2:1 |
N'ihi na ha kwuru, na-atụgharị uche na onwe ha na-ezighị ezi: “Oge ndụ anyị dị mkpụmkpụ ma na-agwụ ike, ọ dighi kwa izu-udo di n'ókè nke madu, ọ dighi kwa onye ọ bula ekwetara na o siri na ndi nwuru anwu lata. |
2:12 |
Ya mere, ka ayi gbaa onye ezi omume buruburu, n’ihi na ọ baghị uru nye anyị, + Ọ na-emegidekwa ọrụ anyị, + Ọ na-ejikwa mmebi iwu anyị na-akọcha anyị, Ọ na-emekwa ka anyị mara mmehie nke ụzọ ndụ anyị. |
2:13 |
O kwere nkwa na ya nwere ihe ọmụma nke Chineke ma na-akpọ onwe ya Ọkpara Chineke. |
2:14 |
E mere ya n’etiti anyị ka o kpughee echiche anyị. |
2:15 |
Ọ na-ewute anyị ọbụna ịhụ, n’ihi na ndụ ya adịghị ka ndụ ụmụ nwoke ndị ọzọ, uzọ-Ya nile bu kwa ihe nādighi-agbanwe agbanwe. |
2:16 |
Ọ dị ka à ga-asị na o weere anyị dị ka ndị na-abaghị uru, and he abstains from our ways as from filth; he prefers the newly justified, and he glories that he has God for his father. |
2:17 |
Let us see, mgbe ahụ, if his words are true, and let us test what will happen to him, and then we will know what his end will be. |
2:18 |
For if he is the true son of God, he will receive him and deliver him from the hands of his adversaries. |
2:19 |
Let us examine him with insult and torture, that we may know his reverence and try his patience. |
2:20 |
Let us condemn him to a most shameful death, for, according to his own words, God will care for him.” |
2:21 |
These things they thought, and they were mistaken, for their own malice blinded them. |
2:22 |
And they were ignorant of the mysteries of God; they neither hoped for the reward of justice, nor judged the value of holy souls. |
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