2 Wakorintho 6
1 Basi, tukiwa wafanyakazi pamoja na Mungu, tunawasihi msikubali ile neema mliyopokea kutoka kwa Mungu ipotee bure.
As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Mungu asema hivi: “Wakati wa kufaa nimekusikiliza, wakati wa wokovu nikakusaidia.” Basi, sasa ndio wakati wa kufaa, sasa ndiyo siku ya wokovu!
For he said. In an acceptable time have I heard thee, And in the day of salvation have I succored thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time! behold, now is the day of salvation!
3 Kusudi tusiwe na lawama yoyote katika utumishi wetu, hatupendi kumwekea mtu yeyote kizuio chochote.
I am giving no one a cause of stumbling in order that my ministry may not be discredited;
4 Badala yake, tunajionyesha kuwa kweli watumishi wa Mungu kwa kila kitu: kwa uvumilivu mwingi wakati wa mateso, shida na taabu.
but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God’s minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses,
5 Tumepigwa, tumetiwa gerezani na kuzomewa hadharani; tumefanya kazi tukachoka; tumekesha na kukaa bila kula.
by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;
6 Tunajionyesha kuwa watumishi wa Mungu kwa usafi wa moyo, elimu, uvumilivu na wema; kwa Roho Mtakatifu, kwa upendo usio na unafiki,
with purity, understanding, patience, and kindness; by the Holy Spirit, by love sincere,
7 kwa ujumbe wa kweli na kwa nguvu ya Mungu. Uadilifu ndiyo silaha yetu upande wa kulia na upande wa kushoto.
by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,
8 Tuko tayari kupata heshima na kudharauliwa, kulaumiwa na kusifiwa. Twadhaniwa kuwa waongo, kumbe twasema kweli;
amid honor or dishonor, amid evil report and good report; as a deceiver and yet true;
9 kama wasiojulikana, kumbe twajulikana kwa wote, kama waliokufa, lakini mwonavyo, sisi ni wazima kabisa.
as unknown and yet well known; as at death’s door, yet, strange to tell, I live on; as chastened, but not killed;
10 Ingawa tumeadhibiwa, hatukuuawa; ingawa tunayo huzuni, twafurahi daima; ingawa tu maskini hohehahe, lakini twatajirisha watu wengi; twaonekana kuwa watu tusio na chochote, kumbe tuna kila kitu.
as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
11 Ndugu Wakorintho, tumezungumza nanyi kwa unyofu; mioyo yetu iko wazi kabisa.
O Corinthians, I am unsealing my lips to you; my heart is wide open to you.
12 Kama mnaona kuna kizuizi chochote kile, kizuizi hicho kiko kwenu ninyi wenyewe, na si kwa upande wetu.
There is no narrowness in my love; but the narrowness is in your own.
13 Sasa nasema nanyi kama watoto wangu, wekeni mioyo yenu wazi kama nasi tulivyofanya.
I pray you, therefore, in fair exchange (I speak as to my children), let your hearts also be wide open to me.
14 Msiambatane na watu wasioamini. Je, wema na uovu vyapatana kweli? Mwanga na giza vyawezaje kukaa pamoja?
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? what communion has light with darkness?
15 Kristo anawezaje kupatana na Shetani? Muumini ana uhusiano gani na asiyeamini?
What concord has Christ with Belial? What portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
16 Hekalu la Mungu lina uhusiano gani na sanamu za uongo? Maana sisi ni hekalu la Mungu aliye hai. Kama Mungu mwenyewe alivyosema: “Nitafanya makao yangu kwao, na kuishi kati yao; Nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.”
And what compact has God’s temple with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, as he has said. I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
17 Kwa hiyo Bwana asema pia: “Ondokeni kati yao, mkajitenge nao, msiguse kitu najisi, nami nitawapokea.
Therefore, Come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean;
18 Mimi nitakuwa Baba yenu, nanyi mtakuwa watoto wangu, waume kwa wake, asema Bwana Mwenye Uwezo.”
then I will receive you and will be to you a Father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
