< 2 Corinthians 11 >
1 I wish that you could put up with me in some foolishness. But you are indeed putting up with me!
Nĩngwĩhoka nĩmũgũkirĩrĩria ũrimũ ũrĩa mũnini ndĩ naguo; ndamũthaitha mũngirĩrĩrie.
2 For I am jealous about you. I have a godly jealousy for you, since I promised you in marriage to one husband. I promised to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Nĩndĩraigua ũiru nĩ ũndũ wanyu, ũiru uumanĩte na ũngai. Ndamwĩrĩire o mũthuuri ũmwe, na nĩwe Kristũ, nĩgeetha ngaamũneana kũrĩ we mũrĩ ta mũirĩtu gathirange.
3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your thoughts might be led astray away from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
No ndĩ na guoya gũtigatuĩke atĩ meciiria manyu no maturuurio mũtiganĩrie ũgima na ũtheru wa kwĩrutĩra Kristũ, o ta ũrĩa Hawa aaheenekire nĩ nyoka na wara wayo.
4 For suppose that someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we preached. Or suppose that you receive a different spirit than what you received. Or suppose that you receive a different gospel than the one you received. You put up with these things well enough!
Inyuĩ nĩmwamũkagĩra ũhoro ũngĩ mũkenete, mũndũ o wothe angĩmũhunjĩria ũhoro wa Jesũ ũngĩ tiga Jesũ ũrĩa twamũhunjĩirie, kana mũngĩamũkĩra roho ũngĩ tiga Roho ũrĩa mwamũkĩrire, o na kana mũgetĩkia ũhoro-mwega ũngĩ tiga ũrĩa mwetĩkirie.
5 For I think that I am not in the least inferior to those so-called super-apostles.
No ndigwĩciiria atĩ ndĩ mũnini o na hanini kũrĩ “atũmwo acio anene.”
6 But even if I am untrained in giving speeches, I am not untrained in knowledge. In every way and in all things we have made this known to you.
No ngorwo itarĩ mũrute ũhoro-inĩ wa kwaria, no ndĩ na ũmenyo. Nĩtũmũmenyithĩtie maũndũ maya wega na njĩra ciothe.
7 Did I sin by humbling myself so you might be exalted? For I freely preached the gospel of God to you.
Hihi nĩ kwĩhia ndeehirie nĩ kwĩnyiihia nĩguo ndĩmũtũũgĩrie inyuĩ na ũndũ wa kũmũhunjĩria Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega wa Ngai hatarĩ irĩhi?
8 I robbed other churches by accepting support from them so that I could serve you.
Nĩgũtunya ndaatunyaga makanitha mangĩ ngĩamũkĩra ũteithio kuuma kũrĩ o nĩguo hote kũmũtungata.
9 When I was with you and I was in need, I did not burden anyone. For my needs were met by the brothers who came from Macedonia. In everything I have kept myself from being a burden to you, and I will continue to do that.
Na hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndaarĩ na inyuĩ, ndabatario nĩ kĩndũ-rĩ, ndiatuĩkaga mũrigo harĩ mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, nĩgũkorwo ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ moka kuuma Makedonia nĩmaheire indo cia kũigana mabataro makwa. Nĩndĩgirĩrĩirie ndigatuĩke mũrigo kũrĩ inyuĩ na njĩra o yothe, na nĩngũthiĩ na mbere gwĩka ũguo.
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the parts of Achaia.
Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa ũhoro wa ma wa Kristũ ũrĩ thĩinĩ wakwa, gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũ thĩinĩ wa ngʼongo cia Akaia ũngĩngiria ndĩrahe ũguo.
11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.
Nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũma njuge ũguo? Nĩ tondũ ndimwendete? Ngai nĩoĩ atĩ nĩndĩmwendete!
12 And what I do I will keep doing, in order that I may take away the claim for criticizing me and the claim for which they want to boast—that they are found to be doing the same work that we are doing.
Na nĩngũthiĩ na mbere na gwĩka ũrĩa ndĩreka, nĩguo njagithie kĩene andũ arĩa macaragia mweke wa kuoneka atĩ nĩmaiganaine na ithuĩ, thĩinĩ wa maũndũ marĩa merahaga namo.
13 For such people are false apostles and deceitful workers. They disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.
Nĩgũkorwo andũ ta acio nĩ atũmwo a maheeni, aruti wĩra a kũhĩtithia andũ, na metuaga atũmwo a Kristũ.
14 And this is no surprise, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Naguo ũndũ ũcio ti wa kũmakania, nĩgũkorwo o na Shaitani o nake nĩetuaga mũraika wa ũtheri.
15 It is no great surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their fate will be what their deeds deserve.
Ndũkĩrĩ ũndũ wa kũgegania ndungata ciake cingĩĩtua ndungata cia ũthingu. Marigĩrĩrio-inĩ makaagĩa na kĩrĩa kĩringaine na ciĩko ciao.
16 I say again: Let no one think I am a fool. But if you do, receive me as a fool so I may boast a little.
Nĩnguuga o rĩngĩ atĩrĩ: Mũndũ ndakae kuona ta ndĩ kĩrimũ. No angĩkorwo nĩguo mũkuona-rĩ, kĩnyamũkĩrei o ta ũrĩa mũngĩamũkĩra kĩrimũ, nĩguo ndĩĩrahe o hanini.
17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence—I am not talking the way the Lord would—I am saying as a fool.
Ũhoro-inĩ wa mwĩraho ũyũ ndĩ naguo-rĩ, ndiraaria ta ũrĩa Mwathani angĩaria, no ndĩraaria o ta ũrĩa kĩrimũ kĩngĩaria.
