2 Akoritho 10
1 Nenga na Paulo, mwene nabasihi kwa unyenyekevu na upole wa Kristo. Nenga na mpole muda nibile nnongi yinu, Lakini nibile ni ujasiri kwinu muda nibile kutalu ni mwenga.
And I, Paul, myself, call on you—through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ—who in presence [am] indeed humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,
2 Naaloba mwenga panha, muda panibile pamope ni mwenga, nahitaji kwaa pangika jasiri na kujiamini kwangio mwene. Lakini nawaza nalowa hitaji kuwa jasiri muda panibapinga balo badhaniabo panga twatama kwa nmana ya yega.
and I implore [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;
3 Kwa mana hata kati twatyanga katika yega, twakombwana kwaa vita ya namna ya yega.
for walking in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,
4 Kwa mana silaha twaitumya kombwana ni ya yega kwaa. Badala yake, ibile ngupu ya Nnongo ya haribiya ngome. Zalowa bomwa mijadala yaipotosha.
for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,
5 Kae, twajaribu kila chabile ni mamlaka chakiyemi dhidi ya maarifa ga Nnongo. Tulipangite mateka kila wazo katika heshima ya Kristo.
bringing down reasonings, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,
6 Na twapata utayari wa aribya kila matendo gabile kwaa na heshima, mara heshima yinu kae baibile kamili.
and being in readiness to avenge every disobedience whenever your obedience may be fulfilled.
7 Linga chelo chabile wazi nnongi yinu. Kati yeyote ywashawishika panga ywembe ni wa Kristo, ni hebu ajikumbushe ywembe mwene panga mana yaabile kae ni wa Kristo, nga ngoo nga ni twenga kae tubile nyoo.
You see the outward appearance. If anyone has trusted in himself to be Christ’s, let him reckon this again from himself, that according as he is Christ’s, so also we [are] Christ’s;
8 Kwa mana hata mana niipunie kichunu zaidi kuhusu mamlaka yitu, ambayo Ngwana atiyatoa kwa ajili yitu kuwachenga mwenga na kuwaaharibu kwaa, nibona kwaa oni.
for even if I will also boast anything more abundantly concerning our authority, that the LORD gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,
9 Naitajia kwaa libonekane panga nabatisha mwenga kwa barua yango.
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,
10 Kwa yelo baadhi ya bandu ubaya, “Barua zake zibile kale na zibile ni ngupu, lakini mu'yega ywembe ni dhaifu. Maneno gake yastahili kwaa yowanika.”
“because the letters indeed,” says one, “[are] weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.”
11 Ebu bandu ba namna yee batange panga chelo chatukibayite kwa barua muda tubile kutalu, ni sawasawa na yelo yatulowa gapanga muda tubile palo.
This one—let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, [we are] in deed.
12 Tuyenda kwaa kutalu muno kati kujikusanya bembe au kujilinganisha bembe ni balo ambabo huisifia bene. Lakini mana bajimite bene ni kila yumo wabe, babile kwaa na malango.
For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, measuring themselves among themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,
13 Twenga, hata nyoo, twaipunia kwaa pitya mipaka. Badala yake, twapanga nyoo kae nkati ya mipaka ambayo Nnongo atitupimya twenga, mipaka yafika umbali kati waubile winu.
and we will not boast ourselves in regard to the unmeasured things, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure appointed to us—to reach even to you;
14 Kwa mana twajizidishia kwaa bene patuwafikiye mwenga. Twabile wa kwanza kuika kutalu kati kwinu kwa ajili ya Kristo.
for we do not stretch ourselves too much, as not reaching to you, for even to you we came in the good news of the Christ,
15 Twaipunia kwaa pita mipaka kuhusu kazi ya benge. Badala yake, twatimainiya kati umani yinu yaibile ngolo panga lieneo lyetu lya kazi lyapanuliwa muno, na bado ni nkati ya mipaka sahihi.
not boasting of the things not measured, in other men’s labors, and having hope—your faith increasing—in you to be enlarged, according to our line—into abundance,
16 Twatamaniya kwa lee, ili panga tuweze hubiri injili hata mu'mikoa zaidi yinu. Twaipunia kwaa kuhusu kazi ipangilwe katika maeneo yenge.
to proclaim good news in the [places] beyond you, not in another’s line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;
17 Lakini yeyote ywaipunia, aipune katika Ngwana.”
and he who is boasting—let him boast in the LORD;
18 Kwa mana abile kwaa yolo ywajithibitisha mwene alowa thibitishwa. Ila, ni yolo ywabile Ngwana humthibitisha.
for he who is commending himself is not approved, but he whom the LORD commends.
