2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
Paulo, mtume wa Kristo Yesu kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, na Timotheo ndugu yetu, kwa kanisa la Mungu lililoko Korintho, na kwa waumini wote walioko katika mkoa wote wa Akaya.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Neema na iwe kwenu na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na Bwana Yesu Kristo.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
Na asifiwe Mungu na Baba wa Bwana Yesu Kristo. Yeye ni Baba wa rehema na Mungu wa faraja yote.
4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Mungu hutufariji sisi katika mateso yetu yote, ili kwamba tuweze kuwafariji wale walio katika mateso. Tunawafariji wengine kwa faraja ileile ambayo Mungu alitumia kutufariji sisi.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
Kwa kuwa kama vile mateso ya Kristo huongezeka kwa ajili yetu, vile vile faraja yetu huongezeka kupitia Kristo.
6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
Lakini kama tunataabishwa, ni kwa ajili ya faraja yenu na wokovu wenu. Na kama tunafarijiwa, ni kwa ajili ya faraja yenu. Faraja yenu inafanya kazi kikamilifu mnaposhiriki mateso kwa uvumilivu kama sisi pia tunavyoteseka.
7 Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.
Na ujasiri wetu juu yenu ni thabiti. Tunajua kwamba kama vile ambavyo mnashiriki mateso, vile vile mnashiriki faraja.
8 For we do not desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
Kwa kuwa hatutaki ninyi muwe wajinga, ndugu, kuhusu matatizo tuliyokuwa nayo huko Asia. Tulionewa zaidi ya vile tuwezavyo kubeba, kana kwamba hatukuwa hata na tumaini la kuishi tena.
9 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
Kweli, tulikuwa na hukumu ya kifo juu yetu. Lakini hiyo ilikuwa ni kutufanya sisi tusiweke tumaini juu yetu wenyewe, badala yake tuweke tumaini katika Mungu, afufuaye wafu.
10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will also deliver us again;
Alituokoa sisi kutoka hayo maafa ya mauti, na atatuokoa tena. Tumeweka ujasiri wetu katika yeye ya kwamba atatuokoa tena.
11 you also helping together on our behalf by your petition; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.
Atafanya hivi kama vile ninyi pia mtusaidiavyo kwa maombi yenu. Hivyo wengi watatoa shukurani kwa niaba yetu kwa ajili ya upendeleo wa neema tuliyopewa sisi kupitia maombi ya wengi.
12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
Tunajivunia hili: ushuhuda wa dhamiri yetu. Kwa kuwa ni katika nia safi na usafi wa Mungu kwamba tulienenda wenyewe katika dunia. Tumefanya hivi hasa na ninyi, na sio katika hekima ya ulimwengu, lakini badala yake ni katika neema ya Mungu.
13 For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will fully acknowledge;
Hatuwaandikii chochote ambacho hamwezi kukisoma au kuelewa. Ninaujasiri
14 as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
kwamba kwa sehemu mumekwisha kutuelewa. Na ninaujasiri kwamba katika siku ya Bwana Yesu tutakuwa sababu yenu kwa ajili ya kiburi chenu, kama vile mtakavyokuwa kwetu.
15 In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;
Kwa sababu nilikuwa na ujasiri kuhusu hili, nilitaka kuja kwenu kwanza, ili kwamba muweze kupokea faida ya kutembelewa mara mbili.
16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
Nilikuwa napanga kuwatembelea wakati nikielekea Makedonia. Tena nilitaka kuwatembelea tena wakati nikirudi kutoka Makedonia, na kisha ninyi kunituma mimi wakati nikielekea Uyahudi.
17 When I therefore was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
Nilipokuwa nafikiria namna hii, je, nilikuwa nasitasita? Je ninapanga mambo kulingana na viwango vya kibinadamu, ili kwamba niseme “Ndiyo, ndiyo” na “Hapana, hapana” kwa wakati mmoja?
18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not "Yes and no."
Lakini kama vile Mungu alivyo mwaminifu, hatusemi vyote “Ndiyo” na “Hapana.”
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."
Kwa kuwa mwana wa Mungu, Yesu Kristo, ambaye Silvano, Timotheo na mimi tulimtangaza miongoni mwenu, siyo “Ndiyo” na “Hapana.” Badala yake, yeye wakati wote ni “Ndiyo.”
20 For however many are the promises of God, in him they are "Yes." Therefore also through him they are "Amen," to the glory of God through us.
Kwa kuwa ahadi zote za Mungu ni “Ndiyo” katika yeye. Hivyo pia kupitia yeye tunasema “Amina” kwa utukufu wa Mungu.
21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
Sasa ni Mungu ambaye hututhibitisha sisi pamoja nanyi katika Kristo, na alitutuma sisi.
22 who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
Aliweka muhuri juu yetu na alitupa Roho katika mioyo yetu kama dhamana ya kile ambacho angetupatia baadaye.
23 But I call God as a witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
Badala yake, namsihi Mungu kunishuhudia mimi kwamba sababu iliyonifanya nisije Korintho ni kwamba nisiwalemee ninyi.
24 Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
Hii sio kwa sababu tunajaribu kudhibiti jinsi imani yenu inavyotakiwa kuwa. Badala yake, tunafanya pamoja nanyi kwa ajili ya furaha yenu, kama mnavyosimama katika imani yenu.
