2 Corinthians 2
1 For I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
Kwa hiyo niliamua kwa sehemu yangu mwenyewe kwamba nisingekuja tena kwenu katika hali ya uchungu.
2 For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
Kama niliwasababishia ninyi maumivu, ni nani angenifurahisha mimi, lakini ni yule ambaye aliumizwa na mimi?
3 And I wrote this very thing, so that, when I came, I would not have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
Niliandika kama nilivyofanya ili kwamba wakati nikija kwenu nisiweze kuumizwa na wale ambao wangekuwa wamenifanya nifurahi. Ninao ujasiri kuhusu ninyi nyote kwamba furaha yangu ni furaha ile ile mliyonayo ninyi nyote.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
Kwa kuwa niliwaandikia ninyi kutokana na mateso makubwa, na dhiki ya moyo, na kwa machozi mengi. Sikutaka kuwasababishia ninyi maumivu. Badala yake, nilitaka mjue upendo wa kina nilionao kwa ajili yenu.
5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
Kama kuna yeyote amesababisha maumivu, hajasababisha tu kwangu, lakini kwa kiwango fulani - bila kuweka ukali zaidi - kwenu ninyi nyote.
6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
Hii adhabu ya mtu huyo kwa wengi inatosha.
7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
Kwa hiyo sasa badala ya adhabu, mnapaswa kumsamehe na kumfariji. Fanyeni hivi ili kwamba asiweze kushindwa na huzuni iliyozidi.
8 Therefore I urge you to confirm your love toward him.
Kwa hiyo ninawatia moyo kuthibitisha upendo wenu hadharani kwa ajili yake.
9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
Hii ndiyo sababu niliandika, ili kwamba niweze kuwajaribu na kujua kuwa kama ni watii katika kila kitu.
10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
Kama mkimsamehe yeyote, na mimi pia namsamehe mtu huyo. Kile nilicho kisamehe - kama nimesamehe chochote-kimesamehewa kwa faida yenu katika uwepo wa Kristo.
11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
Hii ni kwamba Shetani asije akatufanyia madanganyo. Kwa kuwa sisi sio wajinga kwa mipango yake.
12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
Mlango ulifunguliwa kwangu na Bwana nilipokuja kwenye mji wa Troa kuhubiri injili ya Kristo pale.
13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
Hata hivyo, sikuwa na amani ya moyo, kwa sababu sikumkuta ndugu yangu Tito pale. Hivyo niliwaacha na nikarudi Makedonia.
14 Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
Lakini ashukuriwe Mungu, ambaye katika Kristo mara zote hutuongoza sisi katika ushindi. Kupitia sisi husambaza harufu nzuri ya maarifa yake mahala pote.
15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
Kwa kuwa sisi kwa Mungu, ni harufu nzuri ya Kristo, wote kati ya wale waliookolewa na kati ya wale wanaoangamia.
16 to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
Kwa watu ambao wanaangamia, ni harufu kutoka kifo hadi kifo. Kwa wale wanaookolewa, ni harufu nzuri kutoka uzima hadi uzima. Ni nani anayestahili vitu hivi?
17 For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
Kwa kuwa sisi sio kama watu wengi wanaouza neno la Mungu kwa faida. Badala yake, kwa usafi wa nia, tunanena katika Kristo, kama vile tunavyotumwa kutoka kwa Mungu, mbele ya Mungu.
