2 Corinthians 12
1 [It seems that] I must go on boasting [about myself]. Although [I do] not [think that my telling you about] this will help [you to accept me as Christ’s representative to you], I [will say this anyway]. I will tell you about visions that the Lord [gave a certain man] and about things that he [supernaturally] revealed [to that man. I will tell you this because some of the people among you boast that it was in visions that they received the things that they teach].
Lazima nijivunai, ila kiyelepi kakiyongisibhwa ni ehu. Bali nila yendelela ki maono ni mafunuo kuhomela kwa Bwana.
2 The man that I will tell you about is one [who believes] in Christ. Fourteen years ago he was taken {[Christ] took him} up into the third heaven, [the highest heaven, the place where God is]. I do not know whether he went there [in his physical body] or whether he was outside of his body [at that time and only his spirit went]. Only God really knows.
Mmanyili munu mmonga kup'hetela kristu ambaye mlaka kumi na minne yailotili yayayele— kup'hetela mbhele, au kwibhala ni mbhele, nene ni manyili hee, k'yara ndo yaamanyili— anyakulibha kunani ku mbingu ya tete.
3 But he was [suddenly] taken {[Christ suddenly] took him} up to [a place called] Paradise, [that wonderful place where God lives. I repeat that] I do not know whether his body [went there] or only his spirit. Only God knows [that. While he was there, God] told him some things that he does not allow [human beings] to tell [others about].
Na nimanyili ya kuwa munu oyho—ikayela kup'hetela mbhele, au kwibhala ni mbhele, nene ni manyili hee, k'yara amanyili.
atolibhu hadi kupaladiso ni kup'hetela mambo matakatifu sana kwa munu yuoayola kughajobha.
5 I will proudly talk about that man. However, I will not be boasting [as] I say that I [am the one who saw and heard those wonderful things]. I will talk only about the things that [cause others to think of] me as a weak [human being like everyone else].
Kwaniaba ya munu kutya ogho nikajifuna. Ila kwajia ya yhoni nikajifuna hee yaibelili kuya labuda uzaifu bhuangu.
6 But even if I should choose to boast [to you about such wonderful things that happened to me], I would not be [speaking like] a fool, because I would be telling you the truth. But I will not [talk proudly about such things], because I do not want any of you to think highly of me [because of the things that have happened to me]. Instead, [I want you to decide what kind of person I am by the way you see] me [acting] and by what you hear me teach.
Kutya nilonda kujifuna, nganiyele lepi na mpumbafu, kwa ndabha nganiyele nilongele ukueli. Ila nileka kujifuna, yakuwa asiye yuoayola wakufikilila zaidi ya agha kuleka kya kibhonekana mugati mwa nene au kup'eleka kuhomela kwa nene.
7 In order that I might not become proud because of those many wonderful things [that Christ] revealed to me, [God permitted] Satan to send a messenger [to humble me] (OR, to [make me sick]). [What that messenger did to me was painful, like] [MET] a thorn pricking my body.
Nikajifuna lepi ndabha agha mafunuo gha aina ya maajabu. Kwa ele, Nilaya lepi ni kiburi, mwifwa wa bhekibhu mgati kwa nene, mjumbe wa lisyetani kunishambulila nene, ili nisigeuki kuya kujo ya niyele ni majifuno.
8 Three times I prayed to the Lord about it, begging him to take this away from me.
Mala sidatu nan'sihili Bwana kuhusu ele, ili muene abhosyai kuhomela kwa nene.
9 But he said to me, “[No, I will not take this away from you. Instead], I will kindly help you, and that will be all that you need, because it is [when you are] weak that I [can] best [work] powerfully [to help you].” So, because of [what the Lord said to me], I will very gladly boast about [the things that make] me [seem] weak, so that [people may realize] that it is Christ who gives me power [to serve him].
Nimuene ajobhili, Neema ya nene yitosya kwa jia ya yhobhi, kwa ndabha nghofo yiketa kamili mu uzaifu. Efu, nakatamene kujifuna zaidi kuhusu uzaifu bhuangu, yakuwa ubhueso wa kristu ubhwesyai kutama panani pa nene.
10 For that reason, [whenever I am] weak, or [when people] insult me, [or when I have to endure] hardships, or [when I am persecuted] {[people] cause me to suffer}, or [when I am in situations that] distress me, I am content because [I am serving] Christ. [I can say that] because at any time when I myself am weak, that is the [very] time when [Christ] powerfully [helps me].
Kwa elu nitoshiki kwajia ya kristu, kup'hetela uzaifu, kup'hetela malighu, kup'hetela shida, kup'hetela mateso, ni hali ya kusikitika. kwandabha magono gha mayele zaifu, kabhele nayele ni nghofo.
11 It has been foolish for me [to talk about myself like this], but it is you who forced me to do it. Truly [if the Lord would not help me], I would be worthless, [as my opponents say that I am]. But none of the men whom you [wrongfully think] [IRO] are great apostles are greater in any way than I am. So it would have been right/proper for you to say good things about me.
Nene niyele na mpumbafu! muenga mwanilasimisi kwa ele, yakuwa kganiyele nisifibhu ni muenga, kwandabha nayele lepi duni kwa abhu yabhikutibhwa mitume- bora, hata kujobha nene khenu lepi.
12 [You should have done that, because] when I was with you [I] repeatedly did the things that showed you that [I am truly] an apostle, such as performing many [DOU] miracles.
Ishala sa ukueli sa n'tume saketiki pagati payhomo kwa uvumilifu, ishala ni maajabu na matendo mabhaa.