18 Since many people boast according to the flesh, I will also boast.
Kuona atĩ andũ aingĩ nĩmareraha ta ũrĩa thĩ ĩĩrahaga-rĩ, o na niĩ ngwĩraha o tao.
19 For you gladly put up with fools. You are wise yourselves!
Tondũ inyuĩ mũkĩrĩ oogĩ-rĩ, nĩmũkiragĩrĩria arĩa irimũ mũkenete!
20 For you put up with someone if he enslaves you, if he consumes you, if he takes advantage of you, if he considers himself better than you, or if he slaps you in the face.
Ti-itherũ, nĩmũkiragĩrĩria mũndũ o wothe o na angĩmũtua ngombo ciake, kana ũrĩa ũkũmũhatĩrĩria, kana ũrĩa ũkũrĩa indo cianyu, kana ũrĩa ũgwĩtũũgĩria mbere yanyu, o na kana ũrĩa ũkũmũhũũra hĩ.
21 I will say to our shame that we were too weak to do that. Yet if anyone boasts—I am speaking like a fool—I too will boast.
Nĩngũconoka ngiuga atĩ ithuĩ nĩtwaremirwo nĩ gwĩka maũndũ ta macio! Ũndũ ũrĩa mũndũ ũngĩ angĩhota kwĩraha nĩ ũndũ waguo-rĩ, ndĩkĩarie ta ndĩ kĩrimũ-rĩ, o na niĩ no ngĩgerie kwĩraha nĩ ũndũ waguo.
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Andũ acio nĩ Ahibirania? O na niĩ ndĩ Mũhibirania. Andũ acio nĩ Aisiraeli? O na niĩ ndĩ Mũisiraeli. Andũ acio nĩ njiaro cia Iburahĩmu? O na niĩ ndĩ wa rũciaro rwa Iburahĩmu.
23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as though I were out of my mind.) I am more. I have been in even more hard work, in far more prisons, in beatings beyond measure, in facing many dangers of death.
Andũ acio nĩ ndungata cia Kristũ? (Ngwaria ũguo ta ndĩ mũgũrũku.) Niĩ nĩndĩmakĩrĩte. Nĩndutĩte wĩra na kĩyo kũmakĩra, na ngaikio njeera mahinda maingĩ makĩria yao, na ngahũũrwo na kĩboko makĩria, o na mahinda maingĩ ndanakuhĩrĩria gũkua.
24 From Jews I received five times the “forty lashes minus one.”
Ayahudi nĩmahũũrire na kĩboko maita matano, o ihinda iboko mĩrongo ĩtatũ na kenda.
25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day on the open sea.
Nĩndahũũrirwo na thanju maita matatũ, na riita rĩmwe ngĩhũũrwo na mahiga nyuguto, na maita matatũ ndanathũkĩrwo nĩ marikabu ndĩ thĩinĩ, na ngĩraara o na ngĩtinda iria-inĩ ũtukũ ũmwe na mũthenya mũgima.
26 I have been on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my own people, in danger from the Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger at sea, in danger from false brothers.
Ngoretwo ngĩthiĩ ngʼendo nyingĩ. Ngagĩkorwo ndĩ ũgwati-inĩ wa gũtwarwo nĩ njũũĩ, na ũgwati-inĩ wa atunyani, na ũgwati-inĩ wa gũũkĩrĩrwo nĩ andũ a rũrĩrĩ rwitũ, na ũgwati-inĩ wa gũũkĩrĩrwo nĩ andũ-a-Ndũrĩrĩ; na ngoona ũgwati ndĩ matũũra-inĩ manene, na ndĩ thĩinĩ wa bũrũri, na ndĩ iria-inĩ; o na ũgwati wa andũ arĩa maheenanagia atĩ nĩ ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ.
27 I have been at hard work and in hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often in fasting, in cold and nakedness.
Ndaanaruta wĩra mũritũ na wa mĩnoga, na maita maingĩ ngaagaga toro; ndaanakorwo na ngʼaragu na nyoota, na maita maingĩ ngaaga kĩndũ gĩa kũrĩa; ndaanakorwo heho-inĩ na ndĩ njaga.
28 Apart from everything else, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
Hamwe na macio mothe-rĩ, o mũthenya ngoragwo na mũrigo, ngĩĩtanga nĩ ũndũ wa makanitha mothe.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who has been caused to stumble, and I do not burn?
Nũũ ũngĩkorwo aagĩte hinya, na niĩ njage gũkorwo njũrĩtwo nĩ hinya? Nũũ ũngĩhĩngithio, na niĩ njage gũkorwo ngĩcinwo nĩ marakara?
30 If I must boast, I will boast about what shows my weaknesses.
Angĩkorwo no nginya ndĩĩrahe, ngwĩrahĩra maũndũ marĩa monanagia ũrĩa itarĩ na hinya.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, the one who is praised forever, knows that I am not lying! (aiōn )
Ngai, na nowe Ithe wa Mwathani Jesũ, ũrĩa ũgoocagwo nginya tene-rĩ, nĩoĩ atĩ ndiraheenania. (aiōn )
32 At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus to arrest me.
Kũu Dameski, barũthi ũrĩa waathanaga arĩ rungu rwa Mũthamaki Areta-rĩ, nĩathanire itũũra inene rĩa andũ a Dameski rĩrangĩrwo nĩgeetha aanyiitithie.
33 But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall, and I escaped from his hands.
No nĩndoimĩirio ndirica, ngĩikũrũkĩrio rũthingo-inĩ ndĩ thĩinĩ wa gĩkabũ, ngĩhonoka kũnyiitwo nĩwe.