2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
Paulo, mtumwi wa Khristu Yesu mwachifuniro cha Mulungu, pamodzi ndi mʼbale wathu Timoteyo, Kulembera mpingo wa Mulungu mu Korinto, pamodzi ndi oyera mtima onse mu Akaya monse.
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Mukhale ndi chisomo ndi mtendere zochokera kwa Mulungu Atate athu ndi Ambuye Yesu Khristu.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
Alemekezeke Mulungu, Atate a Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu, Atate achifundo chonse, Mulungu wachitonthozo chonse.
4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
Iye amatitonthoza ife mʼmavuto athu onse, kuti ifenso tithe kutonthoza amene ali pavuto lililonse ndi chitonthozo chimene ife tilandira kwa Mulungu.
5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
Pakuti monga momwe tili mʼmasautso pamodzi ndi Khristu, momwemonso Khristu amatitonthoza kwambiri.
6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
Ngati ife tikusautsidwa, nʼchifukwa choti inu mutonthozedwe ndi kupulumutsidwa. Ngati ife tikutonthozedwa nʼchifukwa choti inu mutonthozedwe, ndi chitonthozo chimene chimabweretsa mwa inu kupirira kosawiringula pa zosautsa zomwe timasauka nazo ife.
7 And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
Ndipo chiyembekezo chathu pa inu nʼcholimba chifukwa tikudziwa kuti monga momwe mumamva zowawa pamodzi nafe, momwemonso mumatonthozedwa nafe pamodzi.
8 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
Abale, sitikufuna kuti mukhale osadziwa za masautso amene tinakumana nawo mʼchigawo cha Asiya. Tinapanikizidwa koopsa kuposa muyeso woti nʼkutha kupirira, mwakuti sitinkadziwa kuti nʼkukhalabe ndi moyo.
9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
Zoonadi, tinamva mʼmitima mwathu chilango cha imfa. Koma izi zimachitika kuti tisangodzidalira mwa ife tokha koma Mulungu yemwe amaukitsa akufa.
10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
Mulungu watilanditsa ku zoopsa zotere za imfa, ndipo adzatilanditsanso. Ife tayika chiyembekezo chathu pa Iyeyo kuti adzapitiriza kutilanditsabe.
11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.
Mutithandize potipempherera. Pamenepo ambiri adzathokoza mʼmalo mwathu, chifukwa cha chisomo chake poyankha mapemphero a anthu ambiri.
12 And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
Tsono chonyadira chathu nʼchakuti, chikumbumtima chathu chimatitsimikizira kuti timakhala bwino mʼdziko lapansi, makamaka pa ubale wathu ndi inu. Takhala moona mtima ndi oyera mtima. Sitinachite chomwechi mwa nzeru ya dziko lapansi koma monga mwa chisomo cha Mulungu.
13 For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,
Pakuti sitikukulemberani zoti simungawerenge kapena kumvetsetsa.
14 as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
Monga mwamva pangʼono chabe, ndikuyembekeza kuti mudzamvetsa kwenikweni, kuti mutha kutinyadira monga ife tidzakunyadirani, pa tsiku la Ambuye Yesu.
15 Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
Popeza ndinatsimikiza mtima za ichi, nʼchifukwa chake ndinafuna kuti poyamba, ndidzakuchezereni kuti mupindule pawiri.
16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
Ndinafuna kuti ndidzakuchezereni pa ulendo wanga wopita ku Makedoniya ndi kudzakuonaninso pochokera ku Makedoniyako kuti inu mudzandithandize pa ulendo wanga wopita ku Yudeya.
17 When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
Kodi pamene ndinkakonzekera zimenezi, mukuganiza kuti ndinkachita mwachibwana? Kapena kuti ndinkaganiza ngati mwa dziko lapansi; kuti ndikhoza kumanena kuti, “Inde, Inde,” nthawi yomweyo nʼkumatinso “Ayi, Ayi?”
18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
Koma zoona monga Mulungu ali wokhulupirika, uthenga wathu kwa inu siwakuti, “Inde” nʼkutinso “Ayi.”
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
Pakuti Yesu Khristu mwana wa Mulungu amene ine, Silivano ndi Timoteyo tinamulalikira pakati panu sali “Inde” yemweyonso “Ayi.” Koma nthawi zonse mwa Iye muli “Inde.”
20 For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
Pakuti ngakhale malonjezo a Mulungu atachuluka chotani, onsewo ndi “Inde” mwa Khristu. Kotero kuti mwa Iye, ife timati “Ameni” kuchitira Mulungu ulemu.
21 Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
Tsono ndi Mulungu amene anachititsa kuti inu ndi ife tiyime molimba mwa Khristu. Anatidzoza ife,
22 placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
nayikanso Mzimu wake mʼmitima mwathu kutitsimikizira za mʼtsogolo.
23 I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
Mulungu ndi mboni yanga kuti sindinabwererenso ku Korinto kuno kuti ndisakumvetseni chisoni.
24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
Sikuti ife tikufuna kukhala olamulira chikhulupiriro chanu, koma timagwira nanu ntchito pamodzi kuti mukhale achimwemwe, chifukwa ndinu okhazikika kwambiri mʼchikhulupiriro.
