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 with myself, not to come to you again in 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 sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful 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 same to you; that I may not, when I come, have sorrow upon 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 to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards 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.
And if any one have caused grief, he hath not grieved me; but in part, that I may not burden you all.
To him who is such a one, this rebuke is sufficient, which is given by 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 on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8 Tsweetswee, mmontsheng gore lo santse lo mo rata thata.
Wherefore, I beseech you, that you would confirm your charity towards 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 may know the experiment of you, whether you be 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.
And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person 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 we be not overreached 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.
And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and 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 rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but bidding them farewell, I went 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.
Now thanks be to God, who always maketh us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and manifesteth the odour of his knowledge by us 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 the good odour 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 indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?
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 many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.
