2 Wakorintho 6
1 Na kwa hiyo, kufanya kazi pamoja, tunawasihi ninyi msiipokee neema ya Mungu pasipo matokeo.
And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
2 Kwa kuwa anasema, “Wakati uliokubalika nilikuwa makini kwenu, na katika siku ya wokovu niliwasaidia.” Tazama, sasa ni wakati uliokubalika. Tazama, sasa ni siku ya wokovu.
(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succour thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):
3 Hatuweki jiwe la kizuizi mbele ya mtu yeyote, kwa kuwa hatuitakii huduma yetu iletwe katika sifa mbaya.
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;
4 Badala yake, tunajihakiki wenyewe kwa matendo yetu yote, kwamba tu watumishi wa Mungu. Tu watumishi wake katika wingi wa ustahimilivu, mateso, dhiki, ugumu wa maisha,
but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5 kupigwa, vifungo, ghasia, katika kufanya kazi kwa bidii, katika kukosa usingizi usiku, katika njaa,
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
6 katika usafi, maarifa, uvumilivu, wema, katika Roho Mtakatifu, katika upendo halisi.
in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Ghost, in love unfeigned,
7 Tu watumishi wake katika neno la kweli, katika nguvu ya Mungu. Tuna silaha ya haki kwa ajili ya mkono wa kuuume na wa kushoto.
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 Tunafanya kazi katika heshima na kudharauliwa, katika kashfa na sifa. Tunatuhumiwa kuwa wadanganyifu na wakati tu wakweli.
by glory and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and [yet] true;
9 Tunafanya kazi kana kwamba hatujulikani na bado tunajulikana vizuri. Tunafanya kazi kama wanaokufa na -Tazama! - bado tunaishi. Tunafanya kazi kama tunaoadhibiwa kwa ajili ya matendo yetu lakini sio kama waliohukumiwa hata kufa.
as unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
10 Tunafanya kazi kama wenye masikitiko, lakini siku zote tuna furaha. Tunafanya kazi kama maskini, lakini tunatajirisha wengi. Tunafanya kazi kana kwamba hatupati kitu bali kama tunaomiliki kila kitu.
as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
11 Tumezungumza ukweli wote kwenu, Wakorintho, na mioyo yetu imefunguka kwa upana.
Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
12 mioyo yenu haizuiliwi na sisi, bali mnazuiliwa na hisia zenu wenyewe.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
13 Sasa katika kubadilishana kwa haki - ninaongea kama kwa watoto - fungueni mioyo yenu kwa upana.
Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto [my] children), be ye also enlarged.
14 Msifungamanishwe pamoja na wasioamini. Kwa kuwa kuna uhusiano gani kati ya haki na uasi? Na kuna ushirika gani kati ya nuru na giza?
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
15 Ni makubaliano gani Kristo anaweza kuwa nayo na Beliari? Au yeye aaminiye ana sehemu gani pamoja na asiyeamini?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?
16 Na kuna makubaliano gani yapo kati ya hekalu la Mungu na sanamu? Kwa kuwa sisi ni hekalu la Mungu aliye hai, kama ambavyo Mungu alisema: “Nitakaa kati yao na kutembea kati yao. Nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.”
And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Kwa hiyo, “Tokeni kati yao, na mkatengwe nao,” asema Bwana. “Msiguse kitu kichafu, na nitawakaribisha ninyi.
Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
18 Nitakuwa Baba kwenu, nanyi mtakuwa wanangu wa kiume na wa kike,” asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
