2 Wakorintu 2

1 Su nfiriti kuwera hapeni nuwatyangili kayi kuwatenda muhinginiki.

For my own sake, as well, I decided not to pay you another painful visit.

2 Handa panuwahinginiziya mwenga, gaa hakanemeziyi? Ndo wala walii yanuwahinginiziyiti!

If it is I who cause you pain, why, who is there to cheer me, except the person whom I am paining?

3 Toziya nuwalembiriti luhamba alu su paniza nfira ndiri kuhinginiziwa na walii yawafira kunemelera. Nakaka nuvimana neni panemelera, viraa vilii na mwenga hamnemeleri.

So I wrote as I did because I was afraid that if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.

4 Nuwalembiriti mwenga kwa ufiru mkulu uganu pantutuwala nentu na masozi ganawa, nfiriti ndiri kuwahinginiziya mwenga, kumbiti kwa kuwalanguziyani kuwera nuwafira nentu mwenga mwawoseri.

I wrote to you in sore trouble and distress of heart and with many tears, not to give you pain, but to let you see how intense a love I have for you.

5 Vinu, handa muntu yoseri pakamwinginiziyiti yumonga, kahinginiziya ndiri neni gweka yangu, kumbiti kawahinginiziya mwawoseri mwenga na nfira ndiri neni hweri mkalipa nentu.

Now whoever has caused the pain has not so much pained me, as he has, to some extent – not to be too severe – pained every one of you.

6 Azabu yakapatiti kala kulawa kwa wavuwa wenu imtosha.

The man to whom I refer has been sufficiently punished by the penalty inflicted by the majority of you;

7 Vinu, mwenga mfiruwa kulekiziya muntu ayu vidoda vyakatenda na kumpanana moyu, su nakahinginika nentu.

so that now you must take the opposite course, and forgive and encourage him, or else he may be overwhelmed by the intensity of his pain.

8 Su nuwaluwani mwenga, mumlanguziyi yomberi kayi kuwera mwenga mmufira nakamu.

So I entreat you to assure him of your love.

9 Nembiti luhamba lulii toziya nfiriti kuvimana kuwera mwakala kujimila kila shitwatila.

I had this further object, also, in what I wrote – to find out whether you might be relied on to be obedient in everything.

10 Pamumlekiziya muntu vidoda vyakuwi, naneni viraa numulekiziya muntu vidoda vyakuwi. Toziya pahwera na shintu sha kulekiziya muntu vidoda vyakuwi, numulekiziya kulongolu kwa Kristu toziya ya mwenga,

Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,

11 su Shetani nakatuzyanga. Toziya tuyimana mipangu yakuwi.

so as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

12 Su vinu pansokiti lushi lwa Trowa kushibwera Shisoweru Shiwagira sha Kristu, moniti Mtuwa kavuguliti mlyangu gwa kutenda lihengu lyakuwi.

When I went to the district round Troas to tell the good news of the Christ, even though there was an opening for serving the Master,

13 Kumbiti moyu guntamiti nentu, toziya numwona ndiri mlongu muyetu Titu. Su nuwagambira woseri palii neni mbuka na ng'enditi Makedoniya.

I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my friend; so I took leave of the people there, and went on to Macedonia.

14 Kumbiti, mayagashii kwa Mlungu, kwa yakatulongoziya mashaka goseri mumwanja gwa ukanga wa Kristu. Yomberi katutenda twenezi unakaka wa Kristu, gambira ununkira uherepa kila pahala.

All thanks to God, who, through our union with the Christ, leads us in one continual triumph, and uses us to spread the sweet perfume of the knowledge of him in every place.

15 Toziya twenga tulifana na ununkira uherepa wa Kristu yakamlavilira Mlungu, ununkira uherepa yauwafikira wantu woseri yawalopoziwitwi na wantu woseri yawagamira.

For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God – both among those who are in the path of salvation and among those who are in the path to ruin.

16 Kwa wantu walii yawagamira, twenga twaununkira waujega kuhowa, kumbiti kwa walii yawalopoziwa, twenga twaununkira waujega ukomu. Hashi, gaa yakaweza kutenda lihengu lya ntambu ayi?

To the latter we are a stench which arises from death and tells of death; to the former a fragrance which arises from life and tells of life. But who is equal to such a task?

17 Twenga tulifana ndiri gambira wantu walii yawawuza ujumbi wa Mlungu kwa mota yawu, kumbiti twenga twankubwera kwa uherepa wa moyu kulongolu kwa Mlungu, gambira wantu yawatumitwi na Mlungu, patulikolerana pamuhera na Kristu.

Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God’s message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God’s commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.