2 Corinthians 10
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
1Pea ko au Paula, ko au ʻoku matamatavaivai ʻo kau ka ʻiate kimoutolu, ka ʻi heʻeku mamaʻo ʻoku ou loto mālohi kiate kimoutolu, ʻoku ou fakakolekole kiate kimoutolu ʻi he angavaivai mo e angamalū ʻa Kalaisi:
2But I beseech you , that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2Ka ʻoku ou kole, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku loto mālohi ʻi heʻeku ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻi he pule ko ia ʻoku ou ʻamanaki ke u fai mālohi ai ki he niʻihi, ʻoku nau lau kiate kimautolu ʻo hangē ʻoku mau ʻaʻeva ʻo fakatatau mo e kakano.
3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
3He neongo ʻoku mau ʻaʻeva ʻi he kakano, ka ʻoku ʻikai te mau tau fakakakano:
4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
4(He ko e mahafutau ʻo ʻemau tau ʻoku ʻikai fakakakano, ka ʻoku mālohi lahi ʻi he ʻOtua ke holoki hifo ai ʻae ngaahi kolo mālohi;)
5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
5ʻO holoki ki lalo ʻae ngaahi fakakaukau, mo e meʻa māʻolunga kotoa pē, ʻoku ne fakahikihiki ia ki he ʻilo ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ʻoku ne fakavaivai ʻae mahalo kotoa pē ki he talangofua kia Kalaisi;
6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
6Pea ʻoku mau tali te u pe ke tautea ʻae talangataʻa kotoa pē, ʻoka kakato hoʻomou talangofua.
7Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
7He ʻoku mou vakai ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo hangē ko hono hā mai ʻituʻa? Kapau ʻoku ai ha tangata ʻoku ne faʻaki kiate ia ʻoku ʻa Kalaisi ia, ke toe fifili ki he meʻa ko ia ʻiate ia, koeʻuhi ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻa Kalaisi ia, ʻoku ʻa Kalaisi pehē pe ʻakimautolu.
8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
8He ka ne lahi hake siʻi ʻeku polepole ʻi heʻemau mālohi, ʻaia kuo tuku mai ʻe he ʻEiki kiate kimautolu ke langa ʻaki hake, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko homou fakaʻauha, pehē , ʻe ʻikai te u mā ai:
9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
9Ka ʻoku ʻikai te u fie hangē kau ka fakamanaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae ngaahi tohi.
10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
10He ʻoku nau pehē, “Ko ʻene ngaahi tohi ʻoku mamafa mo mālohi; ka ʻoku ha vaivai mai hono sino, pea ko ʻene lea ʻoku kovi.”
11Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
11Ke ʻilo ʻe he tokotaha ko ia, ko ia ʻoku hā ʻiate kimautolu ʻi he lea ʻi he ngaahi tohi ʻi heʻemau mamaʻo, ko kimautolu ai pe ia ʻi he ngāue ʻoka mau ka ʻi ai.
12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
12He ʻoku ʻikai te mau faʻa fakakau ʻakimautolu, pe fakatatau ʻakimautolu, ki he niʻihi ʻoku fakaongolelei atu ʻakinautolu: ka ko ʻenau fuofua ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻakinautolu, ʻo fakatatau ʻakinautolu kiate kinautolu, ko e fai vale ia.
13But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
13Ka ʻe ʻikai te mau polepole ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻituʻa atu ʻi homau lakanga, kae fakatatau ki hono fuofua ʻoe lakanga ʻaia kuo fuofua ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kimautolu, ko e fuofua ʻoku aʻu atu foki kiate kimoutolu.
14For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure , as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
14He ʻoku ʻikai te mau mafao atu ʻakimautolu, ʻo hangē naʻe ʻikai ke mau aʻu atu kiate kimoutolu: he kuo mau aʻu atu kiate kimoutolu foki ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻo Kalaisi:
15Not boasting of things without our measure, that is , of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
15ʻOku ʻikai te mau faʻa polepole ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻituʻa ʻi homau lakanga, ʻaia ko e ngaahi ngāue ʻae kau tangata kehe; ka ʻoku mau ʻamanaki lelei, ʻoka fakalahi hoʻomou tui, ke mau mafola atu ʻaupito ʻiate kimoutolu kae ʻi homau lakanga pe,
16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.
16Ke mau malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei ki he mamaʻo atu ʻiate kimoutolu, pea ʻikai ke polepole ʻi he lakanga ngāue ʻae tangata kehe kuo ʻosi teuteu.
17But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
17“Ka ko ia ʻoku polepole, ke polepole ia ʻi he ʻEiki.”
18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
18He ʻoku ʻikai ko ia ʻoku ne fakaongolelei ia ʻe fakamālō ki ai, ka ko ia ʻoku fakaongolelei ia ʻe he ʻEiki.
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