2 Wakorintho 13
1 Hii ni mara ya tatu kwamba nakuja kwenu. “Kila shitaka lazima lijengwe na uthibitisho wa mashahidi wawili au watatu.”
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
2 Nimekwishashasema kwa hao waliotenda dhambi kabla na kwa wengine wote wakati nilipokuwa huko mara ya pili, na ninasema tena: Nitakapokuja tena, sitawavumilia.
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
3 Nawaambia ninyi hili kwa sababu mnatafuta ushahidi kwamba Kristo ananena kupitia mimi. Yeye sio dhaifu kwenu, badala yake, yeye ni mwenye nguvu ndani yenu.
Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
4 Kwa kuwa alisulibiwa katika udhaifu, lakini yu hai kwa nguvu za Mungu. Kwa kuwa sisi pia tu dhaifu ndani yake, lakini tutaishi naye kwa nguvu za Mungu miongoni mwenu.
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
5 Jichunguzeni wenyewe muone kama mko katika imani. Jipimeni wenyewe. Hamgundui kwamba Yesu Kristo yu ndani yenu? Yeye yumo, vinginevyo kama hamjathibitishwa.
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
6 Na nina ujasiri kwamba ninyi mtagundua kwamba sisi hatukukataliwa.
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
7 Sasa tunaomba kwa Mungu kwamba msiweze kufanya chochote kibaya. Siombi kwamba sisi tuweze kuonekana tumepita jaribu, badala yake ninaomba kwamba muweze kufanya kilicho sahihi, Ingawa tunaweza kuonekana tumeshindwa jaribu.
Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
8 Kwa kuwa sisi hatuwezi kufanya lolote kinyume na kweli, lakini ni kwa ajili ya kweli tu.
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9 Kwa kuwa tunafurahi wakati tunapokuwa dhaifu nanyi mkiwa na nguvu. Tunaomba pia kwamba muweze kufanywa wakamilifu.
For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
10 Nayaandika mambo haya wakati nikiwa mbali nanyi, ili kwamba wakati nikiwa pamoja nanyi sihitaji kuwaonesha ukali ninyi. Sihitaji kutumia mamlaka Bwana aliyonipaa mimi niwajenge na siyo kuwaharibu chini.
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
11 Hatimaye, ndugu wa kiume na wa kike, furahini! fanyeni kazi kwa ajili ya urejesho, mtiwe moyo, kubalianeni ninyi kwa ninyi, muishi katika amani. Na Mungu wa upendo na amani atakuwa pamoja nanyi.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
12 Salimianeni kila mmoja kwa busu takatifu.
Greet one another with an holy kiss.
13 Waumini wote wanawasalimu.
All the saints salute you.
14 Neema ya Bwana Yesu Kristo, upendo wa Mungu, na ushirika wa Roho Mtakatifu uwe pamoja nanyi nyote.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
