2 Corinthians 11
1 I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
Ndikukhulupirira kuti mupirira nako pangʼono kupusa kwanga. Chonde tandipirirani!
2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Nsanje imene ndimakuchitirani ndi yofanana ndi ya Mulungu. Ndinakulonjezani mwamuna mmodzi yekha, mwamunayo ndiye Khristu, kuti ndidzakuperekeni inuyo kwa Iyeyo monga namwali wangwiro.
3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
Koma ndikuopa kuti monga Hava ananyengedwa ndi kuchenjera kwa njoka, mitima yanunso ingasocheretsedwe kuleka nʼkudzipereka moona mtima ndi modzipereka kwenikweni kwa Khristu.
4 For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
Pakuti ngati wina abwera kwa inu nalalikira Yesu wina wosiyana ndi Yesu amene tinamulalikira, kapena ngati mulandira mzimu wina wosiyana ndi Mzimu amene munalandira, kapena uthenga wabwino wina wosiyana ndi umene munawuvomereza, inuyo mumangolandira mosavuta.
5 I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
Komatu sindikuganiza kuti ndine wotsika kwambiri kwa “atumwi apamwamba.”
6 Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
Mwina ndikhoza kukhala wosaphunzitsidwa kayankhulidwe, koma ndili ndi chidziwitso. Izi tinakufotokozerani momveka bwinobwino.
7 Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
Kodi linali tchimo kwa ine kudzichepetsa nʼcholinga chakuti ndikukwezeni pamene ndinkalalikira Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu kwa inu mwaulere?
8 I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.
Ndinkalanda mipingo ina pomalandira thandizo kwa iwo kuti ndikutumikireni.
9 And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
Ndipo pamene ndinali pakati panu, nditasowa kanthu, sindinalemetse munthu aliyense, pakuti abale ena amene anachokera ku Makedoniya anandipatsa zonse zimene ndinkazisowa. Ndayesetsa kuti ndisakhale cholemetsa kwa inu mʼnjira ina iliyonse, ndipo ndidzapitiriza kutero.
10 As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
Kunena moona mtima molingana ndi chilungamo cha Khristu chimene chili mwa ine, palibe amene angandiletse kudzitamandira mʼzigawo za ku Akaya.
11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
Nʼchifukwa chiyani ndikutero? Kodi nʼchifukwa choti sindikukondani? Mulungu akudziwa kuti ndimakukondani!
12 But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
Ndipo ndipitiriza kuchita zomwe ndikuchitazi nʼcholinga chakuti ndisapereke mpata kwa amene akufuna kupezera mwayi woti afanane nafe pa zinthu zimene iwowo amadzitamandira.
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
Pakuti anthu oterewa ndi atumwi onama, antchito achinyengo, odzizimbayitsa ngati atumwi a Khristu.
14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
Sizododometsa zimenezi, pakuti Satana mwini amadzizimbayitsa kuoneka ngati mngelo wowunikira anthu.
15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
Nʼzosadabwitsa tsono ngati atumiki ake akudzizimbayitsa ngati otumikira chilungamo. Matsiriziro awo adzalandira zoyenerana ndi ntchito zawo.
16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
Ndibwereze kunena kuti, wina aliyense asandiyese chitsiru. Koma ngati mutero, mundilandire monga mmene mukhoza kulandirira chitsiru, kuti ndinyadirepo pangʼono.
17 In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
Kudzinyadira kwangaku, sindikuyankhula monga mmene Ambuye akufunira koma ngati chitsiru.
18 Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
Popeza ambiri akudzitama monga dziko lapansi limachitira, inenso ndidzitamanso.
19 For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
Inu mumalolera kukhala ndi zitsiru mokondwera chifukwa mumati ndinu anzeru!
20 In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
Kunena zoona mumangololera aliyense; amene amakusandutsani akapolo, kapena amene amakudyerani masuku pamutu, kapena amene amakupezererani, kapena amene amadzitukumula, kapena amene amakumenyani khofi.
21 To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
Ndikuvomera mwamanyazi kuti ife sitinali olimba mtima kuti nʼkuchita zinthu zimenezi. Ndikuyankhula ngati chitsiru kuti chimene wina aliyense akhoza kudzitama nacho, Inenso ndikhoza kudzitama nachonso.
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Kodi iwo ndi Ahebri? Inenso ndine Mhebri. Kodi iwo ndi Aisraeli? Inenso ndine Mwisraeli. Kodi iwo ndi zidzukulu za Abrahamu? Inenso ndine mdzukulu wa Abrahamu.
23 Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
Kodi iwo ndi atumiki a Khristu? Ndikuyankhula ngati wamisala. Ine ndine woposa iwowo. Ndagwira ntchito kwambiri kupambana iwo, ndakhala ndikuyikidwa mʼndende kawirikawiri, ndakwapulidwapo kwambiri, kawirikawiri ndinali pafupi kufa.
24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
Andikwapulapo kasanu zikoti zija za Ayuda, makumi anayi kuchotsapo chimodzi.
25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
Katatu anandimenya ndi ndodo. Kamodzi anandigendapo miyala. Katatu sitima yathu ya panyanja inasweka, ndipo ndinakhala usiku ndi usana ndi kuyandama pa nyanja.
26 In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
Ndakhala ndikuyenda maulendo ataliatali. Moyo wanga wakhala ukukumana ndi zoopsa pa mitsinje, zoopsa za achifwamba, zoopsa zochokera kwa abale anga Ayuda, zoopsa zochokera kwa anthu akunja. Ndinakumana ndi zoopsa mʼmizinda, mʼmidzi, pa nyanja, ndi pakati pa abale onyenga.
27 in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
Ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito molimbika ndipo kawirikawiri ndakhala ndikuchezera usiku wonse osagona. Ndakhala ndikumva njala ndi ludzu ndipo kawirikawiri ndakhala wopanda chakudya. Ndakhala ndi kuzizidwa ndi wosowa zovala.
28 Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
Kuwonjezera pa zonsezi, tsiku ndi tsiku ndimakhala pa chipsinjo cha nkhawa ya mipingo yonse.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
Ndani ali wofowoka, ine wosakhala naye mʼkufowoka kwakeko? Ndani amene mnzake amuchimwitsa, ine wosavutika mu mtima?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
Ngati nʼkoyenera kudzitamandira, ndidzadzitamandira pa zinthu zimene zimaonetsa kufowoka kwanga.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying. (aiōn g165)
Mulungu, Atate a Ambuye Yesu, amene tiyenera kumutamanda nthawi zonse, akudziwa kuti sindikunama. (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
Ku Damasiko, bwanamkubwa woyimira Mfumu Areta, anayika alonda kuzungulira mzinda wonse kuti andigwire.
33 But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
Koma abale anandiyika mʼdengu nanditsitsira pa chipupa kudzera pa zenera la mpandawo, motero ndinapulumuka mʼmanja mwake.
