2 Wakorintho 9
1 Kuhusiana na huduma kwa ajili ya waumini, ni bora zaidi kwangu kuwaandikia.
Concerning the ministry for the believers, it is not necessary 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.
I know about your desire, which I boasted about to the people of Macedonia. I told them that Achaia has been getting ready since last year. Your eagerness has motivated most of them to action.
3 Sasa, nimewatuma ndugu ili kwamba majivuno yetu kuhusu ninyi yasiwe ya bure, na ili kwamba mngekuwa tayari, kama nilivyosema mngekuwa.
Now I have sent the brothers so that our boasting about you may not be futile, and so that you would be ready, as I said you would be.
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.
Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we would be ashamed—I say nothing about you—for being so confident in you.
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.
So I thought it was necessary to urge the brothers to come to you and to make arrangements in advance for the gift you have promised. This is so that it might be ready as a blessing, and not as something extorted.
6 Wazo ni hili: mtu apandaye haba pia atavuna haba, na yeyote apandaye kwa lengo la baraka pia atavuna baraka.
The point is this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows for the purpose of a blessing will also reap a blessing.
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 one give as he has planned in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves 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 overflow for you, so that, always, in all things, you may have all you need. This will be so that you may multiply every good deed.
9 Ni kama ilivyoandikwa: “Ametapanya utajiri wake na kuutoa kwa maskini. Haki yake yadumu milele.” (aiōn g165)
It is as it is written: “He has distributed his riches and given them to the poor. His righteousness lasts forever.” (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.
He who supplies seed to the farmer who sows and bread for food, will also supply and multiply your seed for sowing. He will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
11 Mtatajirishwa kwa kila namna ili kwamba muweze kuwa wakarimu. Hii italeta shukrani kwa Mungu kupitia sisi.
You will be enriched in every way so you can be generous. This will bring about thanksgiving to God through us.
12 Kwa kufanya huduma hii sio tu inagusa mahitaji ya waumini. Pia huzidisha katika matendo mengi ya shukrani kwa Mungu.
For carrying out this service not only meets the needs of the saints but is also overflowing into many acts of thanksgiving to 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.
Because of your being tested and proved by this service, you will also glorify God by obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ. You will also glorify God by the generosity of your gift to them and to everyone.
14 Wanawatamani, na wanaomba kwa ajili yenu. Wanafanya hivi kwa sababu ya neema kubwa ya Mungu iliyo juu yenu.
They long for you, and they are praying for you. They do this because of the very great grace of God that is on you.
15 Shukrani ziwe kwa Mungu kwa karama yake isiyoelezeka!
May thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
