2 Korintiyawa 12
1 Dole in ci gaba da yin taƙama. Ko da yake ba za tă amfane ni ba, zan yi magana a kan ru’uyoyi da wahayoyi waɗanda na karɓa daga Ubangiji.
I am compelled to boast. It is not a profitable employment, but I will proceed to visions and revelations granted me by the Lord.
2 Na san wani a cikin Kiristi wanda shekaru goma sha huɗu da suka wuce an ɗauke zuwa sama ta uku. Ko a cikin jiki ne, ko kuwa ba a cikin jiki ba, ni dai ban sani ba, Allah ne ya sani.
I know a Christian man who fourteen years ago-- whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows--was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) even to the highest Heaven.
3 Na kuma san cewa wannan mutum, ko a cikin jiki ne, ko kuma ba a cikin jiki ba, ni dai ban sani ba, amma Allah ne ya sani,
And I know that this man-- whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know;
4 an ɗauke shi ne zuwa aljanna. Ya ji waɗansu abubuwa waɗanda ba zai iya faɗarsu da kalmomi ba, abubuwan da ba a ba wa mutum damar faɗi.
God knows--was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable things which no human being is permitted to repeat.
5 Zan yi taƙama game da mutum irin wannan, sai dai ni ba zan yi taƙama da kaina ba, sai dai a kan rashin ƙarfina.
Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
6 Ko da zan so yin gadara ma, ba zan zama wawa ba, gama gaskiya zan faɗa. Amma na bar zancen haka, don kada wani ya ɗauke ni fiye da yadda yake ganina, ko yadda yake jin maganata.
If however I should choose to boast, I should not be a fool for so doing, for I should be speaking the truth. But I forbear, lest any one should be led to estimate me more highly than what his own eyes attest, or more highly than what he hears from my lips.
7 Don kada in cika da girman kai saboda waɗannan mafifitan manyan wahayoyi, sai aka sa mini wata ƙaya a jikina wadda ta zama ɗan saƙon Shaiɗan, don ta wahalshe ni.
And judging by the stupendous grandeur of the revelations--therefore lest I should be over-elated there has been sent to me, like the agony of impalement, Satan's angel dealing blow after blow, lest I should be over-elated.
8 Sau uku na roƙi Ubangiji yă raba ni da wannan abu.
As for this, three times have I besought the Lord to rid me of him;
9 Amma ya ce mini, “Alherina ya ishe ka, domin a cikin rashin ƙarfi ne ake ganin cikar ikona.” Saboda haka, zan ƙara yin taƙama da farin ciki game da rashin ƙarfina, domin ikon Yesu Kiristi yă zauna tare da ni.
but His reply has been, "My grace suffices for you, for power matures in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I boast of my infirmities rather than complain of them--in order that Christ's power may overshadow me.
10 Shi ya sa nake murna cikin rashin ƙarfi, da zagi, da shan wahaloli, da tsanantawa, da matsaloli, saboda Kiristi. Don a sa’ad da nake marar ƙarfi a nan ne nake da ƙarfi.
In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
11 Na yi wauta kam, amma ku ne kuke tilasta mini, ku ne kuwa ya kamata ku yaba mini, domin ba inda na kāsa waɗannan mafiffitan manzanni, ko da yake ni ba kome ba ne.
It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing.
12 Abubuwan da suke tabbatar da manzo, alamu, abubuwa da kuma ayyukan banmamaki, an aikata su a cikinku da matuƙar nacewa.
The signs that characterize the true Apostle have been done among you, accompanied by unwearied fortitude, and by tokens and marvels and displays of power.
13 Ta yaya ne darajarku ba tă kai ta sauran ikkilisiyoyi ba, ko kuwa don dai ban nawaita muku ba ne? Ku gafarta mini wannan laifi!
In what respect, therefore, have you been worse dealt with than other Churches, except that I myself never hung as a dead weight upon you? Forgive the injustice I thus did you!
14 Yanzu a shirye nake in ziyarce ku sau na uku, ba zan kuma nawaita muku ba, don ba kayanku nake so ba, ku nake so. Gama ba yara ne da ɗaukar nauyin iyayensu ba, sai dai iyaye ne da ɗaukar nauyin yaran.
See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.
15 Don haka ina farin ciki in kashe dukan abin da nake da shi a kanku, har in ba da kaina ma dominku. In na ƙaunace ku fiye da haka, za ku rage ƙaunarku gare ni ne?
And as for me, most gladly will I spend all I have and be utterly spent for your salvation.
16 To, shi ke nan, ban nawaita muku ba. Ashe, sai ku ce dabara na yi muku, na shawo kanku ta hanyar yaudara!
If I love you so intensely, am I the less to be loved? Be that as it may: I was not a burden to you. But being by no means scrupulous, I entrapped you, they say!
17 Na cuce ku ne ta wurin wani daga cikin waɗanda na aiko a gare ku?
Have I gained any selfish advantage over you through any one of the messengers I have sent to you?
18 Na roƙi Titus ya zo wurinku. Na kuma aiki ɗan’uwanmu tare da shi. Ko Titus ya cuce ku ne? Ba ruhu ɗaya yake bi da mu ba? Ba kuma hanya guda muka bi ba?
I begged Titus to visit you, and sent our other brother with him. Did Titus gain any selfish advantage over you? Were not he and I guided by one and the same Spirit, and did we not walk in the same steps?
19 Ko tun dā can, kuna tsammani muna kāre kanmu a gare ku ne? A gaban Allah muke magana, kamar waɗanda suke cikin Kiristi. Ƙaunatattuna, kome da muke yi, muna yi ne don inganta ku ne.
You are imagining, all this time, that we are making our defense at your bar. In reality it is as in God's presence and in communion with Christ that we speak; but, dear friends, it is all with a view to your progress in goodness.
20 Gama ina tsoro, in na zo, in tarar da ku dabam da yadda nake so, ku ma ku tarar da ni dabam da yadda kuke so. Ina tsoro kada yă zama akwai faɗa, da kishi, da fushi mai zafi, da tsattsaguwa, da ɓata suna, da gulma, da girman kai, da hargitsi.
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may not find you to be what I desire, and that you may find me to be what you do not desire; that perhaps there may be contention, jealousy, bitter feeling, party spirit, ill-natured talk, backbiting, undue eulogy, unrest;
21 Ina tsoro kada sa’ad da na sāke zuwa, Allahna zai ƙasƙantar da ni a gabanku, kuma in yi baƙin ciki saboda waɗanda suka yi zunubi a dā, ba su kuma tuba daga aikin ƙazanta, da na fasikanci, da kuma lalata da suka sa kansu a ciki ba.
and that upon re-visiting you I may be humbled by my God in your presence, and may have to mourn over many whose hearts still cling to their old sins, and who have not repented of the impurity, fornication, and gross sensuality, of which they have been guilty.
