2 Abhakorintho 12
1 Ilazimisya awivhune, lelo nahamo haha wonjelela nilwo. Ishi iwendelela insivhozyani na gafunuliwe afume humwanya wa Bwana.
I must boast! It is unprofitable; but I will pass to visions and revelations given by the Lord.
2 Uhumanya muntu omo katika Kristu unu amaha kumi na naganji ganni gagashi shilile kashele shimbele au huzi yebele, anisi minye, Ungulubhi amenye iyanyakulima humwanya wingo imwanya iyatatu.
I know a man in union with Christ, who, fourteen years ago – whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows – was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) to the third heaven.
3 Namanya huje umuntu onu khamaimba shimbeli— au hunzi anisaiminye—
And I know that this man – whether in the body or separated from the body I do not know; God knows –
4 afhulilwe abhale humwanya hadi mupaladiso na nahuve amabhwo amiza sana bha bhantu yayandi agayanje.
Was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable things of which no human being may tell.
5 Wali kwa ajiyayo ivuna. Lelo khanine nimwe nesivuna. Lelo alingane nusafuwani.
About such a man I will boast, but about myself I will not boast except as regards my weaknesses.
6 Khashele iwaza wivune, aghashele iwaza wivune, sanabha lema eshomana ninzanga ayanje uwanaluooli. Lelo imbaleshe evune, asiwepo uwansivhila shinje wigo gabhoneha muhati au gala gabhabhuvwa afume hulini.
Yet if I choose to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will be speaking no more than the truth. But I refrain, in case anyone should credit me with more than he can see in me or hear from me, and because of the marvelous character of the revelations.
7 Sigaiza wivune alengane nengoo gaga vfumile ighafwananana na manjele. Wisho sagaimbavhe mbili gwani ihabhomba nusentano ashambulila ani, aje engande galuhane insawivune.
It was for this reason, and to prevent my thinking too highly of myself, that a thorn was sent to pierce my flesh – an instrument of Satan to discipline me – so that I should not think too highly of myself.
8 Mala hatatu ihapepeha wa Bwana wili, angadahavhe wao, wavhe nashani.
About this I three times entreated the Lord, praying that it might leave me.
9 Wope ahambula, “Uwihaziwa niwani uyile kwajiliyaliwe, wahuje inguvhu iwobwa huwinu. Isho, ihazasana awivhune elingane uwinu wanii ili ishi uwezo wa Kristi uwezye akhale pamwanya palini.
But his reply has been – ‘My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.’ Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.
10 Phepoiwezya kwaajili ya Kristi, afwatane nuvhinu namaligo, naimba nishilavhe, nishishisiliha winu, antele imba nguvu.
That is why I delight in weakness, ill treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!
11 Anindilemai amwe mwa mwa mukandinizye shijanja, wagawe isumwangwa namwe. Pipipo nsali mwanasana wio awawitwa vhatumwa— wiza, hata kama anisaga initwe hantu.
I have been “playing the fool!” It is you who drove me to it. For it is you who ought to have been commending me! Although I am nobody, in no respect did I prove inferior to the most eminent apostles.
12 Ishi manyilo shalwoli shatumwa nzyambishe pahati napati hati pinyu na hutabhu, imanyilo namanjele ni mbombo ingosi.
The marks of the true apostle were exhibited among you in constant endurance, as well as by signs, by marvels, and by miracles.
13 Nishibhu nri mwali bha muhimu bhansi hani kulinko umwafutile umwasagile, pipo lelo sihali lizigo hulimwi? Mu hobhoshe hwilwo!
In what respect, I ask, were you treated worse than the other churches, unless it was that, for my part, I refused to become a burden to you? Forgive me the wrong I did to you!
14 Enyi! ane inditayali awhinze hulimwi mala yatatu. Sihabhazigo hulimwi, pipo siwanza ahantu hahonti hulimwi. Iwaza aje amwi. Pipo awana hawaziwa abhavhishe bhunto kwa ajili ya pafhi. Bhabha mbawanzawa abhishe imbuto.
Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I will refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.
15 Ihaimoga hani etumile natumilwe kwaajili yimoyo nginyu. Khamba imbaganile hani iwaziwa angane hashe?
For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?
16 Lelo nishi shashirire, sigaiha wilishile. Lelo pipo indijanja sana, ani nihakhente amweindhi nishi yabha gahusovhusana, ani nibha khite awe ishi indhi nishi yabhajile hujanja.
You will admit that I was not a burden to you but you say that I was “crafty” and caught you “by a trick”!
17 Ishi ehejile wibhombele faida wayahyuthi witumile hulimwi?
Do you assert that I took advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you?
18 Imwinishe u Tito ahweze hulimwi, ihi hatuma uholo uwinhi palishimo nao. Lelo Tito awa bhabha mbela faida amwi? Lelo, satajenda lalila? Lelo satajenda na magaga getu gagala?
I urged Titus to go, and I sent another follower with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we live in the same Spirit, and tread in the same footsteps?
19 Mumanya isho huje awalilo hanti iha tawiyumilaga ntinti hulimwi? Witalila lwa Ngulubhi, na katika Kristi, talitu yanga shila siku shila wa muntu twabhulanga abhamanyizyezye amwi.
Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defense? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;
20 Lelo ibhogopa huje piha iinza ama izha ibhaga amwe nishi pinsu ngwa. Lelo ibhogopa uje mugawezya asinte nanaje aani ni nishi pamusungwa. Isho gaishiwogopa huje hugawa nayangane, ukelo ulipuhanilyoyo anyonwe zya munyipuya ubima afasi amaseho ivigosi namao.
for I am afraid that perhaps, when I come, I may find that you are not what I want you to be, and, on the other hand, that you may find that I am what you do not want me to be. I am afraid that I may find quarreling, jealousy, ill feeling, rivalry, slandering, backbiting, self-assertion, and disorder.
21 Iwogopa huje piibhuya na tena Ngulubhi wani agawezya eniswe witazi lwinyu. Iwogopa ingawezya avitililwe nahwinji ihi mho abhombabhivhi shahusili ishi. Nio bhasambile i vantu, nu malaya agabhomba.
I am afraid that, on my next visit, my God may humble me in regard to you, and that I may have to mourn over many who have long been sinning, and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and sensuality, in which they have indulged.
