2 Wakorintho 7
1 Basi, wapenzi wangu, tukiwa tumepewa ahadi hizi zote, na tujitakase na chochote kiwezacho kuchafua miili na roho zetu, tuwe watakatifu kabisa, na tuishi kwa kumcha Mungu.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 Tunaomba mtupe nafasi mioyoni mwenu! Hatujamkosea mtu yeyote, hatujamdhuru wala kumdanganya mtu yeyote.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
3 Sisemi mambo haya kwa ajili ya kumhukumu mtu; maana, kama nilivyokwisha sema, ninyi mko mioyoni mwetu, tufe pamoja, tuishi pamoja.
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
4 Nina imani kubwa sana ninaposema nanyi; naona fahari kubwa juu yenu! Katika taabu zetu nimepata kitulizo kikubwa na kufurahi mno.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying concerning you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
5 Hata baada ya kufika Makedonia hatukuweza kupumzika. Kila upande tulikabiliwa na taabu: nje ugomvi; ndani hofu.
For, when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
6 Lakini Mungu, mwenye kuwapa shime wanyonge alitupa moyo sisi pia kwa kuja kwake Tito.
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
7 Si tu kwa kule kuja kwake Tito, bali pia kwa sababu ya moyo mliompa ninyi. Yeye ametuarifu jinsi mnavyotamani kuniona, jinsi mlivyo na huzuni, na mnavyotaka kunitetea. Jambo hili linanifurahisha sana.
And not by his coming only, but by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
8 Maana, hata kama kwa barua ile yangu nimewahuzunisha, sioni sababu ya kujuta. Naam, naona kwamba barua hiyo iliwatia huzuni lakini kwa muda.
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it was but for a season.
9 Sasa nafurahi, si kwa sababu mmehuzunika, ila kwa kuwa huzuni yenu imewafanya mbadili nia zenu na kutubu. Mmehuzunishwa kadiri ya mpango wa Mungu, na kwa sababu hiyo hatukuwadhuru ninyi kwa vyovyote.
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might suffer loss through us in nothing.
10 Kuwa na huzuni jinsi atakavyo Mungu, husababisha badiliko la moyo, badiliko lenye kuleta wokovu; hivyo hakuna sababu ya kujuta. Lakini huzuni ya kidunia huleta kifo.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11 Sasa mnaweza kuona matokeo ya kuona huzuni jinsi Mungu atakavyo: ninyi mmepata kuwa sasa watu wenye jitihada, wenye hoja, mnashtuka na kuogopa, mna bidii na mko tayari kuona kwamba haki yatekelezwa. Ninyi mmethibitisha kwa kila njia kwamba hamna hatia kuhusu jambo hili.
For behold this very same thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what diligence it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what avenging of wrong! In all things ye have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
12 Hivyo, ingawa niliandika ile barua, haikuwa kwa ajili ya yule aliyekosa, au kwa ajili ya yule aliyekosewa. Niliandika kusudi ionekane wazi mbele ya Mungu jinsi mlivyo na bidii kwa ajili yetu.
Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.
13 Ndiyo maana sisi tulifarijika sana. Siyo kwamba tulifarijika tu, ila pia Tito alitufurahisha kwa furaha aliyokuwa nayo kutokana na jinsi mlivyomchangamsha moyo.
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: and exceedingly the more we rejoiced for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
14 Mimi nimewasifu sana mbele yake, na katika jambo hilo sikudanganyika. Tumewaambieni ukweli daima, na kule kuwasifia ninyi mbele ya Tito kumekuwa jambo la ukweli mtupu.
For if I have boasted any thing to him concerning you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found to be true.
15 Hivyo upendo wake wa moyo kwenu unaongezeka zaidi akikumbuka jinsi ninyi nyote mlivyo tayari kutii, na jinsi mlivyomkaribisha kwa hofu nyingi na kutetemeka.
And his affection is more abundant toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
16 Nafurahi sana kwamba naweza kuwategemea ninyi kabisa katika kila jambo.
I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