13 And I have [certainly treated] you as well as [I treated] the other congregations [that I helped to start. Or do you think that] by not asking you [to pay me for my work], I was not treating you as well as I treated the other congregations? (It is foolish for you to [think that] [IRO] [it] was wrong for me not [to ask for pay from you for my work, and therefore I should ask] you to forgive me for that!/Do you [think that it] was wrong for me not [to ask for pay from you for my work, and therefore I should ask] you to forgive me for that?) [RHQ]
Kwa namna yeleku mwayele bha muhimu kwa pasi kuliko makanisa ghaghabakili, yaibelili kuya ndabha nayehee msighu kwa yhomo? mnisameheayi kwa likosa ele!
14 Now listen to me! It is time for me to come to you for a third [visit. When I come], I [still] will not insist that you [pay me for my work], because I do not want [any of] your [money] [EUP]! What I want is for you [MTY] [to love and appreciate me]. It is not [normally the duty of] children to save [money to provide for the needs of] their parents. Instead, it [is the duty of] parents to [provide] for their children [MET]. In the same way, [it is not your duty to provide for me. Instead, it is my duty to provide spiritual help for you because you are my spiritual children].
Langai! nene niyele kuhida kwa yhomo kwa mala ya tatu. Nilaya hee msighu kwa yhomo, kwa ndabha nilonda hee khenu kakiyele kya yhomo. Nikabhalonda muenga. kwandabha bhana bhipasibhwa lepi kubheka akibha ya bhazazi. Badala yaki, bhazazi bhipasibhwa kubheka akiba kwajia ya bhana.
15 So, for my part, [as a good parent would do], I will be very happy to use everything that I have, and do everything that I possibly can, [in order to help you]. And because I love you very much, (I will be very disappointed if [you] do not love me a little bit, too./will [you] not love me a little bit, too?) [RHQ]
Nilahobholela zaidi kutumila ni kutumibhwa kwajia ya nafasi situ. Kutya nibhaganili zaidi, nilondeka kubhagana padusu?
16 [You all] know that I did not depend on you [to provide for my needs]. However, [there are some who accuse me, saying that] [IRO] I was very clever and got money from you by tricking you.
Lakini kutya kaiyele, nabhalemili lepi msighu muenga. Ila jobha yakuwa nene na mwelewa sana, nene ndo yhola yaabhakamuili muenga kwa niyele ya abhakabhili kwa kubhadanganya.
17 But did I ever do that? No! I never [RHQ] asked any of the men whom I sent to you [to get money] from you [and bring it to me]
Ko, natolili kwa kujiketa faida kwa yuoayola yanantumili kwa muenga?
18 Titus went [and visited you because] I urged him to do so. I also sent the other believer, [whom you know], to go with Titus. [You know that] Titus did not [RHQ] trick [you in order to get money from you. And you certainly know that] he and I have always [RHQ] acted in exactly the same [honest] way [towards you].
Nansihili Tito kuhida kwa yhomo, na n'tumili ndhongo yhongi pamonga ni muen. Ko, Tito abhafwanyili faida kwa muenga? Ko, tagendili lepi kup'hetela njela yela yela? Ko, tagendili lepi mu nyayo sela sela?
19 While [you have been reading this letter, if] you have been thinking that I have [just] been [saying these things to] defend myself [against those who accuse me, you are wrong]. I have been saying [these things honestly, knowing] that God is listening [to me. I also speak as one who has a close relationship] with Christ. Everything that I do and [everything that I say is] to [help you] whom I love (to grow [spiritually/] to become [spiritually] mature).
Mwibhona kujo muda obho bhwa twayele kujitetela tete tayhoto kwa yhomo? palongolo pa K'yara, ni kup'hetela kristu, tuyele kujobha kila khenu kwajia ya kubhaimalisha mwa yhomo.
20 [I have written this way to you] because I worry that when I come [to visit you], I will see that [some of] you are [not conducting your lives the way] that I want you [to]. If that is so, [when I get there] you will see that I will have [to act] in a [very severe way toward you, and I am sure] that you do not want that. Specifically, I am afraid that [some of you] may be quarreling, or that you are being jealous [of each other], or that you quickly get very angry [with them], or that you are acting selfishly, or that [some of] you are saying bad things about others, or that you are (spreading false rumors/saying false things) about each other, or that you are acting proudly, or that you are [doing things] in a disorderly manner.
Kwandabha niyele ni hofu ya kuwa panibhwesyai kuhida nibhuesya nisibhakabhi muenga kutya kanitamani. Niye ni hofu ya kuwa mwibhuesya msinikabhi nene kutya kamwilonda. Nihofela ya kuwa kwibhuesya kuya ni majadiliano, bhuifu, milipuko ya ligoga, tamaa ya ubinafsi, umbeya, kiburi, ni ngondo.
21 [I] ([feel anxious/am concerned]) [about you. I worry that] when I visit you again, God, the one whom I [serve], will make me feel ashamed of you [when I see that] you [still are not conducting your lives as believers should]. Then I will feel very sad about [some of] you who were sinning previously and have not stopped your sinful behavior. [Some of you] may still have impure [thoughts. Some of you] may be having sexual intercourse with those to whom you are not married. [And some of you] may be doing other shameful things.
Niye ni hofu kabhele panibhwesyai kukelebhuka, k'yara wa nene ibhuesya kuninyenyekesya palongolo pa yhomo. Niye ni hofu ya kuwa nibhuesya kuhuzunishwa ni bhingi bhabhafwanyili zambi kabla ya henu, ni bhala ya bhatubwili lepi uchafu ni uashelati ni mambo gha tamaa gha bhiketa.
