2 Akorinitho 8
1 Na rĩrĩ, ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ, nĩtũkwenda mũmenye ũhoro wa Wega wa Ngai ũrĩa aheanĩte makanitha-inĩ ma Makedonia.
Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been bestowed in the churches of Macedonia;
2 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ acio maageririo na magerio manene-rĩ, gĩkeno kĩao kĩnene na ũthĩĩni wao mũkĩru nĩciatũmire maingĩhĩrwo nĩ ũtaana mũnene.
that under a great trial of distress the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty increased the riches of their liberality;
3 Nĩgũkorwo niĩ ndĩ mũira atĩ maaheanire indo o ta ũrĩa maahotire, o na makĩruta makĩria ma ũrĩa mangĩahotire, nĩ ũndũ wa kwĩyendera kwao.
for according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
4 Nao magĩtũthaitha na hinya mũno metĩkĩrio kũgwatanĩra ũhoro-inĩ wa gũteithia andũ arĩa aamũre.
begging of us with much entreaty the favor of sharing in the ministration to the saints;
5 Magĩĩka ũndũ ũcio matiawĩkire ta ũrĩa twerĩgĩrĩire, no maambire kwĩheana o ene kũrĩ Mwathani o na kũrĩ ithuĩ, kũringana na ũrĩa Ngai endete.
and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God;
6 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩtwaringĩrĩirie Tito, kuona atĩ nĩwe wambĩrĩirie ũndũ ũcio, atuĩke wa kũrĩĩkia ũndũ ũcio wa ũtugi wanyu.
so that we urged Titus, that, as he had already made a beginning, so he would also finish among you this bounty also.
7 O ta ũrĩa mũgaacagĩra harĩ maũndũ mothe, nĩmo gwĩtĩkia, na ũhoro wa kwaria, na wa ũmenyo, na thĩinĩ wa kĩyo gĩkinyanĩru, o na wa wendo wanyu harĩ ithuĩ-rĩ, kĩingĩhiei wega ũyũ wa gũtugana o naguo.
But as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this exercise of liberality also.
8 Ti kũmwatha ndĩramwatha, no ndĩrenda kũgeria wendani wanyu, nyone ũrĩa ũrĩ wa ma ngĩũgerekania na kĩyo kĩa andũ arĩa angĩ.
I speak not by way of command, but by reason of the earnestness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.
9 Nĩgũkorwo nĩmũũĩ ũhoro wa wega wa Mwathani witũ Jesũ Kristũ atĩ, o na gũtuĩka aarĩ gĩtonga, nĩatuĩkire mũthĩĩni nĩ ũndũ wanyu, nĩgeetha inyuĩ mũtuĩke itonga na ũndũ wa ũrĩa aathĩĩnĩkĩte.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
10 Ha ũhoro ũyũ-rĩ, mataaro makwa ma ũndũ ũrĩa ũmwagĩrĩire makĩria nĩ atĩrĩ: Mwaka ũcio ũrathirire nĩ inyuĩ mwarĩ a mbere, na to ũndũ wa kũheana gwiki, no o na nĩ ũndũ wa kwĩrirĩria gwĩka ũguo.
And I only give an opinion in this matter. For this is expedient for you, who began before others, not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.
11 Rĩu-rĩ, kĩrĩĩkiei wĩra ũcio, nĩgeetha kĩyo kĩanyu kĩa wendo wa gwĩka ũguo kĩiganane na kũrĩĩkia kwanyu kwa ũndũ ũcio, kũringana na kĩrĩa mũrĩ nakĩo.
Now therefore perform the doing of it, that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
12 Mũndũ angĩkorwo arĩ na wendo, kĩheo kĩu nĩgĩtĩkĩrĩku kũringana na ũrĩa mũndũ arĩ na indo, ti kũringana na ũrĩa aciagĩte.
For if there be first the willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, not according to what he hath not.
