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, so far as I am concerned, I have resolved not to have a painful visit the next time I come to see you.
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 of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain?
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 write this to you in order that when I come I may not receive pain from those who ought to give me joy, confident as I am as to 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 with many tears I write to you, and in deep suffering and depression of spirit, not in order to grieve you, but in the hope of showing you how brimful my heart is with love 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.
Now if any one has caused sorrow, it has been caused not so much to me, as in some degree--for I have no wish to exaggerate--to all of you.
In the case of such a person the punishment which was inflicted by the majority of you is enough.
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 you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief.
8 Tsweetswee, mmontsheng gore lo santse lo mo rata thata.
I beg you therefore fully to reinstate him in your love.
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 in writing to you I have also this object in view--to discover by experience whether you are prepared to be obedient in every respect.
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.
When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has always been for your sakes 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.
for fear Satan should 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 into the Troad to spread there the Good News about the Christ, even though in the Lord's providence a door stood open before me,
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.
yet, obtaining no relief for my spirit because I did not find our brother Titus, I bade them farewell and went on 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 to God be the thanks who in Christ ever heads our triumphal procession, and by our hands waves in every place that sweet incense, the knowledge of Him.
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 fragrance of Christ grateful to God in those whom He is saving and in 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 last-named an odor of death predictive of death, and to the others an odor of life predictive of life. And for such service as this who is competent?
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.
We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God, in God's presence and in communion with Christ, so we speak.
