2 Akorinitho 13
1 Rĩrĩ nĩ riita rĩa gatatũ gũũka kwanyu. Ũhoro o wothe no nginya ũrũgamĩrĩrwo nĩ ũira wa andũ eerĩ kana atatũ.
This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you: By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
2 Nĩndamũkaanirie hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndaarĩ na inyuĩ riita rĩa keerĩ. O na rĩu nĩngũmũkaania o rĩngĩ, o na itarĩ hamwe na inyuĩ: Rĩrĩa ndĩrĩũka rĩngĩ, andũ arĩa matũũrĩte mehagia kuuma tene, kana mũndũ ũngĩ o wothe, ndirĩ ngacaaĩra,
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them who heretofore have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
3 tondũ nĩmũrenda kũmenya kĩhooto kĩa atĩ nĩ Kristũ waragia na kanua gakwa. We ndamwĩkagĩra maũndũ ta atarĩ na hinya, no nĩonanagia atĩ arĩ na hinya gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu.
Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who toward you is not weak, but is mighty in you.
4 Nĩgũkorwo nĩ ma nĩambirwo mũtharaba-inĩ atarĩ na hinya, no nĩatũũraga muoyo nĩ ũndũ wa hinya wa Ngai. O ta ũguo-rĩ, o na ithuĩ tũtirĩ hinya tũrĩ thĩinĩ wake, no nĩ ũndũ wa hinya wa Ngai nĩtũtũũraga muoyo thĩinĩ wake nĩguo tũmũtungatage.
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.
5 Mwĩgeriei, muone kana inyuĩ ene nĩ mwĩtĩkĩtie ũhoro wa ma; mwĩtuĩriei inyuĩ ene. Kaĩ inyuĩ mũtooĩ atĩ Kristũ Jesũ arĩ thĩinĩ wanyu, tiga no mũgĩkorirwo mũgwĩte kĩgeranio kĩu?
Examine yourselves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye are reprobates?
6 Na nĩngwĩhoka atĩ nĩmũrĩona atĩ ithuĩ tũtigwĩte kĩgeranio.
But I trust that ye will know that we are not reprobates.
7 Na rĩu tũkũhooya Ngai atĩ mũtikae gwĩka ũndũ o na ũmwe mũũru. Ti atĩ nĩguo andũ monage atĩ nĩtwĩtĩkĩrĩtwo nĩwe, na nĩtũtooranĩtie, no nĩgeetha inyuĩ mwĩkage maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire, o na tũngĩoneka ta tũtatooranĩtie.
Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we should be as reprobates.
8 Nĩgũkorwo tũtingĩhota gwĩka ũndũ ũreganĩte na ũhoro wa ma, tiga o ũrĩa ũrĩ wa ũhoro wa ma wiki.
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9 Tũkoragwo na gĩkeno rĩrĩa rĩothe tũtarĩ na hinya, no inyuĩ mũrĩ na hinya; na nĩtũmũhooyagĩra mũtuĩke andũ aagĩrĩru kũna.
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, [even] your perfection.
10 Gĩtũmi kĩrĩa kĩratũma nyandĩke maũndũ maya o na itarĩ hamwe na inyuĩ-rĩ, nĩgeetha hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ngooka ndikaanahũthĩre ũhoti wakwa ũũru, ũhoti ũrĩa Mwathani aaheire ũrĩ wa kũmũkũria, no ti wa kũmũthũkia.
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
11 Na rĩu ngĩrĩkia-rĩ, ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, tigwoi na wega. Thiiagai na mĩthiĩre ĩrĩa yagĩrĩire, thikagĩrĩriai ithaithana rĩakwa, gĩagai na meciiria o mamwe, na mũtũũranagie na thayũ. Nake Ngai wa wendo na thayũ nĩarĩkoragwo hamwe na inyuĩ.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
12 O mũndũ nĩageithie ũrĩa ũngĩ na ngeithi theru cia kĩmumunyano.
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
13 Andũ arĩa othe aamũre nĩmamũgeithia.
All the saints salute you.
14 Wega wa Mwathani Jesũ Kristũ, na wendani wa Ngai, na ngwatanĩro ya Roho Mũtheru, ĩroikaraga na inyuĩ inyuothe.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, [be] with you all. Amen.
