2 Bhakolinto 11
1 Na mbaya mwiipilililanje kashoko ga ungumba gwangu! Elo, mwiipilililanje.
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
2 Njikola lupimililo genu mmanganyanji, malinga lwa a Nnungu, pabha mmanganya punninginji mbuti mwali akanabhe kummanya jwannume, junintomele kuka jwannume jumo, ni a Kilishitu.
For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
3 Ikabheje ngunajogopa, inabha malinga lijoka jula, kwa unami gwakwe ashinkwaatemba a Awa kwa lunda lwakwe, ng'aniyo yenunji inapuganywe nileka kulupalika na kwiishoya kwenunji kwa a Kilishitu.
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 Pabha aikaga mundu juna nilunguya ngani ja a Yeshu bhanape, bhutukanakwaalunguya uwe, mmanganyanji nnakumposhelanga, na punda genego, nnakunkundanga mbumu juna eu Ngani ja Mmbone jina jikalandana na jimposhelenje kopoka kwetu uwe!
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.
5 Ikabheje ngaganishiya kuti nne najwanshoko punda bhene bhashemwanga kwali, “Mitume bhakulu.”
For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
6 Nkali ngaakombola bheleketa ukotoyo, ikabheje ngwete lumanyio, lyeneli tulangwiye kunngwenunji gwangali nng'iyo mmbali yowe na mobha gowe.
But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
7 Nne nashinkunnungushiyanga Ngani ja Mmbone ja a Nnungu gwangali kulipwa, nashinkwiituluya nkupinga ninkweyanje mmanganyanji. Bhuli nashinkulebha?
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?
8 Punatendaga liengo kungwenunji, natendaga pegwa indu na bhandunji bhana, eu melekete kuti, nashinkupokonyola indu yabhonji ninnjangutilanje mmanganyanji.
I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
9 Punaliji na mmanganya nangannolela mundu jojowe ga shindu shoshowe, pabha Bhakilishitu ajetunji bhakopokenje ku Makedonia bhambelenje kila shindu shinapinjile. Nashinkwiteiga ngunannolele mundu kwa shoshowe na ngunapunda tenda nneyo.
When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
10 Malinga shijili kweli ja a Kilishitu muntima gwangu, jwakwapi mundu shang'ibhilile mmbali yowe ya ku Akaya, ga kwiiniya kwangu.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11 Kwa nndi ngunabheleketa nneyo? Kuti kwa ligongo ngakumpinganga? Nngabha, a Nnungu bhamumanyi kuti ngulikumpinganga!
Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.
12 Na shimbunde kutenda malinga shingutenda nnaino shino, nkupinga naibhililanje bhene bhaaloleyanga kwiiniya, kuti bhanatendanga liengo malinga uwe.
But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity, that in which they boast, they may be recognised just like us.
13 Pabha, bhanganyabho ashimitume bha unami, bhakamula liengo bhanami, bhalikwiitembanga mbuti ashimitume bha kweli bha a Kilishitu.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
14 Wala nngabha ga lapa, pabha nkali Lishetani nnyene anakwitemba mbuti malaika jwa shilangaya!
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
15 Kwa nneyo nngabha ga lapa, ibhaga bhatumishi bhakwe bhanakwiitendanga mbuti bhatumishi bhanguja pa meyo ga a Nnungu. Kumpelo shibhaukumulwanje kwa itendi yabhonji.
It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
16 Kabhili nguti, mundu anang'anishiye kuti nanngumba. Ikabheje ntendangaga nneyo, bhai, nndolelelanje mbuti nanngumba nkupinga ngole sha kwiiniya kapela kashoko.
I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
17 Shingubheleketa nnainoshi nngabha shibhapinga Bhakulungwa, ikabheje ga kwiiniyaga ngunabheleketa mbuti nngumba.
That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
18 Pabha bhabhagwinjinji bhanakwiiniyanga kwa gene gubhatendilenje pa shilambolyo, numbe nne shiniiniye.
Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
19 Mmanganya nkakwaapatanga bhangumba, pabha nshikolanga lunda!
For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
20 Nnakuipilililanga nkali mundu ammikanje utumwa, eu akunnjibhanga, eu akunng'amulishanga, eu akunnyegayanga eu akunkomanga mapapa kumeyo!
For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.
21 Ngunakola oni kubheleketa kuti kwa genego twashinkwiinyegaya. Ikabheje malinga bhandunji bhana shibhalinganga kwiiniya ga shindu shoshowe, ngunabheleketa mbuti nngumba, numbe nne shiniiniye.
To my shame, I speak as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
22 Bhuli, bhanganyabho Bhaebhulania? Nkali nne Muebhulania. Bhuli, bhanganyabho Bhaishilaeli? Nkali nne Mwishilaeli. Bhanganyabho lubheleko lwa a Bhulaimu? Nkali nne lubheleko lwa a Bhulaimu.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.
23 Bhalabhonji bhatumishi bha a Kilishitu? Shimelekete mbuti ngwete shalubha. Nkali nne nantumishi jwa a Kilishitu numbe kupunda bhanganyabho, nne njitenda liengo likulungwa, njitabhwa papagwinji, na njikomwa papagwinji, na papagwinji punaliji tome nawa.
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labours more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
24 Ku Bhayaudi nashinkukomwa paano, ndomondo makumi gatatu na tisha shalepeshe shimope iishile makumi nsheshe.
Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews.
25 Nashinkukomwa imbo patatu na Bhaloma, na kamo nashinkukomwa maganga. Patatu meli jashinkundemeshela mbhaali, kamo natemi mmashi ga bhaali shilo na mui.
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.
26 Papagwinji mmwanja gwangu njiimikana na ya jogoya, ya ndanje ya mashi, na ya jogoya ya bhaapokonyola, na ya jogoya kopoka ku bhashilambo ajangunji, na ya kopoka ku bhandunji bha ilambo ina, na ya jogoya ya mwiilambo, na ya mukonde, na ya mbhaali, na ya a Bhakilishitu ajetunji bha unami.
I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils amongst false brothers;
27 Nashinkulaga mmaengo ga topa, njisheya papagwinji. Njilaga shibhanga na nnjota, papagwinji natendaga tama gwangali kulya, njilaga mmbepo gwangali nngubho.
in labour and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
28 Na kupunda genego, mobha gowe ngunatopelwa na ng'aniyo ya liengo lya mmakanisha gowe.
Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.
29 Apagwaga mundu jwangali mashili na nne ngakola mashili, nneyo peyo mundu alebhaga, nne inamboteka.
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
30 Mbinjikwaga kwiiniya, bhai, shiniiniye kwa ungakola mashili gwangu.
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
31 A Nnungu, Ainabhabho Bhakulungwa bhetu a Yeshu, lina lyabho likuywe pitipiti, bhenebho bhamumanyi ngaabheleketa unami. (aiōn g165)
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie. (aiōn g165)
32 Punaliji ku Dameshiki, bhakulungwa bhamo bha a mpalume Aleta, bhashinkubhika ulinda pa shilambo nkupinga ngamulwe.
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.
33 Ikabheje, nashinkutuluywa palanga nshikapu shikulungwa, kupitila pa lilanga lya nnikumba gunaatolweshe.
I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.
