2 Akoritho 2
1 Kwa eyo niamwile kw sehemu yangi mwene panga niise kwaa kae kwinu katika hali ya uchunhu.
That's why I decided that I would avoid another sad visit with you.
2 Mana natiasababishia mwenga matamwe, ni nyai ywanipuraisha nenga, lakini ni yolo ywabile ywaumizwa ni nenga?
For if I make you sad, who will be there to make me happy? It won't be those I've made sad!
3 Niandikile kati ya nipangite ili panga wakati waniisa kwinu niweze kwaa umizwa na balo babile panipangite nipuraike. Nibile na ujasiri kuhusu mwenga mwabote panga furaha yango yeyelo mubile nayo mwenga mwabote.
That's why I wrote what I did, so that I wouldn't be sad over those who should make me happy. I was so sure that all of you would share in my happiness.
4 Kwa kuwa naandikya mwenga lingana na mateso makolo, na dhiki ya mwoyo, na kwa machozi yanyansima. Nipala kwaa kuwasababishia mwenga matamwe. Badala yake, nipala muutange upendo wanyansima wanibile nao kwa ajili yinu.
I was crying many tears when I wrote to you, in great anguish and with a heavy heart—not to make you sad, but so you would know how much love I have for you.
5 Mana kwabile ni yeyote ywasababisha matamwe, asababisha kwaa kwango kae, lakini kwa kiwango pulani bila beka ukale muno-kwinu mwenga mwabote.
Not to put it too strongly, but the person caused more pain to all of you than to me.
6 Ayee nga adhabu ya mundu yoo kwa baingi yatosha.
This person suffered enough punishment from the majority of you,
7 Kwa eyo nambeambe badala ya adhabu, mpalikwa kumsamee ni kumfariji. Mupange nyoo ili panga aweze kwaa shindwa na huzunu yanyansima.
so now you should forgive him and be kind to him. Otherwise he may sink into despair.
8 Kwa eyo naatia mwoyo kuthibitisha upendo winu hadharani kwa ajili yaywembe.
So I urge you to publicly affirm your love towards him.
9 Ayee nga sababu niandikile, ili panga niweze kuajaribu na kuyowa kuwa mana ni batii katika kila kilebe.
That's why I wrote: so I could discoverer your true character and whether you're doing everything you were told to do.
10 Mana mwaweza msamiya yeyote, ni nenga namsamiya mundu yoo. Chelo chanikisamiya-kati nakisamiya chochote-kisameelwa kwa faida yinu katika uwepo wa Kristo.
Anyone you forgive, I forgive too. What I have forgiven, whatever it may be, I have forgiven before Christ for your benefit.
11 Ayee nga panga nchela aise kwaa kutupangia ubocho. Kwa kuwa twenga twaalalo kwaa kwa mipango yake.
In this way Satan will not be able to take us in, because we know the tricks he thinks up.
12 Nnango utiyongoliwa kwango ni Ngwana paniisile katika mji wa Troa hubiri injili ya Kristo palyo.
Now when I arrived in Troas to spread the good news of Christ, the Lord opened a door of opportunity for me.
13 Hata nyoo, nibile kwaa na amani ya mwoyo, kwa sababu nikwembine kwaa ni nongo bango Tito kolyo. Nga nyoo nialekite na kelebuka Makedonia.
But my mind wasn't at peace because I couldn't find my brother Titus. So I said goodbye and went over to Macedonia.
14 Lakini ashukuriwe Nnongo, ywabile katika Kristo mara yote utuongoza twenga katika ushindi. Pitya twenga sambaza harufu inoite ya maarifa gake mahali pote.
But praise be to God, who always leads us in a triumphal procession in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet scent of his knowledge wherever we go!
15 Kwa mana twenga kwa Nnongo, ni harufu inoite ya Kristo, bote kwati ya balo babile lopolelwa na kati ya balo baangamia.
We are like a fragrance of Christ to God, rising up from among those who are being saved as well as those who are dying.
16 Kwa bandu baangamia, ni harufu boka mu'kiwo mpaka kiwo. Kwa balo balopolwa, ni harufu inoite boka ukoto mpaka ukoto. Ywa nyai ywastahili ilebe yee?
To those who are dying it is the smell of decay, while to those who are being saved it is the scent of life! But who is up to such an assignment?
17 Kwa mana twenga twabile kwaa kati bandu banyansima bapemeya neno lya Nnongo kwa faida. Badala yake, kwa usapi wa nia, twabaya katika Kristo, kati ya tutumilwe boka kwa Nnongo, nnongi ya Nnongo.
We are not like the majority who trade in the word of God for profit. Quite the opposite: we are sincere in sharing the word of God in Christ, knowing God is watching us.
