2 Wakorintho 2
1 Kwa hiyo niliamua kwa sehemu yangu mwenyewe kwamba nisingekuja tena kwenu katika hali ya uchungu.
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
2 Kama niliwasababishia ninyi maumivu, ni nani angenifurahisha mimi, lakini ni yule ambaye aliumizwa na mimi?
For if I make you grieve, then who will make me glad but he who is made to grieve 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.
And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.
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 out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
5 Kama kuna yeyote amesababisha maumivu, hajasababisha tu kwangu, lakini kwa kiwango fulani - bila kuweka ukali zaidi - kwenu ninyi nyote.
But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
6 Hii adhabu ya mtu huyo kwa wengi inatosha.
This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
7 Kwa hiyo sasa badala ya adhabu, mnapaswa kumsamehe na kumfariji. Fanyeni hivi ili kwamba asiweze kushindwa na huzuni iliyozidi.
so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
8 Kwa hiyo ninawatia moyo kuthibitisha upendo wenu hadharani kwa ajili yake.
Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
9 Hii ndiyo sababu niliandika, ili kwamba niweze kuwajaribu na kujua kuwa kama ni watii katika kila kitu.
For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
10 Kama mkimsamehe yeyote, na mimi pia namsamehe mtu huyo. Kile nilicho kisamehe - kama nimesamehe chochote-kimesamehewa kwa faida yenu katika uwepo wa Kristo.
Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
11 Hii ni kwamba Shetani asije akatufanyia madanganyo. Kwa kuwa sisi sio wajinga kwa mipango yake.
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
12 Mlango ulifunguliwa kwangu na Bwana nilipokuja kwenye mji wa Troa kuhubiri injili ya Kristo pale.
Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13 Hata hivyo, sikuwa na amani ya moyo, kwa sababu sikumkuta ndugu yangu Tito pale. Hivyo niliwaacha na nikarudi Makedonia.
I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
14 Lakini ashukuriwe Mungu, ambaye katika Kristo mara zote hutuongoza sisi katika ushindi. Kupitia sisi husambaza harufu nzuri ya maarifa yake mahala pote.
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
15 Kwa kuwa sisi kwa Mungu, ni harufu nzuri ya Kristo, wote kati ya wale waliookolewa na kati ya wale wanaoangamia.
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are saved and in those who perish:
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 one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for 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 as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
