2 Wakorintho 2
1 Hivyo nilikusudia moyoni mwangu nisifanye ziara nyingine yenye kuwaumiza ninyi.
I decided that I would not visit you again in grief;
2 Kwa kuwa kama nikiwahuzunisha ninyi, ni nani aliyebaki wa kunifurahisha isipokuwa ninyi ambao nimewahuzunisha?
for if I cause you grief, who is there to cause me joy except those whom I have grieved?
3 Niliandika hivyo kama nilivyofanya, ili nikija nisihuzunishwe na wale watu ambao wangenifanya nifurahi. Nina uhakika na ninyi nyote, kwamba wote mngeshiriki furaha yangu.
And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.
4 Kwa maana niliwaandikia kutokana na dhiki kubwa na kutaabika sana kwa moyo wangu tena kwa machozi mengi, shabaha yangu si ili niwasababishe mhuzunike bali kuwaonyesha kina cha upendo wangu kwenu.
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, through many tears; not to pain you, but to convince you of my love, my abundant love for you.
5 Lakini ikiwa mtu yeyote amesababisha huzuni, kwa kiasi fulani hakunihuzunisha mimi kama vile alivyowahuzunisha ninyi nyote, ili nisiwe mkali kupita kiasi.
As to him who has been, and now is, causing pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but all of you - at least some of you (not to overstate the case).
6 Adhabu hii aliyopewa na wengi inamtosha.
Sufficient for the offender is the punishment imposed by the majority;
7 Basi sasa badala yake, inawapasa kumsamehe na kumfariji, ili asigubikwe na huzuni kupita kiasi.
so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.
8 Kwa hiyo, nawasihi, mpate kuuthibitisha tena upendo wenu kwa ajili yake.
So I beg you to reinstate him in your love.
9 Sababu ya kuwaandikia ni kuona kama mngeweza kushinda hilo jaribio na kutii katika kila jambo.
For this very purpose also I wrote you (before), that I might test you, to see if you were obedient in every respect.
10 Kama ninyi mkimsamehe mtu yeyote, mimi pia nimemsamehe. Kile nilichosamehe, kama kulikuwa na kitu chochote cha kusamehe, nimekwisha kusamehe mbele ya Kristo kwa ajili yenu,
If you forgive the man, I forgive him, too; for whatever I have forgiven has been forgiven in the presence of Christ,
11 ili Shetani asitushinde. Kwa maana hatuachi kuzijua hila zake.
for your sakes, that I may not be overreached by Satan, for I am not ignorant of his devices.
12 Basi nilipofika Troa kuhubiri Injili ya Kristo na kukuta kwamba Bwana alikuwa amenifungulia mlango,
Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13 bado nilikuwa sina utulivu akilini mwangu kwa sababu sikumkuta ndugu yangu Tito huko. Hivyo niliagana nao nikaenda Makedonia.
I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my brother. So I bade them good-bye and started off for Macedonia.
14 Lakini Mungu ashukuriwe, yeye ambaye siku zote hutufanya tuandamane kwa ushindi tukiwa ndani ya Kristo. Naye kupitia kwetu hueneza kila mahali harufu nzuri ya kumjua yeye.
But thanks be to God, who in every place is leading me in the train of Christ’s triumph, and is making manifest through me the knowledge of him, an odor of incense everywhere.
15 Kwa maana sisi kwa Mungu ni harufu nzuri ya manukato ya Kristo miongoni mwa wale wanaookolewa na kwa wale wanaopotea.
I am Christ’s fragrance upwafted unto God, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing;
16 Kwa wale wanaopotea, sisi ni harufu ya mauti iletayo mauti; lakini kwa wale wanaookolewa, sisi ni harufu nzuri iletayo uzima. Ni nani awezaye mambo hayo?
to these latter an odor of death to death, to the former, of life to life. For such service as this, who is sufficient?
17 Tofauti na watu wengine wengi, sisi hatufanyi biashara na Neno la Mungu kwa ajili ya kupata faida. Kinyume chake, katika Kristo tunalisema Neno la Mungu kwa unyoofu, kama watu tuliotumwa kutoka kwa Mungu.
I am; for I am not like most, trafficking in the word of God, but rather from a sincere heart, like a man of God, I speak in Christ, in the very presence of God.
