2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, seeing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue receiued mercy, we faint not:
Kwa hiyo, kwa sababu tuna huduma hii, na kama ambavyo tumeipokea rehema, hatukati tamaa.
2 But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.
Badala yake, tumekataa njia zote za aibu na zilizofichika. Hatuishi kwa hila, na hatulitumii vibaya neno la Mungu. Kwa kuwasilisha iliyo kweli, tunajionyesha wenyewe kwa dhamiri ya kila mtu mbele ya Mungu.
3 If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost.
Lakini kama injili yetu imefichika, imefichika kwa wale tu wanaoangamia.
4 In whom the God of this world hath blinded the mindes, that is, of the infidels, that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ, which is the image of God, should not shine vnto them. (aiōn g165)
Katika uchaguzi wao, mungu wa ulimwengu huu amewapofusha fahamu zao zisizoamini. Matokeo yake, hawawezi kuona nuru ya injili ya utukufu wa Kristo, ambaye ni mfano wa Mungu. (aiōn g165)
5 For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.
Kwa kuwa hatujitangazi wenyewe, bali Kristo Yesu kama Bwana, na sisi wenyewe kama watumishi wenu kwa ajili ya Yesu.
6 For God that commanded the light to shine out of darknesse, is he which hath shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ.
Kwa kuwa Mungu ndiye ambaye aliyesema, “Mwanga utaangaza toka gizani.” Ameangaza katika mioyo yetu, kutoa mwanga wa maarifa ya utukufu wa Mungu katika uwepo wa Yesu Kristo.
7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.
Lakini tuna hazina hii katika vyombo vya udongo, ili kwamba ieleweke kuwa nguvu kuu sana ni ya Mungu na sio yetu.
8 Wee are afflicted on euery side, yet are we not in distresse: we are in doubt, but yet wee despaire not.
Tunataabika katika kila hali, lakini hatusongwi. Twaona shaka lakini hatujawi na kukata tamaa.
9 We are persecuted, but not forsaken: cast downe, but we perish not.
Tunateswa lakini hatujatelekezwa. Twatupwa chini lakini hatuangamizwi.
10 Euery where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus, that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies.
Siku zote tunabeba katika mwili wetu kifo cha Yesu, ili kwamba uzima wa Yesu uonekane pia katika miili yetu.
11 For we which liue, are alwaies deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the life also of Iesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Sisi tulio hai siku zote tumetolewa kufa kwa ajili ya Yesu, ili kwamba uhai wa Yesu uonekane katika miili yetu ya kibinadamu.
12 So then death worketh in vs, and life in you.
Kwa sababu hii, kifo kinafanya kazi ndani yetu, bali uzima unafanya kazi ndani yenu.
13 And because we haue the same spirite of faith, according as it is written, I beleeued, and therefore haue I spoken, we also beleeue, and therefore speake,
Lakini tuna roho ileile ya imani kulingana na kile kilicho andikwa: “Niliamini, na hivyo nilinena.” Sisi pia tunaamini, na hivyo pia tunanena.
14 Knowing that he which hath raised vp the Lord Iesus, shall raise vs vp also by Iesus, and shall set vs with you.
Tunajua kuwa yule aliye mfufua Bwana Yesu pia atatufufua sisi pamoja naye. Tunajua kuwa atatuleta sisi pamoja nanyi katika uwepo wake.
15 For all thinges are for your sakes, that that most plenteous grace by the thankesgiuing of many, may redound to the praise of God.
Kila kitu ni kwa ajili yenu ili kwamba, kwa kadri neema inavyo enea kwa watu wengi, shukurani zizidi kuongezeka kwa utukufu wa Mungu.
16 Therefore we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed daily.
Hivyo hatukati tamaa. Japokuwa kwa nje tunachakaa, kwa ndani tunafanywa upya siku hadi siku.
17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment, causeth vnto vs a farre most excellent and an eternall waight of glorie: (aiōnios g166)
Kwa kipindi hiki kifupi, mateso haya mepesi yanatuandaa sisi kwa ajili ya umilele mzito wa utukufu uzidio vipimo vyote. (aiōnios g166)
18 While we looke not on the thinges which are seene, but on the things which are not seene: for the things which are seene, are temporall: but the things which are not seene, are eternall. (aiōnios g166)
Kwa kuwa hatutazami kwa ajili ya vitu ambavyo vinaonekana, bali kwa ajili ya vitu visivyoonekana. Vitu tunavyoweza kuviona ni vya muda tu, bali vitu ambayo havionekani ni vya milele. (aiōnios g166)
