2 Akoritho 8
1 Twataka mwenga muitange, ainja na alombo, kuhusu neema ya Nnongo ambayo ititolewa kwa makanisa ga Makedonia.
Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the congregations of Macedonia;
2 Wakati wa lijaribu kolo lya mateso, wingi wa puraha yabe ni ongezeko lya umaskini wabe upambike utajiri nkolo wa ukarimu.
how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
3 Kwa naaba nashuhudia panga batitoa kwa kadiri ya balioweza, na hata zaidi ya balioweza.
For according to their power, I testify, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
4 Na kwa hiari yabembe bene kwa kutusihi kwingi, batulobite kwa ajili ya shiriki katika huduma yee kwa baumini.
begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the saints.
5 Ayee itokana kwaa mana yatubile twatarajia. Badala yake, kwanza walijitoa bembe bene kwa Ngwana. Boka po kabajitoa bembe bene kwitu kwa mapenzi ya Nnongo.
This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
6 Nga twatimsihi Tito, ywaabile tayari atianzisha kazi yee, kuleta katika ukamilifu tendo lee lya ukarimu nnani yinu.
So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
7 Lakini mwenga mubile baingi katika kila kilebe-katika imani, katika usemi, katika maarifa, katika bidii, na katika upendo winu kwa ajili yitu. Nga nyoo muhakikishe panga mwenga mwabile na wingi kae katika likowe lee lya ukarimu.
But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love from us that is in you, see that you also abound in this grace.
8 Nabaya lee kati amri kwaa. Badala yake, nabaya lee ili kupima uhalisi wa upendo winu kwa linganisha na shauku ya bandu benge.
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
9 Kwa mana mutangite neema ya Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo. Hata mana abile tajiri, kwa ajili yinu abile maskini. ili panga pitya umaskini wake muweze kuwa tajiri.
For you know the grace of our Lord Yeshua Meshikha, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
10 Katika likowe lee nalowa kuwapea ushauri ambao utabasaidia. Mwaka umo waupitike, mtumbwe kwaa panga likowe. Lakini mwatitamaniya kulipanga.
I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
11 Nambeambe mulikamilishe, Mana ibile na shauku na nia ya kulipanga, boka po, je mwaweza kae kulileta katika ukamilifu, kwa kadri ya mwamuweza.
But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
12 Kwa kuwa mubile na shauku ya kupanga likowe lee, ni likowe linoite na lyakubalika. Lazima liyemite nnani ya chelo chabile nacho mundu, nnani kwaa ya abile nacho kwaa mundu.
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you do not have.
13 Kwa mana kazi yee ibile kwaa kwa ajili panga benge baweze kupata nafuu ni mwenga muweze lemewa. Badala yake, kube ni usawa.
For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,
14 Baingi binu wa wakati wambeambe utasaidia kwa chelo watikihitaji. Ayee nga nyoo kae ili panga baingi wabe uweze kuasaidia mahitaji yinu, na panga kuwe ni usawa.
but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.
15 Ayee nga kati yaiandikilwe;”Ywembe ywabile ni vingi abile kwaa na kilebe chochote chakibakile ni ywembe ywabile na kichunu chabile kwaa ni uhitaji wowote,”
As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."
16 Lakini ashukuriwe Nnongo, ywabekite nkati ya mwoyo wa Tito mwoyo wowolo kwa bidii ya kujali ambavyo nibile navyo kwa ajili yinu.
But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
17 Kwa mana apokile kwaa kae maombi yitu, ila abile na bidii husiana na maombi ago. Abile kwinu kwa hiyari yake mwene.
For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.
18 Tumtumite pamope ni ywembe nongo ambaye atisifiwa nkati mwa makanisa kwa ajili ya kazi yake katika kuitangaza injili.
We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the congregations.
19 Hivi kwaa kae, lakini achauliwe kae na makanisa kusafiri nitwenga katika kulipotwa sehemu mbalembale tendo lee lya ukarimu. Alee ni kwa utukufu wa Ngwana mwene na kwa shauku yitu ya kusaidia.
Not only so, but who was also appointed by the congregations to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
20 Twaepuka uwezekano wa panga yoyote aplikwa lalamika kuhusiana na twenga kuhusiana na ukarimu woo ambao twaupapite.
We are avoiding this, that no one should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.
21 Twautola uangalifu kupanga cakibile chaheshima, nnonye kwaa ya Ngwana, lakini nnonge ya bandu kae,
For we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of others.
22 Twantuma nongo ywenge pamope nabo. Twatimpema mara zanyansima, na tumweni abile ni shauku kwa ajili ya kazi zanyansima. Hata nambeambe abile na bidii muno kwa sababu ya ujasiri nkolo waabile nao nkati yinu.
We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.
23 Kwa habari ya Tito, ywembe ni mshirika mwenza wango na mpanga kazi mwenzanu kwa ajili yinu. Kati kwa alongo bitu, watumwile na makanisa. Nabaishimiya kwa Kristo.
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are emissaries of the congregations, the glory of Meshikha.
24 Nga nyo, mubaoneshe upendo winu, na mubonekeye kwa makanisa sababu ya maipuno yitu kwa ajili yinu.
Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the congregations, and of our boasting about you.
