2 Corinthians 9
1 Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
Nʼkosafunika kuti ndikulembereni za utumiki othandiza anthu a Mulungu.
2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.
Popeza ndikudziwa mtima wanu wofuna kuthandiza, ndipo ndakhala ndikuwawuza monyadira a ku Makedoniya za chimenechi. Ndimawawuza kuti inu a ku Akaya munakonzeka kale chaka chatha kuti mupereke. Ndipo changu chanu chapatsa chidwi ambiri mwa iwo kuti nawonso achitepo kanthu.
3 But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
Koma ndikutumiza abalewo kuti kukunyadirani kwathu pa zimenezi kutsimikizike kuti si kwachabe ndi kuti mukhale okonzeka monga ndinanenera.
4 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
Pakuti nditabwera kumeneko ndi abale ena a ku Makedoniya, ndikukupezani kuti simunakonzeke, tingadzachite manyazi chifukwa chokudalirani. Koma amene angadzachite manyazi kwambiri ndi inuyo.
5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
Choncho ndinaganiza kuti nʼkofunika kupempha abale kuti adzakuchezereni ineyo ndisanafike, ndikuti adzatsirize kukonzekera mphatso zomwe munalonjeza kupereka mowolowamanja. Motero mphatsoyo idzakhala yokonzeratu, ndipo idzakhala mphatso yoperekedwa mowolowamanja, osati mokakamizidwa.
6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Takumbukirani mawu awa: Amene adzala pangʼono, adzakololanso pangʼono, ndipo amene adzala zochuluka, adzakololanso zochuluka.
7 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
Munthu aliyense apereke chimene watsimikiza mu mtima mwake kuti apereka, osati monyinyirika kapena mokakamizidwa, pakuti Mulungu amakonda wopereka mokondwera.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Ndipo Mulungu akhoza kukudalitsani kwambiri, kuti inuyo nthawi zonse mukhale ndi zinthu zokukwanirani, ndiponso ndi zina zochuluka kuti muthandize pa ntchito zonse zabwino.
9 As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” (aiōn g165)
Paja analemba kuti, “Wopereka mphatso zake mowolowamanja kwa osauka, chilungamo chake chimanka mpaka muyaya.” (aiōn g165)
10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Tsono Mulungu amene amapereka mbewu kwa wofesa, ndiponso chakudya kuti adye, adzaperekanso mbewu mʼnkhokwe zanu ndi kuzichulukitsa. Iye adzachulukitsanso zipatso za chilungamo chanu.
11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
Adzakulemeretsani pa zonse kuti mukhale owolowamanja pa nthawi zonse. Ndipo kuwolowamanja kwanu kudzera mwa ife, kudzakhala kuthokoza kwa Mulungu.
12 For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
Ntchito imene mukugwirayi siyongothandiza kokha anthu a Mulungu kupeza zosowa, komanso ikuthandiza kuti anthu ambiri ayamike Mulungu.
13 Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
Chifukwa cha ntchito imene mwawatsimikizira nokha, anthu ena onse adzayamika Mulungu chifukwa cha kumvera kwanu kumene kumaonekera pamene mukuvomereza Uthenga Wabwino wa Khristu, ndiponso chifukwa chowagawira mowolowamanja iwowo pamodzi ndi wina aliyense.
14 And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
Ndipo iwowo adzakupemphererani mwachikondi chifukwa cha chisomo choposa chimene Ambuye wakupatsani.
15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
Tiyamike Mulungu chifukwa cha mphatso zake zosaneneka!
