hono lahi ʻoe ʻaloʻofa, ko e meʻa ʻi he fakafetaʻi lahi ai ʻae tokolahi.

16So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

16Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai te mau vaivai: ka ʻi he fakaʻaʻau ʻo mole homau tangata ʻituʻa, ʻoku fakafoʻou ʻae loto ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.

17For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

17He ko homau mamahi maʻamaʻa ni, ʻaia ʻoku ʻosingofua, ʻoku fakatupu maʻamautolu ʻae lelei ʻoku lahi hake fakamanavahē ʻaupito ʻaupito pea mamafa mo taʻengata;

18as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

18Kae ʻikai ʻi he ʻemau siofia ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hāmai, ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai hāmai: he ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hāmai, ʻoku ʻosingofua; ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai hāmai, ʻoku taʻengata ia.