2 Wakorintho 7
1 Wapenzi, kwa kuwa tunazo ahadi hizi, basi na tujitakase nafsi zetu kutokana na kila kitu kitiacho mwili na roho unajisi, tukitimiza utakatifu kwa kumcha Mungu.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 Tupatieni nafasi mioyoni mwenu. Hatujamkosea mtu yeyote, hatujampotosha mtu yeyote, wala hatujamdhulumu mtu yeyote.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
3 Sisemi haya ili kuwahukumu, kwa kuwa nilisema mwanzo, kwamba ninyi mko mioyoni mwetu hata kwa kufa pamoja au kuishi pamoja.
I speak not [this] to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you].
4 Mara nyingi najivuna kwa ajili yenu; naona fahari juu yenu. Nimejawa na faraja. Nina furaha kupita kiasi katika mateso yetu yote.
Great [is] my boldness of speech towards you, great [is] my glorying concerning you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
5 Kwa maana hata tulipoingia Makedonia, miili yetu haikuwa na raha. Tulisumbuliwa kila upande, kwa nje kulikuwa na mapigano na mioyoni mwetu tulikuwa na hofu.
For, when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without [were] fightings, within [were] fears.
6 Bali Mungu, yeye awafarijie wenye huzuni, alitufariji kwa kufika kwake Tito.
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
7 Lakini si kule kuja kwa Tito tu, bali pia kwa faraja mliyompa. Alitueleza jinsi mlivyonionea shauku, huzuni yenu kubwa na juhudi yenu kwa ajili yangu, ili kwamba furaha yangu ipate kuwa kubwa kuliko wakati wowote.
And not by his coming only, but by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind towards me; so that I rejoiced the more.
8 Hata kama niliwahuzunisha kwa barua yangu, sijutii. Ingawa nilijuta kwa muda mfupi, kwa kuwa najua kwamba barua yangu iliwaumiza, lakini ni kwa kitambo tu,
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though [it was] but for a season.
9 lakini sasa nina furaha, si kwa sababu mlihuzunika, bali kwa kuwa huzuni hiyo iliwafanya mtubu. Kwa maana mlihuzunishwa kama Mungu alivyokusudia watu wahuzunike na hivyo sisi hatukuwadhuru kwa njia yoyote.
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
10 Kwa maana huzuni ya kimungu huleta toba iletayo wokovu na wala haina majuto. Lakini huzuni ya kidunia husababisha mauti.
For godly sorrow worketh penitence to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11 Tazameni jinsi huzuni hii ya kimungu ilivyoleta faida ndani yenu: bidii mliyo nayo, juhudi mliyofanya kujitetea, uchungu wenu, hofu yenu, upendo wenu, shauku yenu na jinsi mlivyokuwa tayari kutoa adhabu inayostahili. Kwa kila njia mmejithibitisha kuwa safi katika jambo hilo.
For behold this very thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea, [what] avenging! In all [things] ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
12 Hivyo ingawa niliwaandikia, haikuwa kwa sababu ya huyo aliyekosa au huyo aliyekosewa. Lakini nilitaka ninyi wenyewe mwone, mbele za Mungu, jinsi mlivyojitoa kwa ajili yetu.
Wherefore, though I wrote to you, [I did it] not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.
13 Kwa ajili ya haya tumefarijika. Zaidi ya kule sisi kutiwa moyo, tulifurahi sana kumwona Tito alivyo na furaha, kwa sababu roho yake imeburudishwa na ninyi nyote.
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: and exceedingly the more we rejoiced for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
14 Nilikuwa nimewasifu ninyi kwake, nanyi hamkuniaibisha. Lakini kila kitu tulichowaambia ninyi, kilikuwa kweli, hivyo kule kujisifu kwetu kwa Tito kuwahusu ninyi kumethibitishwa kuwa kweli pia.
For if I have boasted any thing to him concerning you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which [I made] before Titus, is found a truth.
15 Upendo wake kwenu unaongezeka sana anapokumbuka jinsi mlivyokuwa watiifu, na kumpokea kwa hofu na kutetemeka.
And his tender affection is more abundant towards you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
16 Nafurahi kwamba ninaweza kuwatumaini ninyi kabisa.
I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all [things].
