1 For we know that when this tent we live in—our body here on earth—is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself has made, which will last forever. 2 And now we sigh, so great is our desire that our home which comes from heaven should be put on over us; 3 by being clothed with it we shall not be without a body. 4 While we live in this earthly tent, we groan with a feeling of oppression; it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that we want to have the heavenly one put on over us, so that what is mortal will be transformed by life. 5 God is the one who has prepared us for this change, and he gave us his Spirit as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us.
6 So we are always full of courage. We know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord's home. 7 For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight. 8 We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and be at home with the Lord. 9 More than anything else, however, we want to please him, whether in our home here or there. 10 For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.
Friendship with God through Christ
11 We know what it means to fear the Lord, and so we try to persuade others. God knows us completely, and I hope that in your hearts you know me as well. 12 We are not trying again to recommend ourselves to you; rather, we are trying to give you a good reason to be proud of us, so that you will be able to answer those who boast about people's appearance and not about their character. 13 Are we really insane? It is for God's sake. Or are we sane? Then it is for your sake. 14 We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognize that one man died for everyone, which means that they all share in his death. 15 He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their sake.
16 No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so. 17 Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come. 18 All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also. 19 Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.
20 Here we are, then, speaking for Christ, as though God himself were making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: let God change you from enemies into his friends! 21 Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.
1 Oshoka otu shi shi kutya uuna etsali ndika, moka tu li ngashingeyi, tali kumunwa po, nokutya omalutu ngaka getu gokevi, nena otu na onganda puKalunga megulu, moka tatu ka kala. Egumbo ndyoka olya tungwa kuKalunga mwene notali kala aluhe. 2 Onkee ano ngashingeyi otatu fudhagana notwa yuulukwa noonkondo, tu kale megumbo ndyoka lyomegulu, nokutya tu na omalutu omape. 3 Oshoka ngele twe ga zalekwa, itatu ka adhika we tu li owala twaa naa omalutu. 4 Manga tu li metsali ndhika lyokevi, otatu fudhagana, tu uvite twa thiminikwa. Itashi ti ando, otwa hala okuhulwa olutu lwetu, ihe, otwa hala owala okuzalekwa ndoka lwomegulu, opo shoka tashi si, shi hemukile mumwe naashoka shi na omwenyo. 5 Kalunga mwene okwe tu longekidhile eshituluko ndika nokwe tu pe Ombepo ye, a kale okapilo kaashihe shoka te ke tu pa.
6 Onkee ano otu na aluhe omukumo. Tse otu shi shi kutya manga tu li molutu nduka, katu li pOmuwa. 7 Oshoka kombanda yevi ohatu ende olweendo lweitaalo, haandoka lwokumona. 8 Ihe otu na omukumo notwa yuulukwa okutembuka mo megumbo lyetu, molutu nduka, tu ye, tu ka kale maandjetu pOmuwa. 9 Ihe komeho giinima ayihe otwa hala okwoopalela Omuwa, ongele tu li maandjetu mpaka nenge hwiyaka. 10 Oshoka atuheni otatu ka holoka koshipala shaKristus, tu pangulwe kuye. Kehe gumwe ota ka pewa shoka i ilongela pailonga mbyoka a longa manga a li kombanda yevi, ongele uuwanawa nenge uuwinayi.
Otwa hanganithwa naKalunga molwaKristus
11 Tse otwa tseya okutila Omuwa shoka taku ti, onkee otatu kambadhala okweeta aantu puKalunga. Kalunga oku tu shi nawa, nondi inekela wo kutya nane wo omu shi ndje. 12 Tse itatu itumbaleke pune ishewe, aawe, ihe otwa hala oku mu pa etompelo ewanawa, mu kale mu uvite uuntsa molwetu, opo mu vule okuyamukula aantu mboka haa itangele eholoko lyomuntu, hamolwomikalo dhe. 13 Oshoka ngele otwa yaluluka, otwe shi ningi molwaKalunga, ihe ngele otwa longo noondunge, nena otwe shi ningi molweni. 14 Oshoka ohole yaKristus otayi tu pangele, sho twa dhimbulula kutya omuntu gumwe okwa sile aantu ayehe. Shika otashi ti, aantu ayehe oya sa. 15 Kristus okwa sile aantu ayehe, opo mboka ye na omwenyo yaa ikalele we yo yene, ihe ya kalele nguka a si molwawo nokwa yumudhwa molwawo.
16 Ano ngashingeyi katu na we ngoka tu mu shi pakukala kwomuntu; nonando twa li twa tseya Kristus pakukala kwomuntu, ngashingeyi katu mu shi we ngaaka. 17 Ngele ope na ngoka e li muukumwe naKristus, oye omushitwa omupe; iikulu ya hulu po, iipe ya holoka. 18 Ayihe mbika oya ningwa kuKalunga, ngoka e tu hanganitha naye mwene molwaKristus nokwe tu pe oshilonga shokuhanganitha aantu yalwe naye. 19 Tse otatu uvitha kutya Kalunga okwa li muKristus nokwa hanganitha aantu ayehe naye, ye ina yalulila aantu oondjo dhawo. Kalunga okwe tu pe elaka tali popi, nkene ta hanganitha aantu naye mwene.
20 Ano tse aatumwa yaKristus. Kalunga oye mwene te tu longitha oku mu kumagidha, onkee peha lyaKristus otatu mu indile, mu hanganithwe naKalunga. 21 Kristus okwa li kee na oondjo, ihe Kalunga okwe mu humbateke oondjo dhetu, opo muukumwe naye tu pewe uuyuuki waKalunga.
