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, that my next visit to you should not be 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 there to make me glad but he that 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 about this very matter, that I might not on my coming have sorrow from those who ought to gladden me, having confidence in all of you, 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 distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that ye should be made sorrowful, but that ye might know the exceeding love which I have for 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 one hath caused grief, he hath caused it not to me alone, but in a measure, not to be too severe on him, to all of you.
Sufficient for 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 on the contrary ye ought rather to forgive, and console him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with 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 I wrote, that I might know by putting it to the proof, 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 have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes I forgave 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 Satan might not gain an advantage over us; 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 to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door had been opened to me by 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 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 to God, who always exhibiteth us in triumph in Christ, and manifesteth through us the odor of the knowledge of him 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 to God a sweet odor of Christ among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing;
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 latter we are the odor of death, producing death; and to the former the odor of life, producing 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, who adulterate the word of God; but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
