2 Wakorintho 2
1 Kwa hiyo niliamua kwa sehemu yangu mwenyewe kwamba nisingekuja tena kwenu katika hali ya uchungu.
So I decided for my own part that I would not again come to you in painful circumstances.
2 Kama niliwasababishia ninyi maumivu, ni nani angenifurahisha mimi, lakini ni yule ambaye aliumizwa na mimi?
If I caused you pain, who could cheer me up but the very one who was hurt by me?
3 Niliandika kama nilivyofanya ili kwamba wakati nikija kwenu nisiweze kuumizwa na wale ambao wangekuwa wamenifanya nifurahi. Ninao ujasiri kuhusu ninyi nyote kwamba furaha yangu ni furaha ile ile mliyonayo ninyi nyote.
I wrote as I did in order that when I came to you I might not be hurt by those who should have made me rejoice. I have confidence about all of you that my joy is the same joy you all have.
4 Kwa kuwa niliwaandikia ninyi kutokana na mateso makubwa, na dhiki ya moyo, na kwa machozi mengi. Sikutaka kuwasababishia ninyi maumivu. Badala yake, nilitaka mjue upendo wa kina nilionao kwa ajili yenu.
For I wrote to you from great affliction, with anguish of heart, and with many tears. I did not want to cause you pain. Instead, I wanted you to know the depth of the love that I have for you.
5 Kama kuna yeyote amesababisha maumivu, hajasababisha tu kwangu, lakini kwa kiwango fulani - bila kuweka ukali zaidi - kwenu ninyi nyote.
If anyone has caused pain, he has not caused it only to me, but in some measure—not to put it too harshly—to all of you.
6 Hii adhabu ya mtu huyo kwa wengi inatosha.
This punishment of that person by the majority is enough.
7 Kwa hiyo sasa badala ya adhabu, mnapaswa kumsamehe na kumfariji. Fanyeni hivi ili kwamba asiweze kushindwa na huzuni iliyozidi.
So now rather than punishment, you should forgive and comfort him. Do this so that he is not overwhelmed by too much sorrow.
8 Kwa hiyo ninawatia moyo kuthibitisha upendo wenu hadharani kwa ajili yake.
So I encourage you to publicly affirm your love for him.
9 Hii ndiyo sababu niliandika, ili kwamba niweze kuwajaribu na kujua kuwa kama ni watii katika kila kitu.
This was the reason I wrote, so that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
10 Kama mkimsamehe yeyote, na mimi pia namsamehe mtu huyo. Kile nilicho kisamehe - kama nimesamehe chochote-kimesamehewa kwa faida yenu katika uwepo wa Kristo.
If you forgive anyone, I forgive that person as well. What I have forgiven—if I have forgiven anything—it is forgiven for your sake in the presence of Christ.
11 Hii ni kwamba Shetani asije akatufanyia madanganyo. Kwa kuwa sisi sio wajinga kwa mipango yake.
This is so that Satan will not trick us. For we are not ignorant of his plans.
12 Mlango ulifunguliwa kwangu na Bwana nilipokuja kwenye mji wa Troa kuhubiri injili ya Kristo pale.
A door was opened to me by the Lord when I came to the city of Troas to preach the gospel of Christ there.
13 Hata hivyo, sikuwa na amani ya moyo, kwa sababu sikumkuta ndugu yangu Tito pale. Hivyo niliwaacha na nikarudi Makedonia.
I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I left them and went on to Macedonia.
14 Lakini ashukuriwe Mungu, ambaye katika Kristo mara zote hutuongoza sisi katika ushindi. Kupitia sisi husambaza harufu nzuri ya maarifa yake mahala pote.
But may thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph. Through us he spreads the sweet aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.
15 Kwa kuwa sisi kwa Mungu, ni harufu nzuri ya Kristo, wote kati ya wale waliookolewa na kati ya wale wanaoangamia.
For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ, both among those who are saved and among those who are perishing.
16 Kwa watu ambao wanaangamia, ni harufu kutoka kifo hadi kifo. Kwa wale wanaookolewa, ni harufu nzuri kutoka uzima hadi uzima. Ni nani anayestahili vitu hivi?
To the people who are perishing, it is an aroma from death to death. To the ones being saved, it is an aroma from life to life. Who is worthy of these things?
17 Kwa kuwa sisi sio kama watu wengi wanaouza neno la Mungu kwa faida. Badala yake, kwa usafi wa nia, tunanena katika Kristo, kama vile tunavyotumwa kutoka kwa Mungu, mbele ya Mungu.
For we are not like so many people who sell the word of God for profit. Instead, with purity of motives, we speak in Christ, as we are sent from God, in the sight of God.
