2 Makorinte 2
1 Linu china zeza kalwangu kuti kazi nikezi chezila isasamisa.
For my own sake, as well, I decided not to pay you another painful visit.
2 Heva niva mi sasamisi, vava kuni susuweza nji vona vani vachisi.
If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?
3 Na ñola muna ñolela njokuti kanzi ni chiswa kwavo vava kuswanela kuni tavisa. Nina insepo kuamana inwe muvonse kuti intavo yangu njiyona imukwete nenwe.
So I wrote as I did because I was afraid that if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.
4 Linu niva miñoleli ni manyando makando, mi ninina mubukavo vwe nkulo, ni zinsozi zingi. kena ni vali kusaka kumi sasamisa. kono, nibali kusaka kuti mwizibe ilato likando lini kwete kwenu.
I wrote to you in sore trouble and distress of heart and with many tears, not to give you pain, but to let you see how intense a love I have for you.
5 Haiba zumwi waleta kuchisa, kena leta bulyo kwangu, kono kamukwa umwi, noti kwi tula chabukali, kono waleta kwenu mwese.
Now whoever has caused the pain has not so much pained me, as he has, to some extent – not to be too severe – pained every one of you.
6 Kuli kene uzo mutu hahewa Inkoto bulyo ku vantu bangi.
The man to whom I refer has been sufficiently punished by the penalty inflicted by the majority of you;
7 Lya hanu hasa muha ikoto, mwina noku swalela niku muomba-omba. wina v, unjo nange ehaiwe vukando bwa maswavi akwe.
so that now you must take the opposite course, and forgive and encourage him, or else he may be overwhelmed by the intensity of his pain.
8 Linu ni misusuweza kuti muwole ku patalaza ilato lyenu kwali.
So I entreat you to assure him of your love.
9 Ili nji vaka hani va ñoli, linu chingi nali kumilika kubona nandi mwi chilila onse.
I had this further object, also, in what I wrote – to find out whether you might be relied on to be obedient in everything.
10 Heba uswalela zumwi, nimu swalela zuna muntu name. China swalela- haiva kwina china swalela-chaswalelwa kwineku lyenu havusu bwa Kreste.
Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,
11 Ili kuti Satani sazi atu zwisi mwizila, kaho twizi hande milelo yakwe.
so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
12 Simwine ava ni yalwili mulyango haniya mwi tolopo ya Troas kuka kutaza ivangeli ya Keresite uko.
When I went to the district around Troas to tell the good news of the Christ, even though there was an opening for serving the Master,
13 Nanga vulyo, kena ni vena ni nkozo yo muhupulo, ka kuli kena ni vezi kuwana mukulwangu Titi uko. Cwale chi navasiya niku volela kwa Macedonia.
I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my friend; so I took leave of the people there, and went on to Macedonia.
14 Kono vuitumelo vuve kwa Ireeza, umo mwa Kreste utuyendisa mu miliko. Ketu usansaila munko yenzivo yakwe konse.
All thanks to God, who, through our union with the Christ, leads us in one continual triumph, and uses us to spread the sweet perfume of the knowledge of him in every place.
15 Kakuli twina kwa Ireeza ina munko munati ya Kreste, bonse abo bakwete ku hazwa nabo ba kwete sinyeha.
For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God – both among those who are in the path of salvation and among those who are in the path to ruin.
16 Ku vantu va vasinyehi, mi munko uzwa kwi fuu ni fuu, kwabo va kweta hazwa, mi munko uzwa kwi vuhalo ni vuhalo. Yo swanelwa izo zitu?
To the latter we are a stench which arises from death and tells of death; to the former a fragrance which arises from life and tells of life. But who is equal to such a task?
17 Mukuti katu swani ni vungi bwa vatu va vali kuwuza izwi lya Ireeza cho vu polofiti. Niha kuti, ka kujolola kwa mulelo, tuwamba mwa Keresite, sina hatu kwe tumitwe kwe Ireeza, ha busu bwe Ireeza.
Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God’s message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God’s commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.
