2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
Kwa hiyo, kwa kuwa tuna huduma hii kwa rehema za Mungu, hatukati tamaa.
2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Tumekataa mambo ya siri na ya aibu, wala hatufuati njia za udanganyifu, tukichanganya Neno la Mungu na uongo. Kinyume cha hayo, tunadhihirisha kweli waziwazi na kujitambulisha wenyewe kwenye dhamiri ya kila mtu mbele za Mungu.
3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
Hata nayo Injili yetu kama imetiwa utaji, ni kwa wale tu wanaopotea.
4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. (aiōn g165)
Kwa habari yao, mungu wa dunia hii amepofusha akili za wasioamini, ili wasione nuru ya Injili ya utukufu wa Kristo, aliye sura ya Mungu. (aiōn g165)
5 For we don’t proclaim ourselves, but Messiah Yeshua as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Yeshua’s sake,
Kwa maana hatujihubiri sisi wenyewe ila tunamhubiri Yesu Kristo kuwa ni Bwana na sisi ni watumishi wenu kwa ajili ya Yesu.
6 seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Yeshua the Messiah.
Kwa kuwa Mungu, yeye aliyesema, “Nuru na ingʼae gizani,” ameifanya nuru yake ingʼae mioyoni mwetu ili kutupatia nuru ya maarifa ya utukufu wa Mungu katika uso wa Kristo.
7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
Lakini tunayo hazina hii katika vyombo vya udongo, ili ijulikane wazi kwamba uwezo huu wa ajabu unatoka kwa Mungu wala si kwetu.
8 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
Twataabika kila upande lakini hatuangamizwi; twaona wasiwasi lakini hatukati tamaa;
9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
twateswa lakini hatuachwi; twatupwa chini lakini hatupondwi.
10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Yeshua, that the life of Yeshua may also be revealed in our body.
Siku zote twachukua katika mwili kufa kwake Yesu ili kwamba uzima wa Yesu uweze kudhihirika katika miili yetu.
11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Yeshua’s sake, that the life also of Yeshua may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
Kwa maana sisi tulio hai siku zote tumetolewa tufe kwa ajili ya Yesu, ili kwamba uzima wake upate kudhihirishwa katika mwili wetu upatikanao na mauti.
12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
Hivyo basi, mauti inatenda kazi ndani yetu, bali uzima unatenda kazi ndani yenu.
13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,
Imeandikwa, “Niliamini, kwa hiyo nimesema.” Kwa roho yule yule wa imani pia tuliamini na hivyo tunasema,
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Yeshua will raise us also with Yeshua, and will present us with you.
kwa sababu tunajua kwamba yeye aliyemfufua Bwana Yesu kutoka kwa wafu, atatufufua sisi pia pamoja na Yesu na kutuleta sisi pamoja nanyi mbele zake.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Haya yote ni kwa faida yenu, ili kwamba neema ile inavyowafikia watu wengi zaidi na zaidi, ipate kusababisha shukrani nyingi kwa utukufu wa Mungu.
16 Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
Kwa hiyo, hatukati tamaa. Ingawa utu wetu wa nje unachakaa, utu wetu wa ndani unafanywa upya siku kwa siku.
17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory, (aiōnios g166)
Kwa maana dhiki yetu nyepesi iliyo ya kitambo inatutayarisha kwa ajili ya utukufu wa milele unaozidi kuwa mwingi kupita kiasi, (aiōnios g166)
18 while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (aiōnios g166)
kwa sababu hatuangalii yale yanayoweza kuonekana bali yale yasiyoweza kuonekana. Kwa maana yale yanayoweza kuonekana ni ya kitambo tu, bali yale yasiyoweza kuonekana ni ya milele. (aiōnios g166)
