2 Wakorintho 9
1 Kuhusiana na huduma kwa ajili ya waumini, ni bora zaidi kwangu kuwaandikia.
It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the holy ones,
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 boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has 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 brothers so that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you 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 anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.
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 brothers that they would go before to you and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
6 Wazo ni hili: mtu apandaye haba pia atavuna haba, na yeyote apandaye kwa lengo la baraka pia atavuna baraka.
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap 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 give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly 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 abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to 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 has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains 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.
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, 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.
you being enriched in everything for all generosity, which produces 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 this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack amongst the holy ones, but abounds also through much giving of thanks 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.
seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Messiah and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to 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, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
15 Shukrani ziwe kwa Mungu kwa karama yake isiyoelezeka!
Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
