2 Wakorintho 9
1 Kuhusiana na huduma kwa ajili ya waumini, ni bora zaidi kwangu kuwaandikia.
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2 Ninajua kuhusu shauku yenu, ambayo nilijivunia kwa watu wa Makedonia. Niliwaambia kwamba Akaya imekuwa tayari tangu mwaka uliopita. Hamu yenu imewatia moyo wengi wao kutenda.
for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and your zeal hath stirred up very many of them.
3 Sasa, nimewatuma ndugu ili kwamba majivuno yetu kuhusu ninyi yasiwe ya bure, na ili kwamba mngekuwa tayari, kama nilivyosema mngekuwa.
But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared:
4 Vinginevyo, kama mtu yeyote wa Makedonia akija pamoja nami na kuwakuta hamjawa tayari, tungeona haya — sisemi chochote kuhusu ninyi—kwa kuwa jasiri sana katika ninyi.
lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.
5 Hivyo niliona ilikuwa muhimu kuwasihi ndugu kuja kwenu na kufanya mipango mapema kwa ajili ya zawadi mlizoahidi. Hii ni hivyo ili kwamba ziwe tayari kama baraka, na si kama kitu kilichoamriwa.
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.
6 Wazo ni hili: mtu apandaye haba pia atavuna haba, na yeyote apandaye kwa lengo la baraka pia atavuna baraka.
But this [I say], He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Basi na kila mmoja atoe kama alivyopanga moyoni mwake. Basi naye asitoe kwa huzuni au kwa kulazimishwa. Kwa kuwa Mungu humpenda yule atoaye kwa furaha.
[Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 Na Mungu anaweza kuizidishia kila baraka kwa ajili yenu, ili kwamba, kila wakati, katika mambo yote, muweze kupata yote mnayohitaji. Hii itakuwa ili kwamba mueze kuzidisha kila tendo jema.
And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:
9 Ni kama ilivyoandikwa: “Ametapanya utajiri wake na kuutoa kwa maskini. Haki yake yadumu milele.” (aiōn g165)
as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever. (aiōn g165)
10 Naye atoaye mbegu kwa mpanzi na mkate kwa ajili ya chakula, pia atatoa na kuzidisha mbegu yenu kwa ajili ya kupanda. Yeye ataongeza mavuno ya haki yenu.
And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
11 Mtatajirishwa kwa kila namna ili kwamba muweze kuwa wakarimu. Hii italeta shukrani kwa Mungu kupitia sisi.
ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.
12 Kwa kufanya huduma hii sio tu inagusa mahitaji ya waumini. Pia huzidisha katika matendo mengi ya shukrani kwa Mungu.
For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Kwa sababu ya kupimwa kwenu na kuthibitishwa kwa huduma hii, pia mtamtukuza Mungu kwa utii kwa ukiri wenu wa injili ya Kristo. Pia mtamtukuza Mungu kwa ukarimu wa karama yenu kwao na kwa kila mmoja.
seeing that through the proving [of you] by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of [your] contribution unto them and unto all;
14 Wanawatamani, na wanaomba kwa ajili yenu. Wanafanya hivi kwa sababu ya neema kubwa ya Mungu iliyo juu yenu.
while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
15 Shukrani ziwe kwa Mungu kwa karama yake isiyoelezeka!
Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.
