2 Wakorintho 6
1 Kama watendakazi pamoja na Mungu, tunawasihi msipokee neema ya Mungu bure.
Therefore, as God’s fellow workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving kindness in vain.
2 Kwa maana asema: “Wakati wangu uliokubalika nilikusikia, siku ya wokovu nilikusaidia.” Tazama, wakati uliokubalika ndio huu, siku ya wokovu ndiyo sasa.
For he says – ‘At the time for acceptance I listened to you, and on the day of deliverance I helped you.’ Now is the time for acceptance! Now is the day of deliverance!
3 Hatuweki kitu cha kukwaza katika njia ya mtu yeyote, ili huduma yetu isionekane kuwa na lawama.
Never do we put an obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
4 Bali kama watumishi wa Mungu tuonyeshe kwa kila njia: katika saburi nyingi; katika dhiki, katika misiba, na katika shida;
No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God’s assistants should – in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,
5 katika kupigwa, katika kufungwa gerezani na katika ghasia; katika kazi ngumu, katika kukesha na katika kufunga;
in floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in hunger;
6 katika utakatifu, katika ufahamu, katika uvumilivu, na katika utu wema; katika Roho Mtakatifu na upendo wa kweli;
by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love;
7 katika maneno ya kweli na katika nguvu za Mungu, kwa silaha za haki za mkono wa kuume na za mkono wa kushoto;
by the message of truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
8 katika utukufu na katika kudharauliwa; katika sifa mbaya na katika sifa nzuri; tukiwa kama wadanganyaji, lakini tukiwa wakweli;
amid honor and disrepute, amid slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet proved to be true;
9 tukiwa maarufu, lakini tukihesabiwa kama tusiojulikana; tukiwa kama wanaokufa, lakini tunaishi; tukipigwa, lakini hatuuawi;
as unknown, yet well-known; as at death’s door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed;
10 tukiwa kama wenye huzuni, lakini siku zote tukifurahi; tukionekana maskini, lakini tukitajirisha wengi; tukiwa kama wasio na kitu, lakini tuna vitu vyote.
as saddened, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things!
11 Tumesema nanyi wazi, enyi Wakorintho na kuwafungulieni mioyo yetu wazi kabisa.
We have been speaking freely to you, dear friends in Corinth; we have opened our heart;
12 Sisi hatujizuii kuwapenda, bali ninyi mmeuzuia upendo wenu kwetu.
there is room there for you, yet there is not room, in your love, for us.
13 Sasa nasema, kama na watoto wangu: Ninyi pia ifungueni mioyo yenu kabisa.
Can you not in return – I appeal to you as I should to children – open your hearts to us?
14 Msifungiwe nira pamoja na watu wasioamini, kwa jinsi isivyo sawasawa, kwa maana pana uhusiano gani kati ya haki na uovu? Au kuna ushirika gani kati ya nuru na giza?
Do not enter into inconsistent relations with those who reject the faith. For what partnership can there be between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what has light to do with darkness?
15 Kuna mapatano gani kati ya Kristo na Beliari? Yeye aaminiye ana sehemu gani na yeye asiyeamini?
What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial? Or what can those who accept the faith have in common with those who reject it?
16 Kuna mapatano gani kati ya Hekalu la Mungu na sanamu? Kwa kuwa sisi tu Hekalu la Mungu aliye hai. Kama Mungu alivyosema: “Nitakaa pamoja nao na kutembea katikati yao, nami nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.”
What agreement can there be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the living God. That is what God meant when he said – ‘I will live among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
17 “Kwa hiyo tokeni miongoni mwao, mkatengwe nao, asema Bwana. Msiguse kitu chochote kilicho najisi, nami nitawakaribisha.”
Therefore “Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them,” says the Lord, “And touch nothing impure; and I will welcome you;
18 “Mimi nitakuwa Baba kwenu, nanyi mtakuwa wanangu na binti zangu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.”
and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the Lord, the Ruler of all.’
