1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
Paulo, mtume wa Kristo Yesu kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, na Timotheo ndugu yetu; kwa kanisa la Mungu lililoko Korintho, pamoja na watakatifu wote walioko katika nchi yote ya Akaya.
2 grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Neema na iwe kwenu na amani, zitokazo kwa Mungu Baba yetu na kwa Bwana Yesu Kristo.
Comfort in Tribulation
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Na ahimidiwe Mungu, Baba wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, Baba wa rehema, Mungu wa faraja yote;
4 who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
atufarijiye katika dhiki zetu zote ili nasi tupate kuwafariji wale walio katika dhiki za namna zote, kwa faraja hizo, tunazofarijiwa na Mungu.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
Kwa kuwa kama vile mateso ya Kristo yanavyozidi kwetu, vivyo hivyo faraja yetu inazidi kwa njia ya Kristo.
6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
Lakini ikiwa sisi tu katika dhiki, ni kwa ajili ya faraja yenu na wokovu wenu; au ikiwa twafarijiwa, ni kwa ajili ya faraja yenu; ambayo hutenda kazi yake kwa kustahimili mateso yale yale tuteswayo na sisi.
7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
Na tumaini letu kwa ajili yenu ni imara, tukijua ya kuwa kama vile mlivyo washiriki wa yale mateso, vivyo hivyo mmekuwa washiriki wa zile faraja.
8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
Maana ndugu, hatupendi, msijue habari ya dhiki ile iliyotupata katika Asia, ya kwamba tulilemewa mno kuliko nguvu zetu, hata tukakata tamaa ya kuishi.
9 but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
Naam, sisi wenyewe tulikuwa na hukumu ya mauti katika nafsi zetu ili tusijitumainie nafsi zetu, bali tumtumaini Mungu, awafufuaye wafu,
10 who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us ;
aliyetuokoa sisi katika mauti kuu namna ile; tena atatuokoa; ambaye tumemtumaini kwamba atazidi kutuokoa;
11 ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
ninyi nanyi mkisaidiana nasi kwa ajili yetu katika kuomba, ili, kwa sababu ya ile karama tupewayo sisi kwa msaada wa watu wengi, watu wengi watoe shukrani kwa ajili yetu.
12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Kwa maana kujisifu kwetu ni huku, ushuhuda wa dhamiri yetu, ya kwamba kwa utakatifu na weupe wa moyo utokao kwa Mungu; si kwa hekima ya mwili, bali kwa neema ya Mungu; tulienenda katika dunia, na hasa kwenu ninyi.
13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
Maana hatuwaandikii ninyi neno, ila yale msomayo, au kuyakiri; nami nataraji ya kuwa mtayakiri hayo hata mwisho;
14 as also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
vile vile kama mlivyotukiri kwa sehemu, ya kwamba sisi tu sababu ya kujisifu kwenu, kama ninyi mlivyo kwetu sisi, katika siku ile ya Bwana wetu Yesu.
15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
Nami nikiwa na tumaini hilo nalitaka kufika kwenu hapo kwanza, ili mpate karama ya pili;
16 and to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa.
na kupita kwenu na kuendelea mpaka Makedonia; na tena toka Makedonia kurudi kwenu na kusafirishwa nanyi kwenda Uyahudi.
17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
Basi, nilipokusudia hayo, je! Nalitumia kigeugeu? Au hayo niyakusudiayo, nayakusudia kwa jinsi ya mwili kwamba iwe hivi kwangu, kusema Ndiyo, ndiyo, na Siyo, siyo?
18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
Lakini kama Mungu alivyo mwaminifu, neno letu kwenu si Ndiyo na siyo.
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
Maana Mwana wa Mungu, Kristo Yesu, aliyehubiriwa katikati yenu na sisi, yaani, mimi na Silwano na Timotheo, hakuwa Ndiyo na siyo; bali katika yeye ni Ndiyo.
20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Maana ahadi zote za Mungu zilizopo katika yeye ni Ndiyo; tena kwa hiyo katika yeye ni Amin; Mungu apate kutukuzwa kwa sisi.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
Basi Yeye atufanyaye imara pamoja nanyi katika Kristo, na kututia mafuta, ni Mungu,
22 who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
naye ndiye aliyetutia muhuri akatupa arabuni ya Roho mioyoni mwetu.
23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Lakini mimi namwita Mungu awe shahidi juu ya roho yangu, ya kwamba, kwa kuwahurumia sijafika Korintho.
24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Si kwamba tunatawala imani yenu; bali tu wasaidizi wa furaha yenu; maana kwa imani yenu mnasimama.
