2 Wakorintho 6
1 Na kwa hiyo, kufanya kazi pamoja, tunawasihi ninyi msiipokee neema ya Mungu pasipo matokeo.
Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive 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 says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” 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.
We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be 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 servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
5 kupigwa, vifungo, ghasia, katika kufanya kazi kwa bidii, katika kukosa usingizi usiku, katika njaa,
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,
6 katika usafi, maarifa, uvumilivu, wema, katika Roho Mtakatifu, katika upendo halisi.
in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
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 armor 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 dishonor, 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 punished 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 always 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 to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
12 mioyo yenu haizuiliwi na sisi, bali mnazuiliwa na hisia zenu wenyewe.
You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
13 Sasa katika kubadilishana kwa haki - ninaongea kama kwa watoto - fungueni mioyo yenu kwa upana.
Now in return—I speak as to my children—you also open your hearts.
14 Msifungamanishwe pamoja na wasioamini. Kwa kuwa kuna uhusiano gani kati ya haki na uasi? Na kuna ushirika gani kati ya nuru na giza?
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
15 Ni makubaliano gani Kristo anaweza kuwa nayo na Beliari? Au yeye aaminiye ana sehemu gani pamoja na asiyeamini?
What agreement does Messiah have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have 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.”
What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
17 Kwa hiyo, “Tokeni kati yao, na mkatengwe nao,” asema Bwana. “Msiguse kitu kichafu, na nitawakaribisha ninyi.
Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
18 Nitakuwa Baba kwenu, nanyi mtakuwa wanangu wa kiume na wa kike,” asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
