2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:
Mimi Paulo, mtume wa Kristo Yesu kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, na ndugu Timotheo, tunawaandikia ninyi mlio kanisa la Mungu huko Korintho, na watu wote wa Mungu kila mahali katika Akaya.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tunawatakieni neema na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na Bwana Yesu Kristo.
3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
Atukuzwe Mungu na Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, Baba mwenye huruma na Mungu mwenye kuleta faraja yote.
4 who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Yeye hutufariji sisi katika taabu zetu zote, ili nasi tupate kuwafariji wengine katika kila taabu kwa faraja hiyohiyo tunayopokea kutoka kwa Mungu.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
Naam, kadiri mateso ya Kristo yanavyozidi ndani yetu, ni kadiri hiyohiyo tunazidi kufarijiwa naye.
6 But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:
Ikiwa tunapata taabu, basi ni kwa ajili ya faraja na wokovu wenu. Tukifarijika, ni kwa ajili ya kuwafariji ninyi na kuwaunga mkono mpate nguvu ya kustahimili mateso yaleyale tunayoteseka sisi.
7 and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.
Tena, matumaini tuliyo nayo kwa ajili yenu ni imara; tunajua kwamba mkishiriki mateso yetu, mtashiriki pia faraja yetu.
8 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
Ndugu, tunataka kuwajulisheni taabu zilizotupata kule Asia; taabu hizo zilitulemea kupita kiasi, hata tukakata matumaini yote ya kuendelea kuishi.
9 yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:
Naam, tulikuwa kama watu waliohukumiwa kuuawa, ili tufundishwe kumtegemea Mungu mwenye kuwafufua wafu, badala ya kutegemea nguvu zetu sisi wenyewe.
10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
Yeye alituokoa katika hatari kubwa ya kifo, na anaendelea kutuokoa; sisi tumemwekea tumaini letu kwamba atatuokoa tena,
11 ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.
ninyi mkiwa mnatuunga mkono kwa kutuombea. Hivyo neema tutakazokuwa tumepata kutokana na maombi ya watu wengi hivyo, ziwe sababu ya watu wengi zaidi kumshukuru Mungu kwa ajili yetu.
12 For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Sisi tunajivunia kitu kimoja: dhamiri yetu inatuhakikishia kwamba tumeishi ulimwenguni hapa, na hasa kati yenu, kwa unyenyekevu na unyofu tuliojaliwa na Mungu; hatukuongozwa na hekima ya kibinadamu bali neema ya Mungu.
13 For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:
Tunawaandikia ninyi mambo mnayoweza kuyasoma na kuyaelewa. Ninatumaini kwamba mtaelewa vizuri kabisa,
14 as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
maana mpaka sasa mmenielewa kiasi fulani tu. Tunajua kwamba katika ile Siku ya Bwana Yesu mtaweza kutuonea sisi fahari kama nasi tunavyowaonea ninyi fahari.
15 And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;
Nikiwa na matumaini hayo, nilikusudia kuja kwenu hapo awali ili mpate baraka maradufu.
16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judæa.
Nilikusudia kupita kwenu nikiwa safarini kwenda Makedonia, na wakati wa kurudi pia, ili nipate msaada wenu kwa safari yangu kwenda Yudea.
17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?
Je, mnadhani nilipopanga hivyo nimekuwa kama mtu asiye na msimamo? Je, mnadhani kwamba ninafanya uamuzi wangu kwa fikira za kibinadamu na kwamba nasema “Ndiyo” na “Siyo” papo hapo?
18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.
Mungu ni ukweli mtupu; basi, kile tulichowaambia ninyi si jambo la “Ndiyo” na “Siyo”.
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.
Maana Kristo Yesu, Mwana wa Mungu, ambaye mimi, Silwano na Timotheo, tulimhubiri kwenu, hakuwa mtu wa “Ndiyo” na “Siyo”; bali yeye daima ni “Ndiyo” ya Mungu.
20 For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
Maana ndani yake ahadi zote za Mungu zimekuwa “Ndiyo”. Kwa sababu hiyo, “Amina” yetu husemwa kwa njia ya Kristo kwa ajili ya kumtukuza Mungu.
21 Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
Mungu mwenyewe ndiye mwenye kutuimarisha sisi na ninyi pia katika Kristo, na ndiye anayetuweka wakfu;
22 who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
ndiye aliyetutia mhuri wa kuwa mali yake yeye na kutujalia Roho mioyoni mwetu kama dhamana ya mambo yote ambayo ametuwekea.
23 But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
Mungu ndiye shahidi wangu—yeye anajua moyo wangu! Mimi sikuja tena Korintho, kwa sababu tu ya kuwahurumieni.
24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
Hatutaki kutumia mabavu juu ya imani yenu; ninyi mko imara katika imani yenu. Wajibu wetu ni kufanya kazi pamoja kwa ajili ya furaha yenu.
