Bakorintha II 6

1 Mme jaaka badiri le Modimo re lo kopa gore lo se phaile molaetsa o o hakgamatsang wa bopelonomi jo bogolo ja Modimo.

And as helpers, we beseech of you that the grace of Aloha which you have received be not made ineffectual in you.

2 Gonne Modimo wa re, “Selelo sa lona se tsile mo go nna ka nako e e tshwanetseng, fa dikgoro tsa kamogelo di ne di atlhame. Ke lo thusitse ka letsatsi le poloko e neng e abiwa ka lone.” Gone jaanong Modimo o ipaakanyeditse go lo amogela. Gompieno o ipaakanyeditse go lo boloka.

For he hath said, In the time acceptable I have heard thee, And in the day of salvation I have helped thee. Behold, Now is the time acceptable; behold, Now is the day of salvation.

3 Re leka go tshela ka tsela e e siameng gore ope a se ka a dira molato kgotsa a boela kwa morago mo go batleng Morena ka tsela e re dirang ka yone, gore ope a se ka a re bona molato a ba a o baya mo Moreneng.

Nor in any thing give to any man occasion of stumbling, that no blemish may be upon our ministry;

4 Mme tota, mo go sengwe le sengwe se re se dirang, re leka go supa gore re baruti ba boamaaruri ba Modimo. Ka bobelotelele re itshokela pogiso le mathata matshwenyego a mefuta yotlhe.

but in every thing will we demonstrate ourselves that we are the ministers of Aloha; by much patience, by afflictions, by necessity, by imprisonments,

5 Re iteilwe, ra tsenngwa mo dikgolegelong, ra lebagana le bo nko-di-aboga, ra dira thata, ra nna re lebeletse mo masigong re sa robale, ra ba ra ikitsa dijo.

by stripes, by chains, by tumults, by labour, by watching, by fasting,

6 Re itshupile go nna se re se ipitsang ka matshelo otlhe a rona le ka go tlhaloganya Efangele le ka bobelotelele jwa rona. Re ntse re le tshiamo le boamaaruri jwa lorato le go tladiwa ka Mowa O O Boitshepo.

by purity, by knowledge, by prolonging the mind, by benignity, by the Spirit of Holiness, by love without deceit,

7 Re ntse re le boammaaruri ka nonofo ya Modimo e re thusa mo go tsotlhe tse re di dirang. Ditlhabano tsotlhe tsa motho yo o boifang Modimo, ditlhabano tsa phemelo, le ditlhabano tsa go tlhasela, e ntse e le tsa rona.

by the doctrine of truth, by the power of Aloha, by the arms of righteousness for the right hand and for the left,

8 Re emetse Morena ka boammaaruri le fa bangwe ba re tlotla kgotsa ba re nyatsa, le fa ba re tshwaya diphoso kgotsa ba re baka. Re a ikanyega, mme ba re bitsa baaki.

by glory and by shame, by praise and by abuse; as deceivers, and true;

9 Lefatshe le a re itlhokomolosa, mme re itsiwe ke Modimo; re tshela gaufi le loso, mme ke rona ba, re santse re itekanetse. Re ne ra bolaesega mme ra bolokesega mo losong.

as unknown, and yet we are known; as dead, yet, lo, we live; as chastened, yet we die not;

10 Dipelo tsa rona di botlhoko, mme le fa gontse jalo re na le boitumelo jwa Morena. Re humanegile, mme re abela ba bangwe dimpho tse di kgolo tse di humileng tsa semowa. Ga re a itsholela sepe, mme le fa go ntse jalo re itumelela sengwe le sengwe.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet many making rich; as having nothing, yet possessing every thing.

11 Oo, ditsala tsa me tsa Korintha! “Ke lo boleletse maikutlo ame otlhe; ke lo rata ka pelo yame yotlhe”.

OUR mouth is opened to you, Kurinthoyee, and our heart expanded.

12 Botsididi jo bo sa leng teng mo gare ga rona ga se ka ntlha ya tlhaelo epe ya lorato ka fa ntlheng ya me, mme ka gore lorato lwa lona lo lo nnye thata jalo ga lo nkame go ntsenya mo teng.

You are not constrained in us, but you are constrained in your own bowels.

13 Ke bua le lona jaa-nong jaaka ekete lo bana ba e leng ba me. Re buleleng dipelo tsa lona! Re supegetseng lorato!

But as unto (my) children, I say to you, Render to me my gains which are with you, and expand your love towards me.

14 Lo se tlhakane le ba ba sa rateng Morena, gonne batho ba Modimo ba ka tlhakanela eng le baleofi? Lesedi le ka nna jang le lefifi?

And be not sons of the yoke with them who believe not. For what participation hath righteousness with iniquity? Or what commixture hath the light with darkness?

15 Mme ke bokopano bofe jo bo ka nnang mo gare ga ga Keresete le Diabolo. Mokeresete o ka nna le botsalano jang le motho yo o sa dumeleng.

Or what concord hath the Meshiha with Satana? Or what portion hath the believer with the unbeliever?

16 Mme go ka nna le bokopano bofe fa gare ga Tempele ya Modimo le medimo ya disetwa? Gonne lo Tempele ya Modimo, legae la Modimo o o tshelang, mme Modimo o buile kaga lona jaana wa re, “Ke tlaa nna mo go bone, ke bo ke tsamaya mo go bone, mme ba tlaa nna batho bame le nna ke tlaa nna Modimo wa bone.”

Or what union hath the temple of Aloha with (that) of demons? For you are the temple of Aloha the living; as it is written, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; And I will be their God, And they shall be to me a people.

17 Ke gone ka mo Morena o boileng a re, “Ba leseng; ikgaoganyeng le bone; lo se ka lwa ama dilo tsa bone tse di maswe (makgapha), mme ke tlaa lo amogela,

Wherefore come out from among them, And be separate from them, (saith the Lord, ) And the impure touch not; And I will receive you,

18 Ke tlaa nna Rraalona, le lona lo tlaa nna bomorwaake le bo-morwadiake.”

And I will be to you a Father, And you shall be to me for sons and daughters, Saith the Lord, who holdeth all.