2 Corinthians 4
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Therefore, seeing we have this ministration, according as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
1Ko ia ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae ngāue ni, pea ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae ʻofa, ʻoku ʻikai ai temau vaivai;
2But we renounce the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’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 if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost,
3Pea kapau kuo fakapulou ʻemau ongoongolelei, kuo fakapulou ia kiate kinautolu ʻoku malaʻia:
4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.
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 we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord; and ourselves your servants through Jesus.
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 commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus.
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 earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God, and not of 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.
8In all things we suffer tribulation, but are not distressed; we are straitened, but are not destitute;
8He kuo fakaʻapiʻapi ʻakimautolu mei he potu kotoa pē, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻefituʻu; moʻua pe, kae ʻikai taʻehatokoni;
9We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we perish not:
9ʻOku fakatangaʻi, ka ʻoku ʻikai liʻaki; kuo lī ki lalo, kae ʻikai tāmateʻi;
10Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest 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 delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake; that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest 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 then death worketh in us, but life in you.
12Ko ia ʻoku ngāue ʻae mate ʻiate kimautolu, ka ko e moʻui ʻiate kimoutolu.
13But having the same spirit of faith, as it is written: I believed, for which cause I have spoken; we also believe, for which cause we speak also:
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 up Jesus, will raise us up also with Jesus, and place us with you.
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 all things are for your sakes; that the grace abounding through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto 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.
16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is 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 that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.
17He ko homau mamahi maʻamaʻa ni, ʻaia ʻoku ʻosingofua, ʻoku fakatupu maʻamautolu ʻae lelei ʻoku lahi hake fakamanavahē ʻaupito ʻaupito pea mamafa mo taʻengata;
18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen, are temporal; but the things which are not seen, 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.
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