2 Akoritho 12
1 Lazma niipune, lakini ntopo chayongeyeka na lelo. Ila nayendelea mu'maono na mapunuo boka kwa Ngwana.
It is necessary to boast, though it is not profitable. But I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Nimtangite mundu yumo katika Kristo ywabile miaka komi na ncheche yaipitike-mana itei katika yega, au panja pa yega, nenga nintangite kwaa, Nnongo atangite, atinyakyliwa nnani katika liunde lyanyaitatu.
I know a man in Meshikha, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or whether out of the body, I do not know; God knows), such a one was caught up into the third heaven.
3 Nitangite panga mundu yolo-mana itei katika yega, au panja ya yega, nenga, nintangite kwaa, Nnongo atangite-
I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I do not know; God knows),
4 atinyakuliwa nnani kuyenda paradiso na kuyowa makowe matatifu muno kwa mundu yeyote kugabaya.
how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a human to utter.
5 Kwa niaba ya mundu kati yolo naipunia, lakini kwa niaba ya mwene niipunia kwaa, ila kuhusu udhaifu wango.
On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
6 Mana nipala kuipuna, nibile kwaa mpumbavu, kwa mana nibile nabaya ukweli. Lakini nalowa leka kuipuna, ili panga abile kwaa yeyote ywaaniwazia muno ya ago kuliko chakibonekana nkati yango au yowanika boka kwango.
For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no one may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.
7 Naipuna kwaa kae kwasababu ya ago mapunuo ga aina ya ajabu. Kwa nyo, nalowa jawa kwaa ni kiburi, mwimwa ubekilwe nkati ya yega yango, mjumbe wa nchela kunishambilya nenga, ili kana nikelebuke kuwa mu'maipuno.
And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, therefore, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satana to pound away at me, to keep me from exalting myself.
8 Mara tatu natikumnnoba Ngwana kuhusu lee, ili ywembe abutuke boka kwango.
Concerning this thing, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
9 Ni ywembe kanibakiya, “Neema yangu yatosha kwa ajili yako, kwa mana ngupu upangwa kamili katika udhaifu. Nga nyo natamani muno kuipuna zaidi kuhusu udhaifu wango, ili panga uwezo wa Kristo uweze tama nnani yango.
He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Meshikha may rest on me.
10 Kwa nyo natosheka kwa ajili ya Kristo, katika udhaifu, katika matokangano, katika shida, katika mateso, katika hali ya sikitika. Kwa mana muda nibibe dhaifu, boka po nibile na ngupu.
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Meshikha's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
11 Nenga nibile mpumbavu! mwenga mutilazimishwa kwa lee, kwa mana panibile natisifiwa na mwenga. Kwa mana nibile kwaa duni kabisa kwa abo bakemilwe mitume-bora, hata mana nenga na kilebe kwaa.
I have become foolish. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
12 Ishara za kweli za mtume zapangilwe katikati yinu kwa uvumilivu, ishara na maajabu ni matendo makolo.
Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty works.
13 Kwa namna gani mubile ni umuhimu wa pae kuliko makanisa yaliyobaki, ila panga nibile kwaa mzigo kwinu? Mnisemiye kwa likosa lee!
For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the congregations, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.
14 Linga nenga nibile tayari isa kwinu kwa mara ya tatu. Nibile kwaa mzigo kwinu, kwa mana nipala kwaa kilebe chinu. Nabapala mwenga. Kwa mana bana bapalikwa kwaa beka akiba kwa ajili ya azazi. Badala yake, azazi bapalikwa beka akiba kwa ajili ya bana.
Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not what is yours, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 Napulaika muno tumya na tumilwa kwa ajili ya nafasi yinu. Mana nabapenda muno mwenga, nipalikwa kupendwa kichunu.
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
16 Lakini mana ibile, nibaelemea kwaa mzigo mwenga. Lakini kwa mana nenga na mwerevu muno, nenga na yolo ywaabakamwile mwenga kwa mana nibile ywaabapatike kwa uboso.
But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.
17 Je, nitola kwa kuyipangia faida kwa yeyote nimtumile kwinu?
Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you?
18 Nimlobite Tito isa kwinu, na natintuma nongo ywenge pamope ni ywembe. Je, Tito abapangia faida mwenga? Je, tutyanga kwaa katika ndela yeyelo? Je, tutyanga kwa katika magolo yeyelo?
I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Did not we walk in the same spirit? Did not we walk in the same steps?
19 Muwaza kwa muda woo bote tubile tukiitetea twenga twabene kwitu? Nnonge ya Nnongo, na katika Kristo, tubile twabaya kila kilebe kwa ajili ya kubaimarisha mwenga.
Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves before you? In the sight of God we speak in Meshikha; and all things, beloved, are for your edifying.
20 Kwa mana nibile na hofu paniisile naweza niapate kwaa mwenga kati yanitamania. Nibile na hofu panga mwaweza munipate kwaa nenga kati mwamutamaniya. Nahofia panga paweza kuwa na majadiliano, wivu, milipuko ga hasira, tamaa ya ubinafsi, umbeya, kiburi ni kombwana.
For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you do not desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
21 Nibile na hofu panga mana nibuyangine kae, Nnongo wango aweza kuinyenyekeza nnonge yinu. Nibile na hofu panga naweza huzunishwa na baingi ambabo batubu kwaa uchapu, ni uasherati na makowe ga tamaa gawayapangite.
that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.
