2 Wakorintho 5
1 Tunajua kwamba kama maskani ya ulimwenguni ambayo tunaishi humo yanaharibiwa, tunalo jengo kutoka kwa Mungu. Ni nyumba isiyotengenezwa kwa mikono ya wanadamu, bali ni nyumba ya milele, katika mbingu. (aiōnios g166)
For we know that if this poor tent, our earthly house, is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, a house not built by human hands, but eternal. (aiōnios g166)
2 Kwa kuwa katika hema hii tunaugua, tukitamani kuvikwa kwa maskani yetu mbinguni.
For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven--
3 Tunatamani kwa ajili ya hii kwa sababu kwa kuivaa hatutaonekana kuwa tu uchi.
if indeed having really put on a robe we shall not be found to be unclothed.
4 Kwa hakika wakati tuko ndani ya hema hii, twaugua tukilemewa. Hatutaki kuvuliwa. Badala yake, tunataka kuvalishwa, ili kwamba kile kilicho kufa kiweze kumezwa na uzima.
Yes, we who are in this tent certainly do sigh under our burdens, for we do not wish to lay aside that with which we are now clothed, but to put on more, so that our mortality may be absorbed in Life.
5 Yule aliyetuandaa sisi kwa kitu hiki ni Mungu, ambaye alitupa sisi Roho kama ahadi ya kile kitakacho kuja.
And He who formed us with this very end in view is God, who has given us His Spirit as a pledge and foretaste of that bliss.
6 Kwa hiyo muwe na ujasiri siku zote. Muwe macho kwamba wakati tuko nyumbani katika mwili, tuko mbali na Bwana.
We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;
7 Kwa kuwa tunatembea kwa imani, sio kwa kuona. Kwa hiyo tunaujasiri.
for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight.
8 Ni bora tuwe mbali kutoka kwenye mwili na nyumbani pamoja na Bwana.
So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.
9 Kwa hiyo tunaifanya kuwa lengo letu, kama tukiwa nyumbani au mbali, tumpendeze yeye.
And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly.
10 Kwa kuwa lazima wote tuonekane mbele ya kiti cha hukumu cha Kristo, ili kwamba kila mmoja aweze kupokea kile kinachostahili kwa mambo yaliyofanyika katika mwili, ikiwa ni kwa uzuri au kwa ubaya.
For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.
11 Kwa hiyo, kwa kuijua hofu ya Bwana, tunawashawishi watu. Jinsi tulivyo, inaonekana wazi na Mungu. Ninatumaini kuwa inaeleweka pia kwenye dhamiri zenu.
Therefore, because we realize how greatly the Lord is to be feared, we are endeavouring to win men over, and God recognizes what our motives are, and I hope that you, in your hearts, recognize them too.
12 Hatujaribu kuwashawishi ninyi tena kutuona sisi kama wakweli. Badala yake, tunawapa ninyi sababu ya kujivuna kwa ajili yetu, ili kwamba muweze kuwa na jibu kwa wale wanaojivunia kuhusu mwonekano lakini sio kile kilicho ndani ya moyo.
We are not again commending ourselves to your favour, but are furnishing you with a ground of boasting on our behalf, so that you may have a reply ready for those with whom superficial appearances are everything and sincerity of heart counts for nothing.
13 Kwa kuwa ikiwa kama tumerukwa na akili, ni kwa ajili ya Mungu. Na kama tuko kwenye akili zetu timamu, ni kwa ajili yenu.
For if we have been beside ourselves, it has been for God's glory; or if we are now in our right senses, it is in order to be of service to you.
14 Kwa kuwa upendo wa Kristo watushurutisha, kwa sababu tuna uhakika na hili: kuwa mtu mmoja alikufa kwa ajili ya wote, na kwa hiyo wote wamekufa.
For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,
15 Na Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya wote, ili kwamba wale wanaoishi wasiishi tena kwa ajili yao wenyewe. Badala yake, lazima waishi kwa ajili yake yeye ambaye alikufa na alifufuliwa.
and that He died for all in order that the living may no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.
16 Kwa sababu hii, kuanzia sasa na kuendelea hatumuhukumu mtu kulingana na viwango vya wanadamu, ingawa hapo kwanza tulimtazama Kristo katika namna hii. Lakini sasa hatumuhukumu yeyote kwa namna hii tena.
Therefore for the future we know no one simply as a man. Even if we have known Christ as a man, yet now we do so no longer.
17 Kwa hiyo, ikiwa mtu yeyote yuko ndani ya Kristo, yeye ni kiumbe kipya. Mambo ya kale yamepita. Tazama, yamekuwa mapya.
So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.
18 Vitu vyote hivi vyatoka kwa Mungu. Alitupatanisha sisi kwake mwenyewe kupitia Kristo, na ametupatia huduma ya upatanisho.
And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and has appointed us to serve in the ministry of reconciliation.
19 Hiyo ni kusema, katika Kristo, Mungu anaupatanisha ulimwengu kwake mwenyewe, sio kuhesabu makosa yao dhidi yao. Anawekeza kwetu ujumbe wa upatanisho.
We are to tell how God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not charging men's transgressions to their account, and that He has entrusted to us the Message of this reconciliation.
20 Kwa hiyo tunateuliwa kama wawakilishi wa Kristo, kana kwamba Mungu alikuwa anafanya rufaa yake kupitia sisi. Tunawasihi ninyi kwa ajili ya Kristo: “Mpatanishwe kwa Mungu!”
On Christ's behalf therefore we come as ambassadors, God, as it were, making entreaty through our lips: we, on Christ's behalf, beseech men to be reconciled to God.
21 Alimfanya Kristo kuwa sadaka kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu. Yeye ndiye ambaye hakutenda dhambi. Alifanya hivi ili tuweze kufanyika haki ya Mungu katika yeye.
He has made Him who knew nothing of sin to be sin for us, in order that in Him we may become the righteousness of God.
