¹Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

¹Aga neo' ni'uli' wae, mpope'une' wo'o-makai toi-e! Uma-kai hewa guru agama to hantongo' tetura lou. Karata-ra hi ngata-ni, mpopehuwu-ra sura pe'une' ngkai doo bona nitarima-ra. Pai' ane me'ongko' -rapa ngkai ngata-ni, merapi' wo'o-ramo sura pe'une' ngkai koi'. Kai' uma mingki' mporata sura to hewa tetu.

²Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

²Koi' moto-mile sura pe'une' kakamua-kaie. Koi' hewa sura to te'uki' rala nono-kai, apa' kipoka'ahi' -koi. Hiapa pomakoa' -kai, kitutura hi hawe'ea tauna kanitarima-na Kareba Lompe' to kikeni.

³Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

³Pai' meliu ngkai toe, ngkai po'ingku-ni ompi', monoto-mi hi hawe'ea tauna wua' pobago-kai mpokeni lolita Kristus hi koi'. Ma'ala-mi ta'uli', koi' hewa sura to na'uki' Kristus. Napa to na'uki' hi rala nono-ni toe meliu kalompe' -na ngkai sura to te'uki' hante tinta ba to te'uki' hi watu po'ukia', hewa Atura Musa to te'uki' owi hi watu po'ukia'. Apa' Kristus mpo'uki' lolita-na hi rala nono-ni hante baraka' Inoha' Alata'ala to Tuwu'.

⁴And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

⁴Pai' daho' -kai mpotompo'wiwi woto-kai moto hewa toe-e, apa' mposarumaka Alata'ala-kai, pai' Kristus to mpopelihi-kai jadi' topobago-na.

⁵Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

⁵Uma ki'uli' wae, kipakule' moto ngkamu bago toi. Uma ngkai pakulea' -kai moto, Alata'ala-hana to mpowai' -kai pakulea'.

⁶Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

⁶Nawai' -kai pakulea' jadi' topobago-na to mpokeni Pojanci-na to bo'u hi manusia'. Pojanci-na to bo'u toe, bela atura-atura to te'uki' -wadi. Pojanci-na to bo'u toe, kanawai' -ta katuwua' to bo'u ngkai Inoha' Tomoroli'. Apa' ane doko' jadi' monoa' -ta hi poncilo Alata'ala hi kampotuku' -ta atura to te'uki' -wadi, bate mporata-ta kamatea. Tapi' ane mpotuku' -ta Alata'ala ngkai baraka' Inoha' Tomoroli', mporata-ta katuwua' to lompe' duu' kahae-hae-na.

⁷But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

⁷Owi Pue' Ala mpo'uki' Atura-na hi watu po'ukia', pai' nawai' -ki nabi Musa. Nto'u toe, to Yahudi uma radadahi mponaa lio-na Musa, apa' lio-na mehini hante kabaraka' -na Alata'ala. Tapi' pehini to hi lio-na Musa toe hampai' -wadi, pai' mo'uncu moto duu' -na ora. Atura Pue' to te'uki' hi watu toe mpokeni kamatea hi manusia', apa' uma takulei' mpotuku'. Aga nau' wae, bohe moto wo'o kabaraka' -na Alata'ala to rahilo to Yahudi hi lio-na Musa nto'u toe. Jadi', ane hewa toe kabaraka' -na atura to mpokeni kamatea,

⁸How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

⁸peliu-liu-nami kabaraka' -na Pojanci Alata'ala to bo'u, to mpowai' -ta Inoha' Tomoroli' hi rala nono-ta.

⁹For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

⁹To Yahudi owi jadi' masala' hi poncilo Alata'ala apa' ratiboki Atura-na. Aga nau' wae, uma mowo kabaraka' -na Alata'ala to rahilo to Yahudi nto'u toe. Jadi', hangkedi' kabaraka' -na Pojanci Alata'ala to bo'u, apa' Pojanci-na toe mpomonoa' -ta hi poncilo-na.

¹⁰For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

¹⁰Bohe moto kabaraka' -na Pojanci to ri'ulu. Tapi' ane tapopohibalia baraka' toe hante baraka' Pojanci to bo'u, ma'ala ta'uli': to ri'ulu uma-pi ria kabaraka' -na.

¹¹For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

¹¹Apa' ane mobaraka' Pojanci to ri'ulu to hampai' -wadi, meliu-liu kabaraka' -na Pojanci to bo'u to tida duu' kahae-hae-na.

¹²Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

¹²Jadi', apa' bohe poncarumakaa-kai hi Pojanci Alata'ala to bo'u-e, daho' -kai mpopalele Kareba Lompe' hante kanoto-noto-na.

¹³And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

¹³Uma ria to kiwunii'. Uma-kai hewa nabi Musa owi, to mpowuni lio-na hante karamua-na. Nakaramuai lio-na bona to Yahudi uma mpohiloi pehini-na to mo'uncu moto duu' -na ora.

¹⁴But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

¹⁴Pai' to Yahudi toera-rawo, tebohotii wo'o-rawo pekiri-ra, uma rapaha patuju-na Atura Pue'. Duu' rata tempo toi, ane mpobasa-ra sura Pojanci to mahae, ma'ala ta'uli': ria oa' -pidi karamua to mpoputu' pekiri-ra. Sampale ane mepangala' -ra hi Kristus, pai' monoto-di nono-ra.

¹⁵But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

¹⁵Duu' rata tempo toi, ane mpobasa-ra sura to na'uki' nabi Musa, ma'ala ta'uli' teputu' oa' -pidi nono-ra hante karamua.

¹⁶Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

¹⁶Aga ane mobali' -mi nono-ra pai' -ra mepangala' -mi hi Pue', karamua toe telali moto-mi ngkai nono-ra.

¹⁷Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

¹⁷Apa' Pue', Hi'a-mi Inoha' Tomoroli'. Pai' ane Inoha' Pue' mo'oha' hi rala nono-ta, tebahaka-tamo ngkai hawe'ea to mpogaa' -ta ngkai Pue'.

¹⁸But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

¹⁸Jadi', hawe'ea-ta to mepangala' hi Pue', uma-pi ria karamua to mpoputu' nono-ta. Ta'inca kabaraka' -na Pue', pai' baraka' -na toe mpobalii' ncuu-mi nono-ta. Kahaa-haea, katedoo-donihia baraka' Pue' hi rala tuwu' -ta duu' -na hibalia hante Hi'a-tamo. Inoha' Pue' moto-mi to mpobago bago toe hi rala nono-ta.