2 Wakorintho 9
1 Si lazima kuandika zaidi kuhusu huduma hiyo yenu kwa ajili ya watu wa Mungu.
It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,
2 Ninajua jinsi mlivyo na moyo wa kusaidia, na nilijivuna juu yenu kuhusu jambo hilo mbele ya watu wa Makedonia. Niliwaambia: “Ndugu zetu wa Akaya wako tayari tangu mwaka jana.” Hivyo, moto wenu umekwisha wahimiza watu wengi zaidi.
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 Basi, nimewatuma ndugu zetu hao, ili fahari yetu juu yenu ionekane kwamba si maneno matupu, na kwamba mko tayari kabisa na msaada wenu kama nilivyosema.
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 Isije ikawa kwamba watu wa Makedonia watakapokuja pamoja nami tukawakuta hamko tayari, hapo sisi tutaaibika—bila kutaja aibu mtakayopata ninyi wenyewe—kwa sababu tutakuwa tumewatumainia kupita kiasi.
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 Kwa hiyo, nimeona ni lazima kuwaomba hawa ndugu watutangulie kuja kwenu, wapate kuweka tayari zawadi yenu kubwa mliyoahidi; nayo ionyeshe kweli kwamba ni zawadi iliyotolewa kwa hiari na si kwa kulazimishwa.
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 Kumbukeni: “Apandaye kidogo huvuna kidogo; apandaye kwa wingi huvuna kwa wingi.”
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 Kila mmoja, basi, na atoe kadiri alivyoamua, kwa moyo na wala si kwa huzuni au kwa kulazimishwa, maana Mungu humpenda yule mwenye kutoa 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 Mungu anaweza kuwapeni ninyi zaidi ya yale mnayoyahitaji, mpate daima kuwa na kila kitu mnachohitaji, na hivyo mzidi kusaidia katika kila kazi njema.
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 Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: “Yeye hutoa kwa ukarimu, huwapa maskini, wema wahudumu milele.” (aiōn g165)
As it is written, “He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.” (aiōn g165)
10 Na Mungu ampaye mkulima mbegu na mkate kwa chakula, atawapa ninyi pia mbegu mnazohitaji, na atazifanya ziote, ziwe na kuwapa mavuno mengi ya ukarimu wenu.
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 Yeye atawatajirisha ninyi daima kwa kila kitu, ili watu wapate kumshukuru Mungu kwa ajili ya zawadi zenu wanazozipokea kwa mikono yetu.
you being enriched in everything for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.
12 Maana huduma hii takatifu mnayoifanya si tu kwamba itasaidia mahitaji ya watu wa Mungu, bali pia itasababisha watu wengi wamshukuru Mungu.
For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack amongst the saints, but abounds also through much giving of thanks to God,
13 Kutokana na uthibitisho unaoonyeshwa kwa huduma hii yetu, watu watamtukuza Mungu kwa sababu ya uaminifu wenu kwa Habari Njema ya Kristo mnayoiungama, na pia kwa sababu ya ukarimu mnaowapa wao na watu wote.
seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all,
14 Kwa hiyo watawaombea ninyi kwa moyo kwa sababu ya neema ya pekee aliyowajalieni Mungu.
while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
15 Tumshukuru Mungu kwa ajili ya zawadi yake isiyo na kifani!
Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
