Bakorintha II 2
1 Ke ne ka ithaya ka re “Nnyaa, ga nke ke go dira. Ga ke na go ba utlwisa botlhoko ka loeto lo longwe lo lo botlhoko”.
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
2 Gonne fa ke lo utlwisa botlhoko, ke mang yo o tlaa intumedisang? Ke lona ba lo tshwanetseng go go dira, mme lo ka intumedisa jang fa ke lo utlwisa botlhoko?
For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?
3 Ke gone ka moo ke kwadileng jaaka ke ne ka kwala mo lokwalong lwa bofelo, gore lo tle lo tlhamalatse dilo pele ga ke tla. Mme fa ke tla, ga ke na go utlwisiwa botlhoko ke ba ba tshwanetseng go intumedisa thata. Ke ne ka tlhomamisa gore boitumelo jwa lona ke selo se le sengwe fela le jwa me gore ga lo kitla lo itumela fa e se ke tla ka boitumelo.
And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
4 Oo, kana ke ne ke sa rate jang go kwala lokwalo lole! Go batlile go mphatlola pelo thata mo ebileng ke lo bolelela ka boammaaruri gore ke ne ka lela. Ke ne ke sa batle go lo utlwisa botlhoko, mme ke ne ke tshwanetse go lo bontsha gore ke lo rata go le kae le go lo tlhokomela kaga se se neng se lo diragalela.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
5 Gakologelwang gore monna yo ke neng ke kwala kaga gagwe, yo o tsositseng matshwenyego otlhe, ga a nkhutsafatsa jaaka lona lotlhe, ntswa ke na le seabe mo go sone le nna. Ga ke batle go nna thata mo go ene go feta jaaka ke tshwanetse. O otlhailwe thata ke go mo gana ga lona.
But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.
Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;
7 Jaanong ke nako ya go mo itshwarela le go mo gomotsa. Fa go sa nne jalo o ka galakega thata a bo a ngodiega mo a se ka keng a fola.
so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.
8 Tsweetswee, mmontsheng gore lo santse lo mo rata thata.
Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.
9 Ke lo kwaletse jaaka ke ne ka dira gore ke tle ke bone go re go ka lo tsaya lobaka lo lo kae go nkutlwa.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.
10 Fa lo itshwarela mongwe, ke a mo itshwarela le nna. Mme le fa e le eng se ke se itshwaretseng, (mo e leng gore le nna go nkamile) go itshwaretswe ka tetlelelo ya ga Keresete le gone go lo solegela molemo.
But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the presence of Christ;
11 Lebaka le lengwe la boitshwarelo ke go ikgapha mo go tsiediweng ke Satane; gonne re itse se o lekang go se dira.
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
12 Jalo e rile ke fitlha bokgakaleng jwa motse wa Terase, Morena a nnaya dinako tse di ntle tsa go rera Efangele.
Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord,
13 Mme Tito, Mokaulengwe wa me yo o rategang, o ne a seyo go nkgatlhantsha, mme ka se ka ka nna le boiketlo mo pelong, ke hakgamatse gore o kae le gore o diragaletswe ke eng. Mme ka laela ka tlhamalalela kwa Masedonia go leka go mmona.
I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.
14 Mme a go lebogwe Modimo! ka se Keresete a se dirileng, ka go re naya phenyo gore gongwe le gongwe fa re tsamayang teng a re dirise go bolelela ba bangwe kaga Morena le go anamisa Efangele jaaka setlolo se se monate.
But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.
15 Ka ntlha ya Modimo go na le monko o o monate mo matshelong a rona. Ke monko o o monate wa ga Keresete mo go rona, monko o o monate mo go ba ba bolokilweng le ba ba sa bolokwang mo tikologong yotlhe ya rona.
For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;
16 Mo go ba ba sa bolokwang, re bonala jaaka monko o o boitshegang wa loso le tshenyego fa mo go ba ba itseng Keresete re le setlolo se se nayang botshelo. Mme ke mang yo o nonofetseng tiro e e ntseng jaaka e.
to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
17 Ke bao fela ba ba tshwanang le rona, batho ba ba itekanetseng ba ba romilweng ke Modimo, ba bua ka nonofo ya ga Keresete, le leitlho la Modimo le re okame. Ga re tshwane le ba ba bapalang ka Lefoko la Modimo, ebile ba bantsi thata, ba megopolo ya bone mo go tsamaiseng Efangele e leng ipapalelo ka yone.
For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.