13 Kwĩrirĩria gwitũ ti amwe mahũthĩrio mũrigo na inyuĩ mũhinyĩrĩrio, no nĩgeetha andũ othe maigananio.
For it is not that others may be eased, and you burdened,
14 Ihinda rĩĩrĩ mũingĩhĩtie indo-rĩ, nĩigũteithia wagi wao, nĩgeetha rĩrĩa magaakorwo na indo o nao magaateithia wagi wanyu. Hĩndĩ ĩyo andũ othe nĩmakaigananio,
but to make an equality; at the present season your abundance meeting their deficiency, that their abundance may at another time meet your deficiency; that there may be equality;
15 o ta ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ: “Mũndũ ũrĩa wonganĩtie nyingĩ, ndarĩ kĩndũ aatigĩirio; nake ũrĩa wonganirie nini, ndarĩ kĩndũ aagire.”
as it is written: “He that gathered much, had nothing over; and he that gathered little, had no lack.”
16 Nĩngũcookeria Ngai ngaatho, ũrĩa wekĩrire ngoro-inĩ ya Tito ũhoro wa kũmũrũmbũiya o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndĩ na ũhoro ũcio.
But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus;
17 Nĩgũkorwo Tito to mathaithana maitũ aamũkĩrire, no nĩegũũka kũrĩ inyuĩ arĩ na kĩyo kĩnene nĩ ũndũ wa kwĩyendera gwake.
for he accepted indeed the exhortation; but being very earnest, he went of his own accord to you.
18 O na nĩtũgũtũma Tito marĩ hamwe na mũrũ wa Ithe witũ ũrĩa ũrĩ na ngumo njega makanitha-inĩ mothe nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa atungatagĩra Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega.
And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise in the gospel is throughout all the churches;
19 Makĩria ma ũguo, nĩwe wathuurirwo nĩ makanitha nĩguo atwarane na ithuĩ ũhoro-inĩ wa mũhothi ũcio wa ũtaana, o ũcio tũrutagĩra wĩra nĩguo tũgoocithie Mwathani we mwene, na tuonanie kĩyo kĩrĩa tũrĩ nakĩo gĩa kwenda gũteithia.
and not that only, but who was also appointed by the churches as our fellow-traveler in the matter of this bounty, which is administered by us to the honor of the Lord himself, and of our ready mind;
20 Nĩtũrageria mũno kweherera ũndũ o wothe ũngĩtũma tũrutwo mahĩtia rĩrĩa tũkũramata kĩheo gĩkĩ kĩheanĩtwo na ũtaana.
since we are careful of this, that no one should blame us in our management of this abundant liberality;
21 Nĩgũkorwo nĩtũrerutanĩria gwĩka maũndũ marĩa mangĩonwo magĩrĩire mbere ya Mwathani, na to harĩ we wiki, no o na ningĩ monwo marĩ magĩrĩru nĩ andũ o nao.
for we take forethought for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
22 Ningĩ hamwe nao, nĩtũgũtũma mũrũ wa Ithe witũ ũngĩ, ũrĩa tuonete maita maingĩ na njĩra nyingĩ atĩ arĩ na kĩyo, o na arĩ nakĩo makĩria nĩ ũndũ wa mwĩhoko wake mũnene harĩ inyuĩ.
And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often in many things proved to be zealous, but now much more zealous through the great confidence which he hath in you.
23 Naguo ũhoro wa Tito-rĩ, nĩ mũthiritũ wakwa ũrĩa tũrutithanagia wĩra nake nĩ ũndũ wanyu; na ha ũhoro ũkoniĩ ariũ a Ithe witũ-rĩ, o nĩ atũmwo a makanitha na monanagia ũgooci wa Kristũ.
As to Titus, he is my partner and fellow-laborer for you; as to our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
24 Tondũ ũcio oniai andũ acio ũira wa wendani wanyu, na gĩtũmi kĩrĩa gĩtũmaga twĩrahe nĩ ũndũ wanyu nĩguo makanitha mone ũndũ ũcio.
Display to them, therefore, before the churches, the proof of your love, and of what we have boasted on your behalf.
